Puerto_Rico_Highway_116
Puerto Rico Highway 116
Highway in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Highway 116 (PR-116) is a main highway in the southwest part of Puerto Rico, beginning in Guánica, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 2 to Lajas, Puerto Rico[4] at Puerto Rico Highway 101.
| Ruta 116 | ||||||||||||||
| Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 26.6 km[2] (16.5 mi) | |||||||||||||
| Existed | 1953[3]–present | |||||||||||||
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| West end |  PR-101 in Lajas | |||||||||||||
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| East end |  PR-2 in Susúa Baja | |||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||
| Municipalities | Lajas, Guánica | |||||||||||||
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It is the main route to Guánica and Lajas, and grants access to places such as the Dry Forest of Puerto Rico (Bosque Seco), common for its cacti and dry, desert-like climate, and also to beaches like Parguera in Lajas and Playa Santa in Guánica. It is divided, two lane-per-direction in the first 4 kilometers before turning one lane-per direction in the rest of its length. The width of its lanes allows for speed limits above the normal rural roads.[5]
- A rural stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 116 in Lajas, looking east
- Eastern terminus of PR-116 in Guánica where it meets PR-2
- PR-2 west at exit 194 to PR-116 west in Guánica
| Municipality | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajas | Lajas | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-101 – Lajas, San Germán | Western terminus of PR-116 |
| 1.0 | 0.62 |   PR-122 north (Carretera Harry Luis Pérez Rivera) – San Germán | Seagull intersection | ||
| Lajas–Sabana Yeguas line | 1.5– 1.6 | 0.93– 0.99 |    PR-315 to PR-117 – Lajas, Sabana Grande | ||
| Sabana Yeguas | 2.9 | 1.8 |  PR-315 – Sabana Yeguas | ||
| Sabana Yeguas–Parguera line | 5.5 | 3.4 |  PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera | ||
| Parguera–Costa– Sabana Yeguas tripoint | 6.6 | 4.1 |  PR-304 / PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera | ||
| Costa | 12.7 | 7.9 |  PR-323 – Costa | ||
| Guánica | Montalva | 17.9 | 11.1 |  PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Montalva | |
| Ensenada | 20.9 | 13.0 | PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Ensenada | Incomplete trumpet interchange; no eastbound exit | |
| 21.2 | 13.2 |  PR-331 – Ciénaga | |||
| Guánica barrio-pueblo | 21.6 | 13.4 |   PR-4116 – Guánica | ||
| Ciénaga | 22.1– 22.2 | 13.7– 13.8 |  PR-332 – Guánica | ||
| 22.5– 22.6 | 14.0– 14.0 |  PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) – Caña Gorda | |||
| Ciénaga–Caño– Carenero tripoint | 23.0 | 14.3 |  PR-334 – Carenero | ||
| Carenero | 24.1 | 15.0 |  PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño | Former PR-116R | |
| Susúa Baja | 25.6 | 15.9 | PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño | Former PR-116R | |
| 26.6 | 16.5 | PR-2 (Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella) – Yauco, Ponce, Mayagüez | Eastern terminus of PR-116; PR-2 exit 194; trumpet interchange | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Currently, PR-116 has three branches in its old segments in Guánica and Yauco. Originally they were identified as PR-116R.[5]
Puerto Rico Highway 1116
Puerto Rico Highway 1116 (PR-1116) was the old section of PR-116 between Guánica and Yauco.[5] It extended from PR-116 between Caño and Carenero barrios to PR-121 in Susúa Baja.[7] In 2015, this highway was designated as Avenida Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras[8] and renumbered to PR-326.[9]
| Municipality | Location | km[6] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guánica | Carenero | 0.0 | 0.0 |  PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Guánica, Lajas | Southern terminus of PR-1116 |
| Susúa Baja | 1.6 | 0.99 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco | ||
| 2.3 | 1.4 |  PR-389 – La Joya | |||
| 2.9– 3.0 | 1.8– 1.9 |  PR-3332 – Arena | |||
| Yauco | Susúa Baja | 4.4 | 2.7 |  PR-121 – Yauco, Sabana Grande | Northern terminus of PR-1116 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Puerto Rico Highway 3116
Puerto Rico Highway 3116 (PR-3116) is an old segment of PR-116 that provides access to Ensenada.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica.
| Location | km[10] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montalva | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Lajas | Western terminus of PR-3116 | |
| Montalva–Ensenada line | 1.1 | 0.68 |  PR-324 – Montalva | ||
| Ensenada | 1.9 | 1.2 |  PR-325 – Playa Santa | ||
| 3.4 | 2.1 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco | Eastern terminus of PR-3116; incomplete trumpet interchange; no exit ramp from PR-116 eastbound | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Puerto Rico Highway 4116
Puerto Rico Highway 4116 (PR-4116) is the original route of PR-116 through downtown Guánica. This road can be seen as Puerto Rico 116 Business.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica.
| Location | km[11] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guánica barrio-pueblo | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Lajas | Western terminus of PR-4116 | |
| Guánica barrio-pueblo–Carenero– Ciénaga tripoint | 1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | PR-332 – Ciénaga | ||
| Carenero | 1.5 | 0.93 |  PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) to PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco, Caña Gorda | Eastern terminus of PR-4116; Guánica State Forest | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
- "Para designar con el nombre de Avenida Manuel (Pito) Pagán Ramírez, a la Carretera PR – 116, que comprende desde Lajas hasta Guánica". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- Google (6 March 2020). "PR-116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- "Guánica, Memoria Núm. 44" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 66–67. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
- National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
- Google (1 March 2020). "PR-1116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- "Carretera 326, Susúa Baja". Cartogiraffe. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- "Para denominar la carretera estatal PR-1116 de Yauco a Guánica, con el nombre de Agustín (Quino) López Oliveras". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- "Abriendo puertas". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- Google (1 March 2020). "PR-3116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- Google (1 March 2020). "PR-4116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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