Avenida Juan Ponce de León
Avenida Juan Ponce de León, coextensive as Puerto Rico Highway 25 (PR-25) along its entire length, is one of the main thoroughfares in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3]
Highway 25 | ||||
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| Ruta 25 | ||||
| Avenida Juan Ponce de León | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 11.1 km[1][2] (6.9 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  PR-3 in Pueblo–Hato Rey Sur | |||
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| North end | Calle Fortaleza / Calle Recinto Sur in San Juan Antiguo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
| Municipalities | San Juan | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
It is a mostly three-lane, one-way road. It runs from Old San Juan to Río Piedras pueblo[4] and, for most of its length, it is a three- or four-lane road traversing the Isleta de San Juan corridor. The section running through Río Piedras pueblo is the only section that is not a multi-lane roadway.
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Urban landscape
Institutional, cultural and other notable buildings predominate along the thoroughfare and it is considered as one of the main arteries in shopping errands, community participation, cultural activities and of personnel training of the city,[5] it also constitutes an attraction for its architecture.[6]
A stretch of Avenida Ponce de León has been designated as the arts district.[7] It starts in Miramar and continues towards Hato Rey for 4 miles.
Casino de Puerto Rico,
1 Avenida Juan Ponce de León
Casa de España, Puerta de Tierra
Nuestra Señora de la Providencia
Ciudadela in Santurce
Plaza de la Convalecencia in Río Piedras Pueblo
Major intersections
The entire route is located in San Juan.
| Location | km[1][2][8] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Monacillo Urbano | 0.0 | 0.0 |  PR-177 (Avenida Lomas Verdes) – Cupey, Guaynabo, Bayamón | Southern terminus of PR-8838 | |||
| 1.2 | 0.75 | Southern terminus of Avenida Juan Ponce de León | |||||
| 1.8 | 1.1 | PR-Avenida José de Diego – Puerto Nuevo | |||||
| El Cinco | 2.7 | 1.7 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  PR-176 south (Avenida Ana G. Méndez) – Cupey | ||||
| 3.0 | 1.9 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  .svg.png.webp){kind=small}   To PR-1 south (Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez) / PR-21 west (Avenida José "Kiko" Custodio) – Caguas, Guaynabo, Bayamón | Seagull intersection | ||||
| 3.3 | 2.1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} PR-1 north (Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez) – Río Piedras, Carolina | Northern terminus of PR-8838 | ||||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Pueblo–Hato Rey Sur line | 11.1 | 6.9 | PR-3 west (Avenida 65 de Infantería) to PR-1 north (Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Hato Rey | Southern terminus of PR-25; PR-3 westbound exit and PR-1 northbound entrance | |||
| Universidad–Hato Rey Sur line | 10.0– 9.9 | 6.2– 6.2 |  .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  PR-17 (Expreso Jesús T. Piñero) to PR-18 (Expreso Las Américas) – San Juan, Carolina | Diamond interchange | |||
| Hato Rey Central–Hato Rey Norte line | 8.1– 8.0 | 5.0– 5.0 |  PR-23 (Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt) to PR-18 (Expreso Las Américas) – San Juan | ||||
| 7.7 | 4.8 |  PR-40 (Avenida Quisqueya) – Hato Rey | One-way street; eastbound access via Calle Bolivia | ||||
| Caño Martín Peña | 7.0 | 4.3 | Puente Martín Peña[9] | ||||
| Santurce | 6.9– 6.8 | 4.3– 4.2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small}   PR-1 north (Expreso Luis Muñoz Rivera) – San Juan, Santurce, Bayamón | ||||
| 6.5 | 4.0 |  PR-36 (Avenida Borinquen) – Santurce | |||||
| 5.7 | 3.5 | PR-Avenida José Fidalgo Díaz – Santurce | |||||
| 5.2 | 3.2 |  PR-37 – Santurce | No turn to westbound | ||||
| 5.1– 5.0 | 3.2– 3.1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  PR-22 west (Autopista José de Diego) – San Juan, Bayamón, Caguas | PR-22 exit 0A | ||||
| 4.4– 4.3 | 2.7– 2.7 |  PR-2 (Avenida Roberto H. Todd) – San Juan, Bayamón | |||||
| 3.8 | 2.4 |  PR-39 (Calle Cerra) / PR-Calle Elisa Colberg – Santurce | One-way street | ||||
| 2.9 3.4[lower-alpha 1] | 1.8 2.1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  .svg.png.webp){kind=small}  PR-1 south (Expreso Luis Muñoz Rivera) / PR-16 south (Bulevar Román Baldorioty de Castro) / PR-26 east (Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro) – Carolina, Bayamón, Río Piedras, Caguas, Miramar | Southern terminus of PR-1 concurrency; northern terminus of Avenida Juan Ponce de León | ||||
| Caño de San Antonio | 3.2[lower-alpha 1] | 2.0 | Puente San Antonio and Puente Guillermo Esteves[9] | ||||
| San Juan Antiguo | 3.1[lower-alpha 1] 2.8 | 1.9 1.7 |  PR-1 north (Avenida Manuel Fernández Juncos) to PR-25P north (Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera) / PR-Avenida Ashford – San Juan, Condado | Northern terminus of PR-1 concurrency; southern terminus of Avenida de la Constitución | |||
| 1.0 | 0.62 |  PR-38 (Paseo Covadonga) – San Juan | One-way street; westbound access via Calle Reverendo Gerardo Dávila | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-Calle Fortaleza / PR-Calle Recinto Sur – Old San Juan | Northern terminus of PR-25 and Avenida de la Constitución | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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- Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-1 rather than PR-25.
Related route
Highway 25R | |
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| Location | San Juan |
| Length | 2.7 km[10] (1.7 mi) |
Puerto Rico Highway 25R (Spanish: Carretera Ramal 25, abbreviated Ramal PR-25 or PR-25R) is a one way avenue in San Juan. The road begins at Avenida de la Constitución (PR-25) in Old San Juan, heading through a one-way highway along the Atlantic Ocean, and going back through to the concurrency of PR-25 and PR-1 in Puerta de Tierra.[4] The entire route is located in San Juan Antiguo, San Juan.
| km[10] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 2.7 | 1.7 | PR-1 – San Juan | Southern terminus of PR-25R | ||
| 0.0 | 0.0 |  PR-25 south (Avenida de la Constitución) – San Juan | Northern terminus of PR-25R; one-way street | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- Google (28 February 2020). "PR-25 north" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- Google (28 February 2020). "PR-25 south" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
- Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- Edwin R. Quiles Rodríguez. "La Ponce de León como metáfora". 80grados (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- www.prfrogui.com History of the Roads of Puerto Rico-(in Spanish)-Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- Avenida de las Artes (3 November 2012). "San Juan's Arts & Culture District". Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- Google (28 February 2020). "PR-8838" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- Google (13 July 2021). "PR-25R" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avenida Juan Ponce de León, Puerto Rico Highway 25 and Puerto Rico Highway 25R.
- Anuncia convocatoria de arte urbano en Avenida Ponce de León (in Spanish)
- CBA de Santurce hace realidad el Pórtico de las Artes (in Spanish)
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