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* {{jct|state=PR|Ter|123}} in [[Hato Viejo, Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Hato Viejo]]
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* {{jct|state=PR|PR|22}} in [[Tanamá, Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Tanamá]]
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'''Puerto Rico Highway 10''' ('''PR-10''') is a major highway in [[Puerto Rico]]. The primary<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091122131606/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/Manual_Especificaciones/ManualDise%C3%B1o_Cap1.pdf ''Manual de Especificacions, Manual de Diseño: Chapter 1, General Design Criteria.''] Puerto Rico DTOP. pp. 1-2 and 1-3. Accessed 30 April 2019.</ref> state<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.primerahora.com/yo-soy-ph/ojodelacalle/nota/unaavenidaozonadecombate-1016925/ |title= ¿Una avenida o zona de combate? |work= Primera Hora |date= 19 June 2014 |access-date= 24 June 2014}}</ref> road connects the city of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] in the south coast to [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]] in the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities.<ref name="DTOP Transit Data">{{cite web |title=Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT) |url=http://act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |website=Transit Data (Datos de Transito) |publisher=DTOP PR |pages=28–30 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401220153/act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |archive-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>
'''Puerto Rico Highway 10''' ('''PR-10''') is a major highway in [[Puerto Rico]]. The primary<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091122131606/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/Manual_Especificaciones/ManualDise%C3%B1o_Cap1.pdf ''Manual de Especificacions, Manual de Diseño: Chapter 1, General Design Criteria.''] Puerto Rico DTOP. pp. 1-2 and 1-3. Accessed 30 April 2019.</ref> state<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.primerahora.com/yo-soy-ph/ojodelacalle/nota/unaavenidaozonadecombate-1016925/ |title= ¿Una avenida o zona de combate? |work= Primera Hora |date= 19 June 2014 |access-date= 24 June 2014}}</ref> road connects the city of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] in the south coast to [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]] in the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities.<ref name="DTOP Transit Data">{{cite web |title=Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT) |url=http://act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |website=Transit Data (Datos de Transito) |publisher=DTOP PR |pages=28–30 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401220153/http://act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |archive-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>


Construction on the modern PR-10, a new {{convert|68.26|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} highway, began in 1974. The highway is being built parallel to the old PR-10;<ref name= alfonso>{{cite news |url= https://www.periodicolaperla.com/terminaran-en-el-2015-expreso-de-ponce-a-arecibo/ |title=Asegura Autoridad de Carreteras: Para el 2015 expreso de Ponce a Arecibo |language= es |first= Omar |last= Alfonso |work= La Perla del Sur |location= Ponce, PR |date= 11 May 2011 |page= 16|access-date= 7 October 2011}}</ref> that road is now signed [[Puerto Rico Highway 123|PR-123]].<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/nota/mueremotociclistaenlapr-10-1084884/ ''Muere motociclista en la PR-10.'' ] Primera Hora. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 24 May 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/oquendo/199216215/ |publisher= [[Google|Google, Inc.]] |title= Google Earth Adjuntas Puerto Rico The changing landscape |year= 2006 |cartography= DigitalGlobe |access-date= 8 January 2011}}</ref> Most of the new PR-10 is now complete, with an approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} stretch still remaining to be finished. In its current state it is a freeway only in the completed portions, which consists of over three-fourths of the highway.
Construction on the modern PR-10, a new {{convert|68.26|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} highway, began in 1974. The highway is being built parallel to the old PR-10;<ref name= alfonso>{{cite news |url= https://www.periodicolaperla.com/terminaran-en-el-2015-expreso-de-ponce-a-arecibo/ |title=Asegura Autoridad de Carreteras: Para el 2015 expreso de Ponce a Arecibo |language= es |first= Omar |last= Alfonso |work= La Perla del Sur |location= Ponce, PR |date= 11 May 2011 |page= 16|access-date= 7 October 2011}}</ref> that road is now signed [[Puerto Rico Highway 123|PR-123]].<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/nota/mueremotociclistaenlapr-10-1084884/ ''Muere motociclista en la PR-10.'' ] Primera Hora. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 24 May 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite map |url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/oquendo/199216215/ |publisher= [[Google|Google, Inc.]] |title= Google Earth Adjuntas Puerto Rico The changing landscape |year= 2006 |cartography= DigitalGlobe |access-date= 8 January 2011}}</ref> Most of the new PR-10 is now complete, with an approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} stretch still remaining to be finished. In its current state it is a freeway only in the completed portions, which consists of over three-fourths of the highway.
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==Route description==
==Route description==
PR-10 runs over the scenic mountains of the [[Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico)|Cordillera Central]], providing magnificent views of the surrounding mountain tops in the distance. "The road is of first class construction throughout, and presents a panorama of magnificent scenery, rivaling the views of any of the famed roads of Europe."<ref name=directory>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mDwwAAAAYAAJ&pg=287 |title= The Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico |location= New York |publisher= F.E. Platt |date= 10 June 1910 |pages= 287–288 |access-date= 16 November 2010}}</ref> Several sections of the new highway require the construction of bridges. The new road will reduce travel time.<ref name="transportation1"/>
PR-10 runs generally north-south over the scenic mountains of the [[Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico)|Cordillera Central]] with magnificent views of the surrounding mountain tops. After its initial completion, the road was described as "(being) of first class construction throughout, and present(ing) a panorama of magnificent scenery, rivaling the views of any of the famed roads of Europe."<ref name=directory>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mDwwAAAAYAAJ&pg=287 |title= The Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico |location= New York |publisher= F.E. Platt |date= 10 June 1910 |pages= 287–288 |access-date= 16 November 2010}}</ref> When completed, the reconstructed highway will significantly reduce travel time.<ref name="transportation1"/> Due to the rugged terrain, several sections of the new highway required the construction of bridges.


===Ponce to Adjuntas===
===Ponce to Adjuntas===
[[File:Mapa de la carretera PR-10 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M10).svg|thumb|right|202px|Map of the PR-10 as it goes through the municipality of [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]]]]
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PR-10 has its southern terminus at [[Puerto Rico Highway 5506|PR-5506]], near [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|PR-1]], at the entrance to [[Mercedita International Airport]].<ref name=guide>{{cite web |url= http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 |title= Guia de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas |language= es |trans-title= Guide to Main Highways, Expressways, and Freeways |publisher= Government of Puerto Rico |author= Department of Transportation and Public Works |access-date= 17 November 2010}}</ref> The first four miles runs northwesterly, bypassing the City of Ponce to the north.. The road crosses barrio [[Sabanetas, Ponce, Puerto Rico|Sabanetas]], intersecting [[Puerto Rico Highway 52|PR-52]], leading to [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]] and [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. The road also crosses barrio [[Machuelo Abajo]], and an interchange with [[Puerto Rico Highway 14|PR-14]], which goes to downtown Ponce and [[Coamo, Puerto Rico|Coamo]]. In barrio [[Machuelo Arriba]], there is an interchange with [[Puerto Rico Highway 505|PR-505]] which leads to downtown Ponce and barrio [[San Patricio, Ponce, Puerto Rico|San Patricio]]. Further west it meets [[Puerto Rico Highway 503|PR-503]] in barrio [[Portugués (Ponce)|Portugués]], which leads south to downtown Ponce, north to barrio San Patricio, and to barrio Consejo in southern [[Jayuya, Puerto Rico|Jayuya]]. This interchange also connects to [[Puerto Rico Highway 504|PR-504]], which leads to downtown Ponce and to the northern areas of barrio [[Portugués (Ponce)|Portugués]]. The road then enters barrio [[Portugués Urbano]] where it intersects the northern terminus of [[Puerto Rico Highway 9|PR-9]], which leads to [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]] in Ponce's barrio [[Canas, Ponce, Puerto Rico|Canas]].
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[[File:Mapa de la carretera PR-10 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M10).svg|thumb|right|295px|Map of the PR-10 as it makes its way through the [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Municipality of Ponce]]]]


At this point PR-10 turns sharply north and heads into the mountains of barrio [[Tibes]]. Halfway through Tibes it intersects [[Puerto Rico Highway 503|PR-503]]. It runs briefly through barrio San Patricio before entering barrio [[Guaraguao]]. As it enters barrio Guaraguao, the road intersects with PR-515, which leads to PR-123, the old road between Ponce and Arecibo. Continuing on its northerly course, PR-10 then enters the municipality of Adjuntas via Adjuntas' barrio Portugués, where the headwaters of Ponce's [[Portugués River|Río Portugués]] is located. As the road goes from Adjuntas' barrio Portugués to barrio Saltillo, it intersects with Puerto Rico's [[Ruta Panorámica|Panoramic Route]], [[Puerto Rico Highway 143|PR-143]], which leads to downtown Adjuntas and [[Barranquitas, Puerto Rico|Barranquitas]]. As it continues north bypassing the town of Adjuntas, PR-10 intersects with PR-521 leading to downtown Adjuntas and to PR-143. The newer freeway alignment briefly continues north but comes to an abrupt end at a temporary terminus, requiring [[motorist]]s to detour on the narrower PR-5516. After a short run south on PR-5516, a road signed PR-5518 continues the detour to PR-123, old PR-10,.<ref name= alfonso/> The detour route continues north until it meets the new limited access PR-10.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.moving2puertorico.net/facts-and-stats/transportation.html |title= Puerto Rico: Facts & Stats |work= Transportation: Roads |publisher= Moving2PuertoRico.net |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref>
PR-10 starts at [[Puerto Rico Highway 5506|PR-5506]], near [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|PR-1]], at the entrance to [[Mercedita Airport]].<ref name=guide>{{cite web |url= http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 |title= Guia de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas |language= es |trans-title= Guide to Main Highways, Expressways, and Freeways |publisher= Government of Puerto Rico |author= Department of Transportation and Public Works |access-date= 17 November 2010}}</ref> For its first four miles it runs in a northwesterly fashion, just north of the city of Ponce, bypassing city traffic. The road crosses barrio [[Sabanetas (Ponce)|Sabanetas]], where it has an interchange with [[Puerto Rico Highway 52|PR-52]] which leads to [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]] and [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]. The road also crosses barrio [[Machuelo Abajo]], where it has an interchange with [[Puerto Rico Highway 14|PR-14]] which leads to downtown Ponce and [[Coamo, Puerto Rico|Coamo]]. The road then crosses barrio [[Machuelo Arriba]], where it has an interchange with [[Puerto Rico Highway 505|PR-505]] which leads to downtown Ponce and barrio [[San Patricio (Ponce)|San Patricio]]. Further west the road then crosses barrio [[Portugués Rural|Portugués]], where it has an interchange with [[Puerto Rico Highway 503|PR-503]] which leads south to downtown Ponce and north to barrio San Patricio and to barrio Consejo in southern [[Jayuya, Puerto Rico|Jayuya]]. In the same interchange area there is also access to [[Puerto Rico Highway 504|PR-504]] which leads to downtown Ponce and to the northern areas of barrio [[Portugués Rural|Portugués]]. The road then enters barrio [[Portugués Urbano]] where it meets with the northern terminus of [[Puerto Rico Highway 9|PR-9]] which leads to [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]] in Ponce's barrio [[Canas (Barrio)|Canas]].


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At this point PR-10 turns sharply north and heads into the mountains of barrio [[Tibes]]. Halfway through Tibes it intersects [[Puerto Rico Highway 503|PR-503]]. It runs shortly through barrio San Patricio before entering barrio [[Guaraguao]]. As it enters barrio Guaraguao, the road intersects with PR-515 which leads to PR-123, the old road between Ponce and Arecibo. Continuing on its northerly course, PR-10 then enters the municipality of Adjuntas via Adjuntas' barrio Portugués, the barrio where Ponce's [[Río Portugués]] has its origin. As the road exits Adjuntas' barrio Portugués and enters barrio Saltillo, it intersects with Puerto Rico's [[Ruta Panorámica|Panoramic Route]], [[Puerto Rico Highway 143|PR-143]], which leads to downtown Adjuntas and [[Barranquitas]]. As it continues north bypassing the town of Adjuntas, PR-10 intersects with PR-521 leading to downtown Adjuntas and to PR-143. The road continues north but shortly thereafter it comes to an abrupt end as a freeway, and [[motorist]]s must detour by exiting into the narrower PR-5516. After a negligible run south on PR-5516, a road signed PR-5518 is used to continue the detour into the old PR-10,<ref name= alfonso/> now signed PR-123, and which will continue to head north as the temporary route back onto the new limited access PR-10.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.moving2puertorico.net/facts-and-stats/transportation.html |title= Puerto Rico: Facts & Stats |work= Transportation: Roads |publisher= Moving2PuertoRico.net |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref>
PR-10 Ponce.jpg|PR-10 north in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]]
Carretera PR-10, cerca de la intersección con la PR-503, Bo. Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur (DSC01730).jpg|PR-10, near intersection with [[Puerto Rico Highway 503|PR-503]], [[Tibes|Barrio Tibes]], [[Ponce, Puerto Rico]], looking south
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===Adjuntas to Utuado===
===Adjuntas to Utuado===
PR-123/PR-10 is a curvy<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy_BSu4a2EYC&pg=PA215 |title= Frommer's Puerto Rico |first1=Darwin |last1=Porter |first2= Danforth |last2= Prince |page= 215 |edition= 8th |location= Hoboken, NJ |publisher= Wiley Publishing |year= 2006 |access-date= 17 November 2010 |isbn= 978-0-471-78740-2}}</ref> road that leads to Utuado, the next town before the new PR-10's terminus in Arecibo. At this point the road is traversing some of the tallest peaks of the Cordillera Central. The road presents views of the mountains nearby, but probably not as good as those that can be seen traveling the new PR-10,{{original research inline|date=December 2017}} as trees alongside the new road have been removed to make for a shoulder and an additional clearing next to the shoulder, and thus removing foliage that blocks the view of the nearby scenery.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
PR-123/PR-10 is a curvy<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Wy_BSu4a2EYC&pg=PA215 |title= Frommer's Puerto Rico |first1=Darwin |last1=Porter |first2= Danforth |last2= Prince |page= 215 |edition= 8th |location= Hoboken, NJ |publisher= Wiley Publishing |year= 2006 |access-date= 17 November 2010 |isbn= 978-0-471-78740-2}}</ref> road that leads to Utuado, the next town before the new PR-10's terminus in Arecibo. At this point the road traverses some of the tallest peaks of the Cordillera Central. The older road has views of the nearby mountains, but probably not as good as the views from the new PR-10,{{original research inline|date=December 2017}}. This is due to removing trees along the new road for shoulders, thus making for a clearer view.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}


PR-10 continues north intersecting with PR-135 that leads west to Lake Guayo, located between Adjuntas and Lares. It continues north for approximately 15 miles before reaching the new PR-10 again just before reaching the town of Utuado. In this stretch of the road, construction of the new PR-10 is visible, interchangeably to both the left and right sides of PR-123, as the new road carves its way through the mountains. [[Río Grande de Arecibo]] has its origin in this area and is visible mostly to the east of PR-123. In this stretch of the road, Puerto Rico Highway 123 intersects with PR-524, leading west to Jayuya. About one-half mile before entering the town of Utuado, PR-123 intersects with PR-603 which provides the access for motorists to re-enter the new PR-10 again. The new PR-10 bypasses downtown Utuado and heads towards Arecibo.
PR-10 continues north, intersecting PR-135, which leads west to Lake Guayo, located between Adjuntas and Lares. It continues north for approximately 15 miles before reaching another section of new PR-10, just prior to the town of Utuado. In this stretch, construction of the realigned PR-10 is visible, alternating between the left and right sides of PR-123, as it carves through the mountains. The headwaters of [[Río Grande de Arecibo]] is near here, and the river -is visible mostly to the east of PR-123. PR-123 intersects with PR-524, which leads west to Jayuya. About one-half mile south of the town of Utuado, PR-123 intersects with PR-603, which connects to another section of realigned PR-10. This section7 bypasses downtown Utuado and heads towards Arecibo.


===Utuado to Arecibo===
===Utuado to Arecibo===
[[File:Carretera PR-10, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.jpg|thumb|right|PR-10 in [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]]]]
[[File:Carretera PR-10, Arecibo, Puerto Rico (1).jpg|thumb|right|PR-10 north in [[Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Arecibo]]]]


PR-10 runs alongside Río Grande de Arecibo for several miles. The road intersects with PR-111 which leads west to the town of [[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]], in the lower Central Karst Zone, and east to downtown Utuado and on to Caonillas Lake west of Utuado. The roads continues north and it intersect the old road to Arecibo, PR-123. Further north the road also intersects PR-621 which leads to PR-146 and Dos Bocas Lake, a major source of hydroelectricity. Traversing the Central Karst Zone,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://travel.nytimes.com/frommers/travel/guides/caribbean-and-bermuda/puerto-rico/san-juan/frm_san-juan_0323027725.html |title=The Karst Country |work= [[The New York Times]] |author= Frommer's |at= Travel Section |access-date= 17 November 2010}}</ref> PR-10 follows a course parallel to Rio Grande de Arecibo. A connection road, PR-6626 provides access to PR-626, which leads to various rural Arecibo barrios. Continuing north, PR-10 exits the mountain area, reaching Puerto Rico's northern coastal valleys, and intersects again with PR-123, in the area of San Pedro. Shortly after this point, the road becomes a divide highway. Further north, the road intersects with PR-651 for access to [[Hatillo, Puerto Rico|Hatillo]]. Another intersection, PR-652, provides access to the communities in the southern edge of the city of Arecibo, and leads to the [[Arecibo Observatory]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.frommers.com/destinations/sanjuan/0323023538.html |work= Frommer's Puerto Rico |title= Arecibo & Camuy |access-date= 14 January 2011}}</ref> The road then has an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Puerto Rico Highway 22|PR-22]], the main limited access highway on Puerto Rico's northern coast. A little over a mile later, PR-10 comes to an end as it intersects with [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]].
PR-10 runs alongside Río Grande de Arecibo for several miles. The road intersects with PR-111 which leads west to the town of [[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]], in the lower Central Karst Zone, and east to downtown Utuado and on to Caonillas Lake west of Utuado. The roads continues north where it intersects the old road to Arecibo, PR-123. Further north the road also intersects PR-621 which leads to PR-146 and Dos Bocas Lake, a major source of hydroelectricity. Traversing the Central Karst Zone,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://travel.nytimes.com/frommers/travel/guides/caribbean-and-bermuda/puerto-rico/san-juan/frm_san-juan_0323027725.html |title=The Karst Country |work= [[The New York Times]] |author= Frommer's |at= Travel Section |access-date= 17 November 2010}}</ref> PR-10 follows a course parallel to Rio Grande de Arecibo. A connecting road, PR-6626 accesses PR-626, which leads to various rural Arecibo barrios. Continuing north, PR-10 descends from the mountains and enters Puerto Rico's northern coastal valleys. It intersects again with PR-123 acerca de San Pedro. Shortly after, the road becomes a divided highway. Further north, the road intersects PR-651 connecting to [[Hatillo, Puerto Rico|Hatillo]], and PR-652, which accesses the 6barrios along the southern edge of the City of Arecibo, and leads to the former [[Arecibo Observatory]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.frommers.com/destinations/sanjuan/0323023538.html |work= Frommer's Puerto Rico |title= Arecibo & Camuy |access-date= 14 January 2011}}</ref> There is an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Puerto Rico Highway 22|PR-22]], the main limited access highway on Puerto Rico's northern coast. A little over a mile later, PR-10 terminates at an intersection with [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]].


==History==
==History==


===First road===
===First road===
[[Image:PR-123 Ponce-Adjuntas Rd circa 1920.jpg|thumb|right|The Ponce–Adjuntas Road in Ponce circa 1920, now a section of PR-123 that is bypassed by PR-10]]
[[File:PR-123 Ponce-Adjuntas Rd circa 1920.jpg|thumb|right|The Ponce–Adjuntas Road in Ponce circa 1920, now a section of PR-123 that is bypassed by PR-10]]


The history of PR-10 is closely linked to [[Puerto Rico Highway 123|PR-123]] (the old Ponce-to-Adjuntas Road) which predates it.
The history of PR-10 is closely linked to [[Puerto Rico Highway 123|PR-123]] (the old Ponce-to-Adjuntas Road) which predates it.
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===New road===
===New road===
[[File:Carr. PR-10, cruzando Bo. Guaraguao, Ponce, PR, vista desde la PR-143, km 2.0, Bo. San Patricio, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur (20191222 103205).jpg|thumb|right|PR-10 can be seen in the distance as it makes its way through [[Barrio Guaraguao]] in Ponce, as seen from PR-143, [[Barrio San Patricio]], looking south]]
[[File:Carr. PR-10, cruzando Bo. Guaraguao, Ponce, PR, vista desde la PR-143, km 2.0, Bo. San Patricio, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur (20191222 103205).jpg|thumb|right|PR-10 can be seen in the distance as it makes its way through [[Guaraguao|Barrio Guaraguao]] in Ponce, as seen from PR-143, [[San Patricio, Ponce, Puerto Rico|Barrio San Patricio]], looking south]]


One of the reasons to build a new road was the expected use by large trucks which the old road could not accommodate. Also, as traffic on the old road increased in the 1950s and 1960s, that road started to show its limits. To ameliorate the situation, in 1974 the [[Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works]] started planning for the construction this road to connect the cities of Ponce and Arecibo.<ref name= alfonso/><ref name="noticiasonline.com"/> While one of the main reasons to build the new PR-10 was to facilitate the movement of trucks in the mineral exploitation of the area, such exploitation met with considerable opposition from environmental advocates and today the road is being built to promote other types of socio-economic developments, such as those associated with the [[Port of the Americas]].<ref name="noticiasonline.com"/>
One of the reasons to build a new road was the expected use by large trucks which the old road could not accommodate. Also, as traffic on the old road increased in the 1950s and 1960s, that road started to show its limits. To ameliorate the situation, in 1974 the [[Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works]] started planning for the construction this road to connect the cities of Ponce and Arecibo.<ref name= alfonso/><ref name="noticiasonline.com"/> While one of the main reasons to build the new PR-10 was to facilitate the movement of trucks in the mineral exploitation of the area, such exploitation met with considerable opposition from environmental advocates and today the road is being built to promote other types of socio-economic developments, such as those associated with the [[Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas|Port of the Americas]].<ref name="noticiasonline.com"/>


PR-10 was inaugurated in the year 2000.<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://www.periodicolaperla.com/confirma-autoridad-de-carreteras-sin-fecha-para-repavimentar-la-carretera-pr-10/ |title= Sin fecha para repavimentar la PR-10 |first= Jason |last= Rodríguez Grafal |journal= La Perla del Sur |location= Ponce, PR |volume= 33 |issue= 1629 |pages= 6–7 |date= 18 February 2015 |access-date= 18 February 2015 |language= es}}</ref>
PR-10 was inaugurated in the year 2000.<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://www.periodicolaperla.com/confirma-autoridad-de-carreteras-sin-fecha-para-repavimentar-la-carretera-pr-10/ |title= Sin fecha para repavimentar la PR-10 |first= Jason |last= Rodríguez Grafal |journal= La Perla del Sur |location= Ponce, PR |volume= 33 |issue= 1629 |pages= 6–7 |date= 18 February 2015 |access-date= 18 February 2015 |language= es}}</ref>
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The new Puerto Rico Highway 10 is being built in three segments and, as of November 2010, only the middle segment remained to be built. The first segment, the road from Utuado to Arecibo was built at a cost of $120 million; the second segment, the road from Ponce to Adjuntas, was built at a cost of $80 million.<ref name="laobraderosello45">{{cite web |url= http://www.laobraderosello.com/pdf/obrasgrandes.pdf |title= 8 Años de Grandes Obras para el Pueblo: El Legado de Pedro Rossello 1993-2000 |language= es |trans-title= 8 Years of Great Works for the People: The Legacy of Pedro Rosello |first= Ricardo |last= Rosselló |publisher= Los Energéticos Estadistas Inc |page= 45 |access-date= 17 November 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The new Puerto Rico Highway 10 is being built in three segments and, as of November 2010, only the middle segment remained to be built. The first segment, the road from Utuado to Arecibo was built at a cost of $120 million; the second segment, the road from Ponce to Adjuntas, was built at a cost of $80 million.<ref name="laobraderosello45">{{cite web |url= http://www.laobraderosello.com/pdf/obrasgrandes.pdf |title= 8 Años de Grandes Obras para el Pueblo: El Legado de Pedro Rossello 1993-2000 |language= es |trans-title= 8 Years of Great Works for the People: The Legacy of Pedro Rosello |first= Ricardo |last= Rosselló |publisher= Los Energéticos Estadistas Inc |page= 45 |access-date= 17 November 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


The remaining segment, from Adjuntas to Utuado, is partly complete. Due to the complexities of road-building in the remaining segment, this last segment is being built in nine phases. The first phase, consisting of 1.24&nbsp;km of roadway, was completed at a cost of $7.9 million and opened to the public on 21 August 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.adjuntas.com/articulos/25/423_1.htm |title= Inauguran tramo de la PR-10 |language= es |trans-title= Stretch of PR-10 is Inaugurated |first= Axel E. |last= Ortiz |publisher= Adjuntas.com |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref> Phases 2 and 3 were already also under construction at the time that the beginning of phase 4 was announced on 25 August 2010. Phase 4 will cost of $8.7 million. At that juncture, phase 5 was being readied for bidding. The last four phases were under engineering design in August 2010. The total cost of these last five phases (phases 5 through 9) is projected to be $179 million.<ref name="transportation1">{{cite web |url= http://www.dtop.gov.pr/noticias.asp?cnt_id=216 |title= Viento en popa proyecto en la PR-10 para conectar zonas norte y sur de la Isla |language= es |trans-title= Project to connect the northern and southern zones of the island in the fast lane |publisher= Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works |date= 25 August 2010 |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref> During a 2013 presentation by the Puerto Rico [[DTOP]], the last three Utuado-to-Adjuntas phases that were at that point in the design phase ("''etapa de diseño''"), and known as phases II, III, and IV (synonymous with former phases 7, 8, and 9), would cost $31.8M, $31.3M, and 34.5M, respectively, to build for a total cost-to-build of $97.6 million.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bgfpr.com/2013/FORO/Documents/PresentacionDTOP.pdf |title= Primer Foro de Infraestructure, Gobierno y Empresa: Reconstruyendo a Puerto Rico |publisher= Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico |author= Autoridad para el Finaciamiento de la Estructura de Puerto Rico |year= 2013 |pages= 10–11 |access-date= 21 February 2014 |language= es}}</ref>
The remaining segment, from Adjuntas to Utuado, is partly complete. Due to the complexities of road-building in the remaining segment, this last segment is being built in nine phases. The first phase, consisting of 1.24&nbsp;km of roadway, was completed at a cost of $7.9 million and opened to the public on 21 August 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.adjuntas.com/articulos/25/423_1.htm |title= Inauguran tramo de la PR-10 |language= es |trans-title= Stretch of PR-10 is Inaugurated |first= Axel E. |last= Ortiz |publisher= Adjuntas.com |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref> Phases 2 and 3 were already also under construction at the time that the beginning of phase 4 was announced on 25 August 2010. Phase 4 will cost of $8.7 million. At that juncture, phase 5 was being readied for bidding. The last four phases were under engineering design in August 2010. The total cost of these last five phases (phases 5 through 9) is projected to be $179 million.<ref name="transportation1">{{cite web |url= http://www.dtop.gov.pr/noticias.asp?cnt_id=216 |title= Viento en popa proyecto en la PR-10 para conectar zonas norte y sur de la Isla |language= es |trans-title= Project to connect the northern and southern zones of the island in the fast lane |publisher= Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works |date= 25 August 2010 |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref> During a 2013 presentation by the Puerto Rico [[Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works|DTOP]], the last three Utuado-to-Adjuntas phases that were at that point in the design phase ("''etapa de diseño''"), and known as phases II, III, and IV (synonymous with former phases 7, 8, and 9), would cost $31.8M, $31.3M, and 34.5M, respectively, to build for a total cost-to-build of $97.6 million.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bgfpr.com/2013/FORO/Documents/PresentacionDTOP.pdf |title= Primer Foro de Infraestructure, Gobierno y Empresa: Reconstruyendo a Puerto Rico |publisher= Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico |author= Autoridad para el Finaciamiento de la Estructura de Puerto Rico |year= 2013 |pages= 10–11 |access-date= 21 February 2014 |language= es}}</ref>


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[[File:Road Puerto Rico 10 (PR-10), Puerto Rico's first green road (DSC05642C).jpg|thumb|right|The roadside sign announces PR-10 as Puerto Rico's first [[Environmentally friendly|green road]]]]
[[File:Road Puerto Rico 10 (PR-10), Puerto Rico's first green road (DSC05642C).jpg|thumb|right|The roadside sign announces PR-10 as Puerto Rico's first [[Environmentally friendly|green road]]]]


The building of the new PR-10 was an issue of contention based on environmental reasons related to the effect on the virgin Cordillera Central. When a group of American corporations attempted to lease land from the Government of Puerto Rico to exploit nickel, copper and cobalt mines, a grassroots effort by Puerto Rican townspeople had the government turn away from the idea. The plan had its roots in a so-called ''Plan 2020'', the result of a study by a group of U.S. consultants eyeing economic regeneration for Puerto Rico at the expense of the environment.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature2/fulltext.html |title= Puerto Rico |work= National Geographic Online Extra |first=Andrew |last= Cockburn |date=March 2003 |access-date= 16 November 2010}}</ref>
The building of the new PR-10 was an issue of contention based on environmental reasons related to the effect on the virgin Cordillera Central. When a group of American corporations attempted to lease land from the Government of Puerto Rico to exploit nickel, copper and cobalt mines, a grassroots effort by Puerto Rican townspeople had the government turn away from the idea. The plan had its roots in a so-called ''Plan 2020'', the result of a study by a group of U.S. consultants eyeing economic regeneration for Puerto Rico at the expense of the environment.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature2/fulltext.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071217190211/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature2/fulltext.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 December 2007 |title= Puerto Rico |work= National Geographic Online Extra |first=Andrew |last= Cockburn |date=March 2003 |access-date= 16 November 2010}}</ref>


The frequent rain and high humidity as well as the mountainous terrain of the area traversed by PR-10 make for a road building challenge for road engineers who have come to the use of recycled ground vehicular rubber tires as an innovative solution.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.elregionaldigital.com/la-opinion-del-sur/75-ponce/1204-inspeccionan-proyectos-en-construccion-en-el-area-sur-.html |title= Inspeccionan proyectos en construcción en el área sur |language= es |work= El Oriental |date= 7 July 2011 |access-date= 7 July 2011}}</ref> The government calls PR-10 "Puerto Rico's first green road" for its use of recycled car tires to build the surface of the road.
The frequent rain and high humidity as well as the mountainous terrain of the area traversed by PR-10 make for a road building challenge for road engineers who have come to the use of recycled ground vehicular rubber tires as an innovative solution.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.elregionaldigital.com/la-opinion-del-sur/75-ponce/1204-inspeccionan-proyectos-en-construccion-en-el-area-sur-.html |title= Inspeccionan proyectos en construcción en el área sur |language= es |work= El Oriental |date= 7 July 2011 |access-date= 7 July 2011}}</ref> The government calls PR-10 "Puerto Rico's first green road" for its use of recycled car tires to build the surface of the road.
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==Future==
==Future==
The new highway was anticipated to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $500 million,<ref name= alfonso/><ref name="noticiasonline.com">{{cite news |url= http://www.noticiasonline.com/puertorico/Det.asp?id=26237 |title= Autopista entre Ponce y Arecibo se completará en cinco o seis años |language= es |trans-title= Highway between Ponce and Arecibo will be finished in five or six years |work= Noticias Online |agency= Associated Press |date= 22 August 2009 |access-date= 16 November 2010}}</ref> however remains incomplete at the present moment. When the new PR-10 highway is completed, travel time between Ponce and Arecibo will be significantly reduced.<ref>{{cite report |url= http://www.dtop.gov.pr/pdf/PR2032_TPR-UZA_Vol1_Ch1-3_June2012.pdf |title= Long Range Multimodal Transportation Plan: 2032 Puerto Rico Five Transportation Planning Regions. Long Range Transportation Plan |author= Strategic Planning Office |publisher= Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Department of Transportation and Public Works |date= May 2012 |page= 65 |access-date= 21 February 2014}}</ref> The new PR-10 provides a second safe route to cross the island from north to south, in addition to [[Puerto Rico Highway 52|PR-52]]. Except for a {{convert|1.65|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} stretch of road between km&nbsp;13.45 and km&nbsp;15.10, where the road is only two lanes wide, the road is either a three- or four-lane highway.<ref name="dtop.gov.pr">{{cite web |url= http://sashto.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/SistemasViales/Listado_NHS2008_Muestras.pdf |title= Listado de Sistemas Viales: Muestra |language= es |trans-title= Listing of Roadway Systems: Sampling |publisher= Puerto Rico Department of Transportation |access-date= 13 January 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110206052303/http://sashto.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/SistemasViales/Listado_NHS2008_Muestras.pdf |archive-date= 6 February 2011 }}</ref> The road is listed as part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Staff |url= http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/prdiv/nhs2.htm |title= FHWA Puerto Rico Division Activities |publisher= [[Federal Highway Administration]] |date=November 2000 |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref>
The new highway was anticipated to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $500 million,<ref name= alfonso/><ref name="noticiasonline.com">{{cite news |url= http://www.noticiasonline.com/puertorico/Det.asp?id=26237 |title= Autopista entre Ponce y Arecibo se completará en cinco o seis años |language= es |trans-title= Highway between Ponce and Arecibo will be finished in five or six years |work= Noticias Online |agency= Associated Press |date= 22 August 2009 |access-date= 16 November 2010}}</ref> however remains incomplete at the present moment. When the new PR-10 highway is completed, travel time between Ponce and Arecibo will be significantly reduced.<ref>{{cite report |url= http://www.dtop.gov.pr/pdf/PR2032_TPR-UZA_Vol1_Ch1-3_June2012.pdf |title= Long Range Multimodal Transportation Plan: 2032 Puerto Rico Five Transportation Planning Regions. Long Range Transportation Plan |author= Strategic Planning Office |publisher= Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Department of Transportation and Public Works |date= May 2012 |page= 65 |access-date= 21 February 2014}}</ref> The new PR-10 provides a second safe route to cross the island from north to south, in addition to [[Puerto Rico Highway 52|PR-52]]. Except for a {{convert|1.65|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} stretch of road between km&nbsp;13.45 and km&nbsp;15.10, where the road is only two lanes wide, the road is either a three- or four-lane highway.<ref name="dtop.gov.pr">{{cite web |url= http://sashto.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/SistemasViales/Listado_NHS2008_Muestras.pdf |title= Listado de Sistemas Viales: Muestra |language= es |trans-title= Listing of Roadway Systems: Sampling |publisher= Puerto Rico Department of Transportation |access-date= 13 January 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110206052303/http://sashto.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/SistemasViales/Listado_NHS2008_Muestras.pdf |archive-date= 6 February 2011 }}</ref> The road is listed as part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]].<ref>{{cite web |author= Staff |url= https://highways.dot.gov/about/field-offices |title= FHWA Puerto Rico Division Activities |publisher= [[Federal Highway Administration]] |date=November 2000 |access-date= 18 November 2010}}</ref>


==Major intersections==
==Major intersections==
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Carretera PR-5506, km 1.4, terminal norte, intersección con la PR-10, Bo. Sabanetas, Ponce, PR, mirando al suroeste (20220101 102034).jpg|Southern terminus of PR-10 at PR-5506 intersection in Ponce

PR-10, viajando al norte, anunciando comienzo de la PR-9, dirección oeste, Bo. Portugués, Ponce, PR (DSC04447).jpg|PR-10 north at PR-9 interchange in Ponce

Autopista PR-22, salidas hacia la carretera PR-10, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.jpg|PR-22 east approaching PR-10 interchange in Arecibo

Carretera PR-2, intersección con la carretera PR-10, Arecibo, Puerto Rico (2).jpg|Northern terminus of PR-10 at PR-2 junction in Arecibo
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|notes=[[Trumpet interchange]]; north end of freeway; south end of expressway
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|notes=Carretera David Medina Feliciano<ref name="Road renamed">[http://www.oslpr.org/download/en/2011/A-0130-2011.pdf ''An ACT to designate PR Road 503, which extends from Ponce to Adjuntas as the David Medina-Feliciano Road.''] H.B. 2885. Oficina de Servicios Legislativos de Puerto Rico. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Approved 12 July 2011. Published (English version) 30 September 2014. Accessed 8 April 2016.</ref>
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|notes=[[Adjuntas barrio-pueblo|Adjuntas Centro]] access via PR-521 (Carretera Valdés) westbound; the Garzas Water Filtration Plant is located at km 29.3<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/aquiellistadodelosoasis-1247195/ ''Aquí el listado de los oasis.''] Primerahora.com 24 September 2017. Accessed 28 September 2017.</ref>
|notes=[[Adjuntas barrio-pueblo|Adjuntas Centro]] access is via PR-521 west; the Garzas Water Filtration Plant is located at km 29.3<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/aquiellistadodelosoasis-1247195/ ''Aquí el listado de los oasis.''] Primerahora.com 24 September 2017. Accessed 28 September 2017.</ref>
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|notes=Partial cloverleaf interchange; no access to PR-6609 (Carretera Jesús M. González García) from southbound
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|road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|651|name1=<!--Carretera Profesor Roberto F. Rexach Benítez-->|location1=[[Tanamá, Arecibo, Puerto Rico|Tanamá]]|location2=Central Los Caños}}
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|notes=Cloverleaf interchange; PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego, unsigned [[Interstate PR2|PRI-2]]) exits 75A and 75B
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* [[List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico]]
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* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oquendo/80901965/in/photostream/ PR-10 as it crosses Barrio Pellejas, in the municipality of Adjuntas]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oquendo/80901965/in/photostream/ PR-10 as it crosses Barrio Pellejas, in the municipality of Adjuntas]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oquendo/86415264/in/photostream/ A three-lane section of PR-10 in the municipality of Adjuntas]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oquendo/86415264/in/photostream/ A three-lane section of PR-10 in the municipality of Adjuntas]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dulcelife/44699795/ PR-10 changing from a 2 to a 3-land road in barrio Tibes in the municipality of Ponce]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dulcelife/44699795/ PR-10 changing from a 2 to a 3-land road in barrio Tibes in the municipality of Ponce]

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[[Category:Highways in Puerto Rico|010]]
[[Category:Highways in Puerto Rico|010]]

Latest revision as of 15:00, 10 December 2024

Highway 10 marker
Highway 10
Ruta 10
Map
PR-10 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length70.1 km[1][2] (43.6 mi)
Existed1902–present
Major junctions
South end PR-5506 in VayasSabanetas
Major intersections
North end PR-2 in Arecibo barrio-pueblo
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryPuerto Rico
MunicipalitiesPonce, Adjuntas, Utuado, Arecibo
Highway system
PR-9 PR-12

Puerto Rico Highway 10 (PR-10) is a major highway in Puerto Rico. The primary[3] state[4] road connects the city of Ponce in the south coast to Arecibo in the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities.[5]

Construction on the modern PR-10, a new 68.26-kilometer (42.41 mi) highway, began in 1974. The highway is being built parallel to the old PR-10;[6] that road is now signed PR-123.[7][8] Most of the new PR-10 is now complete, with an approximately 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) stretch still remaining to be finished. In its current state it is a freeway only in the completed portions, which consists of over three-fourths of the highway.

In May 2010, Autoridad de Carreteras estimated the road would be completed in 2015, at a cost of $500 million. Upon completion, the highway is expected to become one of the two major roads on the island that cross the Cordillera Central mountain range. The first section of the road was inaugurated in the year 2000. After "more than 40 years" since the project was initiated, as of 22 January 2017, 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) remained to be completed.[9]

Route description

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PR-10 runs generally north-south over the scenic mountains of the Cordillera Central with magnificent views of the surrounding mountain tops. After its initial completion, the road was described as "(being) of first class construction throughout, and present(ing) a panorama of magnificent scenery, rivaling the views of any of the famed roads of Europe."[10] When completed, the reconstructed highway will significantly reduce travel time.[11] Due to the rugged terrain, several sections of the new highway required the construction of bridges.

Ponce to Adjuntas

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Map of the PR-10 as it goes through the municipality of Ponce

PR-10 has its southern terminus at PR-5506, near PR-1, at the entrance to Mercedita International Airport.[12] The first four miles runs northwesterly, bypassing the City of Ponce to the north.. The road crosses barrio Sabanetas, intersecting PR-52, leading to Mayagüez and San Juan. The road also crosses barrio Machuelo Abajo, and an interchange with PR-14, which goes to downtown Ponce and Coamo. In barrio Machuelo Arriba, there is an interchange with PR-505 which leads to downtown Ponce and barrio San Patricio. Further west it meets PR-503 in barrio Portugués, which leads south to downtown Ponce, north to barrio San Patricio, and to barrio Consejo in southern Jayuya. This interchange also connects to PR-504, which leads to downtown Ponce and to the northern areas of barrio Portugués. The road then enters barrio Portugués Urbano where it intersects the northern terminus of PR-9, which leads to PR-2 in Ponce's barrio Canas.

At this point PR-10 turns sharply north and heads into the mountains of barrio Tibes. Halfway through Tibes it intersects PR-503. It runs briefly through barrio San Patricio before entering barrio Guaraguao. As it enters barrio Guaraguao, the road intersects with PR-515, which leads to PR-123, the old road between Ponce and Arecibo. Continuing on its northerly course, PR-10 then enters the municipality of Adjuntas via Adjuntas' barrio Portugués, where the headwaters of Ponce's Río Portugués is located. As the road goes from Adjuntas' barrio Portugués to barrio Saltillo, it intersects with Puerto Rico's Panoramic Route, PR-143, which leads to downtown Adjuntas and Barranquitas. As it continues north bypassing the town of Adjuntas, PR-10 intersects with PR-521 leading to downtown Adjuntas and to PR-143. The newer freeway alignment briefly continues north but comes to an abrupt end at a temporary terminus, requiring motorists to detour on the narrower PR-5516. After a short run south on PR-5516, a road signed PR-5518 continues the detour to PR-123, old PR-10,.[6] The detour route continues north until it meets the new limited access PR-10.[13]

Adjuntas to Utuado

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PR-123/PR-10 is a curvy[14] road that leads to Utuado, the next town before the new PR-10's terminus in Arecibo. At this point the road traverses some of the tallest peaks of the Cordillera Central. The older road has views of the nearby mountains, but probably not as good as the views from the new PR-10,[original research?]. This is due to removing trees along the new road for shoulders, thus making for a clearer view.[citation needed]

PR-10 continues north, intersecting PR-135, which leads west to Lake Guayo, located between Adjuntas and Lares. It continues north for approximately 15 miles before reaching another section of new PR-10, just prior to the town of Utuado. In this stretch, construction of the realigned PR-10 is visible, alternating between the left and right sides of PR-123, as it carves through the mountains. The headwaters of Río Grande de Arecibo is near here, and the river -is visible mostly to the east of PR-123. PR-123 intersects with PR-524, which leads west to Jayuya. About one-half mile south of the town of Utuado, PR-123 intersects with PR-603, which connects to another section of realigned PR-10. This section7 bypasses downtown Utuado and heads towards Arecibo.

Utuado to Arecibo

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PR-10 north in Arecibo

PR-10 runs alongside Río Grande de Arecibo for several miles. The road intersects with PR-111 which leads west to the town of Lares, in the lower Central Karst Zone, and east to downtown Utuado and on to Caonillas Lake west of Utuado. The roads continues north where it intersects the old road to Arecibo, PR-123. Further north the road also intersects PR-621 which leads to PR-146 and Dos Bocas Lake, a major source of hydroelectricity. Traversing the Central Karst Zone,[15] PR-10 follows a course parallel to Rio Grande de Arecibo. A connecting road, PR-6626 accesses PR-626, which leads to various rural Arecibo barrios. Continuing north, PR-10 descends from the mountains and enters Puerto Rico's northern coastal valleys. It intersects again with PR-123 acerca de San Pedro. Shortly after, the road becomes a divided highway. Further north, the road intersects PR-651 connecting to Hatillo, and PR-652, which accesses the 6barrios along the southern edge of the City of Arecibo, and leads to the former Arecibo Observatory.[16] There is an interchange with PR-22, the main limited access highway on Puerto Rico's northern coast. A little over a mile later, PR-10 terminates at an intersection with PR-2.

History

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First road

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The Ponce–Adjuntas Road in Ponce circa 1920, now a section of PR-123 that is bypassed by PR-10

The history of PR-10 is closely linked to PR-123 (the old Ponce-to-Adjuntas Road) which predates it.

PR-123 dates to the late 19th century when it was built under the colonial government of Spain to connect the coffee-growing town of Adjuntas to the port city of Ponce as a farm-to-market road.[17]

When the PR-10 road started construction in the mid-1970s, the then Ponce-Arecibo Road, which used to be signed PR-10,[18] was resigned PR-123[19] and the new road was signed PR-10.[19] Today, PR-10 signs refer to the new road, whereas PR-123 signs refer to the old road.[20] The old road is roughly parallel to the new PR-10. The exception to this is in the area between the towns of Adjuntas and Utuado, where construction of PR-10 is not yet complete and traffic is detoured to use the PR-123. In that area PR-10 signs identify the old road. Prior to 1974, the full length of the old road was, in fact, signed PR-10. This route signing can still be seen in some old street maps of the city of Ponce.[21] PR-10 is an alternate route to PR-123.[22]

Navigating the old Ponce-Arecibo road was very tedious as the road was engineered to run from mountainside to mountainside, following the contours of the mountains, and along the natural definitions of the course of rivers, to reach its destination. Driving was rather hazardous, especially for trucks.

New road

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PR-10 can be seen in the distance as it makes its way through Barrio Guaraguao in Ponce, as seen from PR-143, Barrio San Patricio, looking south

One of the reasons to build a new road was the expected use by large trucks which the old road could not accommodate. Also, as traffic on the old road increased in the 1950s and 1960s, that road started to show its limits. To ameliorate the situation, in 1974 the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works started planning for the construction this road to connect the cities of Ponce and Arecibo.[6][23] While one of the main reasons to build the new PR-10 was to facilitate the movement of trucks in the mineral exploitation of the area, such exploitation met with considerable opposition from environmental advocates and today the road is being built to promote other types of socio-economic developments, such as those associated with the Port of the Americas.[23]

PR-10 was inaugurated in the year 2000.[24]

Cost

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The new Puerto Rico Highway 10 is being built in three segments and, as of November 2010, only the middle segment remained to be built. The first segment, the road from Utuado to Arecibo was built at a cost of $120 million; the second segment, the road from Ponce to Adjuntas, was built at a cost of $80 million.[25]

The remaining segment, from Adjuntas to Utuado, is partly complete. Due to the complexities of road-building in the remaining segment, this last segment is being built in nine phases. The first phase, consisting of 1.24 km of roadway, was completed at a cost of $7.9 million and opened to the public on 21 August 2009.[26] Phases 2 and 3 were already also under construction at the time that the beginning of phase 4 was announced on 25 August 2010. Phase 4 will cost of $8.7 million. At that juncture, phase 5 was being readied for bidding. The last four phases were under engineering design in August 2010. The total cost of these last five phases (phases 5 through 9) is projected to be $179 million.[11] During a 2013 presentation by the Puerto Rico DTOP, the last three Utuado-to-Adjuntas phases that were at that point in the design phase ("etapa de diseño"), and known as phases II, III, and IV (synonymous with former phases 7, 8, and 9), would cost $31.8M, $31.3M, and 34.5M, respectively, to build for a total cost-to-build of $97.6 million.[27]

Travel time

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The new road runs mostly parallel to PR-123, and for the area that is still under construction, motorists must use a stretch of PR-123 before reaching PR-10 again. The incomplete stretch will link Adjuntas to the mountain town of Utuado. It takes about half hour travel on PR-123 to reach the new PR-10 road, and about one hour and 20 minutes to travel the full length of the road from Ponce to Arecibo.[25] Before the building of the new PR-10 highway, just the stretch from Utuado to Arecibo used to take one hour to travel; it now takes 15 minutes.[11]

Possible addition of metal nets

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On 8 November 2010, large rocks fell on a section of the new PR-10 in barrio Tibes leading to a 24-hour closure of the highway. It was the second time that heavy rains had caused rocks to fall onto the highway in a period of a few months. Meanwhile, northbound traffic was detoured to PR-515 and southbound traffic was detoured to PR-123, the old PR10-signed road. As a result, the Puerto Rico DTOP is assessing whether the area would be a candidate for the installation of metal nets that would minimize the possibility of further erosion.[28]

Environmental concerns

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The roadside sign announces PR-10 as Puerto Rico's first green road

The building of the new PR-10 was an issue of contention based on environmental reasons related to the effect on the virgin Cordillera Central. When a group of American corporations attempted to lease land from the Government of Puerto Rico to exploit nickel, copper and cobalt mines, a grassroots effort by Puerto Rican townspeople had the government turn away from the idea. The plan had its roots in a so-called Plan 2020, the result of a study by a group of U.S. consultants eyeing economic regeneration for Puerto Rico at the expense of the environment.[29]

The frequent rain and high humidity as well as the mountainous terrain of the area traversed by PR-10 make for a road building challenge for road engineers who have come to the use of recycled ground vehicular rubber tires as an innovative solution.[30] The government calls PR-10 "Puerto Rico's first green road" for its use of recycled car tires to build the surface of the road.

Fate of the old road

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No plans have been disclosed to close the old PR-123 after the new PR-10 construction project is complete, and PR-123 will likely serve mostly as a local route. Today, the old highway is signed as PR-123 in those stretches of the road where the newer PR-10 parallels it. As new stretches of the PR-10 road are completed and opened to traffic, the corresponding stretch of the old PR-10 road is being signed PR-123.[6][31]

Future

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The new highway was anticipated to be completed by 2015 at a cost of $500 million,[6][23] however remains incomplete at the present moment. When the new PR-10 highway is completed, travel time between Ponce and Arecibo will be significantly reduced.[32] The new PR-10 provides a second safe route to cross the island from north to south, in addition to PR-52. Except for a 1.65-kilometer (1.03 mi) stretch of road between km 13.45 and km 15.10, where the road is only two lanes wide, the road is either a three- or four-lane highway.[33] The road is listed as part of the National Highway System.[34]

Major intersections

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MunicipalityLocationkm[1][2]miDestinationsNotes
PonceVayasSabanetas line0.00.0
PR-5506 west – Santa Isabel
At-grade intersection; southern terminus of PR-10 and counterclockwise terminus of PR-5506; PR-1 access is via PR-5506
Aeropuerto Mercedita (Avenida Aeropuerto), Central Mercedita (Calle La Esperanza)
Sabanetas1.9–
2.0
1.2–
1.2
PR-52 – Juana Díaz, San Juan, Ponce Centro, MayagüezCloverleaf interchange; PR-52 (unsigned PRI-1) exits 98A and 98B
Machuelo AbajoMachuelo Arriba line4.2–
4.3
2.6–
2.7
PR-14 – Ponce Centro, Juana DíazDiamond interchange; PR-139 and PR-505 access is via PR-10 north entrance
Machuelo Arriba5.43.4

To PR-139 / PR-505 / PR-Avenida Emilio Fagot (unsigned) – Ponce Centro, Machuelo
At-grade intersection; Avenida Glenview access is via Avenida Emilio Fagot north
Portugués7.04.3 PR-503 – TibesPartial cloverleaf interchange; access to PR-504, Ponce Centro and the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center
8.2–
8.3
5.1–
5.2

PR-9 west – Ponce Oeste
Trumpet interchange; northern end of freeway and southern end of expressway; northern terminus of PR-9
Tibes8.85.5 PR-503 – Tibes, MachueloAccess to the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center and Sector La Vaquería
13.28.2Pastillo Tibes (Camino La Zarza)To PR-588
14.99.3 PR-503 – La Jácana, Aguacate, BureneCarretera David Medina Feliciano[35]
San Patricio18.511.5 PR-515 – GuaraguaoEastern terminus of PR-515
AdjuntasSaltillo24.3–
24.4
15.1–
15.2
PR-143 (Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín) – Jayuya, BarranquitasAccess to PR-123 and Bosque del Pueblo
Vegas Abajo28.5–
28.6
17.7–
17.8
PR-521 – Vegas ArribaAdjuntas Centro access is via PR-521 west; the Garzas Water Filtration Plant is located at km 29.3[36]
Juan González29.7–
29.8
18.5–
18.5

PR-5516 east – Adjuntas Centro
Northern terminus of PR-5516
30.519.0
PR-123 to PR-135
Temporary northern terminus of southern segment; all northbound traffic must exit; access to Adjuntas Centro, Utuado and Lares
Temporary gap in PR-10
UtuadoArenas38.223.7 PR-123 – Utuado, AdjuntasTemporary southern terminus of northern segment; all southbound traffic must exit
Salto Arriba41.625.8

To PR-123 / PR-6103
Access to the former PR-603 and the University of Puerto Rico at Utuado
Salto Abajo42.726.5 PR-111 – Utuado, Lares, CaguanaAccess to the Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site and Hacienda Horizonte
43.827.2San Martín, Salto AbajoTo PR-123
Río Abajo48.4–
48.5
30.1–
30.1
PR-6613Northern terminus of PR-6613
51.031.7
PR-6612 to PR-621 – Río Abajo
Southern terminus of PR-6612; access to Río Abajo State Forest
AreciboRío Arriba53.333.1 PR-621 – Florida, Ciales, JobosAccess to Dos Bocas Lake
Hato Viejo60.537.6
PR-6626 to PR-626 – Calichoza, Esperanza
Eastern terminus of PR-6626
62.038.5 PR-123 – Hato Viejo, CarrerasPartial cloverleaf interchange; northern terminus of PR-123 and southern terminus of PR-6609; no access to PR-6609 from southbound
Tanamá64.239.9 PR-636 – Charco Hondo, La Planta, MaceloEastern terminus of PR-636
65.440.6 PR-651 – Tanamá, Central Los CañosClockwise terminus of PR-651
66.641.4 PR-6109Northern terminus of PR-6109 (former PR-6609)
67.141.7 PR-652 – Higuillar, DominguitoEastern terminus of PR-652; access to the Arecibo Observatory
68.342.4 PR-22 – Bayamón, San Juan, Manatí, Aguadilla, Mayagüez, HatilloCloverleaf interchange; PR-22 (unsigned PRI-2) exits 75A and 75B
69.042.9Calle Ingeniero Manuel T. Guillán
Arecibo barrio-pueblo70.143.6 PR-2 – Mayagüez, San JuanNorthern terminus of PR-10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "PR-10 north" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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Further reading

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  • Fowlie de Flores, Fay (1997). Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada (2nd ed.). Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 110. Item 564. LCCN 92075480.
  • Astol, Eugenio (16 May 1936). "El diputado 'Carretera'". Puerto Rico Ilustrado. Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Ponce. pp. 13, 66.
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