Puerto Rico Highway 184

Highway 184
Highway 184
Ruta 184 (Spanish)
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	33.4 km (20.8 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-3 in Cacao Bajo
	PR-755 in Cacao Bajo; PR-799 in Cacao Alto; PR-754 in Mulas; PR-762 in Quebrada Arriba; PR-7740 in Muñoz Rivera; PR-179 in Guavate; PR-763 in Guavate; PR-743 in Guavate; PR-7736 in Beatriz; PR-52 in Beatriz;
North end	PR-1 in Beatriz
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Patillas, Guayama, Cayey, Cidra
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 184 (PR-184) is a main, rural highway that connects Patillas to Cayey, Puerto Rico, with plans to be extended to Cidra. It extends from PR-3 in Cacao Bajo to PR-1 in Beatriz.^[3]^[4]

Route description

Sometimes referred to as Pork Highway, it is the main and only access to the various famous roasted-pork restaurants (lechoneras) in the area of Guavate^[5]^[6] and the access to the Carite State Forest. It borders the Guavate or Carite River, where several people swim often, and like Puerto Rico Highway 181, it borders the man-made Carite Lake, and it meets its end at Puerto Rico Highway 3. The main antennas of the local TV stations Telemundo, WAPA-TV and Univision can be seen from this road in La Santa. The road passes near a point where five municipalities share a border – Cayey, Patillas, San Lorenzo, Caguas and Guayama.^[3]^[4]

Municipality	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Patillas	Cacao Bajo	0.0	0.0	PR-3 – Patillas, Arroyo	Southern terminus of PR-184
	Cacao Bajo	1.1	0.68	PR-755 – Ancones
	Cacao Alto	2.4– 2.5	1.5– 1.6	PR-799 – Patillas
	Mulas	7.0	4.3	PR-754 – Mulas
	Quebrada Arriba	9.9	6.2	PR-762 – Quebrada Arriba
	Muñoz Rivera	19.3	12.0	PR-7740 (Ruta Panorámica) – San Lorenzo	Southern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency
Guayama	No major intersections
Cayey	Guavate	24.2	15.0	PR-179 (Ruta Panorámica) – Guayama	Northern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency
		27.5– 27.6	17.1– 17.1	PR-7184 – Guavate	Unsigned
		27.8– 27.9	17.3– 17.3	PR-763 – Caguas
		30.8	19.1	PR-743 – Vegas
	Beatriz	32.5	20.2	PR-7736 – Beatriz
	Beatriz	33.1– 33.2	20.6– 20.6	PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Caguas, San Juan, Ponce	PR-52 exit 32; diamond interchange
Cidra	Beatriz	33.4	20.8	PR-1 – Cayey, Cidra, Caguas	Northern terminus of PR-184
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

^ ^a ^b Google (March 6, 2020). "PR-184" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ "Cayey, Memoria Núm. 42" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
^ ^a ^b National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
^ ^a ^b "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 97–98. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019.
^ "Puerto Rico Leisure Guide – 2021". Issuu. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^ Evans, Pat (January 16, 2019). "Puerto Rico's Pork Highway is a Meat Lover's Dream". The Manual. Retrieved January 22, 2022.