Puerto Rico Highway 901

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Highway 901
Ruta 901
Carretera Ernesto Carrasquillo[1]
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length15.1 km[2] (9.4 mi)
Existed1953[3]–present
Major junctions
South end PR-760 in Emajagua
Major intersections
North end in Yabucoa barrio-pueblo
Location
MunicipalitiesMaunabo, Yabucoa
Highway system
← PR-891→ PR-908

Puerto Rico Highway 901 (PR-901) is a highway in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico which begins at its junction with PR-182 in Yabucoa and ends at its intersection with PR-760 in Manuabo.

Route description[]

PR-901 in Camino Nuevo, Yabucoa

PR-3 in Yabucoa enters downtown and continues uphill into the mountains. The Puerto Rico Department of Transportation designed PR-901 as a primary route[4] while PR-53 is under construction, because it is a more direct way to the Maunabo area than PR-3, as the latter has more curves. PR-901 runs parallel to the coastline for several kilometers, but due to the mountains ending at the coastline, PR-901 run several hundred feet above sea level. This feature makes PR-901 a scenic route.[5] Drivers traveling from Humacao to the area of Guayama are recommended[by whom?] to use PR-30 to PR-52 and then PR-53 (Salinas-Guayama) as opposed to using the PR-3/PR-901 route because it is safer and shorter. This by-pass will end when construction of PR-53 is completed. When PR-53 is finished, PR-901 will become a normal rural road, and PR-53 will become the primary route to Maunabo.

Major intersections[]

MunicipalityLocationkm[2]miDestinationsNotes
MaunaboEmajagua15.19.4 PR-760 – Maunabo, Patillas, Sector La Playa, Sector El FaroSouthern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Yabucoa via Quebrada Arenas–Talante
14.9–
14.8		9.3–
9.2		 PR-53 north (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Yabucoa
14.59.0 PR-7760 – Bordaleza
12.4–
12.3		7.7–
7.6		 PR-53 south (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Maunabo
YabucoaCamino Nuevo5.03.1  – Playa Lucía
4.02.5  – Juan Martín
3.32.1

 To PR-53 (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) /  – Humacao
Juan Martín3.0–
2.9		1.9–
1.8
 east to PR-53 (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Humacao
1.10.68 PR-3 – Humacao, Maunabo
Yabucoa barrio-pueblo0.00.0
 (Calle Cristóbal Colón) to PR-182 – Yabucoa		Northern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Maunabo and San Lorenzo via Calabazas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín / Carretera Ernesto Carasquillo, Camino Nuevo". www.cartogiraffe.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b Google (28 February 2020). "PR-901" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Maunabo, Memoria Núm. 77" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 135.
  5. ^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

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