Puerto Rico Highway 116
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.
Highway 116 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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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Route description
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
Major intersections
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 |
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| Lajas | Lajas | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-101 – Lajas, San Germán | Western terminus of PR-116 |
| 1.0 | 0.62 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  PR-122 north (Carretera Harry Luis Pérez Rivera) – San Germán | Seagull intersection | ||
| Lajas–Sabana Yeguas line | 1.5– 1.6 | 0.93– 0.99 |  .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  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 | |||||
Related routes
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
Highway 1116 | |
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| Location | Guánica – Yauco |
| Length | 4.4 km[6] (2.7 mi) |
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 |
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| 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
Highway 3116 | |
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| Location | Guánica |
| Length | 3.4 km[10] (2.1 mi) |
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 | |
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| 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
Highway 4116 | |
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| Location | Guánica |
| Length | 1.5 km[11] (0.93 mi) |
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 | |
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| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | |||||
References
- "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.
External links
Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 116, Puerto Rico Highway 116R, Puerto Rico Highway 1116, Puerto Rico Highway 3116 and Puerto Rico Highway 4116 at Wikimedia Commons- Inspeccionan puente de la carretera PR-116 (in Spanish)