Puerto Rico Highway 14 Explained

State:PR
Type:PR
Route:14
Map:Map of PR-14.svg
Length Km:73.1
Direction A:West
Terminus A: in PrimeroCuarto
Junction:
Direction B:East
Terminus B: in Cayey barrio-pueblo–Monte Llano
Established:1886 (as the old Carretera Central)
Municipalities:Ponce, Juana Díaz, Coamo, Aibonito, Cayey
Previous Type:PR
Previous Route:12
Next Type:Urban
Next Route:15

Puerto Rico Highway 14 (PR-14) is a main highway connecting Ponce to Cayey, Puerto Rico.[1] 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).[2]

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 Spanish; Castilian: 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.[3] PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the Ponce Historic Zone.[4]

Major intersections

Related route

State:PR
Type:Ter
Route:14R
Location:Ponce
Length Km:0.9

Puerto Rico Highway 14R (Spanish; Castilian: 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.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Datos de Transito 2000-2009 . Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works . Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works . es . March 29, 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401220153/act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 . April 1, 2019.
  2. http://edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/ingenierosespanoles.pdf Ingenieros de Caminos en Puerto Rico: 1866-1898.
  3. Web site: Ordenan cierre de la carretera PR-14 de Aibonito a Coamo. Redaccion Voces del. Sur. 26 September 2019. es.
  4. Web site: Ponce. Let's Go.. https://web.archive.org/web/20101204180256/http://www.letsgo.com/14330-puerto_rico-travel-guides-southeast-southeast-ponce-c. dead. 4 December 2010.
  5. Web site: Calle Unión, Ponce, Puerto Rico . pr.geoview.info . April 9, 2023.
  6. Web site: 18 Calle Guadalupe, Ponce, PR . April 9, 2023.