Puerto Rico Highway 172 (PR-172) is a secondary highway that connects

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to downtown

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and continues its way to its end at Puerto Rico Road 156 in Comerío, Puerto Rico. It is a two-lane per direction road from Caguas to its border point to Cidra and rural all the way to Comerío.

Route description

Dangerous highway

Puerto Rico Highway 172 has about 4 kilometers going uphill. One side of the road is extremely close to the blasted mountain (''See Blasting''), meaning that landslides would fall in the right lane of the direction close to it; the other side is near a precipice, with barriers that are not safe. The two directions are not divided, and cars can easily collide head-on. Several people have died on this highway, including cars which have been hit by heavy-weight trucks coming down the hill, with brakes that malfunction or in the case of not having enough time to stop. A death occurred on August 16, 2014. There is one emergency ramp which was built to provide safety for the lane going down the mountain.

Rural road in Cidra

Similar to other highways in Puerto Rico which become rural after entering another town from the town of origin, PR-172 becomes rural and enters downtown Cidra before continuing to its end at PR-156 in Comerío. It is mainly flat, and there are no precipices found on the rest of the highway. Carretera PR-172, Cidra, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-172 east in Bayamón barrio Lago de Cidra, Cidra, Puerto Rico (2).jpg, View of from PR-172 bridge

Major intersections

Carretera PR-172, intersección con la carretera PR-787, Cidra, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-172 west approaching PR-787 intersection in Bayamón, Cidra Carretera PR-172, intersección con la autopista PR-52, Caguas, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-172 west at

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 ...

interchange between Turabo and Cañaboncito barrios in Caguas Autopista PR-52, salida hacia la carretera PR-172, Caguas, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-52 south at exit 21 to PR-172 in Cañaboncito, Caguas

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