Puerto Rico Highway 156 (PR-156) is a long east–west highway which connects Caguas to

Orocovis Orocovis (from Taino language, Orocobix popularly thought to mean "''remembrance of the first mountain''") is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Villalba and Coamo; south of Morovis and Cor ...

and is the main artery to

Aguas Buenas Aguas Buenas, (, ), popularly known as "''La Ciudad de las Aguas Claras''" or "''The City of Clear Waters''", is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Cidra, south of Bayamón, Guaynabo and San ...

since the highway from

Puerto Rico Highway 52 Puerto Rico Highway 52 (PR-52), a major toll road in Puerto Rico, is also known as ''Autopista Luis A. Ferré''. It was formerly called ''Expreso Las Américas''. It runs from PR-1 in southwest Río Piedras and heads south until it intersects wit ...

to the main downtown has at least two lanes and a shoulder per direction. From

it is a rural, yet safe road which enters all the business districts and ''plazas'' of

, Comerío,

Barranquitas Barranquitas (, ) is a small mountain town and municipality located in the Cordillera Central region of Puerto Rico, south of Corozal and Naranjito; north of Coamo and Aibonito; west of Comerío and Cidra; and east of Orocovis. Barranquita ...

and

. It is one of two long east–west highways through the center of the island (the other being

Puerto Rico Highway 111 Puerto Rico Highway 111 (PR-111) is a highway connecting Aguadilla, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 2 and Puerto Rico Highway 115 to Utuado, Puerto Rico at Puerto Rico Highway 140. Route description It is the main highway to Moca and San Seb ...

) but it never approaches a coast. Puerto Rico Highway 111 approaches Aguadilla's shore near PR-2 but PR-156, ending in Caguas, is nearly 35 kilometers away from the east coast.

Major intersections

Carretera PR-156, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-156 in

Barranquitas barrio-pueblo Barranquitas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center ( seat) of Barranquitas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,695. As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called ''pue ...

Comerio to Barranquitas Road, Puerto Rico.jpg, Comerío to Barranquitas Road Puente Rio Hondo, Spanning Hondo River on PR Road 156, Barrio Rio Ho, Comerio (Comerio County, Puerto Rico).jpg,

Río Hondo Bridge The Hondo River Bridge ( es, Puente del Río Hondo) was a historic bridge over the Hondo River in Comerío municipality, Puerto Rico. As of 1995, it was the oldest bridge truss in Puerto Rico, employing a double Warren pony truss design and uniq ...

in Comerío 2021museodeartespopularesdecaguas1.jpg, PR-156 in Caguas barrio-pueblo

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156 Year 156 ( CLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silvanus and Augurinus (or, less frequently, year 909 '' Ab urbe co ...

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