Puerto Rico Highway 901
Highway 901 | ||||
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| Ruta 901 (Spanish) | ||||
| Carretera Ernesto Carrasquillo[1] | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 15.1 km[2] (9.4 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1953[3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  PR-760 in Emajagua | |||
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| North end |  PR-9910 in Yabucoa barrio-pueblo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
| Municipalities | Maunabo, Yabucoa | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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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 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.
PR-901 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 | ||
| 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 | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín / Carretera Ernesto Carasquillo, Camino Nuevo". www.cartogiraffe.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ a b Google (February 28, 2020). "PR-901" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ "Maunabo, Memoria Núm. 77" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 135. Archived from the original on April 1, 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.
External links
Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 901 at Wikimedia Commons
