Puerto Rico Highway 18

Puerto Rico Highway 18 (PR-18) is a freeway in Puerto Rico, which is also known as Expreso Las Américas. It runs from its north end at its intersection with PR-22 (known as Expreso José de Diego) in San Juan to its south end in Río Piedras where it intersects with PR-1.[2] At this point PR-18 becomes PR-52, known as Autopista Luis A. Ferré.[3]

PR-18 begins from PR-22

Highway 18
Expreso Las Américas
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length6.09 km[1] (3.78 mi)
Existed1960s and rebuilt in late 1990s–present
Major junctions
South end PR-1 / PR-52 in Monacillo Urbano
 
  • PR-21 in Monacillo Urbano
  • PR-17 in Gobernador Piñero
  • PR-23 in Hato Rey Norte
North end PR-22 in Hato Rey Norte
Location
MunicipalitiesSan Juan
Highway system
← PR-17PR-19 →

Route description

PR-18 connects PR-52 to PR-22 and intersects with Jesus de Piñero Avenue (PR-17), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue (PR-23), which grants access to Plaza Las Américas, and Domenech Avenue. It is mostly a 4-lane road in each direction. The combined route of PR-18 and PR-52 is coterminous with the unsigned Interstate Highway PRI-1.

Exit list

The entire route is located in San Juan. 

Locationkm[4]miExitDestinationsNotes
Monacillo Urbano6.093.788B PR-52 south (PRI-1 / Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Caguas, Cupey, PonceSouthern terminus of PR-18; PRI-1 continues southbound via PR-52.
5.93.78A PR-1 south – Caguas, CaimitoNo southbound access to PR-1 north.
4.72.97B PR-21 east (Avenida José "Kiko" Custodio) – Río Piedras, CupeyNo northbound exit.
4.52.87A PR-21 west (Avenida José "Kiko" Custodio) – Monacillo, Guaynabo, Hospital de VeteranosAccess to Centro Médico station
El Cinco4.22.66B Río Piedras Medical CenterMost direct access to the hospital; southbound only.
3.52.26A Avenida Américo Miranda – Río Piedras Medical Center
Gobernador Piñero2.71.75B PR-17 east (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Carolina, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Trujillo Alto, Río PiedrasAccess to The Mall of San Juan and Piñero station
2.41.55A PR-17 west (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Puerto Nuevo
Hato Rey Norte2.01.24 Avenida Manuel DomenechAccess to Hospital Del Maestro and Domenech station
1.5–
0.5		0.93–
0.31		3A–C PR-23 (Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt) / Calle Carlos F. Chardón / Calle Juan Calaf – Puerto Nuevo, Hato ReyFrontage roads of these exits has an at-grade intersection in Chardon Street; Access to Plaza Las Americas shopping mall and Roosevelt station
0.00.00 PR-22 (PRI-2 / Autopista José de Diego) – Guaynabo, Bayamón, Arecibo, Santurce, San Juan, CarolinaNorthern terminus of PR-18 and PRI-1; PR-22 exit 2A; access to Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also

References
  1. Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. 2019. Accessed 3 May 2019.
  2. Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  3. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
  4. Google (28 February 2020). "PR-18" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.


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