Puerto Rico Highway 185 (PR-185) is a main highway that connects

Canóvanas, Puerto Rico Canóvanas (, ) is a town and municipality in Puerto Rico, located in the northeastern region, north of Juncos and Las Piedras; south of Loíza; east of Carolina; and west of Río Grande. Canóvanas is spread over 6 barrios and Canóvanas P ...

Juncos, Puerto Rico Juncos (, ) is a town and one of the 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico. It is located in the eastern central region of the island to the west of the Caguas Valley, south of Canóvanas and Carolina; southeast of Gurabo; east of San Lorenzo; and ...

and is about 25 kilometers long. It begins in downtown of Canóvanas, very close to

Puerto Rico Highway 3 Puerto Rico Highway 3 (PR-3) at nearly 100 miles long, is the second longest highway on Puerto Rico (after PR-2). It connects the San Juan neighborhood of Río Piedras to downtown Salinas indirectly around the eastern coast of the island. Highw ...

and ends in Puerto Rico Highway 952 and

Puerto Rico Highway 30 Puerto Rico Highway 30 (PR-30), known as Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella, is a main freeway in Puerto Rico which connects the city of Caguas to the town of Humacao. Expreso PR-30, Gurabo, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-30 in Gurabo Expreso PR-30, Las Piedras, ...

in Juncos. For people coming from/going to

Caguas Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded ...

, the highway has a direct intersection with PR-30; for those coming from/going to

Humacao Humacao () is a city and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the eastern coast of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Naguabo; east of Las Piedras; and west of Vieques Passage. Humacao is spread over 12 barrios and Humacao Pueblo (the ...

, drivers have to take short highway PR-952 and then take PR-189 just before its intersection with PR-30, hence this exit being one of the most disorganized junctions in the island between a main highway and a main freeway or tollway in the island. New

Puerto Rico Highway 66 Puerto Rico Highway 66 (PR-66) is a main tollway which parallels Puerto Rico Highway 3 going from the city of Carolina, Puerto Rico via a 3 loops cloverleaf interchange with PR-26 and PR-3, a major exit in the form of a Trumpet interchange in C ...

also has a poor-designed intersection with the highway, since it only allow people going to/coming from Carolina (west) and not the east. This is probably because the short segment open from the new tollway immediately ends at PR-3 only 2 kilometers from the exit to PR-185 and thus expected to be fixed when the segment to

Río Grande The Rio Grande ( and ), known in Mexico as the Río Bravo del Norte or simply the Río Bravo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The length of the Rio G ...

opens to the public. The highway enters a small portion of Carolina, before it enters Canóvanas. PR-185 serves as an alternate route for people who drive the way between the metro area and the southeast, and it does not climb many hills and is generally wide. It is a much better option than taking

Puerto Rico Highway 181 Puerto Rico Highway 181 (PR-181), also known as ''Expreso Trujillo Alto'', is a road that connects the towns of San Juan, Puerto Rico (very close to Carolina) in the north/northeast coast of Puerto Rico with Patillas in the southeast, passing t ...

or going to Fajardo and then go south via PR-53, since the island is wider in the north than in the south segment.

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PR-3 at exit PR-185 Canóvanas - Juncos, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-3 at exit PR-185 Canóvanas - Juncos

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Puerto Rico Highway 9185 (PR-9185) is a

bypass road A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. A bypass spec ...

that branches off from PR-185 in

Gurabo Abajo Gurabo Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Juncos, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,857. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...

and ends at PR-31 in

Ceiba Norte Ceiba Norte is a barrio in the municipality of Juncos, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 9,755. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became ...

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Llega a su fin la reconstrucción de la PR-185 que conecta Juncos con Canóvanas

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