Puerto Rico Highway 901
Puerto Rico Highway 901 (PR-901) is a highway in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico which begins at its junction with PR-182 in Yabucoa and ends at its intersection with PR-760 in Manuabo.
Carretera Ernesto Carrasquillo[1] | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
Length | 15.1 km[2] (9.4 mi) | |||
Existed | 1953[3]–present | |||
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Municipalities | Maunabo, Yabucoa | |||
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Route description
PR-3 in Yabucoa enters downtown and continues uphill into the mountains. The Puerto Rico Department of Transportation designed PR-901 as a primary route[4] while PR-53 is under construction, because it is a more direct way to the Maunabo area than PR-3, as the latter has more curves. PR-901 runs parallel to the coastline for several kilometers, but due to the mountains ending at the coastline, PR-901 run several hundred feet above sea level. This feature makes PR-901 a scenic route.[5] Drivers traveling from Humacao to the area of Guayama are recommended to use PR-30 to PR-52 and then PR-53 (Salinas-Guayama) as opposed to using the PR-3/PR-901 route because it is safer and shorter. This by-pass will end when construction of PR-53 is completed. When PR-53 is finished, PR-901 will become a normal rural road, and PR-53 will become the primary route to Maunabo.
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Major intersections
Municipality | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Maunabo | Emajagua | 15.1 | 9.4 | ![]() | Southern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Yabucoa via Quebrada Arenas–Talante |
14.9– 14.8 | 9.3– 9.2 | ![]() | |||
14.5 | 9.0 | ![]() | |||
12.4– 12.3 | 7.7– 7.6 | ![]() | |||
Yabucoa | Camino Nuevo | 5.0 | 3.1 | ![]() | |
4.0 | 2.5 | ![]() | |||
3.3 | 2.1 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Juan Martín | 3.0– 2.9 | 1.9– 1.8 | ![]() ![]() | ||
1.1 | 0.68 | ![]() | |||
Yabucoa barrio-pueblo | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Maunabo and San Lorenzo via Calabazas | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- "Ernesto Carrasquillo Highway (PR-901)" (Map). Wikimapia. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- Google (28 February 2020). "PR-901" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- "Maunabo, Memoria Núm. 77" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 135.
- Puerto Rico (fold out) (Map). National Geographic Adventure Map (Book 3107). 7 May 2011. ISBN 978-1566955188.