Puerto Rico Highway 167 (PR-167) is one of the main highways in the
San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area
The San Juan metropolitan area is a United States Census Bureau defined metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in northeastern Puerto Rico centered around the city of San Juan. of Puerto Rico. Highway 167 starts at
Puerto Rico Highway 165
Puerto Rico Highway 165 (PR-165) is the road that goes from Naranjito to Guaynabo. The highway passes by Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Dorado, Levittown, Cataño and Guaynabo.
Route description
This highway begins at its junction with PR-164 (road fr ...
in
Levittown
Levittown is the name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States (including one in Puerto Rico) by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning white veterans and their ...
and goes until
Puerto Rico Highway 156
Puerto Rico Highway 156 (PR-156) is a long east–west highway which connects Caguas to Orocovis and is the main artery to Aguas Buenas since the highway from Puerto Rico Highway 52 to the main downtown has at least two lanes and a shoulde ...
in
Comerío.
Route description
It is two-lane per direction all through
Cataño and a vast area of
Bayamón, and becomes rural a couple of kilometers before entering
Naranjito. During the rainy season this road is risky as there is chance of rock fall and debris onto the road. This occurs mainly due to an increase in the moisture content of the soil, which loosens the suspended rocks adjacent to the highway. It has been proposed to make this road fully parallel to the future tollway
PR-5
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 and PR-174) to access ...
, which will be extended until Comerío. The future tollway will pass through the only cable-suspended bridge in the island in Bayamón near the border with Naranjito.
The
Plata Bridge, a
Parker truss
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...
bridge built in 1908, was the original connection for route 167 across the
Río La Plata, spanning between Bayamón and Naranjito municipalities.
[ with ] It has been replaced by an adjacent modern bridge that now carries PR-167.
Comerío Road, Comerío, Puerto Rico circa 1900-1917.jpg, Comerío Road (circa 1900–1917)
Puente La Plata desde Bayamon.jpg, Plata Bridge from PR-167
Major intersections
Carretera PR-167, Bayamón, Puerto Rico (1).jpg, PR-167 south approaching PR-29 junction in Hato Tejas
Hato or HATO may refer to:
Places
* Hato International Airport, Willemstad, Curaçao
* Hato, Curaçao, a village and former plantation in Curaçao
* Hato, Santander, a town in Santander Department, Colombia
* Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, a barr ...
, Bayamón
Carretera PR-167, intersección con la autopista PR-22, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-167 south at PR-22
PR-22 (also part of unsigned Interstate PR2) is an long toll road in the north coast of Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Hatillo. The road is also known as the ''José de Diego Expressway'' (Spanish: ''Expreso José de Diego ...
junction in Río Hondo, Bayamón
Carretera PR-167, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico (1).jpg, Signs for PR-22 and PR-167 in Levittown
Levittown is the name of several large suburban housing developments created in the United States (including one in Puerto Rico) by William J. Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built after World War II for returning white veterans and their ...
, Toa Baja
In popular culture
Puerto Rican rapper and singer
Farruko
Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado (born May 2, 1991), better known by his stage name Farruko, is a retired Puerto Rican singer and rapper. He rose to fame collaborating with Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Don Omar, and J Álvarez. He came to prominence in 201 ...
's seventh studio album, ''
La 167
''La 167'' is the seventh studio album, and eighth overall including the compilation album ''En Letra de Otro'' (2019), by Puerto Rican singer Farruko, released on October 1, 2021, through Sony Music Latin. It was produced by Sharo Towers, Prida Be ...
'', is named after PR-167. Puerto Rico Highway 167 runs near Bayamón, where Farruko grew up.
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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