Puerto Rico Highway 116
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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Country | United States | |||||||||||||
Territory | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||
Municipalities | Lajas, Guánica | |||||||||||||
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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.
Route description
[edit]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]
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A rural stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 116 in Lajas, looking east
Major intersections
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Eastern terminus of PR-116 in Guánica where it meets PR-2
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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 | ![]() | Western terminus of PR-116 |
1.0 | 0.62 | ![]() ![]() | Seagull intersection | ||
Lajas–Sabana Yeguas line | 1.5– 1.6 | 0.93– 0.99 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Sabana Yeguas | 2.9 | 1.8 | ![]() | ||
Sabana Yeguas–Parguera line | 5.5 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||
Parguera–Costa– Sabana Yeguas tripoint | 6.6 | 4.1 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Costa | 12.7 | 7.9 | ![]() | ||
Guánica | Montalva | 17.9 | 11.1 | ![]() | |
Ensenada | 20.9 | 13.0 | ![]() | Incomplete trumpet interchange; no eastbound exit | |
21.2 | 13.2 | ![]() | |||
Guánica barrio-pueblo | 21.6 | 13.4 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Ciénaga | 22.1– 22.2 | 13.7– 13.8 | ![]() | ||
22.5– 22.6 | 14.0– 14.0 | ![]() | |||
Ciénaga–Caño– Carenero tripoint | 23.0 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
Carenero | 24.1 | 15.0 | ![]() | Former PR-116R | |
Susúa Baja | 25.6 | 15.9 | ![]() | Former PR-116R | |
26.6 | 16.5 | ![]() | 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
[edit]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
[edit]Location | Guánica – Yauco |
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Length | 4.4 km[6] (2.7 mi) |
Existed | 2015 |
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 | ![]() | Southern terminus of PR-1116 |
Susúa Baja | 1.6 | 0.99 | ![]() | ||
2.3 | 1.4 | ![]() | |||
2.9– 3.0 | 1.8– 1.9 | ![]() | |||
Yauco | Susúa Baja | 4.4 | 2.7 | ![]() | Northern terminus of PR-1116 |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Puerto Rico Highway 3116
[edit]Location | Guánica |
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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 | ![]() | Western terminus of PR-3116 | |
Montalva–Ensenada line | 1.1 | 0.68 | ![]() | ||
Ensenada | 1.9 | 1.2 | ![]() | ||
3.4 | 2.1 | ![]() | 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
[edit]Location | Guánica |
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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 | ![]() | Western terminus of PR-4116 | |
Guánica barrio-pueblo–Carenero– Ciénaga tripoint | 1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | ![]() | ||
Carenero | 1.5 | 0.93 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of PR-4116; Guánica State Forest | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "PR-116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 6 March 2020. 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.
- ^ a b c d e National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
- ^ a b "PR-1116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 1 March 2020. 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.
- ^ a b "PR-3116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ a b "PR-4116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
External links
[edit]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)