Puerto Rico Highway 156
Puerto Rico Highway 156 (PR-156) is a long east–west highway which connects Caguas to Orocovis and is the main artery to Aguas Buenas since the highway from Puerto Rico Highway 52 to the main downtown has at least two lanes and a shoulder per direction. From Aguas Buenas to Orocovis it is a rural, yet safe road which enters all the business districts and plazas of Aguas Buenas, Comerío, Barranquitas and Orocovis. It is one of two long east–west highways through the center of the island (the other being Puerto Rico Highway 111) but it never approaches a coast. Puerto Rico Highway 111 approaches Aguadilla's shore near PR-2 but PR-156, ending in Caguas, is nearly 35 kilometers away from the east coast.[3][4]
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| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 58.7 km[1] (36.5 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1953[2]–present | |||
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| Location | ||||
| Municipalities | Orocovis, Barranquitas, Comerío, Aguas Buenas, Caguas | |||
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Major intersections
| Municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Orocovis | Orocovis barrio-pueblo–Orocovis line | 0.0 | 0.0 | | Western terminus of PR-156 |
| 0.4 | 0.25 |  | |||
| Botijas | 3.1 | 1.9 |  | ||
| 6.4– 6.5 | 4.0– 4.0 |  | |||
| Barranquitas | Palo Hincado | 10.5 | 6.5 |  | |
| 11.6 | 7.2 |  | |||
| Barranquitas barrio-pueblo | 14.2– 14.3 | 8.8– 8.9 |  | ||
| 15.4– 15.5 | 9.6– 9.6 |  | One-way street; southbound access via Calle Susano Maldonado | ||
| 15.9 | 9.9 |  | |||
| Barranquitas barrio-pueblo–Quebradillas line | 16.4 | 10.2 |  | ||
| Quebrada Grande–Honduras line | 20.4 | 12.7 |  | ||
| 22.4 | 13.9 |  | |||
| Comerío | Río Hondo | 26.4 | 16.4 | | |
| 28.6– 28.7 | 17.8– 17.8 |  | |||
| 28.7 | 17.8 | Puente del Río Hondo over the Río Hondo[5] | |||
| Comerío barrio-pueblo | 31.7– 31.8 | 19.7– 19.8 |  | ||
| 32.2 | 20.0 |  | |||
| Palomas–Comerío barrio-pueblo line | 32.5 | 20.2 |  | ||
| Quebrada Higüero | 34.5 | 21.4 | Puente del Higüero[5] | ||
| Doña Elena | 35.1 | 21.8 |   | ||
| Naranjo | 35.2– 35.3 | 21.9– 21.9 |  | ||
| 35.5– 35.6 | 22.1– 22.1 |  | |||
| 36.5 | 22.7 |  | |||
| Comerío–Aguas Buenas municipal line | Naranjo–Bayamoncito line | 39.9 | 24.8 |   | |
| Aguas Buenas | Bayamoncito | 41.3 | 25.7 |  | |
| Mula–Sumidero line | 47.6 | 29.6 |  | Western terminus of PR-173 concurrency | |
| Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo | 50.0 | 31.1 |  | ||
| 50.3 | 31.3 | | Eastern terminus of PR-173 concurrency; one-way street | ||
| Bairoa–Sumidero– Cagüitas tripoint | 50.6– 50.7 | 31.4– 31.5 |  | ||
| Bairoa | 52.3 | 32.5 |  | ||
| Caguas | Cañabón | 53.6 | 33.3 |  | |
| 55.4– 55.5 | 34.4– 34.5 |  | |||
| 57.1 | 35.5 |  | |||
| Caguas barrio-pueblo | 57.8– 57.9 | 35.9– 36.0 |  | PR-52 exit 19; partial cloverleaf interchange | |
| 58.4 | 36.3 |  | |||
| 58.6 | 36.4 |  | One-way street | ||
| 58.7 | 36.5 | | Eastern terminus of PR-156; one-way street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- Google (24 March 2020). "PR-156" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Comerío, Memoria Núm. 41" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
- "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 84–85.
- Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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