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In 1953, the
Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP; ) is the Executive department of the government of Puerto Rico, Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that regulates transportation and public works in Puerto Rico.Trans ...
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 1898, the year when Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain to the United States, of roadways had been built. Additionally, were built between 1898 and 1908, more were added from 1908 to 1918, and were added from 1918 to 1927. By March 1928, there were 12 districts and some highway routes, particularly routes number 1, 2 and 3, crossed multiple districts. Some of the highways within the 12 districts included: Carretera PR-14, Aibonito, Puerto Rico (1).jpg, Road from San Juan to Ponce in Aibonito Carretera PR-15, Cayey, Puerto Rico.jpg, Road from Cayey to Guayama in Cayey Letrero en PR-123, km 25.0, viajando al norte, anunciando Carr. Santas Pascuas (PR-516), Bo. Guaraguao, Ponce, PR (DSC04458).jpg, Road from Ponce to Arecibo in Ponce Carretera PR-568, Orocovis, Puerto Rico (2).jpg, Road from Orocovis to Corozal in Orocovis Gurabo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Road from Gurabo to San Juan in Gurabo Carretera PR-140, Ciales, Puerto Rico.jpg, Road from Utuado to Barceloneta in Ciales


Highway numbers


See also

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List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico This is a list of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The list focuses on major, signed, roads in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.{{cite web , title=La Carretera Central: un viaje escénico a la historia de Puerto Rico , author=Luis Pumarada O’Neill and María de los Ángeles Castro Arroyo , year=1996 , url=http://www.edicionesdigitales.info/biblioteca/pumarada.pdf , website=Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo del Recinto de Mayagüez de la Universidad de Puerto Rico and Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica de Puerto Rico , language= , isbn=0-9650011-2-1 , access-date=May 9, 2019 {{cite web , title=Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas , year= , url=http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 , website=
Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP; ) is the Executive department of the government of Puerto Rico, Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that regulates transportation and public works in Puerto Rico.Trans ...
, language=es , access-date=May 17, 2019 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013014341/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 , url-status=dead , archive-date=October 13, 2018 {{cite web , title=Aguadilla, Memoria Núm. 56 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_56_Aguadilla-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Arroyo, Memoria Núm. 37 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_37_Arroyo-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Bayamón, Memoria Núm. 24 , year=1952 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_24_Bayamon-1952.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Carolina, Memoria Núm. 26 , year=1952 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_26_Carolina-1952.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Cataño, Memoria Núm. 1 , year=1946 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_01_Catano-1946.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Cayey, Memoria Núm. 42 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_42_Cayey-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Ceiba, Memoria Núm. 74 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_74-Ceiba-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Corozal, Memoria Núm. 61 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_61_Corozal-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Dorado, Memoria Núm. 58 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_58_Dorado-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Guánica, Memoria Núm. 44 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_44-Guanica-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Guaynabo, Memoria Núm. 18 , year=1950 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_18_Guynabo-18.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Hatillo, Memoria Núm. 63 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_63_Hatillo-1954.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Juana Díaz, Memoria Núm. 71 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_71_JuanaDiaz-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Lajas, Memoria Núm. 9 , year=1948 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_09_Lajas-1948.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Lares, Memoria Núm. 60 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_60_Lares-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Las Marías, Memoria Núm. 10 , year=1948 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_10_La-Marias-1948.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Mayagüez, Memoria Núm. 7 , year=1948 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_07_Mayaguez-1948.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Morovis, Memoria Núm. 65 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_65_Morovis-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Naguabo, Memoria Núm. 76 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_76_Naguabo-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Naranjito, Memoria Núm. 53 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_53_Naranjito-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Orocovis, Memoria Núm. 47 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_47_Orocovis-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Quebradillas, Memoria Núm. 62 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_62_Quebradilla-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Río Grande, Memoria Núm. 73 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_73_Rio-Grande-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Río Piedras, Memoria Núm. 23 , year=1948 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_23_Rio-Piedras-1948.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=San Germán, Memoria Núm. 45 , year=1954 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_45_San-German-1954.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=San Juan, Memoria Núm. 6 , year=1947 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_06_San-Juan-1947.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=San Sebastián, Memoria Núm. 8 , year=1948 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_08_San-Sebastian-1948.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Memorias Límites Territoriales , year=1948–1957 , url=https://demografia.rcm.upr.edu/memorias-limites-teritoriales/ , website=Programa Graduado de Demografía , language=es , access-date=May 9, 2019 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223061353/http://demografia.rcm.upr.edu/index.php/memorias , url-status=live , archive-date=December 23, 2019 {{cite web , title=Toa Alta, Memoria Núm. 57 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_57_Toa-Alta-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Utuado, Memoria Núm. 66 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_66_Utuado-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Vega Alta, Memoria Núm. 59 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_59_Vega-Alta-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Vega Baja, Memoria Núm. 36 , year=1955 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_36_Vega-Baja-1955.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{cite web , title=Yauco, Memoria Núm. 12 , year=1948 , url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_12_Yauco-1948.pdf , website=
Puerto Rico Planning Board The Puerto Rico Planning Board () created in the May 12, 1942 during Rexford G. Tugwell's governorship as the Puerto Rico Planning, Urbanization, and Zoning Board, is the only government agency in charge of centralized planning under the America ...
, language=es , access-date=July 22, 2019 {{Cite web, url=https://archive.org/details/acd4789.0005.051.umich.edu, title=Las Carreteras de Puerto Rico Comparadas con las de los Estados Unidos , first= Ramón , last =Gandía Córdova , magazine=Revista de Obras Públicas de Puerto Rico, date=March 1928, language=es, publisher=San Juan, pages=1545–46, via=Internet Archive {{cite web , title=Revista de Obras Públicas de Puerto Rico, Febrero 1929 , year=1929 , url=https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/1929-02_a__o_6__n__m._62 , website=Colección Puertorriqueña UPR RP , language=es , access-date=May 17, 2019 {{cite web , title=Listado de Sistemas Viales , year= , url=http://sashto.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/SistemasViales/Listado_NHS2008_Muestras.pdf , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206052303/http://sashto.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/SistemasViales/Listado_NHS2008_Muestras.pdf , url-status=dead , archive-date=February 6, 2011 , website=
Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works The Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP; ) is the Executive department of the government of Puerto Rico, Executive Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that regulates transportation and public works in Puerto Rico.Trans ...
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External links


Map of the island of Porto Rico (1915)

La correspondencia de Puerto Rico, March 15, 1906, Image 2

Topographic map of the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, copy 1 (1946)

Revista de Obras Públicas de Puerto Rico, La Carretera Central (1929–1930)

Colección Puertorriqueña UPR RP, Revista de Obras Públicas de Puerto Rico (1924–1936)
1953 in transport 1953 in Puerto Rico History of Puerto Rico Highway renumbering in the United States