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Puerto Rico Highway 53

Highway in Puerto Rico

Highway in Puerto Rico

FieldValue
statePR
typePR
route53
alternate_nameAutopista Dr. José Celso Barbosa
maintMetropistas
map
map_customyes
map_notesPR-53 highlighted in red; future segments in yellow
length_km94.0
length_ref
established1988
direction_aSouth
terminus_ain Lapa
* {{jctstatePRPR54}} in Palmas
* {{jctstatePRPR3}} in Palmas
* {{jctstatePRPR3}} in Pollos
* {{jctstatePRPR901}} in Emajagua
* {{jctstatePRPR9914}} in Camino Nuevo
* {{jctstatePRUrban906}} in Candelero Abajo–Buena Vista
* {{jctstatePRPR30}} in Buena Vista
* {{jctstatePRPR3}} in Río Abajo
* {{jctstatePRSec31}} in Río Blanco
* {{jctstatePRSec205}} in Duque
direction_bNorth
terminus_bin Quebrada Vueltas
municipalitiesSalinas, Guayama, Arroyo, Patillas, Maunabo, Yabucoa, Humacao, Naguabo, Ceiba, Fajardo
previous_typePR
previous_route52
next_typePR
next_route54
  • in Palmas
  • in Palmas
  • in Pollos
  • in Emajagua
  • in Camino Nuevo
  • in Candelero Abajo–Buena Vista
  • in Buena Vista
  • in Río Abajo
  • in Río Blanco
  • in Duque

Puerto Rico Highway 53 (PR-53) or unsigned Interstate PR3 is a main tollway that is parallel to Puerto Rico Highway 3, which goes from Fajardo to Salinas. Some segments are still in planning, but when finished it will be about 58 mi in length. Two tunnels, about 0.6 mi (1 km) long each, in the towns of Yabucoa and Maunabo were completed in . It will connect the cities of Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, Humacao, Yabucoa, Maunabo, Patillas, Arroyo, Guayama and Salinas, thus bordering the entire eastern and southeastern coasts of Puerto Rico. Its northern terminus is at PR-3 and PR-194 in Fajardo, and its south terminus is at PR-52 in Salinas.

Route description

The highway consists of five toll plazas; these are at Ceiba Norte, Humacao Norte, Humacao Sur (near Palmas del Mar), Guayama and Salinas. All toll plazas have AutoExpreso lanes.

PR-53 Terminus.jpg|Southwestern terminus of PR-53 in Salinas, connecting with PR-52 PR-53 overpass in Pozo Hondo, Guayama, Puerto Rico.jpg|PR-53 overpass in Pozo Hondo, a barrio in Guayama Tunel de Maunabo, Puerto Rico.jpg|Maunabo Tunnels under construction, 2008

Three phases of the tollway have been completed: the first one was from Salinas to Guayama, which is about 7.5 mi long (milepost 83 to 95 km), the second from Fajardo to Yabucoa at 28 mi (This includes an incomplete bridge in Yabucoa that does not fall into the high-speed highway classification in the interstate system as it is only one lane per direction and will require the addition of an additional bridge or constructing a bridge over the existing bridge, as it lies in a main corn and plantain field.) Recently 1.2 mi, between Yabucoa and Maunabo, includes the last tunnel, Vicente Morales, was opened in October 2008. The total constructed highway at this time is 34 mi, leaving nearly 25 mi to be constructed in Yabucoa (including the other additional tunnel) and from Maunabo to Guayama which is the longest to-be-built segment. The lanes in the Yabucoa segments were divided by painted yellow lines and no-passing zone boards, but a concrete median barrier had to be installed because some cars still passed others going slower, resulting in deadly head-on collisions; illegal night races also had deadly consequences.

PR-53 is the third tollway with the heavy traffic in Puerto Rico, and very few congestion jams have been reported. PR-53 does not enter highly populated towns (none of them are over 100,000; the largest are Fajardo, Humacao and Guayama) and is not close to increase its traffic due to the fact that most of the population in the east part of Puerto Rico live in the San Juan metro area, Caguas and Cayey, cities where PR-53 makes no appearance; and the main traffic in Humacao is mostly located on the PR-30 and PR-60 highways. The center/business area of Humacao is accessed via PR-30 and PR-60, not by PR-53. Because of this, PR-53 has no more than two lanes per direction in the constructed segments and will probably have no more than two lanes per direction in the entire length.

PR-53 is also prone to flooding in the areas near Naguabo and Fajardo: during heavy rains, it is sometimes closed to traffic. There are current proposals to convert PR-3 from Rio Grande to Fajardo into a freeway to provide a controlled-access route between PR-53's northern terminus and the second phase of PR-66. At the rate of construction, the entire PR-53 corridor might be completed within the next ten years. The first segment of PR-53 was opened in 1994; from Fajardo to Ceiba, in 1994, and from Ceiba to Humacao, in 1997, except between exit 13 and 17 in summer 2002.

PR-30 East Terminus.jpg|Eastern terminus of the PR-30 freeway with the PR-53 interchange PR-53.jpg|PR-53 in Humacao heading towards El Yunque PR-3 Humacao.jpg|PR-53 freeway overpass over PR-3 in Humacao at exit 31

Tolls

Locationtitle=Mapas y Tarifasurl=https://metropistas.com/mapas-y-tarifas/website=Metropistasaccess-date=26 February 2024archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228115600/https://metropistas.com/mapas-y-tarifas/archive-date=28 February 2025language=esurl-status=live}}DirectionAutoExpreso
acceptanceAutoExpreso
replenishment ()
lane
Húcar$0.75Two-way[[Image:Yes check.svg15px]][[Image:X mark.svg15px]]
Guayama$0.70Two-way[[Image:Yes check.svg15px]][[Image:Yes check.svg15px]]
Humacao Sur$0.75Two-way[[Image:Yes check.svg15px]][[Image:Yes check.svg15px]] (southbound only)
Humacao Norte$0.75Two-way[[Image:Yes check.svg15px]][[Image:Yes check.svg15px]] (northbound only)
Ceiba$0.75Two-way[[Image:Yes check.svg15px]][[Image:Yes check.svg15px]] (southbound only)

Exit list

Autopista PR-53, salida hacia la carretera PR-906, Humacao, Puerto Rico (1).jpg|PR-53 south at exit 35A to PR-906 west in Humacao

Autopista PR-53, salida hacia la carretera PR-906, Humacao, Puerto Rico (2).jpg|PR-53 south at exit 35B to PR-906 east in Humacao

Autopista PR-53, salida hacia el expreso PR-30, Humacao, Puerto Rico (1).jpg|PR-53 north approaching exit 33 to the eastern terminus of PR-30 in Humacao Diamond interchange and roundabout under construction for future extension.

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090216095154/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/historia.htm ''Historia.''] Departamento de Transportacion y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Archived on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009".
  3. "Humacao Bridges". US Dept. of Transportation.
  4. "Mapas y Tarifas".
  5. "PR-53 east".
  6. "PR-53 southeast".
  7. "PR-53 south".
  8. "PR-53 southwest".
  9. "Google Maps".
  10. "Google Maps".
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