Puerto Rico Highway 199 (PR-199) is a main highway, mostly divided, in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
and
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr ...
. It is one of the few highways in Puerto Rico with discontinuity, as there is also another Puerto Rico Highway 199 in Bayamón.
Route description
San Juan to Guaynabo
In San Juan, near
Trujillo Alto
Trujillo Alto (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Northern Coastal Plain, on the boundary between the karst zone and Sierra de Luquillo, north of Caguas, and Gurabo; southeast of San Juan, and west of Carolina. Trujil ...
, it begins near PR-850 and
PR-181 and goes through the exclusive Paseos area, goes west, intersecting
Puerto Rico Highway 1
Puerto Rico Highway 1 (PR-1) is a highway in Puerto Rico that connects the city of Ponce to San Juan. Leaving Ponce, the road heads east and follows a somewhat parallel route along the southern coast of the island heading towards Salinas. At ...
,
Puerto Rico Highway 52
Puerto Rico Highway 52 (PR-52), a major toll road in Puerto Rico, is also known as ''Autopista Luis A. Ferré''. It was formerly called ''Expreso Las Américas''. It runs from PR-1 in southwest Río Piedras and heads south until it intersects wit ...
and
Puerto Rico Highway 20
Puerto Rico Highway 20 (PR-20) or Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal is a short tollway located entirely in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Route description
It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a ru ...
. It approaches downtown Guaynabo. Several schools can be found along the way.
Carretera PR-199, intersección con la carretera PR-1, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-199 west at PR-1
Puerto Rico Highway 1 (PR-1) is a highway in Puerto Rico that connects the city of Ponce to San Juan. Leaving Ponce, the road heads east and follows a somewhat parallel route along the southern coast of the island heading towards Salinas. At S ...
interchange in Caimito, San Juan
Bayamón
Puerto Rico Highway 199 begins again at
Puerto Rico Highway 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 ...
and ends near Puerto Rico Highway 167.
The segment is likely to be renumbered as
Puerto Rico Highway 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 ...
since the latter is being built into a tollway to
Naranjito and
Comerío and it shows to be not probable that PR-199 in Guaynabo will be connected to this segment in Bayamón.
Major intersections
Autopista PR-52, salida hacia la carretera PR-199, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-52 south at exit 2 to PR-199 in Monacillo, San Juan
See also
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List of highways numbered 199
References
External links
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