Puerto Rico Highway 5 (PR-5) is a main highway in the San Juan Metropolitan area which connects the cities of Cataño to Bayamón and is being extended and converted to a tollway (it has a toll plaza in Bayamón near

PR-2 Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2) is a road in Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Ponce. At 156 miles (230 km) long, it is Puerto Rico's longest singled-signed highway. The road runs counter-clockwise from San Juan to Ponce. ...

and PR-174) to access the municipalities of Naranjito and Comerío. It is a short freeway from south Cataño to the business area in Bayamón. It makes intersections with PR-22, PR-6, PR-2 and PR-199, where it ends at this time. The highway will parallel Puerto Rico Highway 167 and will contain the new cable-stayed bridge being built between Bayamón and Naranjito. It will probably end in Puerto Rico highway 152 when completed.

Route description

Cataño to Bayamón

PR-5 begins in a dead end in downtown Cataño, on a peninsula overlooking

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. It crosses downtown Cataño on an urban street, passing through the

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. Shortly after an intersection with PR-165, it becomes a divided avenue until reaching PR-22 at the Bayamon city limit. After the PR-22 intersection, it becomes a freeway, paralleling the Metro Urbano

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route. After an intersection with PR-29, it becomes an avenue in downtown Bayamon, where the Metro Urbano ends. After the intersection with PR-2, it becomes a tolled freeway until this section ends, becoming the western section of PR-199. PR-5.jpg, PR-5 in Bayamón Carretera PR-2, Intersección Carretera PR-5, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.jpg, Exit to PR-5 from

Toa Alta to Naranjito

This section begins at an intersection with PR-167, near the border with Bayamon. This segment passes through the

Jesús Izcoa Moure Bridge The Jesús Izcoa Moure Bridge ''(Officially: Puente Atirantado de Naranjito, Jesús Izcoa Moure'') is a Cable-stayed bridge that connects the cities of Toa Alta and Naranjito, in Puerto Rico by the Puerto Rico Highway 5. It was named after Je ...

and is a freeway until the junction with PR-148. It then continues as a non divide highway, and then becomes divided until its end at an intersection with PR-164 and PR-152. This entire segment was originally known as PR-147. Puente Atirantado en Naranjito, Puerto Rico - panoramio.jpg,

near Naranjito Carretera PR-5, Naranjito, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-5 in Naranjito

Tolls

Major intersections

References

External links

* {{Public–private partnerships in Puerto Rico

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