Puerto Rico Highway 116 (PR-116) is a main highway in the southwest part of Puerto Rico, beginning in
Guánica, Puerto Rico
Guánica (, ) is a town and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Sabana Grande, east of Lajas, and west of Yauco. It is part of the Yauco metropolitan statistical area.
The town of Guánica, also kn ...
at
Puerto Rico Highway 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. ...
to
Lajas, Puerto Rico at
Puerto Rico Highway 101
Puerto Rico Highway 101 (PR-101) is a rural road leaving the town of Boquerón, Cabo Rojo and Lajas, to the town of San Germán. Among their intersections are the PR-100, PR-301 (to El Combate), PR-103
Puerto Rico Highway 103 (PR-103) is ...
.
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
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek ...
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.
Major intersections
PR Highway 116 east end.jpg, Eastern terminus of PR-116 in Guánica where it meets PR-2
Expreso PR-2, salida hacia la carretera PR-116, Guánica, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-2 west at exit 194 to PR-116 west in Guánica
Related routes
Currently, PR-116 has three branches in its old segments in Guánica and
Yauco. Originally they were identified as PR-116R.
Puerto Rico Highway 1116
Puerto Rico Highway 1116 (PR-1116) was the old section of PR-116 between Guánica and Yauco.
It extended from PR-116 between
Caño
Caño is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,788.
See also
* List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrio ...
and
Carenero
Carenero is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,670.
Features
The Guánica State Forest is partly located in Carenero.
Gallery
Carenero, Guánica 00653, Puerto Rico - panoramio (3).jpg, Welcome t ...
barrios to PR-121 in
Susúa Baja. In 2015, this highway was designated as ''Avenida Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras'' and renumbered to
PR-326.
Puerto Rico Highway 3116
Puerto Rico Highway 3116 (PR-3116) is an old segment of PR-116 that provides access to
Ensenada.
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''.
See also
*
1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering
In 1953, the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works implemented a major renumbering of its insular highways. Before 1953, highway routes were numbered in the 1 to just over 100 range and were distributed randomly throughout th ...
References
External links
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* 116 (Devon and Cornwall) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a military unit
* 116 (MBTA bus)
* 116 (New Jersey bus)
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