List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico

This article provides a listing, with brief descriptions, of the most traveled or best known streets and thoroughfares in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise noted, traffic is two-way. If traffic is two-way for the entire length of the street (as opposed to just a portion of its length), it is designated with the symbol "<->" under the column "Traffic direction"; otherwise, the dash symbol ("-") is used.

Avenida Las Américas, looking east

Streets/Calles
No. Name From To Length # of lanes Traffic direction Notes Photo
1 Avenida Las Américas Puerto Rico Highway 500
(Puente San Antonio[1])		 Boulevard Miguel Pou 3.0 miles 6 W <-> E Northern terminus becomes Ave. Fagot at Boulevar Miguel Pou
2 Ponce Bypass Carr. Pámpanos (PR-2R) Ave. Ednita Nazario 4.0 miles (est.) 6 W <-> E Eastern end becomes Boulevar Miguel Pou.
3 Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros Ave. Tito Castro Port of Ponce 3.28 miles 4-6 N <-> S Some segments are 4 lanes only
4 Bulevar Miguel Pou Parque del Tricentenario
/Puente de Los Leones		 Ave. Ednita Nazario 1.5 miles (est.) 4* W <-> E Eastern end turns into Ponce Bypass.
5 Avenida Fagot Puerto Rico Highway 10 Boulevar Miguel Pou 3.0 miles (est.) 4 N <-> S Southern terminus becomes Ave. Las Américas at Bulevar Miguel Pou
6 Avenida Tito Castro Puerto Rico Highway 12 Puerto Rico Highway 139 3.0 miles (est.) 4 W <-> E Becomes C. Betances at the bridge over Río Portugués, where it becomes a one-lane, westbound street
7 Carretera Pámpanos (PR-2R) C. Villa Puerto Rico Highway 2 1.0 mile (est.) 2 N <-> S
8 Avenida Hostos[2] C. Ferrocarril Plaza de Recreo de la Playa 2.5 miles (est.) 2 N <-> S
9 Avenida Muñoz Rivera Ave. Las Américas Puerto Rico Highway 2 0.5 mile (est.) 2 N <-> S
10 Calle Cantera (aka., "C. Mayor Cantera") Puerto Rico Highway 10 C. Marina 0.5 mile (est.) 2 N - S Traffic is one-way southbound from C. Tricoche (i.e., 1 block north of PR-14) to C. Marina (i.e., PR-123)
11 Calle Villa Bridge over Rio Canas at entrance to Urb. Jardines del Caribe Plaza Las Delicias 2.0 miles 2 W - E Traffic is eastbound one-way from Carr. Pámpanos to Plaza Las Delicias
12 Calle Isabel Plaza Muñoz Rivera Parque del Tricentenario 0.4 mile (est.) 1-2 W - E Except for the one block from Plaza Muñoz Rivera to C. León, traffic is one-way westbound.
13 Calle Comercio Plaza Las Delicias Ave. Santiago de los Caballeros 1.2 miles (est.) 1-2 W - E Traffic is eastbound from Plaza Las Delicias to C. Cruz
14 Calle Marina Plaza Las Delicias C. Ferrocarril 0.4 mile (est.) 1-2 N - S Traffic is northbound one-way north of C. Mayor to Plaza Las Delicias; South of Calle Mayor traffic is two-way; Southern end becomes Ave. Hostos at C. Ferrocarril
15 Calle Atocha C. Victoria C. Isabel 0.1 mile (est.) 1 N - S Traffic is one-way northbound.

* Six (6) lanes when both frontage roads (or, "Calle Marginal") are considered.
C. = Calle/Street
Ave. = Avenida/Avenue
Carr. = Carretera/Road

External audio
You may see some of the streets in Downtown Ponce HERE

References
  1. Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 251.
  2. Ave. Hostos was previously known as Camino Real. On 11 September 1903, it was renamed Ave. Eugenio Maria de Hostos. See: Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. "A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX." First edition. June 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 48. ISBN 978-1547284931

See also
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