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Puerto Rico Highway 577

Highway in Puerto Rico

Field	Value
state	PR
type	PR
route	577
map
map_custom	yes
map_notes	PR-577 highlighted in red
length_km	0.2
length_ref
direction_a	South
terminus_a	in Anón
direction_b	North
terminus_b	Cerro Maravilla in Anón–Saliente
municipalities	Ponce
previous_type	Ter
previous_route	568
next_type	Ter
next_route	578

Puerto Rico Highway 577 (PR-577) is a short tertiary mountainous state road that connects PR-143 (also known as Ruta Panorámica [Scenic Route] in this sector) to the Cerro Maravilla communications towers, in Barrio Anón, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road's northern terminus is at the Cerro Maravilla communications towers atop the Cerro Maravilla mountain, and its southern terminus is at its intersection with PR-143.

Route description

PR-577 is a short road, approximately one-quarter mile in length. The road's primary purpose is to provide access to the television, radio and telephone communications towers located at the top of the Cerro Maravilla mountain. The road is somewhat steep, but it is safe to climb it in an automobile. Care must be exercised, however, if using the road while raining. It is an asphalt road. The road is not a full two-lane road but, instead, as it is the case with many of Puerto Rico's mountain roads, it is approximately 1 and 1/2 lanes wide. As a result, if traveling this road in a vehicle, it is necessary to reduce the speed to almost a crawl when another vehicle is approaching in the opposite direction.

Carretera PR-143 (Viajando hacia el Oeste) y acercandose a la Carretera PR-577 hacia el Cerro Maravilla, Barrio Anon, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01621).jpg|PR-143 (Ruta Panorámica) west in Barrio Anón, Ponce, approaching PR-577 on the right

Carretera PR-143 (Viajando hacia el Este) y acercandose a la Carretera PR-577 que dirije hacia el Cerro Maravilla, Barrio Anon, Ponce, PR (DSC01629).jpg|PR-143 (Ruta Panorámica) east in Barrio Anón, Ponce, approaching PR-577 (on the left), which leads to Cerro Maravilla. Note the white "PR-577" road sign barely visible on the right

Significance

The Cerro Maravilla mountain gained notoriety in Puerto Rico and internationally as the site where Puerto Rico Police ambushed two young Puerto Rican independence advocates in 1978, murdering both, in an incident now known as the Cerro Maravilla murders. The men, aged 18 and 23, had been lured to the place by an undercover police agent to attempt to destroy the communications towers in an effort to call attention to the incarceration of Puerto Rican political prisoners in the United States. The killing of the two men was covered up by the Puerto Rico Police and several high-level Puerto Rico government officials, and were not investigated diligently by the FBI, for which a later FBI director apologized.

Major intersections

References

[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.
National Geographic Maps. (2011). "Puerto Rico". National Geographic Maps.
"PR-577".

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