Puerto Rico Highway 251

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Highway 251
Ruta 251
Avenida Hermanos Ávila Esperanza [1]
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length2.9 km [2]  (1.8 mi)
Major junctions
South endEllipse sign 250.svg PR-250 in Culebra barrio-pueblo
North end Flamenco Beach in Flamenco
Location
Country United States
Territory Puerto Rico
Municipalities Culebra
Highway system
← Ellipse sign 250.svg PR-250 → Ellipse sign 252.svg PR-252

Puerto Rico Highway 251 (PR-251) is a road located in Culebra, Puerto Rico. [3] This highway extends from PR-250 in Culebra barrio-pueblo to Flamenco Beach.

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Route description

Formerly known as PR-999, [4] this road begins in front of Benjamín Rivera Noriega Airport, at its intersection with PR-250, and runs in a northwest direction in front of the Clark and Ensenada Extension communities, reaching Flamenco Beach and Laguna Flamenco. It provides indirect access to Tamarindo Beach, Flamenco Bay and Punta Molinos in the Fraile and San Isidro neighborhoods. [5]

PR-251 was re-named Avenida Hermanos Ávila Esperanza - These six soldiers were honored for their exceptional work in the Korean and Vietnam wars and for returning home to Puerto Rico alive. Brothers (Andrés, Pedro, Norberto, Justino, Guillermo y Tomás) - The brothers also have a street named after them in Fajardo, PR (Parcelas Beltrán). [6]

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Culebra. 

Locationkm [2] miDestinationsNotes
Culebra barrio-pueblo 0.00.0Ellipse sign 250.svg PR-250  – Culebra Southern terminus of PR-251
Flamenco 2.91.8Northern terminus of PR-251 at Flamenco Beach; dead end road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ley Núm. 10 de 2016 -Para designar como Avenida Hermanos Ávila Esperanza, la Carretera Estatal PR-251 del Municipio de Culebra". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 "PR-251" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  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.
  4. ↑ "Culebra, Memoria Núm. 75" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Plan Maestro para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Culebra" (PDF). PUERTO RICO Microjuris (in Spanish). 2004. p. 142. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Orgullosos de ser veteranos". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 28 May 2007. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.


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