Puerto Rico Highway 504 (PR-504) is a tertiary state''¿Una avenida o zona de combate?'' Primera Hora. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014. highway in
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 north to south, and mostly along
Río Chiquito
Chiquito River ( es, Río Chiquito) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This river feeds into Río Portugués in the sector called Parras, about north of the intersection of PR-504 and PR-505. It has its origin in the mou ...
in barrio
Portugués Rural
Portugues and variants may refer to:
*Portugués, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, a barrio
* Portugués Rural or just Portugués, one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico
*Portugués Urbano, one of the 31 barrios in the municipality ...
. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with
PR-503
Puerto Rico Highway 503 (PR-503), also called Carretera Tibes (Road to Tibes), is a tertiary state
, near
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 ...
at the southern edge of barrio Portugués.
The road is a mountainous two-way one-lane road and thus very difficult to navigate when traffic is coming from the opposite direction. In addition most of the road has numerous steep sharp curves and should be driven only with vehicles in top mechanical condition, preferably all-wheel drive sedans, as drivers of
SUV
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
There is no commonly agreed-upon definiti ...
s reportedly feel less in control of their vehicles. The road should not be driven after nightfall.
The road is 6.7 kilometers long. At kilometer mark 3.0, PR-504 connects with PR-588 (also known as "Camino Pandora" or "Camino Rio Chiquito") heading west towards Sector El Hoyo. PR-588's northern terminus is at kilometer 7.2 of PR-505 in Barrio
Montes Llanos
Montes Llanos (also spelled Monte Llano), is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, and Cerrillos, Montes Llanos is one of the municipality's seven ...
.
Major intersections
PR-504 heading SB in Barrio Portugues in Ponce, PR (IMG 2707).jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 504 (PR-504) heading South-bound in Barrio
Portugués Rural
Portugues and variants may refer to:
*Portugués, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, a barrio
* Portugués Rural or just Portugués, one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico
*Portugués Urbano, one of the 31 barrios in the municipality ...
504
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Year 504 (DIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nicomachus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1257 ...