Puerto Rico Highway 8 (PR-8) is a main highway that serves as a third route (the others being PR-3 and PR-26) from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Carolina, Puerto Rico.[2] It is, still, a highly congested highway, noticeable when congestion jams are found in 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 in PR-3 in Carolina.[3]
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Puerto Rico Highway 8 near the Mall of San Juan
 Highway 8 | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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Major intersections
editThe entire route is located in San Juan.
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Eastern terminus of PR-8 at PR-3 interchange between San Juan and Carolina
| Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| 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 | |||
| 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
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References
edit- ^ a b "PR-8" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
External links
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