Puerto Rico Highway 111 (PR-111) is a highway connecting

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...

Puerto Rico Highway 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. ...

and

Puerto Rico Highway 115 Puerto Rico Highway 115 (PR-115) is a highway which follows the west coastline of Puerto Rico from south Añasco at PR-2 to near downtown Aguadilla, where it becomes Puerto Rico Highway 111 after intersecting PR-2 again, and is the primary rout ...

Utuado, Puerto Rico Utuado () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central mountainous region of the island known as the '' Cordillera Central''. It is located north of Adjuntas and Ponce; south of Hatillo and Arecibo; east of Lares; and west ...

Puerto Rico Highway 140 Puerto Rico Highway 140 (PR-140) is a road that travels from Jayuya, Puerto Rico to Barceloneta, passing through Utuado, Ciales and Florida. This highway begins at PR-143 in Pica barrio and ends at PR-2 in Florida Afuera barrio. Major inte ...

Route description

It is the main highway to Moca and

San Sebastián San Sebastian, officially known as Donostia–San Sebastián (names in both local languages: ''Donostia'' () and ''San Sebastián'' ()) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality located in the Basque Country (autonomous community), B ...

, being a two-lane highway before turning rural on its way to

Lares Lares ( , ; archaic , singular ''Lar'') were guardian deities in ancient Roman religion. Their origin is uncertain; they may have been hero-ancestors, guardians of the hearth, fields, boundaries, or fruitfulness, or an amalgam of these. Lares ...

, where it meets

PR-129 PR-129 is a north–south (actually diagonal) highway in North-Central Puerto Rico, connecting the town of Lares with Arecibo. It crosses the northern karst country of the island. When traveling from the northern coast of Puerto Rico, PR-129 ...

, which taking north goes to

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and meets PR-2 and

PR-22 PR-22 (also part of unsigned Interstate PR2) is an long toll road in the north coast of Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Hatillo. The road is also known as the ''José de Diego Expressway'' (Spanish: ''Expreso José de Diego ...

. In Lares, it becomes a divided avenue, replacing an old, narrow segment, but then becomes rural again. It continues to Utuado, crossing

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- ...

, and merging shortly with

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 ...

. It ends at PR-140 east of Utuado, near

Jayuya Jayuya (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the mountainous center region of the island, north of Ponce; east of Utuado; and west of Ciales. Jayuya is spread over 10 barrios and Jayuya Pueblo (the downtown and administra ...

. It is one of two long highways going west–east through the center of Puerto Rico (the other being PR-156). It is named the ''Carretera

Enrique Laguerre Enrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez (July 15, 1905 – June 16, 2005) was a teacher, novelist, playwright, critic, and newspaper columnist from Moca, Puerto Rico. He is the author of the 1935 novel ''La Llamarada'' (), which has been for many years ...

'' through all its length. Aguadilla Pueblo.jpg, PR-111 on the Aguadilla pueblo coast Planta electrica en PR-111, Bahomamey, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Electric plant on PR-111 in Bahomamey Parque de Pelota Edelmiro “Mirito” Jiménez en Barrio Lares, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, Ball park on PR-111 in Lares barrio Puerto Rico Highway 111 East near 129 junction, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, PR-111 East near 129 junction in Lares

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Related routes

Currently, PR-111 has three branches in its old segments in San Sebastián, Lares and Utuado, and previously had another in Aguadilla. Originally they were identified as PR-111R. There are projects for Highway 111 listed on the Transportation Improvement Program for fiscal years 2017–2020, involving reconstructing, relocating and widening parts of the highway.

Puerto Rico Highway 1111

Puerto Rico Highway 1111 (PR-1111) is the old section of PR-111 through downtown Lares. This road can be seen as ''Puerto Rico 111 Business''. PR-1111 near Sector El Jayal, Barrio Pueblo, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 1111 sign in Lares Puerto Rico Highways 1111, 128, 111 Intersection, Lares.jpg, Puerto Rico Highways 1111, 128, 111 signs, in Lares

Puerto Rico Highway 4111

Puerto Rico Highway 4111 (PR-4111) is an old segment of PR-111 that provides access to a small residential area in Piedras Blancas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Highway 4111 sign

Puerto Rico Highway 6111

Puerto Rico Highway 6111 (PR-6111) is the original route of PR-111 through downtown Utuado. Like PR-1111, this road can be seen as ''Puerto Rico 111 Business''.

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