Puerto Rico Highway 2R

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PR-2R (short for Ramal 2) refers to several urban roads in Puerto Rico, located in Aguadilla, Mayagüez, and Ponce, which serve as business routes for PR-2.

Aguadilla business spur

This short east-west segment, known as San Carlos Avenue,[1] is the main connection to both downtown Aguadilla and Aguadilla Mall from PR-2. It begins at an interchange with PR-2, immediately to the east is the mall. It then heads west through a curvy downhill slope, quickly arriving in the town square and intersecting with PR-111. It then immediately ends at PR-440 in front of the coastline. From the PR-2 interchange to the square it is divided, while the rest is a two way urban street.

Mayagüez business loop

Historically was the right of way of PR-2 inside Mayagüez downtown before the construction of Avenida Eugenio María de Hostos. The entirety of its segment in Mayagüez was formerly known as Calle Post, until recently when it was renamed into two names, under the Jose Guillermo Rodriguez administration.

The former street runs north-south for 5 miles and begins in a park at front of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez on the intersection of PR-2, connecting with Puerto Rico Highway 65 just before crossing the Yagüez River. In this section is called now Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard.

Going south the Yagüez River comes inside the downtown of Mayagüez city, crossing the Méndez Vigo (PR-106), Candelaria (PR-105), Nenadich, Hiram David Cabassa, PR-348, PR-380, and Carolina roads to finally ending at the PR-2 aside with Avenida Corazones in Sabalos ward. In this section is called now Ramón Emeterio Betances Street.

As the longest street in Mayagüez, served as main entrance to the center of the city and gave access to some communities as Colombia, Santurce, Belmonte, Cuesta de las Piedras, Rio Cristal and Barriada Nadal (Poblado Sábalos).

Originally named by governor Regis Henri Post in 1909, it was recently renamed both honoring Alfonso Valdés Cobián and Ramón Emeterio Betances by disposition of the Municipal Legislative.

Ponce business spur

Map of PR-2R in the municipality of Ponce

Also known as Carretera a Pampanos, the north-south road runs for 1.63 kilometers[2] and was the original PR-2 before the construction of the current alignment known as the Ponce By Pass.[3] Some publications call the northern portion of this road Calle Coto Canas.[4]

History

In the 1810s, today's PR-2R in Ponce was part of what was called "Camino de Tallaboa" (Road to Tallaboa),[5][6] a road that since, at least, the 1810s led from the village of Ponce to Barrio Tallaboa in Peñuelas.[7] The 1810s' Camino de Tallaboa consisted of three segments. The first segment was one kilometer long and it led from the village of Ponce at its eastern terminus to the start of the road to Adjuntas (today's PR-123 at the intersection of today's Calle Villa and Calle Miramar) as its western terminus. That segment was called "Calle de la Villa" (Street to the Village), for it led to the village of Ponce from points west; this first segment of Camino de Tallaboa is today's Calle Villa. The second segment of Camino de Tallaboa was called "Carretera al Barrio de los Pampanos", or just "Carretera a Pampanos". It had its northern terminus where Calle de la Villa ended at today's intersection of Calle Villa and Calle Miramar and had its southern terminus at barrio Pampanos, a small community bound on the south by today's PR-2, on the east and north by today's Avenida Eduardo Ruberte, and in the west by the eastern banks of Rio Matilde. Thus Carretera a Pampanos had its southern terminus at today's PR-2 in Barrio Canas.[8] This second/middle segment of Camino de Tallaboa is what's called today PR-2R. (Note: The segment from the intersection of Calles Villa and Miramar to Avenida Roosevelt is sometimes called "Calle Coto Canas".[9]) The third and last segment of Camino de Tallaboa had its eastern terminus at Carretera Pampanos and its western terminus in Peñuelas's Barrio Tallaboa. Between the late 1940s and 1965, this road was replaced by today's PR-2.[10][11]

Route description

Located entirely within Barrio Canas, PR-2R begins at PR-2 in the south, in the Pampanos neighborhood and, as you head north, it passes the Paquito Montaner Stadium and the Juan Pachín Vicéns Auditorium, both to the left. PR-2R then passes Escuela Superior Vocacional (Vocational High School) to the right and Secretaría de Recreación y Deportes Francisco "Pancho" Coimbre to the left, where it intersects with PR-163 (Avenida Las Americas). The road then continues north for approximately another one-half mile before ending at PR-123 (Calle Villa Street). This northern terminus is located about 1.0 kilometer west of downtown Ponce. The entire length of PR-2R in Ponce is a two-lane road.

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Cierre temporal en la carretera PR-2 Ramal en Aguadilla". Primera Hora. 2011-01-26.
    2. ↑ "geoview.info". Retrieved 2014-03-29.
    3. ↑ Socorro Giron. Ramon Marin y su Tiempo. In, Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Ramon Marin. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994. page 21. ISBN 0-8477-0189-1
    4. ↑ Desglose de Sectores y Centros de Votacion de Acuerdo a la Redistribucion Electoral 2000: Precinto Ponce 061. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Comision Estatal de Elecciones, Division de Planificacion. July 2008.
    5. ↑ Neysa Rodrigguez Deynes. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce. Gobierno Municipal Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Cultura y Turismo. 2002. Page 45. ISBN 0-615-12181-0.
    6. ↑ Eli D. Oquendo Rodriguez. 1800-1885, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe: Historia de la Parroquia de Ponce durante el Siglo XIX. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste (CEISO). Lajas, Puerto Rico: Editorial Akelarre. 2016. ISBN 9781523888702. p. 179.
    7. ↑ Eduardo Neuman Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. page 71.
    8. ↑ Eduardo Neuman Gandia. Verdadera y Autentica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. page 61.
    9. ↑ Desglose de Sectores y Centros de Votacion de Acuerdo a la Redistribucion Electoral 2000: Precinto Ponce 061. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Comision Estatal de Elecciones, Division de Planificacion. July 2008.
    10. ↑ 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. 336.
    11. ↑ Vista aérea del tramo de la autopista de Ponce a Guayanilla. Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña. (Originally published by "El Mundo" on 24 October 1967.) Accessed 27 May 2018.
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