Puerto Rico Highway 116

Puerto Rico Highway 116 (PR-116) is a main highway in the southwest part of Puerto Rico, beginning in Guánica, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 2 to Lajas, Puerto Rico[4] at Puerto Rico Highway 101. It is the main route to Guánica and Lajas, and grants access to places such as the Dry Forest of Puerto Rico (Bosque Seco), common for its cacti and dry, desert-like climate, and also to beaches like Parguera in Lajas and Playa Santa in Guánica. It is divided, two lane-per-direction in the first 4 kilometers before turning one lane-per direction in the rest of its length. The width of its lanes allows for speed limits above the normal rural roads.[5]

Highway 116
Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez[1]
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length26.6 km[2] (16.5 mi)
Existed1953[3]–present
Major junctions
West end PR-101 in Lajas
 
East end PR-2 in Susúa Baja
Location
MunicipalitiesLajas, Guánica
Highway system
← PR-115→ PR-117

Major intersections
MunicipalityLocationkm[2]miDestinationsNotes
LajasLajas0.00.0 PR-101 – Lajas, San GermánWestern terminus of PR-116
1.00.62 PR-122 north (Carretera Harry Luis Pérez Rivera) – San GermánSeagull intersection
Lajas–Sabana Yeguas line1.5–
1.6		0.93–
0.99		 PR-315 to PR-117 – Lajas, Sabana Grande
Sabana Yeguas2.91.8 PR-315 – Sabana Yeguas
Sabana Yeguas–Parguera line5.53.4 PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera
Parguera–Costa–
Sabana Yeguas tripoint		6.64.1 PR-304 / PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera
Costa12.77.9 PR-323 – Costa
GuánicaMontalva17.911.1 PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Montalva
Ensenada20.913.0 PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – EnsenadaIncomplete trumpet interchange; no eastbound exit
21.213.2 PR-331 – Ciénaga
Guánica barrio-pueblo21.613.4 PR-4116 – Guánica
Ciénaga22.1–
22.2		13.7–
13.8		 PR-332 – Guánica
22.5–
22.6		14.0–
14.0		 PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) – Caña Gorda
Ciénaga–Caño–
Carenero tripoint		23.014.3 PR-334 – Carenero
Carenero24.115.0 PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño
Susúa Baja25.615.9 PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño
26.616.5 PR-2 (Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella) – Yauco, Ponce, MayagüezEastern terminus of PR-116; PR-2 exit 194; trumpet interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  • A rural stretch of Highway 116 in Lajas
  • Eastern end of Highway 116 in Guanica where it meets Highway 2

Currently, PR-116 has three branches in its old segments in Guánica and Yauco. Originally they were identified as PR-116R.[5]

Puerto Rico Highway 1116

Highway 1116
LocationGuánica – Yauco
Length4.4 km[6] (2.7 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 1116 (PR-1116) was the old section of PR-116 between Guánica and Yauco.[5] It extended from PR-116 between Caño and Carenero barrios to PR-121 in Susúa Baja.[7] In 2015, this highway was designated as Avenida Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras[8] and renumbered to PR-326.[9]

MunicipalityLocationkm[6]miDestinationsNotes
GuánicaCarenero0.00.0 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Guánica, LajasSouthern terminus of PR-1116
Susúa Baja1.60.99 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco
2.31.4 PR-389 – La Joya
2.9–
3.0		1.8–
1.9		 PR-3332 – Arena
YaucoSusúa Baja4.42.7 PR-121 – Yauco, Sabana GrandeNorthern terminus of PR-1116
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Puerto Rico Highway 3116

Highway 3116
LocationGuánica
Length3.4 km[10] (2.1 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 3116 (PR-3116) is an old segment of PR-116 that provides access to Ensenada.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica. 

Locationkm[10]miDestinationsNotes
Montalva0.00.0 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – LajasWestern terminus of PR-3116
Montalva–Ensenada line1.10.68 PR-324 – Montalva
Ensenada1.91.2 PR-325 – Playa Santa
3.42.1 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – YaucoEastern terminus of PR-3116; incomplete trumpet interchange; no exit ramp from PR-116 eastbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Puerto Rico Highway 4116

Highway 4116
LocationGuánica
Length1.5 km[11] (0.93 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 4116 (PR-4116) is the original route of PR-116 through downtown Guánica. This road can be seen as Puerto Rico 116 Business.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica. 

Locationkm[11]miDestinationsNotes
Guánica barrio-pueblo0.00.0 PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – LajasWestern terminus of PR-4116
Guánica barrio-pueblo–Carenero–
Ciénaga tripoint		1.0–
1.1		0.62–
0.68		 PR-332 – Ciénaga
Carenero1.50.93 PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) to PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco, Caña GordaEastern terminus of PR-4116; Guánica State Forest
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "Para designar con el nombre de Avenida Manuel (Pito) Pagán Ramírez, a la Carretera PR – 116, que comprende desde Lajas hasta Guánica". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. Google (6 March 2020). "PR-116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. "Guánica, Memoria Núm. 44" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 66–67.
  5. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
  6. Google (1 March 2020). "PR-1116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. "Carretera 326, Susúa Baja". Cartogiraffe. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. "Para denominar la carretera estatal PR-1116 de Yauco a Guánica, con el nombre de Agustín (Quino) López Oliveras". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  9. "Abriendo puertas". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  10. Google (1 March 2020). "PR-3116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. Google (1 March 2020). "PR-4116" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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