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Avenida Alfonso Valdés Cobián
Boulevard Alfonso Valdés Cobián (Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard) is the main entrance to Mayagüez from the North. It corresponds with former Post Street, north of the Yagüez River section. The Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard starts in a park at the front of the Vita Gate of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (the main entrance to UPRM). At beginning faces an intersection with Eugenio María de Hostos Avenue (PR-2) and Luis Lloréns Torres Avenue near the Escuela Vocacional Dr. Pedro Perea Fajardo (vocational high school). It passes aside the Mayagüez Town Center (''a shopping center''), the "Radamés Peña" store, some college student's lodgings, the Cervecería India'','' the Casilla del Caminero and the old athletic field of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, ending at UPRM's Barcelona Gate junction with the Pedro Albizu Campos Avenue and the Ramón Emeterio Betances Street. It was named since 1997 after Alfonso Valdés Cobián, an industrialist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez (, ) is the ninth-largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Township of Virgin of Candelaria, Our Lady of Candelaria), and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Puras'' (City of Pure Waters), or ''Ciudad del Mangó'' (Mango City). On April 6, 1894, the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish Crown granted it the formal title of ''Excelente Ciudad de Mayagüez'' (Excellent City of Mayagüez). Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico. It has a population of 73,077, and it is the principal city of the Mayagüez metropolitan area, Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area (pop. 213,831) and the Mayagüez metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area, Mayagüez–Aguadilla, PR Combined Statistical Area (pop. 467,599). History The Mayagüez metropolitan area, Mayagüez Metro Area (and part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calle Post (Mayagüez)
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. PR-2 runs parallel to the northern coast of Puerto Rico (west of San Juan), then parallel to the west coast from near Aguadilla running south through Mayagüez. Shortly after Mayagüez, the road runs somewhat inland (through Hormigueros, San Germán and Sabana Grande) until it reaches the southern coast of Puerto Rico at Yauco, and continues to run parallel the southern shore as it approaches Ponce from the west. In addition to Arecibo, Aguadilla, and Mayagüez, the road runs through various other cities including Guaynabo, Bayamón, San Germán and Yauco. In some sections the road is a four-lane highway while in other sections the road is either a six-lane or eight-lane highway. The section of PR-2 from Ponce to the PR-22 interchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Puerto Rico At Mayagüez
The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a Public university, public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The UPRM is the second-largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico system, a member of the National Sea Grant College Program, sea-grant, and the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, space-grant research consortia. In 2009, the campus population was composed of 12,108 students, 1,924 regular staff members, and 1,037 members of the education staff. In 2013, the student population remained relatively steady at 11,838, but the instructional faculty dropped to 684. In the second semester of 2019 around 12,166 students were enrolled. By the end of the academic year 2022-2023 there were 10,071 students enrolled. UPRM has been accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casilla Del Caminero (Mayagüez)
Casilla is a Spanish surname, and may refer to: *Alexi Casilla (born 1984), Dominican Major League Baseball infielder * José Antonio Casilla (born 1979), Spanish volleyball player *Kiko Casilla (born 1986), Spanish footballer * Robert Casilla (born 1959), American artist and illustrator * Santiago Casilla (born 1980), Dominican Major League Baseball relief pitcher See also *Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla Pabellon Municipal de Deportes La Casilla is a 5,000-seat arena in Bilbao, Spain, primarily used for basketball. It was the home arena of Bilbao Basket Club Basket Bilbao Berri Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as Bilbao Baske ..., 5000-seat arena in Bilbao, Spain {{surname Spanish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico Highway 65
Puerto Rico Highway 65 (PR-65) is a short highway connecting Puerto Rico Highway PR-239, also locally known as Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard (formerly known as Calle Post and PR-2R) near University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, to Puerto Rico Highway 106. It has not an intersection to the main highway PR-2, but can be accessed quickly going west of the alt route. It is also the main highway to the ''Palacio de Recreación y Deportes'' (Sports and Recreation Palace) and to the Parque de los Próceres. Major intersections See also * * * Pedro Albizu Campos Pedro Albizu Campos (June 29, 1893Luis Fortuño Janeiro. ''Album Histórico de Ponce (1692–1963).'' p. 290. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963. – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in ... References External links * 065 Roads in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances
Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances (Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances Street) is the longest urban road in Mayagüez, serving as the Main Street of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. It corresponds with the former Calle Post (Mayagüez), Post Street's south of Yagüez River section. Urban landscape The Ramón Emeterio Betances Street starts at the Barcelona Gate of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) where a flagpole is placed with the Flags of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican flag aside a José De Diego iron bust. It states that the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (as UPRM is named officially in Spanish) was founded as ''Colegio de Agricultura y Artes Mecánicas (CAAM)'' by José De Diego on September 23, 1911. Just facing the UPRM's Barcelona Gate is a junction where merges the Avenida Alfonso Valdés Cobián and Puerto Rico Highway 65, Pedro Albizu Campos Avenue aside with the Parque de los Próce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Valdés Cobián
Alfonso Valdés Cobián (June 23, 1890 – February 14, 1988), was an industrialist, banker, sportsman and politician. Valdés Cobián was a cofounder of Cervecería India, Inc., currently Puerto Rico's largest beer brewery. Early years Valdés Cobián was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico to Ramon and Encarnación Cobián. When he was a child his family moved to the United States and lived in Manhattan. While living there he attended the Hamilton institute, a preparatory school, and Columbia University, where he received a degree in electrical engineering in 1911. The family returned to Puerto Rico and in 1910, his father, Ramón Valdés founded and organized the "Mayaguez Light, Power and Ice Company", a utility in the city of Mayagüez. The elder Valdés named Alfonso the company's vice president in 1915.Guía del Turismo en Mayagüez, Clásico de Mayagüez "La Cervecería India", (Spanish) The Government took over all power generation in the late 1930s and the company is now ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highways In Puerto Rico
The highway system in Puerto Rico is composed of approximately of roads in Puerto Rico, maintained by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish: ''Departmento de Transportación y Obras Públicas'') or DTOP. The highway system in Puerto Rico is divided into four networks: primary, urban primary, secondary or inter-municipal, and tertiary or local (Spanish: ''red primaria'', ''red primaria urbana'', ''red secundaria o intermunicipal'', and ''red terciaria o local''). Highways may change between networks and retain their same numbers. Highway markers Puerto Rico roads are classified according to the network they belong to. There are four types: primary, urban primary, secondary, and tertiary.''Guías para la Selección ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
