Puerto Rico Highway 511

Route description

The road runs south to north, connecting PR-14 at its southern terminus on the Coto Laurel–Real line to PR-143 at its northern terminus on the Ponce–Jayuya municipal limit. It runs mostly along the Inabón River in the road's southern portions through Barrio Real and along the Anón River in its northern portion, once the road enters Barrio Anón. The road is 16.4 km long.

PR-511, km. 4.8, viajando al norte, Barrio Real, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC04547).jpg|A stretch of PR-511 northbound in Barrio Real, Ponce, Puerto Rico

PR-511 in Barrio Real in Ponce, Puerto Rico, looking north (IMG-3411).jpg|A stretch of PR-511 in the hills of Barrio Real, looking north

Improvements

Puerto Rico Legislature Joint Resolution 795 of 5 July 2010, which sought to order the Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto the assignment of $4.2 million to the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority () to make improvements to the road, was not approved.

On 30 March 2011, Puerto Rico Senator Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez, presented Senate Joint Resolution 774 to order the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority to rebuild PR-511 at km 11.5 (in the Real Anón sector) where the road had been severely damaged in 2005 due to heavy rains.

In October 2013, the residents of Barrio Anón collected money to make the improvements themselves but their efforts were halted after learning they could be the subjects of lawsuits.

History

Prior to its numerical designation, PR-511 was only known as Carretera Real-Anón. In 1930, 2.1 km of this road were built by Lorenzo J. Dávila, the contractor for the job, at a cost of $18,755. The current numerical designation corresponds to the 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering, a process implemented by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works () that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico.

Major intersections

PR-14, km 9.8. viajando al este, Bo. Coto Laurel, Ponce, PR, anunciando intersección con PR-511 (DSC04511B).jpg|PR-14 east at the southern terminus of PR-511

PR-14, km 9.9. viajando al oeste, Bo. Coto Laurel, Ponce, PR, anunciando intersección con PR-511 (DSC04517B).jpg|PR-14 west at PR-511 intersection

References

References

1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091122131606/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/Manual_Especificaciones/ManualDise%C3%B1o_Cap1.pdf ''PRHTA Design Manual: Chapter 1, General Design Criteria.''] Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. page 1-2. Accessed 9 May 2019.
2. "PR-511 north".
3. "PR-511 south".
4. [https://www.periodicolaperla.com/ocurrio-en-real-anon-vecinos-reparan-hoyos-de-la-carretera-pr-511/ ''Ponce: Vecinos reparan hoyos en PR-511.''] Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
5. (1953). "Ponce, Memoria Núm. 27".
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8. [http://www.periodicolaperla.com/con-las-manos-atadas-impiden-a-vecinos-arreglar-carreteras-de-real-anon ''Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón.''] Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. (Printed Edition: Title: Con las manos atadas: Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón; Date: 16 October 2013; Year: 31; Issue: 1559. Page: 12.) Retrieved 16 October 2013.