Puerto Rico Highway 12

Puerto Rico Highway 12 (PR-12), also called Avenida Malecón,[3] and Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros, is a 6.4-kilometer,[4] limited-access highway entirely located within the city limits of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and connecting Puerto Rico Highway 14 to the La Guancha area in Barrio Playa in Ponce.[5] It is similar to a freeway but has one traffic light near its intersection with PR-14. In addition to its northern and southern terminus, the highway has four full interchange exits: PR-52, PR-2, PR-133/Calle Comercio, and Avenida Las Américas. Since PR-12's southern terminus is at the Port of Ponce, its traffic volume is expected to grow as construction in the new Port of the Americas is completed.[6]

Detailed map of PR-12

Highway 12
Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length6.4 km[1] (4.0 mi)
Existed1960[2][lower-alpha 1]–present
Major junctions
South endPort of Ponce in Playa
 
North end PR-14 in Machuelo Abajo
Location
MunicipalitiesPonce
Highway system
← PR-10→ PR-14

History

The 2.5 kilometer section of this road, from the Ponce Bypass to just a few feet from the Caribbean Sea at PR-123, was the first segment built; it was built in 1960.[7] It was called "Avenida Malecon" (Pier Avenue), as it led from the then-urbanized area of Ponce to the Ponce wharf. The segment north of PR-12's intersection with PR-2, that is, between PR-2 and Avenida Tito Castro was built in the 1990s, and completed in 2002, as part of the Ponce en Marcha project.[8]

PR-12 used to be signed as part of 'PR-14' before construction of the new PR-10 took place. The PR-14 signing has since been moved into another route (ending at Monumento a la abolición de la esclavitud, near downtown Ponce, while the PR-12 signing was assigned to the southernmost 5.28 kilometers of the old PR-14 route. As of 2008, the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works had not yet updated the signing on the road, but by 2011 it had.

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Ponce. All exits are unnumbered.

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Playa0.00.0Port of Ponce – La GuanchaSouthern terminus of PR-12; at-grade intersection
0.40.25 PR-123 north – PonceAt-grade intersection
1.0–
1.1		0.62–
0.68		Avenida Caribe – Playa
1.30.81Calle Puerto Viejo – PlayaSouthbound exit and entrance
2.11.3 PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Mayagüez, San JuanPR-52 exits 104A and 104B; cloverleaf interchange
2.51.6Avenida Rafael Cordero Santiago – PoncePartial cloverleaf interchange
San Antón3.32.1 PR-2 (Ponce Bypass) – Mayagüez, PonceDiamond interchange
4.12.5 PR-163 (Bulevar Luis A. Ferré Aguayo) – Canas, San AntónDiamond interchange
5.23.2 PR-133 (Calle Comercio) – Ponce, San AntónDiamond interchange
5.13.2 PR-1 south (Bulevar Miguel Pou) – PonceIncomplete diamond interchange; southbound exit and entrance
Machuelo Abajo5.73.5Calle Obispado – PonceAt-grade intersection
6.44.0 PR-14 (Avenida Tito Castro) – Ponce, Juana DíazNorthern terminus of PR-12; seagull intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  • Southbound lanes of PR-12, near exit to PR-133 (Calle Comercio), in Ponce
  • 2008 PR-12 photo with old PR-14 signing

See also

Notes
  1. The segment south of the Ponce Bypass (PR-2) was built in 1960. The segment north of PR-2 was built in the 1990s, and completed in 2002.

References
  1. Google (28 February 2020). "PR-12" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945–2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 53.
  3. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  4. Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas. (In Spanish) Puerto Rico Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportacion (ACT). 17 November 2010.
  5. Highways and Transportation Authority. Office of Traffic Data Compilation and Analysis. (2010). Transito Promedio Diario [Average Daily Traffic (AADT)] (PDF) (Report) (in Spanish). San Juan, PR: Department of Transportation and Public Works. pp. 28–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  6. Links to Port of the Americas
  7. Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 53.
  8. Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce. Published by Oficina de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2002. p. 111.
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