National Primary Route 5, or just Route 5 (, or ) is a
National Road Route of
Costa Rica
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, and it is a road from the area known as Tournón, in the triple limit of the
Cinco Esquinas, Tibás district,
Merced, San José district, and
San Francisco, Goicoechea district in
San José province
San José () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the central part of the country, and borders (clockwise beginning in the north) the provinces of Alajuela, Heredia, Limón, Cartago and Puntarenas. The provincial and national capi ...
to the
Heredia district in the
Heredia province
Heredia () is a province of Costa Rica. It is in the north-central part of the country. As a result, the province covers areas as diverse as the agriculture-rich Northern plains to the more metropolitan areas such as the city of Heredia in the Ce ...
of
Costa Rica
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, and joins
Route 108 and
Route 3.
Description
The route is short in distance at 8.7 km, goes from downtown San José, north of (downtown area), through the districts of
Cinco Esquinas,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
of Tibás canton, and
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
,
Santo Tomás,
Santa Rosa, of Santo Domingo canton, and
San Pablo canton, ending in Heredia district.
The route is also an east parallel alternative to the San José to Heredia segment of Route 3.
In
San José province the route covers
Tibás
Tibás is the thirteenth canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The head city of the canton is San Juan.
History
Tibás was created on 26 June 1914 by decree 31. It was formerly known as San Juan del Murciélago and was meant to ...
canton (
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
,
Cinco Esquinas districts).
In
Heredia province the route covers
Heredia canton (
Heredia district),
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
canton (
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
,
San Vicente,
Santa Rosa districts),
San Pablo canton (
San Pablo,
Rincón de Sabanilla
Rincón de Sabanilla is a district of the San Pablo canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to ...
districts).
History
On 23 March 2020, the Heredia terminus section was bifurcated to improve the traffic, by making Route 5 into an Heredia outbound section, and annexing 1.5 km of the immediate north road, Avenida Joaquín Rodríguez, as Heredia inbound section, with a new semaphore at the joining point with Route 3. This bifurcation provides two lanes in each way, but the right lane will be for public transportation exclusive use at peak traffic hours (06:00-08:30 and 15:00-19:00). Both sections converge at the Route 5 and Calle 35 point, to one lane in each direction.
References
Highways in Costa Rica
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