Puerto Rico Highway 200 (PR-200) is a road located in Vieques, Puerto Rico.[3] With a length of 13.9 km (8.6 mi), this highway extends from Mosquito to Puerto Diablo, passing through Isabel II (downtown Vieques).[4]
 Highway 200 | ||||
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| Ruta 200 | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 13.9 km[1][2] (8.6 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  PR-994 in Mosquito | |||
| East end | Municipal landfill in Puerto Diablo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
| Municipalities | Vieques | |||
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Route description
editThis highway stretches east and west from Isabel II. The PR-200 East extends from the urban area to the municipal landfill in the Santa María sector, and the PR-200 West extends from Isabel II towards the southwest by the urban area, where Calle Carlos Le Brum is assigned to its intersection with Calle Muñoz Rivera. Then it changes its name to Calle San Francisco to the south until the PR-997 junction, where it runs west through Florida, passing the PR-201 intersection (km 2.5) and reaching the Martineau sector, following to the Gringo Beach. From this point it continues west, arrives at the Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport in Mosquito, passes PR-995 junction (km 6.6) until it reaches the old estrada of the military reservation (second gate) assigned to the municipality. At several points on this road there are narrow bridges that only provide space for a single vehicle.[5]
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Puerto Rico Highway 200 in Vieques, Puerto Rico -
PR-200 west near Avenida El Tamarindo and PR-997 in Vieques, Puerto Rico -
PR-200 west near PR-995 in Vieques, Puerto Rico
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History
editPuerto Rico Highway 200 is part of original segments of old Roads No. 38 and No. 70 that existed until the 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering, a process implemented by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish: Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas) that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico.[6] Road No. 38 was the highway that led from Llave to Puerto Diablo through Mosquito, Florida and Isabel II,[7] while Road No. 70 was a route from Mosquito to Punta Arenas.[8]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is located in Vieques.
| Location | km[1][2] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Mosquito | 10.9 | 6.8 | PR-994 – Mosquito | Western terminus of PR-200 | |
| Florida | 6.1 | 3.8 |  PR-995 – Llave | ||
| 1.9 | 1.2 |  PR-201 – Puerto Real | |||
| 0.7 | 0.43 |  PR-993 (Calle Cañón) – Isabel II barrio-pueblo | |||
| Isabel II barrio-pueblo | 0.0 | 0.0 |  PR-997 – Puerto Ferro | ||
| 0.5– 0.6 | 0.31– 0.37 |  PR-989 (Calle El Fuerte) – Vieques | |||
| 0.6 | 0.37 |  PR-200R (Calle Benítez Guzmán) – Vieques | |||
| Puerto Diablo | 3.0 | 1.9 | Eastern terminus of PR-200 at the municipal landfill; dead end road | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Related route
edit Highway 200R | |
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| Location | Vieques |
| Length | 0.65 km[9] (0.40 mi; 2,100 ft) |
Puerto Rico Highway 200R (Spanish: Carretera Ramal 200, abbreviated Ramal PR-200 or PR-200R) is a road that branches off from PR-200 in Isabel II. This highway begins at its intersection with Carlos Le Brum and Muñoz Rivera streets and runs through Plinio Peterson and Morropo streets. It crosses the Quebrada Cofresí and continues to the pier where the ferry docks, and then continues to the Punta Mulas Light, the Bravos de Boston neighborhood and the Santa María sector.[5] PR-200R is 0.65 km (0.40 mi) long. The entire route is located in Vieques.
| Location | km[9] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Isabel II barrio-pueblo | 0.00 | 0.00 |  PR-200 – Vieques | Southern terminus of PR-200R | |
| Puerto Diablo | 0.65 | 0.40 | Northern terminus of PR-200R at Sector Santa María | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "PR-200 west" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ a b "PR-200 east" (Map). Google Maps. 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.
- ^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (in Spanish). p. 104. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Plan Maestro para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Vieques" (PDF). PUERTO RICO Microjuris (in Spanish). 2004. pp. 168–169. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Revista de Obras Públicas de Puerto Rico, Febrero 1929". Colección Puertorriqueña UPR RP (in Spanish). 1929. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Vieques, Memoria Núm. 3" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1947. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Topographic map of the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ a b "PR-200R" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
External links
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Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 200 and Puerto Rico Highway 200R at Wikimedia Commons- Culmina exitosamente rehabilitación de carretera PR-200 en Vieques (in Spanish)
