Puerto Rico Highway 8

Puerto Rico Highway 8 (PR-8) is a main highway that serves as a third route from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Carolina, Puerto Rico; the others being PR-3 and PR-26.^[2] It is, still, a highly congested highway, noticeable when congestion jams are found on PR-17, where PR-8 begins, and it continues to PR-3. The first kilometers of PR-8 (east of PR-17) were known before as Puerto Rico Highway 4, but the Department of Transportation renumbered the entire highway PR-8 and there is no longer a PR-4. It ends at PR-3 near Carolina with a length of about 4.0 kilometers (2.5 mi).^[3]

Highway 8
Ruta 8
Avenida Ramal Este
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	4.0 km[1] (2.5 mi)
Major junctions
West end	PR-17 in Oriente
East end	PR-3 in Sabana Llana Norte–Sabana Llana Sur
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	San Juan
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-6 → PR-9

Route description

Puerto Rico Highway 8 begins at PR-17 interchange in Oriente, just south of the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge and west of the Mall of San Juan, with two lanes per direction. Then, the route goes to the east trough Sabana Llana Norte just before Avenida Iturregui intersection, where it turns southeast until its eastern terminus at PR-3 interchange between Sabana Llana Norte and Sabana Llana Sur. Beyond its eastern terminus, the avenue continues south until its terminus in Parque Escorial, a neighborhood development located in San Antón, Carolina. In this segment, the road has three lanes per direction.^[1]

• Puerto Rico Highway 8
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  Eastbound sign near the Mall of San Juan
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  Westbound sign near Parque Escorial

Major intersections

The entire route is located in San Juan. 

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  PR-8 west at PR-17 interchange
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  PR-8 east at Avenida Iturregui intersection
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  PR-8 east at PR-3 interchange
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  Eastern terminus of PR-8 at PR-3 interchange between San Juan and Carolina

Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Oriente	0.0	0.0	PR-17 (Expreso Jesús T. Piñero) – San Juan, Carolina, SJU Airport	Western terminus of PR-8; trumpet interchange
Sabana Llana Norte	0.5	0.31	PR-The Mall of San Juan Boulevard – The Mall of San Juan	Seagull intersection
	0.8	0.50	PR-Avenida Simón Madera – Río Piedras
	1.9– 2.0	1.2– 1.2	PR-Avenida Iturregui – Carolina	Seagull intersection
	2.3	1.4	PR-Calle Vinyater – Country Club
	2.9	1.8	PR-Avenida Roberto Sánchez Vilella – Río Piedras, Carolina
	3.6– 3.7	2.2– 2.3	PR-Avenida Antonio Luciano / PR-Calle James Bond – Country Club, El Comandante
Sabana Llana Norte–Sabana Llana Sur line	4.0	2.5	PR-3 (Avenida 65 de Infantería) – Río Piedras, Carolina	Partial cloverleaf interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal