Puerto Rico Highway 30

Puerto Rico Highway 30 (PR-30), known as Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella, is a main freeway in Puerto Rico which connects the city of Caguas to the town of Humacao.[2][3]

PR-30 in Las Piedras
PR-30 approaching PR-60 in Humacao

Highway 30
Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length30.5 km[1] (19.0 mi)
Major junctions
West end PR-1 / PR-52 in Bairoa
 
East end PR-53 in Buena Vista
Location
MunicipalitiesCaguas, Gurabo, Juncos, Las Piedras, Humacao
Highway system
← PR-29→ PR-31

Problems

This highway is considered highly dangerous due to the number of cars that transit it, partly because many people in Humacao and nearby municipalities work in San Juan.[4] There are also concerns of cracks and holes, most of them in the right lane in both directions.[5] The highway is in frequent repairs, especially the Caguas-Gurabo segment. There are possibilities that this highway has not been properly repaired, intentionally, because drivers speed up to more than the specified speed limit (55 mph) and having the highway repaired would mean more fatal accidents as a good highway would invite people to drive faster. Nevertheless, the segment between Caguas and Gurabo has been repaired and repaved,[6] and the segment in Las Piedras is being repaired and expanded near the exit to PR-183 mainly because of the large number of vehicles taking this exit and creating a congestion in the freeway. The segments between Gurabo and Juncos are not repaired and have a significant number of cracks and holes. Another problem with PR-30 is that it turns very slippery when wet and cars still drive above speed limit (55 mph). Many people have died in the freeway and is considered one of the most dangerous in the island.

Parallel routes

PR-198 and PR-189 parallel the freeway almost in its entire length, and they never get far from the freeway. PR-189 (Caguas-Juncos) has two junctions with PR-30- one in Gurabo near Caguas and the other in Juncos. PR-198 does the same in Juncos and Humacao. PR-183 also parallels the highway but it lies significantly south, and two connectors and one exit connect them- PR-203 from Gurabo to San Lorenzo, PR-204 in Las Piedras and the Exit 21 in the same town. PR-183 ends in Las Piedras.

Exit list
MunicipalityLocationkm[1]miExitDestinationsNotes
CaguasBairoa0.00.00A–B PR-1 / PR-52 (PRI-1 / Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – San Juan, Caguas, Ponce, Cayey, Bayamón, CarolinaWestern terminus of PR-30. Access to Menonita Caguas Regional Hospital
2.9–
3.0		1.8–
1.9		3Avenida Rafael Cordero – Caguas CentroThe first exit, which connect PR-30 to its parallel route PR-189. This exits grants access to Plaza Centro, the second most important shopping center in Caguas.
GuraboRincón4.0–
4.1		2.5–
2.5		4 PR-189 – Caguas, GuraboGrants access to Ana G. Méndez University and West Gurabo.
5.5–
5.6		3.4–
3.5		5 PR-203 south (Expreso Chayanne) – San LorenzoConnects PR-30 with PR-183.
Rincón–Mamey–
Jaguar tripoint		7.5–
7.9		4.7–
4.9		7–8 PR-181 / PR-9944 (Desvío Oscar Dávila Carrión) – Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, JaguarAccess to the main downtown of Gurabo, south to Jaguar barrio in San Lorenzo and further north to Trujillo Alto.
Mamey9.0–
9.1		5.6–
5.7		9 PR-189 / PR-9030 – GuraboNo westbound exit; eastbound entrance ramp closed.[7]
JuncosMamey13.18.112 PR-185 north to PR-189 – Juncos, CanóvanasEastbound exit and westbound entrance. Connects PR-30 with PR-66 and PR-3.
Juncos barrio-pueblo13.68.513 PR-189 / PR-9919 (Desvío Ingeniero Josué Díaz Díaz) to PR-952 – Juncos Centro, Canóvanas, Canta GalloAccess to downtown Juncos and Lirios barrio.
Ceiba Norte14.6–
14.7		9.1–
9.1		14 PR-31 east / PR-189 – Juncos, Ceiba
Las PiedrasCeiba–Montones line20.212.619 PR-204 – Valenciano Abajo, CeibaExit to Valenciano area of Las Piedras. A small shopping center with a movie theatre, the largest in the southeast is there.
Montones–Tejas line21.913.621 PR-183 – Las Piedras, MontonesAccess to downtown Las Piedras, and the Montones barrio.
Tejas23.014.322 PR-921 – TejasAccess to East Las Piedras and the Tejas barrio
HumacaoTejas26.116.225 PR-60 east (Avenida Dionisio Casillas) to PR-198 – Humacao CentroAccess to Center Humacao and North Humacao.
27.717.226 PR-908 – Humacao Oeste, TejasAccess to the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao and the Patagonia area.
Cataño28.517.728 PR-909 – Humacao Sur, MarianaAccess to the Mariana barrio. For traffic from PR-30 Eastbound to PR-909 must take exit 29.
29.118.129 PR-3 – Humacao Sur, Mariana, CatañoAccess to Candelero Arriba and South Humacao.
Buena Vista30.519.030A–B PR-53 (Autopista Dr. José Celso Barbosa) – Humacao, Fajardo, Yabucoa, Palmas del MarEastern terminus of PR-30. To the south (Exit 30A) is Yabucoa and going north (Exit 30B) is Fajardo, 30 kilometers from Humacao. PR-53 exit 33.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. Google (27 February 2020). "PR-30" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
  3. Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Cerrado tramo de la PR-30 de Juncos por accidente fatal". CyberNews (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. "Cerrado un carril en la PR-30 a Humacao por trabajos". NotiCel (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  6. Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "#Trabajos de repavimentación en la PR-30 dirección de Gurabo a Juncos, desde el km. 9.0. Los trabajos se llevarán a cabo en horas de la mañana" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. http://goo.gl/maps/mb5ZM
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