Puerto Rico Highway 18

Highway 18
Expreso Las Américas
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico Dept. of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP)
Existed	1960's and rebuilt in late 90's – present
Major junctions
North end	PR-22 in San Juan
	PR-23 in San Juan PR-17 in San Juan PR-21 in San Juan
South end	PR-1 / PR-52 in Rio Piedras
Highway system
Puerto Rico Highways ← PR-17 PR-19 →

PR-18 is a freeway in Puerto Rico, which is also known as Expreso Las Américas. It runs from its north end in at its intersection with PR-22 (known as Expreso de Diego) in San Juan to its south end in Río Piedras where it intersects with PR-1. At this point PR-18 becomes PR-52, known as Autopista Luis A. Ferré.

Route description

PR-18 begins from PR-22

PR-18 connects PR-52 to PR-22 and intersects with Jesus de Piñero Avenue (PR-17), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue (PR-23), which grants access to Plaza Las Américas, and Domenech Avenue. It is mostly a 4-lane road in each direction. The combined route of PR-18 and PR-52 is coterminous with the unsigned Interstate Highway PRI-1.

Exit list

Municipality	Location	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
San Juan		0.0	0.0	0	PR-22 (PRI-2) – Guaynabo, Bayamón, Arecibo, Santurce, San Juan, Carolina	North end of PR-18 and PRI-1, access to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
				3A-C	PR-23 (Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt) / Calle Carlos F. Chardón / Calle Juán Calaf – Puerto Nuevo, Hato Rey	Frontage roads of these exits has an at-grade intersection in Chardon Street; Access to Plaza Las Americas shopping mall and Roosevelt station
				4	Avenida Manuel Domenech	Access to Hospital Del Maestro and Domenech station
				5A	PR-17 west (Avenida Jesus T Piñero) – Puerto Nuevo
				5B	PR-17 east (Avenida Jesus T Piñero) – Carolina, SJU Airport, Trujillo Alto, Río Piedras	Access to The Mall of San Juan and Piñero station
				6A	Avenida Americo Miranda – Rio Piedras Medical Center
				6B	Rio Piedras Medical Center	Most direct access to the hospital; southbound only.
				7A	PR-21 west (Avenida Jose Kiko Custodio) – Monacillos, Guaynabo, Hospital de Veteranos	Access to Centro Médico station
				7B	PR-21 east (Avenida Jose Kiko Custodio) – Río Piedras, Cupey	No northbound exit.
				8A	PR-1 south – Caguas, Caimito	No southbound access to PR-1 north.
				8B	PR-52 south (PRI-1 south) – Caguas, Cupey, Ponce	South end of PR-18; PRI-1 continues southbound via PR-52.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Interstate Highways in Puerto Rico