Boulevard Alfonso Valdés Cobián (Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard) is the main entrance to
Mayagüez from the North. It corresponds with former
Post Street, north of the Yagüez River section.
The Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard starts in a park at the front of the Vita Gate of the
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. UPRM ...
(the main entrance to UPRM). At beginning faces an intersection with Eugenio María de Hostos Avenue (PR-2) and Luis Lloréns Torres Avenue near the Escuela Vocacional Dr. Pedro Perea Fajardo (vocational high school).
It passes aside the Mayagüez Town Center (''a shopping center''), the "Radamés Peña" store, some college student's lodgings, the
Cervecería India'','' the
Casilla del Caminero and the old athletic field of the
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. UPRM ...
, ending at UPRM's Barcelona Gate junction with the
Pedro Albizu Campos Avenue and the
Ramón Emeterio Betances Street.
It was named since 1997 after
Alfonso Valdés Cobián
Alfonso Valdés Cobián (June 23, 1890 - February 14, 1988), was an industrialist, banker, sportsman and politician. Valdés Cobián was a cofounder of Cervecería India, Inc., currently Puerto Rico's largest beer brewery.
Early years
Valdés ...
, an industrialist, banker, sportsman and politician.
See also
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List of highways in Puerto Rico
The highway system in Puerto Rico is composed of approximately of roads in Puerto Rico, maintained by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish: ''Departmento de Transportación y Obras Públicas'') or DTOP. The hig ...
References
Streets in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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