Puerto Rico Highway 172
Ruta 172 | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
Length | 28.3 km[1] (17.6 mi) | |||
Existed | 1953[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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East end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
Municipalities | Comerío, Cidra, Caguas | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Puerto Rico Highway 172 (PR-172) is a secondary highway that connects Caguas, Puerto Rico at PR-1 to downtown Cidra, Puerto Rico and continues its way to its end at Puerto Rico Road 156 in Comerío, Puerto Rico. It is a two-lane per direction road from Caguas to its border point to Cidra and rural all the way to Comerío.[3][4]
Route description
Dangerous highway
Puerto Rico Highway 172 has about 4 kilometers going uphill. One side of the road is extremely close to the blasted mountain (See Blasting), meaning that landslides would fall in the right lane of the direction close to it; the other side is near a precipice, with barriers that are not safe. The two directions are not divided, and cars can easily collide head-on. Several people have died on this highway, including cars which have been hit by heavy-weight trucks coming down the hill, with brakes that malfunction or in the case of not having enough time to stop. A death occurred on August 16, 2014. There is one emergency ramp which was built to provide safety for the lane going down the mountain.
Rural road in Cidra
Similar to other highways in Puerto Rico which become rural after entering another town from the town of origin, PR-172 becomes rural and enters downtown Cidra before continuing to its end at PR-156 in Comerío. It is mainly flat, and there are no precipices found on the rest of the highway.
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PR-172 east in Bayamón barrio
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View of Lago de Cidra from PR-172 bridge
Major intersections
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PR-172 west approaching PR-787 intersection in Bayamón, Cidra
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PR-52 south at exit 21 to PR-172 in Cañaboncito, Caguas
Municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Comerío | Naranjo | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() | Western terminus of PR-172 |
Vega Redonda | 3.6– 3.7 | 2.2– 2.3 | ![]() | ||
5.4 | 3.4 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Cidra | Río Abajo | 9.4 | 5.8 | ![]() | |
Río Abajo–Ceiba– Rabanal tripoint | 11.5 | 7.1 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Cidra barrio-pueblo | 12.2 | 7.6 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of PR-173 concurrency; one-way street | |
12.3 | 7.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of PR-173 concurrency; one-way street; northbound access via Calle José Gautier Benítez or Calle Santiago R. Palmer | ||
12.4– 12.5 | 7.7– 7.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | One-way streets; PR-734 access via Calle Miguel Planellas or Calle Vicente Muñoz Barrios | ||
Bayamón–Arenas line | 13.6 | 8.5 | ![]() ![]() | ||
13.9 | 8.6 | ![]() | |||
Caguas | Cañaboncito | 20.9 | 13.0 | ![]() | |
22.2 | 13.8 | ![]() | |||
Turabo–Cañaboncito line | 26.4 | 16.4 | ![]() | ||
27.5 | 17.1 | ![]() | PR-52 exit 21; diamond interchange | ||
27.7 | 17.2 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Caguas barrio-pueblo | 28.3 | 17.6 | ![]() | Eastern terminus of PR-172 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "PR-172" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Comerío, Memoria Núm. 41" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 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.
- ^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 90. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
External links
Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 172 at Wikimedia Commons