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highway entirely located within the city limits of

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, and connecting

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to the

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area in

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Playa in Ponce. It is similar to a

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but has one traffic light near its intersection with PR-14. In addition to its northern and southern terminus, the highway has four full interchange exits:

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, PR-133/Calle Comercio, and

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. Since PR-12's southern terminus is at the

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History

Mapa de la carretera PR-12 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M12)

The 2.5 kilometer section of this road, from the Ponce Bypass to just a few feet from the

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PR-123 Puerto Rico Highway 123 (PR-123) is a secondary highway that connects the city Arecibo to the city of Ponce. It runs through the towns of Utuado and Adjuntas, before reaching Ponce. A parallel road is being built, PR-10, that is expected to tak ...

, was the first segment built; it was built in 1960. It was called "Avenida Malecon" (Pier Avenue), as it led from the then-urbanized area of Ponce to the Ponce wharf. The segment north of PR-12's intersection with PR-2, that is, between PR-2 and Avenida Tito Castro was built in the 1990s, and completed in 2002, as part of the

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project.Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. ''Brevario sobre la Historia de Ponce.'' Published by Oficina de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2002. p. 111. PR-12 used to be signed as part of 'PR-14' before construction of the new

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took place. The PR-14 signing has since been moved into another route (ending at

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, near downtown Ponce, while the PR-12 signing was assigned to the southernmost 5.28 kilometers of the old PR-14 route. As of 2008, the

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had not yet updated the signing on the road, but by 2011 it had. PR-12, viajando hacia el Sur, al norte de la salida hacia la PR-133 (Calle Comercio), en Ponce, PR (DSC01665).jpg, Southbound lanes of PR-12, near exit to PR-133 (Calle Comercio), in Ponce PR-12, viajando hacia el Sur, al norte de la salida hacia la PR-133 (Calle Comercio), en Barrio San Antón, Ponce, PR, mostrando antiguo letrero de la PR-14.jpg, 2008 PR-12 photo with old PR-14 signing

Major intersections

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Roads in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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History

Major intersections

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