Puerto Rico Highway 60 Explained

State:	PR
Type:	PR
Route:	60
Alternate Name:	Spanish; Castilian: Avenida Dionisio Casillas
Maint:	Puerto Rico DTPW
Length Km:	3.6
Direction A:	West
Terminus A:	in Tejas
Junction:	in Mabú in Humacao barrio-pueblo–Río Abajo
Direction B:	East
Terminus B:	in Río Abajo
Municipalities:	Humacao
Previous Type:	PR
Previous Route:	54
Next Type:	Urban
Next Route:	63

Puerto Rico Highway 60 (PR-60) or Avenida Dionisio Casillas is a 3.55adj=midNaNadj=mid freeway entirely located in Humacao, Puerto Rico.^[1] It connects Puerto Rico Highway 30 to Puerto Rico Highway 3 and has two exits:

• PR-198, Humacao Centro: Access to Hospital Ryder, one of the most important hospitals in Humacao; Downtown Humacao and East Las Piedras
• PR-924, Antón Ruiz: Access to Downtown Humacao and barrio Antón Ruíz.

History

The freeway was part of PR-30 before the latter, then called Puerto Rico Alt Highway 30 (or ramal), ended in the intersection with PR-909 near Mariana. When PR-53 was under construction, PR-30 was also extended to its terminus and the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico (DTOP) renumbered the final 1.9 miles (3 kilometers) of former PR-30 to PR-60.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas.
2. National Geographic Maps . 2011 . Puerto Rico . 1:125,000 . Adventure Map (Book 3107) . Evergreen, Colorado . National Geographic Maps . 978-1566955188 . 756511572.