Puerto Rico Highway 185
Puerto Rico Highway 185 (PR-185) is a main highway that connects Canóvanas, Puerto Rico to Juncos, Puerto Rico and is about 25 kilometers long. It begins in downtown of Canóvanas, very close to Puerto Rico Highway 3 and ends in Puerto Rico Highway 952 and Puerto Rico Highway 30 in Juncos. For people coming from/going to Caguas, the highway has a direct intersection with PR-30; for those coming from/going to Humacao, drivers have to take short highway PR-952 and then take PR-189 just before its intersection with PR-30, hence this exit being one of the most disorganized junctions in the island between a main highway and a main freeway or tollway in the island. New Puerto Rico Highway 66 also has a poor-designed intersection with the highway, since it only allow people going to/coming from Carolina (west) and not the east. This is probably because the short segment open from the new tollway immediately ends at PR-3 only 2 kilometers from the exit to PR-185 and thus expected to be fixed when the segment to Rio Grande opens to the public.
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Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
Length | 21.1 km[1] (13.1 mi) | |||
Existed | 1953[2]–present | |||
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Municipalities | Juncos, Carolina, Canóvanas | |||
Highway system | ||||
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The highway enters a small portion of Carolina, before it enters Canóvanas. PR-185 serves as an alternate route for people who drive the way between the metro area and the southeast, and it does not climb many hills and is generally wide. It is a much better option than taking Puerto Rico Highway 181 or going to Fajardo and then go south via PR-53, since the island is wider in the north than in the south segment.[3][4]
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Major intersections
Municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Juncos | Mamey | 21.1 | 13.1 | ![]() | Southern terminus of PR-185; PR-30 exit 12; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
21.0 | 13.0 | ![]() | ||||||
20.7 | 12.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Gurabo Abajo | 20.4– 20.3 | 12.7– 12.6 | ![]() | |||||
Canóvanas |
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Carolina | Cedro | 15.9 | 9.9 | ![]() | ||||
15.8 | 9.8 | ![]() | ||||||
12.7 | 7.9 | ![]() | ||||||
12.2 | 7.6 | ![]() | ||||||
Canóvanas | Lomas | 10.5 | 6.5 | ![]() | ||||
Hato Puerco | 8.4 | 5.2 | ![]() | |||||
5.4 | 3.4 | ![]() | ||||||
4.6 | 2.9 | ![]() | ||||||
Canóvanas | 2.4 | 1.5 | ![]() ![]() | PR-66 exit 10; incomplete diamond interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
2.2 | 1.4 | ![]() | ||||||
Canóvanas barrio-pueblo | 0.5 | 0.31 | ![]() | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||
0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Northern terminus of PR-185 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Related route
Location | Juncos |
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Length | 2.6 km[5] (1.6 mi) |
Puerto Rico Highway 9185 (PR-9185) is a bypass road that branches off from PR-185 in Gurabo Abajo and ends at PR-31 in Ceiba Norte.[3] The entire route is located in Juncos.
Location | km[5] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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Gurabo Abajo | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Western terminus of PR-9185 | |
Ceiba Norte | 2.6 | 1.6 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of PR-9185 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also
References
- Google (7 March 2020). "PR-185" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Juncos, Memoria Núm. 50" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
- "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 98–99.
- Google (1 March 2020). "PR-9185" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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