Puerto Rico Highway 18 (PR-18) is a freeway in Puerto Rico, which is also known as Expreso Las Américas. It runs from its north end at its intersection with PR-22 (known as Expreso José de Diego) in San Juan to its south end in Río Piedras where it intersects with PR-1.[2] At this point PR-18 becomes PR-52, known as Autopista Luis A. Ferré.[3]
Ruta 18 | ||||
Expreso Las Américas | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
Length | 6.09 km[1] (3.78 mi) | |||
Existed | 1961–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | PR-1 / PR-52 in Monacillo Urbano | |||
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North end | PR-22 in Hato Rey Norte | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
Municipalities | San Juan | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editPR-18 connects PR-52 to PR-22 and intersects with Jesús de Piñero Avenue (PR-17), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue (PR-23), which grants access to Plaza Las Américas, and Domenech Avenue. It is mostly a 4-lane road in each direction. The combined route of PR-18 and PR-52 is coterminous with the unsigned Interstate Highway PRI-1.[citation needed]
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Sign for Exit 2A on PR-22
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Southbound beginning of PR-18 at PR-22 interchange in Hato Rey Norte barrio
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PR-18 north in Hato Rey Norte barrio
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PR-18 south in Gobernador Piñero barrio
Exit list
editThe entire route is located in San Juan.
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PR-18 south at exit 1C to PR-23 east in Hato Rey Norte barrio
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PR-18 north at exit 3A to PR-17 west in Gobernador Piñero barrio
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PR-21 west at its interchange with PR-18 north in Monacillo Urbano barrio
Location | km[4] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Monacillo Urbano | 6.09 | 3.78 | 8B | PR-52 south (PRI-1 / Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Caguas, Cupey, Ponce | Southern terminus of PR-18; PRI-1 continues southbound via PR-52. | |
5.9 | 3.7 | 8A | PR-1 south – Caguas, Caimito | No southbound access to PR-1 north. | ||
4.7 | 2.9 | 7B | PR-21 east (Avenida Ingeniero José "Kiko" Custodio) – Río Piedras, Cupey | No northbound exit. | ||
4.5 | 2.8 | 7A | PR-21 west (Avenida Ingeniero José "Kiko" Custodio) – Monacillo, Guaynabo, Hospital de Veteranos | Access to Centro Médico station | ||
El Cinco | 4.2 | 2.6 | 6B | PR-Río Piedras Medical Center | Most direct access to the hospital; southbound only. | |
3.5 | 2.2 | 6A | PR-Avenida Américo Miranda – Río Piedras Medical Center | |||
Gobernador Piñero | 2.7 | 1.7 | 5B | PR-17 east (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Carolina, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Trujillo Alto, Río Piedras | Access to The Mall of San Juan and Piñero station | |
2.4 | 1.5 | 5A | PR-17 west (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Puerto Nuevo | |||
Hato Rey Norte | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4 | PR-Avenida Manuel Domenech – Hato Rey | Access to Hospital del Maestro and Domenech station | |
1.5– 0.5 | 0.93– 0.31 | 3A–C | PR-23 (Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt) / PR-Calle Carlos F. Chardón / PR-Calle Juan Calaf – Puerto Nuevo, Hato Rey | Frontage roads of these exits has an at-grade intersection in Chardon Street; Access to Plaza Las Américas shopping mall and Roosevelt station | ||
0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | PR-22 (PRI-2 / Autopista José de Diego) – Guaynabo, Bayamón, Arecibo, Santurce, San Juan, Carolina | Northern terminus of PR-18 and PRI-1; PR-22 exit 2A; access to Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. 2019. Accessed 3 May 2019.
- ^ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
- ^ "PR-18" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
External links
edit- Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 18 at Wikimedia Commons