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.

Highway 901
Carretera Ernesto Carrasquillo[1]
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	15.1 km[2] (9.4 mi)
Existed	1953[3]–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-760 in Emajagua
	PR-53 in Emajagua PR-7760 in Emajagua PR-53 in Emajagua PR-9911 in Camino Nuevo PR-9901 in Camino Nuevo PR-9914 in Juan Martín PR-3 in Juan Martín
North end	PR-9910 in Yabucoa barrio-pueblo
Location
Municipalities	Maunabo, Yabucoa
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List ← PR-891 PR-908 →

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.

PR-901 in Camino Nuevo, Yabucoa

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km[2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Maunabo	Emajagua	15.1	9.4	PR-760 – Maunabo, Patillas, Sector La Playa, Sector El Faro	Southern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Yabucoa via Quebrada Arenas–Talante
		14.9– 14.8	9.3– 9.2	PR-53 north (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Yabucoa
		14.5	9.0	PR-7760 – Bordaleza
		12.4– 12.3	7.7– 7.6	PR-53 south (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Maunabo
Yabucoa	Camino Nuevo	5.0	3.1	PR-9911 – Playa Lucía
		4.0	2.5	PR-9901 – Juan Martín
		3.3	2.1	To PR-53 (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) / PR-9914 – Humacao
	Juan Martín	3.0– 2.9	1.9– 1.8	PR-9914 east to PR-53 (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Humacao
		1.1	0.68	PR-3 – Humacao, Maunabo
	Yabucoa barrio-pueblo	0.0	0.0	PR-9910 (Calle Cristóbal Colón) to PR-182 – Yabucoa	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

• List of highways numbered 901

References

1. "Ernesto Carrasquillo Highway (PR-901)" (Map). Wikimapia. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
2. Google (28 February 2020). "PR-901" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
3. "Maunabo, Memoria Núm. 77" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
4. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 135.
5. Puerto Rico (fold out) (Map). National Geographic Adventure Map (Book 3107). 7 May 2011. ISBN 978-1566955188.

External links

• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 901 at Wikimedia Commons