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Avenida Las Américas, looking east

This article provides a listing, with brief descriptions, of the most traveled or best known streets and thoroughfares in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise noted, traffic is two-way. If traffic is two-way for the entire length of the street (as opposed to just a portion of its length), it is designated with the symbol "<->" under the column "Traffic direction"; otherwise, the dash symbol ("-") is used.

Streets/Calles

No. Name From To Length # of lanes Traffic direction Notes Photo
1 Avenida Las Américas Puerto Rico Highway 500
(Puente San Antonio[1]) 		Boulevard Miguel Pou 3.0 miles 6 W <-> E Northern terminus becomes Ave. Fagot at Boulevar Miguel Pou
2 Ponce Bypass Carr. Pámpanos (PR-2R) Ave. Ednita Nazario 4.0 miles (est.) 6 W <-> E Eastern end becomes Boulevar Miguel Pou.
3 Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros Ave. Tito Castro Port of Ponce 3.28 miles 4-6 N <-> S Some segments are 4 lanes only
4 Bulevar Miguel Pou Parque del Tricentenario
/Puente de Los Leones 		Ave. Ednita Nazario 1.5 miles (est.) 4* W <-> E Eastern end turns into Ponce Bypass.
5 Avenida Fagot Puerto Rico Highway 10 Boulevar Miguel Pou 3.0 miles (est.) 4 N <-> S Southern terminus becomes Ave. Las Américas at Bulevar Miguel Pou
6 Avenida Tito Castro Puerto Rico Highway 12 Puerto Rico Highway 139 3.0 miles (est.) 4 W <-> E Becomes C. Betances at the bridge over Río Portugués, where it becomes a one-lane, westbound street
7 Carretera Pámpanos (PR-2R) C. Villa Puerto Rico Highway 2 1.0 mile (est.) 2 N <-> S
8 Avenida Hostos[2] C. Ferrocarril Plaza de Recreo de la Playa 2.5 miles (est.) 2 N <-> S
9 Avenida Muñoz Rivera Ave. Las Américas Puerto Rico Highway 2 0.5 mile (est.) 2 N <-> S
10 Calle Cantera (aka., "C. Mayor Cantera") Puerto Rico Highway 10 C. Marina 0.5 mile (est.) 2 N - S Traffic is one-way southbound from C. Tricoche (i.e., 1 block north of PR-14) to C. Marina (i.e., PR-123)
11 Calle Villa Bridge over Rio Canas at entrance to Urb. Jardines del Caribe Plaza Las Delicias 2.0 miles 2 W - E Traffic is eastbound one-way from Carr. Pámpanos to Plaza Las Delicias
12 Calle Isabel Plaza Munoz Rivera Parque del Tricentenario 0.4 mile (est.) 1-2 W - E Except for the one block from Plaza Muñoz Rivera to C. León, traffic is one-way westbound.
13 Calle Comercio Plaza Las Delicias Ave. Santiago de los Caballeros 1.2 miles (est.) 1-2 W - E Traffic is eastbound from Plaza Las Delicias to C. Cruz
14 Calle Marina Plaza Las Delicias C. Ferrocarril 0.4 mile (est.) 1-2 N - S Traffic is northbound one-way north of C. Mayor to Plaza Las Delicias; South of Calle Mayor traffic is two-way; Southern end becomes Ave. Hostos at C. Ferrocarril
15 Calle Atocha C. Victoria C. Isabel 0.1 mile (est.) 1 N - S Traffic is one-way northbound.

* Six (6) lanes when both frontage roads (or, "Calle Marginal") are considered.
C. = Calle/Street
Ave. = Avenida/Avenue
Carr. = Carretera/Road

External audio
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References

  1. ^ Carmelo Rosario Natal. Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 251.
  2. ^ Ave. Hostos was previously known as Camino Real. On 11 September 1903, it was renamed Ave. Eugenio Maria de Hostos. See: Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Pablo L. Crespo-Vargas, editor. "A Orillas del Mar Caribe: Boceto histórico de la Playa de Ponce - Desde sus primeros habitantes hasta principios del siglo XX." First edition. June 2017. Editorial Akelarre. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico (CEISCO). Lajas, Puerto Rico. Page 48. ISBN 978-1547284931

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