Puerto Rico Highway 901

Highway 901
Highway 901
Ruta 901
Carretera Ernesto Carrasquillo
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	15.1 km (9.4 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-760 in Emajagua
	PR-53 in Emajagua; PR-7760 in Emajagua; PR-53 in Emajagua; PR-9911 in Camino Nuevo ; PR-9901 in Camino Nuevo; PR-9914 in Juan Martín ; PR-3 in Juan Martín;
North end	PR-9910 in Yabucoa barrio-pueblo
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Maunabo, Yabucoa
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico ; List ;

Last updated July 10, 2023

Puerto Rico Highway 901 (PR-901) is a highway in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico which begins at its junction with PR-182 in Yabucoa and ends at its intersection with PR-760 in Manuabo.

Route description

PR-3 in Yabucoa enters downtown and continues uphill into the mountains. The Puerto Rico Department of Transportation designed PR-901 as a primary route^[4] while PR-53 is under construction, because it is a more direct way to the Maunabo area than PR-3, as the latter has more curves. PR-901 runs parallel to the coastline for several kilometers, but due to the mountains ending at the coastline, PR-901 run several hundred feet above sea level. This feature makes PR-901 a scenic route.^[5] Drivers traveling from Humacao to the area of Guayama are recommended^{[ by whom? ]} to use PR-30 to PR-52 and then PR-53 (Salinas-Guayama) as opposed to using the PR-3/PR-901 route because it is safer and shorter. This by-pass will end when construction of PR-53 is completed. When PR-53 is finished, PR-901 will become a normal rural road, and PR-53 will become the primary route to Maunabo.

Puerto Rico Highway 901 south in Camino Nuevo, Yabucoa

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km^[2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Maunabo	Emajagua	15.1	9.4	PR-760 – Maunabo, Patillas, Sector La Playa, Sector El Faro	Southern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Yabucoa via Quebrada Arenas–Talante
		14.9– 14.8	9.3– 9.2	PR-53 north (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Yabucoa
		14.5	9.0	PR-7760 – Bordaleza
		12.4– 12.3	7.7– 7.6	PR-53 south (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Maunabo
Yabucoa	Camino Nuevo	5.0	3.1	PR-9911 – Playa Lucía
		4.0	2.5	PR-9901 – Juan Martín
		3.3	2.1	To PR-53 (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) / PR-9914 – Humacao
	Juan Martín	3.0– 2.9	1.9– 1.8	PR-9914 east to PR-53 (Autopista José M. Dávila Monsanto) – Humacao
	Juan Martín	1.1	0.68	PR-3 – Humacao, Maunabo
	Yabucoa barrio-pueblo	0.0	0.0	PR-9910 (Calle Cristóbal Colón) to PR-182 – Yabucoa	Northern terminus of PR-901; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Maunabo and San Lorenzo via Calabazas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

↑ "Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín / Carretera Ernesto Carasquillo, Camino Nuevo". www.cartogiraffe.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
1 2 Google (28 February 2020). "PR-901" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
↑ "Maunabo, Memoria Núm. 77" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
↑ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 135. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
↑ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

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[Cartogiraffe-1] "Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín / Carretera Ernesto Carasquillo, Camino Nuevo". www.cartogiraffe.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[google-2] 1 2 Google (28 February 2020). "PR-901" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[Memoria_Maunabo-3] "Maunabo, Memoria Núm. 77" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[DTOP_Transit_Data-4] "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 135. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.

[NGAdvMap-5] National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

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