Puerto Rico Highway 31

Highway 31
Ruta 31
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	25.55 km [1]  (15.88 mi)
Existed	1953 [2] –present
Major junctions
West end	PR-30  / PR-189 in Ceiba Norte
Major intersections	PR-198 in Ceiba Norte PR-9185 in Ceiba Norte PR-948  / PR-9936 in El Río PR-936 in Boquerón–El Río PR-924 in Peña Pobre PR-191 in Río Blanco PR-53 in Río Blanco PR-192 in Río–Maizales PR-205 in Naguabo barrio-pueblo–Duque PR-971 in Duque–Mariana
East end	PR-3 in Mariana
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Juncos, Las Piedras, Naguabo
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-30 → PR-32

Puerto Rico Highway 31 (PR-31) is a main, rural highway connecting Juncos with Naguabo in eastern Puerto Rico. This road begins at Puerto Rico Highway 198 and ends at Puerto Rico Highway 3. ^[1]

Route description

PR-31 is an alternate route for people who are going from Caguas and other nearby towns to Naguabo, without having to pass through Humacao. ^[3] It is located south of El Yunque and is constantly flooded, even with little rainfall. ^[4] Several farms are close to this highway and it has two intersections with Puerto Rico Highway 53. Taking PR-30 and PR-53 to Naguabo can be faster depending on the traffic.

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  View from PR-31 in Naguabo

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km [5]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Juncos	Ceiba Norte	25.55	15.88	PR-189  – Juncos	Continuation beyond PR-30
				PR-30 (Expreso Cruz Ortiz Stella) – Caguas, Humacao	Western terminus of PR-31 and eastern terminus of PR-189; PR-30 exit 14; diamond interchange
		25.4	15.8	PR-198 (Calle Víctor Torres) – Las Piedras
		24.6	15.3	PR-935  – Ceiba Norte
		23.5– 23.4	14.6– 14.5	PR-9185 west – Gurabo, La Placita
	Gurabo Abajo	22.8	14.2	PR-946  – Gurabo Abajo
	Caimito	20.0	12.4	PR-947  – Caimito
Las Piedras	El Río	18.2	11.3	PR-948  / PR-9936  – Las Piedras, El Río
		16.5	10.3	PR-949  – El Río
	Boquerón–El Río line	14.9	9.3	PR-936  – Las Piedras
Naguabo	Peña Pobre	14.5	9.0	PR-950  – Peña Pobre
		13.3	8.3	PR-924 (Carretera Luz Ercilia "Lucy" Fabery Zenón) – Humacao
	Río Blanco	9.7	6.0	PR-950  – Peña Pobre
		8.8– 8.7	5.5– 5.4	Puente de Río Blanco over the Río Blanco [6]
		8.7	5.4	PR-191  – El Yunque National Forest
		7.9	4.9	PR-53 north (Autopista Dr. José Celso Barbosa) – Ceiba, Fajardo	PR-53 exit 22; incomplete diamond interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
	Río–Maizales line	6.4	4.0	PR-970  – Maizales
		4.2– 4.1	2.6– 2.5	PR-192  – Naguabo
	Naguabo barrio-pueblo–Duque line	3.8– 3.7	2.4– 2.3	PR-205 north – Fajardo, Humacao
	Duque–Mariana line	2.8– 2.7	1.7– 1.7	PR-971  – Naguabo, Duque
	Mariana	0.0	0.0	PR-3  – Ceiba, Humacao	Eastern terminus of PR-31
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi        Incomplete access

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering

References

1. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Datos de Transito 2000-2009 (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. pp. 44–45. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
2. "Juncos, Memoria Núm. 50" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 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. "Cerrada por inundación la PR-31 en Naguabo" (in Spanish). NotiCel. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
5. "PR-31" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 27 February 2020.
6. Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 105. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links

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   Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 31 at Wikimedia Commons