Puerto Rico Highway 181

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PR urban primary 181.svg PR secondary 181.svg Ellipse sign 181.svg
Highway 181
Ruta 181
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length68.65 km [1]  (42.66 mi)
Existed1953 [2] –present
Major junctions
South endPR secondary 3.svg PR-3 in Patillas barrio-pueblo
Major intersections
North endPR primary 17.svg PR-17 in Oriente
Location
Country United States
Territory Puerto Rico
Municipalities Patillas, Maunabo, Yabucoa, San Lorenzo, Gurabo, Trujillo Alto, San Juan
Highway system
← Ellipse sign 180.svg PR-180 → Ellipse sign 182.svg PR-182

Puerto Rico Highway 181 (PR-181), also known as Expreso Trujillo Alto (Trujillo Alto Expressway), [3] is a road in Puerto Rico connecting the municipality of San Juan on the northeastern coastal plain with Patillas on the southeastern coastal plain. Beginning in the Rio Piedras district of barrio Oriente in San Juan at Jesus de Piñero Avenue (PR-17), it runs through Trujillo Alto, Gurabo and San Lorenzo on the Caguas Valley, and western Yabucoa and eastern Patillas on the Sierra de Cayey, before ending in the Patillas Pueblo downtown area on the southeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico. PR-181 is a four-lane highway from San Juan through the Trujillo Alto Pueblo downtown area, and completely rural on the way to Patillas with the exception of a small tract in Gurabo where it intersects PR-30. Along with PR-10, PR-149, PR-1 and PR-52, it is one of the longest roads crossing the main island from north to south.

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Route description

Rural road

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]

Major intersections

MunicipalityLocationkm [4] [5] miDestinationsNotes
Patillas Patillas barrio-pueblo 0.00.0PR secondary 3.svg PR-3 (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Arroyo, Maunabo Southern terminus of PR-181
0.30.19Ellipse sign 799.svg PR-799  – Cacao Alto
Marín 3.62.2Ellipse sign 7759.svg PR-7759  – Marín
Patillas–Maunabo
municipal line		 Marín–Matuyas Alto line10.36.4Ellipse sign 759.svg PR-759  – Maunabo
Yabucoa Guayabota 15.19.4Ellipse sign 182.svg PR-182 (Ruta Panorámica) – Yabucoa Southern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency
San Lorenzo Espino 20.612.8Ellipse sign 7740.svg PR-7740 (Ruta Panorámica) – Cayey Northern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Patillas
21.713.5Ellipse sign 9920.svg PR-9920  – Quebrada Arenas
22.013.7Ellipse sign 745.svg PR-745  – Espino
Quebrada Honda 23.014.3Ellipse sign 902.svg PR-902  – Quebrada Arenas
24.115.0Ellipse sign 913.svg PR-913  – Quebrada Honda
24.915.5Ellipse sign 9912.svg PR-9912  – Cayaguas
Jagual 28.117.5Ellipse sign 765.svg PR-765  – Jagual
Hato–Quemados line32.019.9Ellipse sign 788.svg PR-788  – Quemados
32.7
10.3 [lower-alpha 1] 		20.3
6.4		West plate county (es).svg
PR secondary 183.svg 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		East plate county (es).svg
PR secondary 183.svg PR-183 east (Carretera Jesús Santa Aponte) – Las Piedras 		Eastern terminus of PR-183 concurrency
San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo 33.821.0Ellipse sign 980.svg PR-980 (Calle Varona Suárez) – Las Piedras One-way street; eastbound access via Calle José de Diego
San Lorenzo barrio-pueblo–Hato line34.721.6Ellipse sign 9931.svg PR-9931  – Caguas
Quebrada 37.9–
38.0		23.5–
23.6		Ellipse sign 931.svg PR-931  – Navarro
38.523.9Ellipse sign 929.svg PR-929  – Juncos
Gurabo Jaguar 40.825.4Ellipse sign 9933.svg PR-9933  – Juncos
Jaguar–Mamey line42.826.6PR primary 30.svg PR-30 (Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella) – Caguas, San Juan, Juncos, Humacao PR-30 exits 7 and 8; diamond interchange
Mamey 43.527.0Ellipse sign 189.svg PR-189  – Gurabo, Juncos
Celada 45.428.2Ellipse sign 944.svg PR-944  – Hato Nuevo
45.528.3Ellipse sign 943.svg PR-943  – Gurabo
Quebrada Infierno–Masa line50.631.4Ellipse sign 945.svg PR-945  – Masa
54.133.6Ellipse sign 851.svg PR-851 (Carretera Reverendo Erasmo Ocasio Adorno) – La Gloria
Trujillo Alto Quebrada Negrito–Dos Bocas line58.436.3Ellipse sign 852.svg PR-852  – Quebrada Grande
Dos Bocas–La Gloria line59.537.0Ellipse sign 851.svg PR-851 (Carretera Reverendo Erasmo Ocasio Adorno) – La Gloria
Trujillo Alto barrio-pueblo–La Gloria line61.438.2Ellipse sign 894.svgTo plate (es).svg
Ellipse sign 175.svg 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 line61.938.5Ellipse sign 175.svgEast plate (es).svg
PR urban primary 8860.svgTo plate (es).svg
Ellipse sign 876.svg PR-175  / PR-8860 east to PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Caguas, Carolina
63.439.4Ellipse sign 850.svgTo plate (es).svg
Ellipse sign 876.svg PR-850 to PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Cuevas 		Southbound exit and entrance
63.5–
63.6		39.5–
39.5		West plate (es).svg
PR urban primary 199.svgEllipse sign 876.svg PR-199 west (Carretera Coronel Pedro L. Negrón Ramírez) / PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Cupey, Guaynabo
63.839.6Ellipse sign 848.svg PR-848 (Avenida Juan José "Chejuán" García Ríos) – St. Just
Trujillo Alto–San Juan
municipal line		 St. Just–Cuevas–
Sabana Llana Sur tripoint		65.340.6Ellipse sign 846.svgEllipse sign 876.svg PR-846  / PR-876 (Carretera Federico Degetau) – Cuevas, St. Just
San Juan Sabana Llana Sur 65.640.8Ellipse sign 877.svg PR-877 (Avenida Trujillo Alto) – Sabana Llana Sur
Sabana Llana Sur–Oriente line67.1–
67.4		41.7–
41.9		PR urban primary 3.svgEllipse sign 47.svgHospital sign.svg PR-3 (Avenida 65 de Infantería) / PR-47 (Calle De Diego) – Río Piedras, Caguas, Carolina Diamond interchange
Oriente 68.6542.66PR primary 17.svgAirport Sign.svg 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
  1. 1 2 Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-183 rather than PR-181.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 94–95. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Gurabo, Memoria Núm. 48" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1954. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas". DTOP GOV PR (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ "PR-181 south" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "PR-181 north" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 109–110. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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