Puerto Rico Highway 185

Puerto Rico Highway 185 (PR-185) is a main highway that connects Canóvanas, Puerto Rico to Juncos, Puerto Rico and is about 25 kilometers long. It begins in downtown of Canóvanas, very close to Puerto Rico Highway 3 and ends in Puerto Rico Highway 952 and Puerto Rico Highway 30 in Juncos. For people coming from/going to Caguas, the highway has a direct intersection with PR-30; for those coming from/going to Humacao, drivers have to take short highway PR-952 and then take PR-189 just before its intersection with PR-30, hence this exit being one of the most disorganized junctions in the island between a main highway and a main freeway or tollway in the island. New Puerto Rico Highway 66 also has a poor-designed intersection with the highway, since it only allow people going to/coming from Carolina (west) and not the east. This is probably because the short segment open from the new tollway immediately ends at PR-3 only 2 kilometers from the exit to PR-185 and thus expected to be fixed when the segment to Rio Grande opens to the public.

Highway 185
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length21.1 km[1] (13.1 mi)
Existed1953[2]–present
Major junctions
South end PR-30 in Mamey
 
North end PR-9959 in Canóvanas barrio-pueblo
Location
MunicipalitiesJuncos, Carolina, Canóvanas
Highway system
← PR-184→ PR-186

The highway enters a small portion of Carolina, before it enters Canóvanas. PR-185 serves as an alternate route for people who drive the way between the metro area and the southeast, and it does not climb many hills and is generally wide. It is a much better option than taking Puerto Rico Highway 181 or going to Fajardo and then go south via PR-53, since the island is wider in the north than in the south segment.[3][4]

PR-3 at exit PR-185 Canóvanas - Juncos

Major intersections
MunicipalityLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
JuncosMamey21.113.1 PR-30 west (Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella) – CaguasSouthern terminus of PR-185; PR-30 exit 12; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
21.013.0 PR-189 – Humacao, Caguas
20.712.9 PR-952 – Juncos
Gurabo Abajo20.4–
20.3		12.7–
12.6		 PR-9185 east – Juncos
Canóvanas
 No major junctions
CarolinaCedro15.99.9 PR-9045 – Gurabo
15.89.8 PR-953 – Lomas
12.77.9 PR-853 (Carretera Felipe Birriel Fernández, "El Gigante de Carolina") – Carolina
12.27.6 PR-8856 – Barrazas
CanóvanasLomas10.56.5 PR-857 – Carolina
Hato Puerco8.45.2 PR-186 – Lomas
5.43.4 PR-957 – Palma Sola
4.62.9 PR-954 – Carruzos
Canóvanas2.41.5 PR-66 west (Autopista Roberto Sánchez Vilella) – San JuanPR-66 exit 10; incomplete diamond interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
2.21.4 PR-962 – Cambalache
Canóvanas barrio-pueblo0.50.31 PR-3 – Carolina, Río GrandePartial cloverleaf interchange
0.00.0 PR-9959 (Calle Santiago R. Palmer) – CanóvanasNorthern terminus of PR-185
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Highway 9185
LocationJuncos
Length2.6 km[5] (1.6 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 9185 (PR-9185) is a bypass road that branches off from PR-185 in Gurabo Abajo and ends at PR-31 in Ceiba Norte.[3] The entire route is located in Juncos. 

Locationkm[5]miDestinationsNotes
Gurabo Abajo0.00.0 PR-185 – Juncos, CanóvanasWestern terminus of PR-9185
Ceiba Norte2.61.6 PR-31 – Juncos, NaguaboEastern terminus of PR-9185
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. Google (7 March 2020). "PR-185" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. "Juncos, Memoria Núm. 50" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 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. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 98–99.
  5. Google (1 March 2020). "PR-9185" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.


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