PR-14

Puerto Rico Highway 14

Puerto Rico Highway 14

Highway in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Highway 14 (PR-14) is a main highway connecting Ponce to Cayey, Puerto Rico.[2] The road runs the same course as the historic Carretera Central. The Ponce-to-Coamo section of PR-14 was built under the direction of Spanish engineer Raimundo Camprubí Escudero (b. Pamplona 15 March 1846 – d. Madrid 1924).[3]

  • Avenida Tito Castro (PR-14), Barrio Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, looking west (PR-14, near km 4.4)
  • PR-14 westbound at bridge over Río Bucaná on Avenida Tito Castro in Ponce approaching PR-10 (PR-14, near km 5.2)

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Route description

Except in the city of Ponce where (with the exception of the Ponce Historic Zone) the road is a 4-lane road known as Avenida Tito Castro, the rest of PR-14 is a two-lane country road as it makes its way through the four towns it runs through, Juana Díaz, Coamo, Aibonito and Cayey.[4] PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the Ponce Historic Zone.[5]

Major intersections

  • PR-14, PR-10, and PR-1 signs in downtown Ponce (at Calle Villa and Calle Concordia, near PR-14, km 0.2), looking east
  • PR-14 eastbound (Avenida Tito Castro) intersection with Avenida Fagot, Ponce (PR-14, km 3.0)
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  1. Calle Francisco Parra Duperón is also known as Calle Comercio.
  2. PR-7718 is also known as Paseo Don Julio Francisco "Paco" Santos Vázquez.[8]
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Puerto Rico Highway 14R (Spanish: Carretera Ramal 14, abbreviated Ramal PR-14 or PR-14R) is a road that branches off from PR-14 and ends at PR-123 in downtown Ponce. Its route is part of Unión and Guadalupe streets.[10][11] The entire route is located in Ponce. 

  • Puerto Rico Highway 14R through Calle Unión, near km 0.5
  • Puerto Rico Highway 14R through Calle Guadalupe, near km 0.9
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Google (28 February 2020). "PR-14" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. [3]
    Ingenieros de Caminos en Puerto Rico: 1866-1898. Fernando Sáenz Ridruejo. "Anuario de Estudios Atlánticos." ISSN 0570-4065. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2009). No 55. p.334.
  4. [4]
    Sur, Redaccion Voces del (26 September 2019). "Ordenan cierre de la carretera PR-14 de Aibonito a Coamo" (in Spanish).
  5. [5]
    "Ponce. Let's Go". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Para designar el tramo de la Carretera PR-506 que conecta la PR-14 hasta las Empresas Vassallo en el Barrio Coto Laurel de Ponce, como Doctor Humberto Zayas Chardón". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  7. [7]
    Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  8. [8]
    Ley Núm. 62 del año 2016 (P. de la C. 2753): Para designar la Carretera Estatal PR-7718, parte de la "Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín", en el Barrio Pasto de Aibonito, Puerto Rico, como "Paseo Don Julio Francisco "Paco" Santos Vázquez". Ley Num. 62 de 17 de junio de 2016. Camara de Representantes de Puerto Rico. LexJuris Puerto Rico. Accessed 2 May 2019.
  9. [9]
    Google (9 April 2023). "PR-14R" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Calle Unión, Ponce, Puerto Rico". pr.geoview.info. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  11. [11]
    "18 Calle Guadalupe, Ponce, PR". Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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