Ruta 181 | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
Length | 68.65 km [1] (42.66 mi) | |||
Existed | 1953 [2] –present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | PR-3 in Patillas barrio-pueblo | |||
North end | PR-17 in Oriente | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
Municipalities | Patillas, Maunabo, Yabucoa, San Lorenzo, Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, San Juan | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Puerto Rico Highway 181 (PR-181), also known as Expreso Trujillo Alto, [3] is a road that connects the towns of San Juan, Puerto Rico (very close to Carolina) in the north/northeast coast of Puerto Rico with Patillas in the southeast, passing through the municipalities of San Juan (very small part) at Jesus de Piñero Avenue (PR-17) as it approaches the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge and the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Trujillo Alto, Gurabo, San Lorenzo, Yabucoa and Patillas in the center of the town district near PR-3. Along with PR-10, PR-149, PR-1 and PR-52, it is one of the longest highways crossing the island from north to south through the central mountainous region. In the north part of Trujillo Alto it is a four-lane highway, turning completely rural on the way to Patillas with the exception of a small tract in Gurabo where it intersects PR-30.
In Trujillo Alto, near Gurabo, it turns into a rural road with very narrow lanes per direction and hard curves, making it dangerous and requiring low speed limits. In Gurabo, it becomes divided in about 1 kilometer as it intersects Puerto Rico Highway 30, and then quickly turns rural. In San Lorenzo its makes intersection with Puerto Rico Highway 183. For the rest of its length it is still rural. In Yabucoa, PR-182 begins to connect to the main town, while PR-181 continues and as it enters Patillas, it borders lake Carite, before arriving to downtown Patillas, where it meets PR-3. [1]
Municipality | Location | km [4] [5] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Patillas | Patillas barrio-pueblo | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-3 (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Arroyo, Maunabo | Southern terminus of PR-181 |
0.3 | 0.19 | PR-799 – Cacao Alto | |||
Marín | 3.6 | 2.2 | PR-7759 – Marín | ||
Patillas–Maunabo municipal line | Marín–Matuyas Alto line | 10.3 | 6.4 | PR-759 – Maunabo | |
Yabucoa | Guayabota | 15.1 | 9.4 | PR-182 (Ruta Panorámica) – Yabucoa | Southern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency |
San Lorenzo | Espino | 20.6 | 12.8 | PR-7740 (Ruta Panorámica) – Cayey | Northern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Patillas |
21.7 | 13.5 | PR-9920 – Quebrada Arenas | |||
22.0 | 13.7 | PR-745 – Espino | |||
Quebrada Honda | 23.0 | 14.3 | PR-902 – Quebrada Arenas | ||
24.1 | 15.0 | PR-913 – Quebrada Honda | |||
24.9 | 15.5 | PR-9912 – Cayaguas | |||
Jagual | 28.1 | 17.5 | PR-765 – Jagual | ||
Hato–Quemados line | 32.0 | 19.9 | PR-788 – Quemados | ||
32.7 10.3 [lower-alpha 1] | 20.3 6.4 | PR-183 west (Carretera Jesús Santa Aponte) – Caguas, Gurabo | Western terminus of PR-183 concurrency | ||
10.6 [lower-alpha 1] 32.8 | 6.6 20.4 | PR-183 east (Carretera Jesús Santa Aponte) – Las Piedras | Eastern terminus of PR-183 concurrency | ||
San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo | 33.8 | 21.0 | PR-980 (Calle Varona Suárez) – Las Piedras | One-way street; eastbound access via Calle José de Diego | |
San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo–Hato line | 34.7 | 21.6 | PR-9931 – Caguas | ||
Quebrada | 37.9– 38.0 | 23.5– 23.6 | PR-931 – Navarro | ||
38.5 | 23.9 | PR-929 – Juncos | |||
Gurabo | Jaguar | 40.8 | 25.4 | PR-9933 – Juncos | |
Jaguar–Mamey line | 42.8 | 26.6 | PR-30 (Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella) – Caguas, San Juan, Juncos, Humacao | PR-30 exits 7 and 8; diamond interchange | |
Mamey | 43.5 | 27.0 | PR-189 – Gurabo, Juncos | ||
Celada | 45.4 | 28.2 | PR-944 – Hato Nuevo | ||
45.5 | 28.3 | PR-943 – Gurabo | |||
Quebrada Infierno–Masa line | 50.6 | 31.4 | PR-945 – Masa | ||
54.1 | 33.6 | PR-851 (Carretera Reverendo Erasmo Ocasio Adorno) – La Gloria | |||
Trujillo Alto | Quebrada Negrito–Dos Bocas line | 58.4 | 36.3 | PR-852 – Quebrada Grande | |
Dos Bocas–La Gloria line | 59.5 | 37.0 | PR-851 (Carretera Reverendo Erasmo Ocasio Adorno) – La Gloria | ||
Trujillo Alto barrio-pueblo–La Gloria line | 61.4 | 38.2 | PR-894 to PR-175 – Caguas | ||
Río Grande de Loíza | 61.7– 61.9 | 38.3– 38.5 | Puente de Trujillo Alto [6] | ||
Cuevas–St. Just line | 61.9 | 38.5 | PR-175 / PR-8860 east to PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Caguas, Carolina | ||
63.4 | 39.4 | PR-850 to PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Cuevas | Southbound exit and entrance | ||
63.5– 63.6 | 39.5– 39.5 | PR-199 west (Carretera Coronel Pedro L. Negrón Ramírez) / PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Cupey, Guaynabo | |||
63.8 | 39.6 | PR-848 (Avenida Juan José "Chejuán" García Ríos) – St. Just | |||
Trujillo Alto–San Juan municipal line | St. Just–Cuevas– Sabana Llana Sur tripoint | 65.3 | 40.6 | PR-846 / PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Cuevas, St. Just | |
San Juan | Sabana Llana Sur | 65.6 | 40.8 | PR-877 (Avenida Trujillo Alto) – Sabana Llana Sur | |
Sabana Llana Sur–Oriente line | 67.1– 67.4 | 41.7– 41.9 | PR-3 (Avenida 65 de Infantería) / PR-47 (Calle De Diego) – Río Piedras, Caguas, Carolina | Diamond interchange | |
Oriente | 68.65 | 42.66 | PR-17 (Expreso Jesús T. Piñero) – San Juan, Hato Rey, Carolina, Isla Verde | Northern terminus of PR-181; PR-17 exits 7B and 8 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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