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Puerto Rico Highway 14 (PR-14) is a main highway connecting
Cayey, Puerto Rico Cayey (), officially Cayey de Muesas, is a mountain town and municipality in central Puerto Rico located on the Sierra de Cayey within the Central Mountain range, north of Salinas and Guayama; south of Cidra and Caguas; east of Aibonito and ...
to
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 runs the same course as the historic Carretera Central. The
Coamo Coamo (, ) is a town and municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico, located north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo ...
-to-Ponce section of PR-14 was built under the direction of Spanish engineer Raimundo Camprubí Escudero (b. Pamplona 15 March 1846 - d. Madrid 1924).


Route description

PR-14, PR-10, and PR-1 signs in Downtown Ponce, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-14, PR-10, and PR-1 signs in downtown Ponce (at Calle Villa and C. Concordia, near PR-14, km 0.2) Avenida Tito Castro (PR-14), Bo. Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, visto desde intersección con la Av. Fagot, mirando al este (DSC02967).jpg, PR-14 eastbound (Ave. Tito Castro) intersection with Ave. Fagot, Ponce (PR-14, km 3.0) Antigua Caseta de los Camineros en la Ave. Tito Castro (PR-14), Barrio Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, PR (DSC04978).jpg, A former '' Casilla de Caminero'' on PR-14 (now Ave. Tito Castro) in Ponce (PR-14, near km 3.1) Except in the city of Ponce where (with the exception of the
Ponce Historic Zone The Ponce Historic Zone (''La Zona Histórica de Ponce'') is a historic district in downtown Ponce, Puerto Rico, consisting of buildings and structures with architecture that date to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The zone go ...
) the road is a 4-lane road known as ''Avenida Tito Castro'', the rest of PR-14 is a two-lane country road as it makes its way through the four towns it runs through, Juana Diaz, Coamo, Aibonito and Cayey. PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the
Ponce Historic Zone The Ponce Historic Zone (''La Zona Histórica de Ponce'') is a historic district in downtown Ponce, Puerto Rico, consisting of buildings and structures with architecture that date to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The zone go ...
. Avenida Tito Castro (PR-14), Bo. Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al oeste (IMG 3417).jpg, Ave. Tito Castro (PR-14), Bo. Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, looking west (PR-14, near km 4.4) PR-14.jpg, PR-14 Westbound at bridge over Río Bucaná on Avenida Tito Castro in Ponce approaching
PR-10 Puerto Rico Highway 10 (PR-10) is a major highway in Puerto Rico. The primary state road connects the city of Ponce in the south coast to Arecibo in the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities. Construction on the modern PR ...
(PR-14, near km 5.2) Puente de las Calabazas, Coamo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Puente de las Calabazas in
Coamo Coamo (, ) is a town and municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico, located north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo ...
(PR-14, near km 38.8)


Major intersections


See also

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List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico This is a list of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The list focuses on major, signed, roads in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.List of highways numbered 14 Route 14, or Highway 14, can refer to: International * Asian Highway 14 * European route E14 * European route E014 Argentina * National Route 14 Australia * Diamantina Developmental Road (Queensland) * Birdsville Developmental Road (Quee ...
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List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico This article provides a listing, with brief descriptions, of the most traveled or best known streets and thoroughfares in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise noted, traffic is two-way. If traffic is two-way for the entire length of the street ( ...


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''Carretera Militar/Military Road Porto Rico.''
Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine. Page 321. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
014 014 may refer to: * Argus As 014 * BIND-014 * 014 Construction Unit * Divi Divi Air Flight 014 * Pirna 014 * Tyrrell 014 The Tyrrell 014 was a Formula One car, designed for Tyrrell Racing by Maurice Philippe for use in the season. The cars wer ...