Puerto Rico Highway 588 (PR-588) is a tertiary mountainous state highway in
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
. The road is approximately 1.5 kilometers long and is a
spur
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At its southern terminus, the road starts at coordinates in its intersection with Puerto Rico Highway PR-504, and terminates at its northern terminus at coordinates at its intersection with Camino La Zarza.''Acme Maps.'' /ref> The road runs north to south, and mostly along
Río Chiquito
Chiquito River ( es, Río Chiquito) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This river feeds into Río Portugués in the sector called Parras, about north of the intersection of PR-504 and PR-505. It has its origin in the mou ...
in barrio Portugués. The southern terminus connects at kilometer mark 3.0 of PR-504. Its northern terminus connects with Camino La Zarza, which leads eastwardly back to PR-504 via Camino Río Chiquito Hoyos, which becomes Camino La Cuchilla in its approach to PR-504. This Camino Río Chiquito Hoyos/Camino La Cuchilla run is about 0.9 kilometers long.
Major intersections
Letrero en PR-504, km 3.4, viajando al sur, anunciando intersección con PR-588, Bo. Portugués, Ponce, PR (DSC03973).jpg, PR-504 south near its junction with PR-588
Letrero_en_PR-504,_km_3.3,_viajando_al_norte,_indicando_entrada_a_PR-588,_Bo._Portugu%C3%A9s,_Ponce,_PR_(DSC03965B).jpg, PR-504 north at its junction with PR-588