Puerto Rico Highway 14

Puerto Rico Highway 14 (PR-14) is a main highway connecting Ponce to Cayey, Puerto Rico.^[2] The road runs the same course as the historic Carretera Central. The Ponce-to-Coamo section of PR-14 was built under the direction of Spanish engineer Raimundo Camprubí Escudero (b. Pamplona 15 March 1846 – d. Madrid 1924).^[3]

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  Avenida Tito Castro (PR-14), Barrio Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, looking west (PR-14, near km 4.4)
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  PR-14 westbound at bridge over Río Bucaná on Avenida Tito Castro in Ponce approaching PR-10 (PR-14, near km 5.2)

Highway 14
Ruta 14
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	73.1 km[1] (45.4 mi)
Existed	1886 (as the old Carretera Central)–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-123 / PR-123P in Primero–Cuarto
Major intersections	PR-14P / PR-14R in Quinto–Sexto PR-12 in Machuelo Abajo PR-10 / PR-139 in Machuelo Abajo–Machuelo Arriba PR-506 in Coto Laurel PR-149 in Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo–Lomas PR-138 / PR-153 in San Ildefonso PR-238 in Palmarejo PR-162 in Pasto–Llanos–Asomante PR-173 in Robles–Plata PR-15 in Cayey barrio-pueblo
East end	PR-1 in Cayey barrio-pueblo–Monte Llano
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Ponce, Juana Díaz, Coamo, Aibonito, Cayey
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-12 → PR-15
← PR-3R PR-14R → PR-25R

Route description

Except in the city of Ponce where (with the exception of the Ponce Historic Zone) the road is a 4-lane road known as Avenida Tito Castro, the rest of PR-14 is a two-lane country road as it makes its way through the four towns it runs through, Juana Díaz, Coamo, Aibonito and Cayey.^[4] PR-14 is one of the roads that lead into the Ponce Historic Zone.^[5]

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  A former Casilla de Caminero on PR-14 (now Avenida Tito Castro) in Ponce (PR-14, near km 3.1)
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  Puente de las Calabazas in Coamo (PR-14, near km 38.8)
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  Detailed map of PR-14 in the municipality of Ponce

Major intersections

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  PR-14, PR-10, and PR-1 signs in downtown Ponce (at Calle Villa and Calle Concordia, near PR-14, km 0.2), looking east
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  PR-14 eastbound (Avenida Tito Castro) intersection with Avenida Fagot, Ponce (PR-14, km 3.0)

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Ponce	Primero–Cuarto line	0.0	0.0	PR-123	Western terminus of PR-14 and southern terminus of PR-123P; the Carretera Central continues toward Playa; PR-123P access is via Calle Aurora
	Cuarto–Tercero line	0.5– 0.6	0.31– 0.37	Calle Francisco Parra Duperón[a] (PR-133 east)	One-way street; unsigned
	Tercero	0.7	0.43	PR-1P north	One-way street
	Tercero–Quinto line	0.8	0.50	Calle Isabel (PR-1 west)	One-way street; unsigned
	Quinto–Sexto line	1.2	0.75	PR-14R	One-way streets; northern terminus of PR-14R and western terminus of PR-14P; PR-14P access is via Calle Romaguera; cardinal direction changes from north–south to east–west
	Río Portugués	1.7– 1.8	1.1– 1.1	Puente La Milagrosa
	Machuelo Abajo	2.2	1.4	PR-14P west (Avenida Tito Castro) – Ponce	Eastern terminus of PR-14P
		2.6	1.6	PR-12 south	Seagull intersection; northern terminus of PR-12; access to the Port of Ponce
	Machuelo Abajo–Machuelo Arriba line	4.6– 4.8	2.9– 3.0	PR-10 to PR-52 – Adjuntas, San Juan, Mayagüez	Diamond interchange; access to PR-139, PR-505 and Mercedita International Airport; PR-52 exit 98A
	Cerrillos	5.9	3.7	PR-5139	Southern terminus of PR-5139; access to Jayuya, Cerrillos Dam and Parque Luis A. "Wito" Morales
	Coto Laurel	8.8	5.5	PR-506 (Carretera Doctor Humberto Zayas Chardón[6]) – Sector Santo Domingo	Northern terminus of PR-506; access to PR-52; PR-52 exit 95
	Coto Laurel–Real line	9.9	6.2	PR-511	Southern terminus of PR-511; access to Real and Anón
Juana Díaz	Callabo	10.9	6.8	PR-512 – Callabo, Collores	Southern terminus of PR-512
	Jacaguas	11.5	7.1	PR-574 – Olla Honda PR-580 – Lloréns	Northern terminus of PR-574 and southern terminus of PR-580
		11.8	7.3	PR-573	Northern terminus of PR-573
	Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo–Lomas line	13.7	8.5	PR-149 to PR-52 – Villalba, San Juan	PR-52 access is via PR-149 south; PR-52 exit 91
	Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo	14.0	8.7	PR-570	One-way street; southern terminus of PR-570
		14.1	8.8	PR-592	One-way street; northern terminus of PR-592; access to Amuelas
	Tijeras	15.6	9.7	PR-510 – Agua Salada	Northern terminus of PR-510; access to Amuelas
		16.6	10.3	PR-551	Southern terminus of PR-551; access to Guayabal
	Río Cañas Arriba–Río Cañas Abajo line	18.5	11.5	PR-535 – Río Cañas Abajo	Northern terminus of PR-535
		19.5	12.1	PR-540 – Río Cañas Arriba	Southern terminus of PR-540
		22.7	14.1	PR-536 – Santa Isabel	Northern terminus of PR-536; access to Descalabrado
		23.7	14.7	PR-586	Eastern terminus of PR-586
Río Descalabrado		23.8– 23.9	14.8– 14.9	Puente Obispo Zengotita[7]
Coamo	Los Llanos	26.3– 26.4	16.3– 16.4	PR-545 – Gabia, Llanos
	San Ildefonso	29.7– 29.8	18.5– 18.5	PR-5559	Southern terminus of PR-5559; access to Santa Catalina
		29.9	18.6	Puente General Méndez Vigo over the Río de la Mina[7]
		30.8– 30.9	19.1– 19.2	PR-138 north – Orocovis PR-153 south – Santa Isabel	Roundabout; southern terminus of PR-138 and northern terminus of PR-153
	Coamo barrio-pueblo	32.8	20.4	PR-150	Eastern terminus of PR-150; access to Villalba
		33.1	20.6	PR-155	One-way street; southern terminus of PR-155; northbound access (to Orocovis) is via Calle Carrión Maduro or Calle Mario Brashi; unsigned
		33.7	20.9	Puente Padre Íñigo over the Río Coamo[7]
	Palmarejo–Coamo barrio-pueblo line	33.8– 33.9	21.0– 21.1	PR-702 – Palmarejo, Cuyón	Western terminus of PR-702
	Coamo barrio-pueblo	34.2	21.3	PR-5558	Southern terminus of PR-5558; access to Pasto
	Palmarejo	35.7	22.2	PR-238 west – Santa Isabel	Eastern terminus of PR-238 (former PR-138)
	Río Cuyón	38.8	24.1	Puente de las Calabazas[7]
Aibonito	Pasto–Asomante line	45.9	28.5	PR-723 (Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín) – Pulguillas	Eastern terminus of PR-723 and western terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Barranquitas
		46.8	29.1	PR-7718 east to PR-162[b]	Western terminus of PR-7718 and eastern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Cayey; access to Mirador Piedra Degetau
	Pasto–Llanos– Asomante tripoint	47.3	29.4	PR-162 north – Barranquitas	Western terminus of PR-162 concurrency
	Aibonito barrio-pueblo	49.7– 49.8	30.9– 30.9	PR-724 – San Luis	Southern terminus of PR-724; access to Llanos
		49.8– 49.9	30.9– 31.0	PR-7719	Northern terminus of PR-7719; access to Pasto
		50.2	31.2	PR-725	One-way street; counterclockwise terminus of PR-725; access to Llanos
		50.3	31.3	PR-162	One-way street; eastern terminus of PR-162 concurrency; access to Cuyón; unsigned
		50.5	31.4	PR-726	Counterclockwise terminus of PR-726; access to Caonillas
		50.9	31.6	PR-721	Northern terminus of PR-721
		51.0	31.7	PR-722	Clockwise terminus of PR-722; access to Robles; unsigned
	Robles–Plata line	54.9	34.1	PR-727 – La Plata	Western terminus of PR-727
	Robles–Plata line	56.8– 56.9	35.3– 35.4	Puente de Quebrada Honda over the Quebrada Honda[7]
		57.2	35.5	PR-173 east – Cidra, La Plata	Southern terminus of PR-173
Río Matón		62.9– 63.0	39.1– 39.1	Puente del Río Matón[7]
Cayey	Matón Abajo	63.0	39.1	PR-730 / PR-7730	Western terminus of PR-730 and southern terminus of PR-7730; Matón Abajo access is via PR-730; Honduras access is via PR-7730
	Toíta–Cayey barrio-pueblo line	68.3	42.4	PR-730	Eastern terminus of PR-730; access to Matón Arriba
	Cayey barrio-pueblo	68.7– 68.8	42.7– 42.8	PR-206	Northern terminus of PR-206; access to Salinas; unsigned
		69.8	43.4	Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera (PR-170) / PR-731	One-way street; northern terminus of PR-170 and southern terminus of PR-731; PR-170 access is via Calle José Celso Barbosa; PR-731 access is via Calle Manuel Corchado y Juarbe and Calle Román Baldorioty de Castro; unsigned
		70.1	43.6	Puente Santo Domingo over the Quebrada Santo Domingo[7]
		70.1	43.6	PR-15 south to PR-52	Northern terminus of PR-15; access to PR-52 and Guayama; PR-52 exit 39
		71.2	44.2	PR-171 – Cidra	Southern terminus of PR-171
		71.7	44.6	PR-7014	Southern terminus of PR-7014; unsigned
	Cayey barrio-pueblo–Monte Llano line	73.1	45.4	PR-1 – Caguas, Aibonito	Eastern terminus of PR-14; the Carretera Central continues toward Cidra
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

1. Calle Francisco Parra Duperón is also known as Calle Comercio.
2. PR-7718 is also known as Paseo Don Julio Francisco "Paco" Santos Vázquez.^[8]

Related route

Highway 14R
Location	Ponce
Length	0.9 km[9] (0.56 mi; 3,000 ft)

Puerto Rico Highway 14R (Spanish: Carretera Ramal 14, abbreviated Ramal PR-14 or PR-14R) is a road that branches off from PR-14 and ends at PR-123 in downtown Ponce. Its route is part of Unión and Guadalupe streets.^[10][11] The entire route is located in Ponce. 

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  Puerto Rico Highway 14R through Calle Unión, near km 0.5
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  Puerto Rico Highway 14R through Calle Guadalupe, near km 0.9

Location	km[9]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Primero–Segundo line	0.0	0.0	Calle Villa (PR-123 south)	One-way streets; southern terminus of PR-14R and northern terminus of PR-123P; unsigned
Segundo	0.5– 0.6	0.31– 0.37	Southern terminus of PR-14R through Calle Unión and western terminus of PR-14R through Calle Guadalupe
Quinto–Sexto line	0.9	0.56	PR-14 east	One-way streets; northern terminus of PR-14R and western terminus of PR-14P; PR-14P access is via Calle Romaguera; unsigned
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico