Puerto Rico Highway 133

Route description

Highway 133 is 1.2 miles long, making it one of Puerto Rico's shortest primary roads.

Calle Comercio

The road starts at its intersection with Calle Marina (PR-123) at Plaza Las Delicias in downtown Ponce ("Ponce Centro"). From this point the road runs east for three blocks as a one-lane, one-way street and is called Francisco Parra Duperón but it is popularly known as Calle Comercio. At the end of the third block, the road intersects Cruz Street and becomes a two-lane, two-way street. The road runs as a two-way street until its intersection with Río Portugués. Parque de la Ceiba is on the north side of the road at this point.

Parra Duperon Street Sign.jpg|A road sign on PR-133 with the name Francisco Parra Duperón PR-133 (Calle Comercio), Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al este-sureste (DSC03365).jpg|PR-133 west of Río Portugués in Barrio San Antón

Avenida Cuatro Calles

After crossing Rio Portugués the road is called Avenida Cuatro Calles. The road crosses PR-12 via an underpass (no access to PR-12 at this point) and continues to run in a westerly direction, intersecting with PR-163/Avenida Las Américas at Café Rico, near Centro del Sur Mall.

PR-12, viajando hacia el Sur, al norte de la salida hacia la PR-133 (Calle Comercio), en Barrio San Antón, Ponce, PR, mostrando antiguo letrero de la PR-14.jpg|A road sign on the southbound side of PR-12 announcing the PR-133/Comercio Street exit towards Downtown Ponce (Ponce Centro)

Avenida Ednita Nazario

After crossing Avenida Las Americas the road becomes a 4-lane roadway known as Avenida Ednita Nazario. The former headquarters of Rovira Biscuits Corporation are located on the north side of the road in this section. A public art display consisting of the bust of Ednita Nazario is located at easternmost end of this section of PR-133, on the north side of the road. PR-133 ends at its intersection with the PR-2/PR-1/Miguel Pou Boulevard complex. (Continuing straight east the roadway is six lanes wide and it is a section of Eastbound PR-1 known as "Avenida La Ceiba".)

Landmarks

Landmarks along this road include Ceiba Tree Park, located next to Río Portugués, Café Rico, and Rovira Biscuits Corporation. A monument to Ednita Nazario is located at the northwest corner of PR-133 and PR-2.

Major intersections

Notes

References

References

1. [http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_puerto_rico.htm Comercio Street.] Retrieved March 11, 2010.
2. [https://maps.google.com/ Cuatro Calles Avenue.] Retrieved March 11, 2009.
3. [http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ La Ceiba Street.] {{webarchive. link. (2010-08-12 Retrieved March 11, 2010.)
4. [http://www.hometownlocator.com/city/ponce-puerto-rico.cfm Federico Parra Duperan Street.] {{webarchive. link. (2009-09-08 Retrieved March 11, 2010.)
5. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". DTOP PR.
6. Fortuño Janeiro, Luis. (1963). "Álbum Histórico de Ponce". Imprenta Fortuño.
7. [http://www.primerahora.com/yo-soy-ph/ojodelacalle/nota/unaavenidaozonadecombate-1016925/ ''¿Una avenida o zona de combate?''] Primera Hora. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
8. "PR-133".