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Highway 21

Ruta 21
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length5.0 km [1] (3.1 mi)
Major junctions
West end PR-19 in Gobernador Piñero
Major intersections
East end PR-1 / PR-176 in El Cinco
Location
Country United States
Territory Puerto Rico
Municipalities San Juan
Highway system
PR-20 PR-22

Puerto Rico Highway 21 (PR-21) is the main highway to get to the Medical Center and Veterans Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It begins at PR-19 in Guaynabo to San Juan before ending at PR-1. [2] [3]

History

PR-6 was previously numbered as PR-21. Perhaps there were plans to connect current PR-21 to current PR-6, but such plans were never realized.

Major intersections

The entire route is located in San Juan

Location km [1] miDestinationsNotes
Gobernador Piñero5.03.1 PR-19 (Avenida Luis Vigoreaux) – GuaynaboWestern terminus of PR-21
Gobernador PiñeroMonacillo Urbano line4.8–
4.7
3.0–
2.9
PR-20 (Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal) – GuaynaboNo entrance ramp to PR-20 northbound
3.42.1 PR-841 (Calle San Ignacio) – Guaynabo
Monacillo Urbano2.41.5 PR-Avenida José de Diego – San Juan, Puerto NuevoEastern terminus of PR-21 through Carretera Roberto Clemente Walker; [4] western terminus of PR-21 through Avenida Ingeniero José "Kiko" Custodio
1.50.93 PR-Avenida Centro Médico – San JuanPartial cloverleaf interchange
1.2–
1.1
0.75–
0.68
PR-18 (Expreso Las Américas) – San Juan, Caguas, PoncePR-18 exits 7A and 7B; partial cloverleaf interchange
El Cinco0.00.0
PR-1 (Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez) / PR-176 south (Avenida Ana G. Méndez) – Río Piedras, Caguas
Eastern terminus of PR-21
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Google (28 February 2020). "PR-21" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 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. ^ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Para designar con el nombre de Roberto Clemente Walker la carretera PR-21, desde la intersección de la Avenida De Diego hasta la intersección de la carretera PR- 19, en San Juan, Puerto Rico". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

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