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Puerto Rico Highway 20 (PR-20) or Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal is a short
tollway A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...
located entirely in the municipality of
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 ...
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Route description

It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway PR-18, and also in
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 ...
and
PR-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 ...
, it had to be converted and is now 9.5 kilometers long.''Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas.''
Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 May 2019. It has few exits; the first being to PR-169, a road to the rural area of Guaynabo and part of
Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico Aguas Buenas, (, ), popularly known as "''La Ciudad de las Aguas Claras''" or "''The City of Clear Waters''", is a Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Cordillera Central ...
;
PR-199 Puerto Rico Highway 199 (PR-199) is a main highway, mostly divided, in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. It is one of the few highways in Puerto Rico with discontinuity, as there is also another Puerto Rico Highway 199 in Bayamón ...
which connects it to PR-1 and PR-52; PR-177 which serves Bayamón and Cupey, and PR-17 (Ave. Piñero). It begins in the Muda sector of PR-1 and ends near San Patricio in Caparra, Guaynabo, at
PR-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. ...
. It is tolled going north from PR-1, but not in the other direction. PR-20.jpg, PR-20 near its north terminus in Guaynabo Traffic on Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal in Puerto Rico.jpg, Traffic on


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See also

* List of highways numbered 20 *
Rafael Martínez Nadal Rafael Martínez Nadal (April 22, 1877 – July 6, 1941) was a Puerto Rican politician, senator, journalist, and businessman. He was the third president of the Senate of Puerto Rico, serving from 1933 to 1941. Early years Rafael Martínez Na ...


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