Puerto Rico Highway 116
Highway in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Highway 116 (PR-116) is a main highway in the southwest region of Puerto Rico, between the municipalities of Guánica and Lajas.[4] This road begins at PR-2 in Susúa Baja and ends at Puerto Rico Highway 101 in Lajas barrio.
PR-122 in Lajas
PR-315 in Lajas–Sabana Yeguas
PR-304 / PR-305 in Parguera–Costa–Sabana Yeguas
PR-323 in Costa
PR-3116 in Montalva- PR-3116 in Ensenada
PR-4116 in Guánica barrio-pueblo
PR-332 in Ciénaga
PR-333 in Ciénaga
PR-326 in Susúa Baja
Highway 116 | ||||||||||||||
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| Ruta 116 | ||||||||||||||
| Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 26.6 km[2] (16.5 mi) | |||||||||||||
| Existed | 1953[3]–present | |||||||||||||
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| West end |  PR-101 in Lajas | |||||||||||||
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| East end |  PR-2 in Susúa Baja | |||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||
| Municipalities | Lajas, Guánica | |||||||||||||
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Route description
It is the main route to Guánica and Lajas, and grants access to places such as the Dry Forest of Puerto Rico (Bosque Seco), common for its cacti and dry, desert-like climate, and also to beaches like Parguera in Lajas and Playa Santa in Guánica. It is divided, two lane-per-direction in the first 4 kilometers before turning one lane-per direction in the rest of its length. The width of its lanes allows for speed limits above the normal rural roads.[5]
A rural stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 116 in Lajas, looking east
Major intersections
Eastern terminus of PR-116 in Guánica where it meets PR-2
PR-2 west at exit 194 to PR-116 west in Guánica
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| Municipality | Location | km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajas | Lajas | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-101 – Lajas, San Germán | Western terminus of PR-116 |
| 1.0 | 0.62 |   PR-122 north (Carretera Harry Luis Pérez Rivera) – San Germán | Seagull intersection | ||
| Lajas–Sabana Yeguas line | 1.5– 1.6 | 0.93– 0.99 |    PR-315 to PR-117 – Lajas, Sabana Grande | ||
| Sabana Yeguas | 2.9 | 1.8 |  PR-315 – Sabana Yeguas | ||
| Sabana Yeguas–Parguera line | 5.5 | 3.4 |  PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera | ||
| Parguera–Costa– Sabana Yeguas tripoint | 6.6 | 4.1 |  PR-304 / PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera | ||
| Costa | 12.7 | 7.9 |  PR-323 – Costa | ||
| Guánica | Montalva | 17.9 | 11.1 |  PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Montalva | |
| Ensenada | 20.9 | 13.0 | PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Ensenada | Incomplete trumpet interchange; no eastbound exit | |
| 21.2 | 13.2 |  PR-331 – Ciénaga | |||
| Guánica barrio-pueblo | 21.6 | 13.4 |   PR-4116 – Guánica | ||
| Ciénaga | 22.1– 22.2 | 13.7– 13.8 |  PR-332 – Guánica | ||
| 22.5– 22.6 | 14.0– 14.0 |  PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) – Caña Gorda | |||
| Ciénaga–Caño– Carenero tripoint | 23.0 | 14.3 |  PR-334 – Carenero | ||
| Carenero | 24.1 | 15.0 |  PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño | Former PR-116R | |
| Susúa Baja | 25.6 | 15.9 | PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño | Former PR-116R | |
| 26.6 | 16.5 | PR-2 (Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella) – Yauco, Ponce, Mayagüez | Eastern terminus of PR-116; PR-2 exit 194; trumpet interchange | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Related routes
Currently, PR-116 has three branches in its old segments in Guánica and Yauco. Originally they were identified as PR-116R.[5]
Puerto Rico Highway 1116
Puerto Rico Highway 1116 (PR-1116) was the old section of PR-116 between Guánica and Yauco.[5] It extended from PR-116 between Caño and Carenero barrios to PR-121 in Susúa Baja.[7] In 2015, this highway was designated as Avenida Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras[8] and renumbered to PR-326.[9]
| Municipality | Location | km[6] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Guánica | Carenero | 0.0 | 0.0 |  PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Guánica, Lajas | Southern terminus of PR-1116 |
| Susúa Baja | 1.6 | 0.99 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco | ||
| 2.3 | 1.4 |  PR-389 – La Joya | |||
| 2.9– 3.0 | 1.8– 1.9 |  PR-3332 – Arena | |||
| Yauco | Susúa Baja | 4.4 | 2.7 |  PR-121 – Yauco, Sabana Grande | Northern terminus of PR-1116 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Puerto Rico Highway 3116
Puerto Rico Highway 3116 (PR-3116) is an old segment of PR-116 that provides access to Ensenada.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica.
| Location | km[10] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Montalva | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Lajas | Western terminus of PR-3116 | |
| Montalva–Ensenada line | 1.1 | 0.68 |  PR-324 – Montalva | ||
| Ensenada | 1.9 | 1.2 |  PR-325 – Playa Santa | ||
| 3.4 | 2.1 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco | Eastern terminus of PR-3116; incomplete trumpet interchange; no exit ramp from PR-116 eastbound | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Puerto Rico Highway 4116
Puerto Rico Highway 4116 (PR-4116) is the original route of PR-116 through downtown Guánica. This road can be seen as Puerto Rico 116 Business.[5] The entire route is located in Guánica.
| Location | km[11] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Guánica barrio-pueblo | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Lajas | Western terminus of PR-4116 | |
| Guánica barrio-pueblo–Carenero– Ciénaga tripoint | 1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | PR-332 – Ciénaga | ||
| Carenero | 1.5 | 0.93 |  PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) to PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco, Caña Gorda | Eastern terminus of PR-4116; Guánica State Forest | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
