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It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway [[Puerto Rico Highway 18|PR-18]], and also in [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|PR-1]] and [[Puerto Rico Highway 52|PR-52]], it had to be converted and is now 9.5 kilometers long.<ref>[http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 ''Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas.''] Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 May 2019.</ref> It has few exits; the first being to [[Puerto Rico Highway 169|PR-169]], a road to the rural area of Guaynabo and part of [[Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico]]; [[Puerto Rico Highway 199|PR-199]] which connects it to PR-1 and PR-52; [[Puerto Rico Highway 177|PR-177]] which serves Bayamón and Cupey, and [[Puerto Rico Highway 17|PR-17]] (Ave. Piñero). It begins in the Muda sector of PR-1 and ends near San Patricio in Caparra, Guaynabo, at [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]]. It is tolled going north from PR-1, but not in the other direction.
It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway [[Puerto Rico Highway 18|PR-18]], and also in [[Puerto Rico Highway 1|PR-1]] and [[Puerto Rico Highway 52|PR-52]], it had to be converted and is now 9.5 kilometers long.<ref>[http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 ''Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas.''] Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 May 2019.</ref> It has few exits; the first being to [[Puerto Rico Highway 169|PR-169]], a road to the rural area of Guaynabo and part of [[Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico]]; [[Puerto Rico Highway 199|PR-199]] which connects it to PR-1 and PR-52; [[Puerto Rico Highway 177|PR-177]] which serves Bayamón and Cupey, and [[Puerto Rico Highway 17|PR-17]] (Ave. Piñero). It begins in the Muda sector of PR-1 and ends near San Patricio in Caparra, Guaynabo, at [[Puerto Rico Highway 2|PR-2]]. It is tolled going north from PR-1, but not in the other direction.


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PR-20.jpg|PR-20 near its north terminus in Guaynabo
PR-20.jpg|PR-20 near its north terminus in Guaynabo
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Revision as of 20:22, 23 March 2023

Highway 20 marker
Highway 20
Ruta 20
Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length9.5 km[1] (5.9 mi)
Major junctions
South end PR-1 in Río
Major intersections
North end PR-2 in Pueblo Viejo
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryPuerto Rico
MunicipalitiesGuaynabo, San Juan
Highway system
PR-19 PR-21

Puerto Rico Highway 20 (PR-20) or Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal is a short tollway located entirely in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.[2]

Route description

It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway PR-18, and also in PR-1 and PR-52, it had to be converted and is now 9.5 kilometers long.[3] It has few exits; the first being to PR-169, a road to the rural area of Guaynabo and part of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico; PR-199 which connects it to PR-1 and PR-52; PR-177 which serves Bayamón and Cupey, and PR-17 (Ave. Piñero). It begins in the Muda sector of PR-1 and ends near San Patricio in Caparra, Guaynabo, at PR-2. It is tolled going north from PR-1, but not in the other direction.

Tolls

Location Toll Direction AutoExpreso
acceptance
AutoExpreso
replenishment (R)
lane
Guaynabo $0.85 Northbound

Exit list

MunicipalityLocationkm[1]miExitDestinationsNotes
GuaynaboRío9.55.9
PR-1 south (Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez) – Caguas
Southern terminus of PR-20
9.15.7

PR-169 to PR-1 north (Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez) – Río Piedras, La Muda, Camarones, Hato Nuevo
Camarones6.8–
6.7
4.2–
4.2
6PR-Avenida David Urbina – Guaynabo
FrailesGuaynabo barrio-pueblo line6.44.0Guaynabo Toll Plaza (toll northbound only)
Guaynabo barrio-pueblo5.4–
5.3
3.4–
3.3
5 PR-199 (Avenida Las Cumbres) – Guaynabo, Bayamón, Río Piedras, Caguas
Frailes4.2–
4.1
2.6–
2.5
PR-Avenida Esmeralda – Guaynabo
3.11.9 PR-177 (Avenida Lomas Verdes) – Bayamón, Caguas
San JuanMonacillo UrbanoGobernador Piñero line2.21.4
PR-21 (Carretera Roberto Clemente Walker) to PR-19 (Avenida Luis Vigoreaux) – Río Piedras
Gobernador Piñero1.60.99 PR-17 (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – San Juan, Puerto Nuevo, Río Piedras
GuaynaboPueblo Viejo0.40.25PR-Avenida González Giusti / PR-Avenida San Patricio – Guaynabo
0.00.04 PR-2 – Bayamón, Arecibo, San Juan, Santurce, Hato Rey, Río PiedrasNorthern terminus of PR-20
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "PR-20" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
  3. ^ Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 May 2019.