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PR-129
Puerto Rico Highway 129 (PR-129) is a north–south (actually diagonal) highway in North-Central Puerto Rico, connecting the town of Lares with Arecibo. It crosses the northern karst country of the island. When traveling from the northern coast of Puerto Rico, PR-129 can be used to reach the Arecibo Observatory The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science F ... and the Camuy River Caverns Park. Route description It is a four-lane, divided highway in Arecibo, and a super two highway in Hatillo, Camuy and Lares. It then merges with PR-111, being entirely unsigned throughout this section. It then heads south as a narrow, rural road, and ends at PR-135 near Adjuntas. Its speed limit is overall through its highway section. It was originally a narrow, two lane road. Much of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 111
Puerto Rico Highway 111 (PR-111) is a highway connecting Aguadilla, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 2 and Puerto Rico Highway 115 to Utuado, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 140. Route description It is the main highway to Moca and San Sebastián, being a two-lane highway before turning rural on its way to Lares, where it meets PR-129, which taking north goes to Arecibo Arecibo (; ) is a Arecibo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado and Ciales, Puerto Rico, Ciale ... and meets PR-2 and PR-22. In Lares, it becomes a divided avenue, replacing an old, narrow segment, but then becomes rural again. It continues to Utuado, crossing PR-10, and merging shortly with PR-123. It ends at PR-140 east of Utuado, near Jayuya. It is one of two long highways going west–east through the center of Puerto Rico (the other being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 134
Puerto Rico Highway 134 (PR-134) is a rural road that travels from Lares, Puerto Rico to Hatillo. This highway begins at its intersection with PR-111 in barrio Lares and ends at its junction with PR-129 Puerto Rico Highway 129 (PR-129) is a north–south (actually diagonal) highway in North-Central Puerto Rico, connecting the town of Lares with Arecibo. It crosses the northern karst country of the island. When traveling from the northern co ... in Campo Alegre. Carretera PR-134, Hatillo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Southbound beginning of PR-134 at PR-129 junction in Campo Alegre, Hatillo Major intersections Carretera PR-111, intersección con la carretera PR-134, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-111 east near PR-134 intersection in Lares Carretera PR-134, intersección con la carretera PR-455, Hatillo, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-134 south near PR-455 intersection in Bayaney, Hatillo PR Highway 134 junction sign from 129.jpg, PR-129 north at PR-134 junction in Bayaney, Hatillo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Puerto Rico Highway Renumbering
In 1953, the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works implemented a major renumbering of its insular highways. Before 1953, highway routes were numbered in the 1 to just over 100 range and were distributed randomly throughout the island, resulting in several routes with long road lengths. The numbering system adopted in 1953, which is in use today, increased the range of route numbers from the just-over-100 to 999, resulting in a decrease in the length of many routes. This new numbering system follows a grid pattern for highways numbered between 100 and 999, with the lower numbered roads found to the west and systematically increasing towards 999 as the traveler moves easterly. Although PR-1, PR-2 and PR-3 routes had notable changes in some of their segments, these three are the only highways that kept their route numbers intact due to their interregional prominence. History The first major roadways in Puerto Rico were built by the Government of Spain. By 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piletas
Piletas is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,671. History Piletas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Piletas barrio was 2,455. Places In 2017, as Puerto Rico and Lares continued to struggle economically, community leaders decided that unused public schools, including one in Piletas Arce (on Puerto Rico Highway 129), would be used by the agricultural industry of Lares. The school became a community center for local farmers. La Piramide de Piletas Restaurant, located in Sector Las Lajas, was featured by the Puerto Rico Department of Tourism Discover Puerto Rico campaign. Sectors Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campo Alegre, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Campo Alegre is a rural barrio in the municipality of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,210. Gallery Carretera PR-130, Hatillo, Puerto Rico (1).jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 130 in Campo Alegre Carretera PR-134, Hatillo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 134 in Campo Alegre See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisions. Barrios are s ... References External links * Barrios of Hatillo, Puerto Rico {{HatilloPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lares, Puerto Rico
Lares (, ) is a mountain Lares barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico's central-western area. Lares is located north of Maricao, Puerto Rico, Maricao and Yauco, Puerto Rico, Yauco; south of Camuy, Puerto Rico, Camuy, east of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico, San Sebastián and Las Marias, Puerto Rico, Las Marias; and west of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, Hatillo, Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado and Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, Adjuntas. Lares is spread over 10 barrios and Lares barrio-pueblo, Lares Pueblo (Downtown Lares). It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area. A city adorned with Spain, Spanish-era colonial-style churches and small downtown stores, Lares is located on a mountainous, breezy area that is about 1.5 hours from the capital San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan by car. In 1868, Lares was the site of the ''Grito de Lares'' (literally, ''The Cry of Lares'', or Lares Revolt), an uprising brought on by pro-independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo (; ) is a Arecibo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado and Ciales, Puerto Rico, Ciales; east of Hatillo, Puerto Rico, Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, Barceloneta and Florida, Puerto Rico, Florida. It is about west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, the capital city. Arecibo is the largest municipality in Puerto Rico by area, and it is the core city of the Puerto Rico statistical areas, Arecibo Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the greater San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area, San Juan–Bayamón, PR Combined statistical area, Combined Statistical Area. It is spread over 18 ''barrios'' and Arecibo barrio-pueblo, Arecibo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). Its population in 2020 was 87,754. The Arecibo Observatory, which housed the Arecibo telescope, the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parque Nacional De Las Cavernas Del Río Camuy
The Parque Nacional de las Cavernas del Río Camuy (English: Camuy River Cave National Park) is a cave system in Puerto Rico. It is located between the municipalities of Camuy, Hatillo, and Lares in northwestern Puerto Rico, but the main entrance to the park is located in Quebrada, Camuy. The caverns are part of a large network of natural limestone caves and underground waterways carved out by the third-largest underground river in the world, the Río Camuy ( Camuy River). The cave system was "discovered" in 1958 and was first documented in the 1973 book ''Discovery at the Río Camuy'' () by Russell and Jeanne Gurnee, but there is archaeological evidence that these caves were explored hundreds of years ago by the Taíno Indians, Puerto Rico's first inhabitants. Over 10 miles of caverns, 220 caves and 17 entrances to the Camuy cave system have been mapped so far. This, however, is only a fraction of the entire system which many experts believe still holds another 800 caves. Onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hato Arriba, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Hato Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,495. History Hato Arriba was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Hato Arriba barrio was 1,751. Sectors Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. The following sectors are in Hato Arriba barrio: , and . See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloverleaf Interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange (road), interchange in which all turns are handled by slip roads. To go left (in right-hand traffic; reverse directions in left-driving regions), vehicles first continue as one road passes over or under the other, then exit right onto a one-way three-quarter loop ramp (270°) and merge onto the intersecting road. The objective of a cloverleaf is to allow two highways to cross without the need for any traffic to be stopped by traffic lights. The limiting factor in the capacity of a cloverleaf interchange is traffic weaving. Overview Cloverleaf interchanges, viewed from overhead or on maps, resemble the leaf, leaves of a four-leaf clover or less often a 3-leaf clover. In the United States, cloverleaf interchanges existed long before the Interstate highway, Interstate system. They were originally created for busier interchanges that the original diamond interchange system could not handle. Their chief advantage was that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buena Vista, Hatillo, Puerto Rico
Buena Vista is a rural barrio in the municipality of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,490. See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisions, and 902 barrios proper, consisting of 828 barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos, serving as third-level divisions. Barrios are s ... References External links * Barrios of Hatillo, Puerto Rico {{HatilloPR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamond Interchange
A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a controlled-access highway crosses a minor road. Design The freeway itself is grade separation, grade-separated from the minor road, one crossing the other over a bridge. Approaching the interchange (road), interchange from either direction, an off-ramp diverges only slightly from the freeway and runs directly across the minor road, becoming an on-ramp that returns to the freeway in similar fashion. The two places where the Interchange (road), ramps meet the road are treated as conventional intersection (road), intersections. In the United States, where this form of interchange is very common, particularly in rural areas, traffic on the off-ramp typically faces a stop sign at the minor road, while traffic turning onto the freeway is unrestricted. The diamond interchange uses less space than most types of freeway interchange, and avoids the grade separation#Weaving, interweaving traffic flows that occur i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
