Puerto Rico Highway 19

Highway 19
Highway 19
Ruta 19
Avenida Luis Vigoreaux
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	2.0 km (1.2 mi)
Major junctions
South end	PR-21 in Gobernador Piñero
	PR-17 in Gobernador Piñero
North end	PR-2 in Pueblo Viejo
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	San Juan, Guaynabo
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico ; List ;

Last updated August 02, 2023

Puerto Rico Highway 19 (PR-19) is a short highway in Guaynabo.^[3] It is the main avenue in San Patricio, Guaynabo. It begins at PR-20 and PR-21 in San Juan and ends an interchange with PR-2 and PR-20 in Guaynabo.^[4]

Route description

PR-19 starts at its southern end at an interchange with PR-20 in San Juan. From this terminus, the highway runs through the interchange with PR-20 before intersecting PR-21 and turning northward parallel to the PR-20 freeway on its eastern side. After a short distance, the highway crosses the freeway on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux and then runs northwesterly to cross into Guaynabo. Running due north in Guaynabo, PR-19 passes through two roundabouts and ends at the interchange where PR-20 ends at PR-2.

Puerto Rico Highway 19 in Guaynabo
The Martinez Nadal train station in Guaynabo is off PR-19

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km^[2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
San Juan	Gobernador Piñero	2.0	1.2	PR-21 (Carretera Roberto Clemente Walker) to PR-20 south (Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal) – Río Piedras, Guaynabo	Southern terminus of PR-19; no entrance ramp to PR-20 northbound
San Juan	Gobernador Piñero	1.6	0.99	PR-17 east (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) to PR-20 (Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal) – Río Piedras, Guaynabo
Guaynabo	Pueblo Viejo	0.0	0.0	PR-2 east to PR-20 south (Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal) – Guaynabo	Northern terminus of PR-19; PR-2 eastbound exit and PR-20 southbound entrance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access

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References

↑ "geoview.info" . Retrieved 1 June 2019.
1 2 Google (28 February 2020). "PR-19" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
↑ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
↑ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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[geoview-1] "geoview.info" . Retrieved 1 June 2019.

[google-2] 1 2 Google (28 February 2020). "PR-19" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[NGAdvMap-3] National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

[DTOP-4] Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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