Puerto Rico Highway 116

Puerto Rico Highway 116 (PR-116) is a main highway in the southwest region of Puerto Rico, between the municipalities of Guánica and Lajas.^[4] This road begins at PR-2 in Susúa Baja and ends at Puerto Rico Highway 101 in Lajas barrio.

Highway 116
Ruta 116
Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez[1]
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	26.6 km[2] (16.5 mi)
Existed	1953[3]–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-101 in Lajas
Major intersections	PR-122 in Lajas PR-315 in Lajas–Sabana Yeguas PR-304 / PR-305 in Parguera–Costa–Sabana Yeguas PR-323 in Costa PR-3116 in Montalva PR-3116 in Ensenada PR-4116 in Guánica barrio-pueblo PR-332 in Ciénaga PR-333 in Ciénaga PR-326 in Susúa Baja
East end	PR-2 in Susúa Baja
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Lajas, Guánica
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-115 → PR-117
← PR-1111 PR-1116 → PR-3101 ← PR-3108 PR-3116 → PR-3131 ← PR-4111 PR-4116 → PR-4119

Route description

It is the main route to Guánica and Lajas, and grants access to places such as the Dry Forest of Puerto Rico (Bosque Seco), common for its cacti and dry, desert-like climate, and also to beaches like Parguera in Lajas and Playa Santa in Guánica. It is divided, two lane-per-direction in the first 4 kilometers before turning one lane-per direction in the rest of its length. The width of its lanes allows for speed limits above the normal rural roads.^[5]

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  A rural stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 116 in Lajas, looking east

Major intersections

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  Eastern terminus of PR-116 in Guánica where it meets PR-2
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  PR-2 west at exit 194 to PR-116 west in Guánica

Municipality	Location	km[2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Lajas	Lajas	0.0	0.0	PR-101 – Lajas, San Germán	Western terminus of PR-116
		1.0	0.62	PR-122 north (Carretera Harry Luis Pérez Rivera) – San Germán	Seagull intersection
	Lajas–Sabana Yeguas line	1.5– 1.6	0.93– 0.99	PR-315 to PR-117 – Lajas, Sabana Grande
	Sabana Yeguas	2.9	1.8	PR-315 – Sabana Yeguas
	Sabana Yeguas–Parguera line	5.5	3.4	PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera
	Parguera–Costa– Sabana Yeguas tripoint	6.6	4.1	PR-304 / PR-305 (Carretera Jorge Alberto "George" Ferrer Asencio) – Parguera
	Costa	12.7	7.9	PR-323 – Costa
Guánica	Montalva	17.9	11.1	PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Montalva
	Ensenada	20.9	13.0	PR-3116 (Avenida Los Veteranos) – Ensenada	Incomplete trumpet interchange; no eastbound exit
		21.2	13.2	PR-331 – Ciénaga
	Guánica barrio-pueblo	21.6	13.4	PR-4116 – Guánica
	Ciénaga	22.1– 22.2	13.7– 13.8	PR-332 – Guánica
		22.5– 22.6	14.0– 14.0	PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) – Caña Gorda
	Ciénaga–Caño– Carenero tripoint	23.0	14.3	PR-334 – Carenero
	Carenero	24.1	15.0	PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño	Former PR-116R
	Susúa Baja	25.6	15.9	PR-326 (Carretera Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras) – Caño	Former PR-116R
		26.6	16.5	PR-2 (Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella) – Yauco, Ponce, Mayagüez	Eastern terminus of PR-116; PR-2 exit 194; trumpet interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

Related routes

Currently, PR-116 has three branches in its old segments in Guánica and Yauco. Originally they were identified as PR-116R.^[5]

Puerto Rico Highway 1116

Highway 1116
Location	Guánica – Yauco
Length	4.4 km[6] (2.7 mi)
Existed	2015

Puerto Rico Highway 1116 (PR-1116) was the old section of PR-116 between Guánica and Yauco.^[5] It extended from PR-116 between Caño and Carenero barrios to PR-121 in Susúa Baja.^[7] In 2015, this highway was designated as Avenida Agustín "Quino" López Oliveras^[8] and renumbered to PR-326.^[9]

Municipality	Location	km[6]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Guánica	Carenero	0.0	0.0	PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Guánica, Lajas	Southern terminus of PR-1116
	Susúa Baja	1.6	0.99	PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco
		2.3	1.4	PR-389 – La Joya
		2.9– 3.0	1.8– 1.9	PR-3332 – Arena
Yauco	Susúa Baja	4.4	2.7	PR-121 – Yauco, Sabana Grande	Northern terminus of PR-1116
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Puerto Rico Highway 3116

Highway 3116
Location	Guánica
Length	3.4 km[10] (2.1 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 3116 (PR-3116) is an old segment of PR-116 that provides access to Ensenada.^[5] The entire route is located in Guánica. 

Location	km[10]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Montalva	0.0	0.0	PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Lajas	Western terminus of PR-3116
Montalva–Ensenada line	1.1	0.68	PR-324 – Montalva
Ensenada	1.9	1.2	PR-325 – Playa Santa
	3.4	2.1	PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco	Eastern terminus of PR-3116; incomplete trumpet interchange; no exit ramp from PR-116 eastbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access

Puerto Rico Highway 4116

Highway 4116
Location	Guánica
Length	1.5 km[11] (0.93 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 4116 (PR-4116) is the original route of PR-116 through downtown Guánica. This road can be seen as Puerto Rico 116 Business.^[5] The entire route is located in Guánica. 

Location	km[11]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Guánica barrio-pueblo	0.0	0.0	PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Lajas	Western terminus of PR-4116
Guánica barrio-pueblo–Carenero– Ciénaga tripoint	1.0– 1.1	0.62– 0.68	PR-332 – Ciénaga
Carenero	1.5	0.93	PR-333 (Carretera Janice Montalvo Loyola) to PR-116 (Avenida Manuel "Pito" Pagán Ramírez) – Yauco, Caña Gorda	Eastern terminus of PR-4116; Guánica State Forest
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering