1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering
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In 1953, the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works implemented a major renumbering of its insular highways.[1] Before 1953, highway routes were numbered in the 1 to just over 100 range and were distributed randomly throughout the island, resulting in several routes with long road lengths.[2] The numbering system adopted in 1953, which is in use today, increased the range of route numbers from the just-over-100 to 999, resulting in a decrease in the length of many routes.[3] This new numbering system follows a grid pattern for highways numbered between 100 and 999, with the lower numbered roads found to the west and systematically increasing towards 999 as the traveler moves easterly. Although PR-1, PR-2 and PR-3 routes had notable changes in some of their segments, these three are the only highways that kept their route numbers intact due to their interregional prominence.[4]
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Formed | 1953 |
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Pre-Commonwealth: | Insular Highway nn (Hwy nn) |
Post-Commonwealth: | Puerto Rico Highway nn (PR-nn) |
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This article is part of the highway renumbering series. | |
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Alabama | 1928, 1957 |
Arkansas | 1926 |
California | 1964 |
Colorado | 1953, 1968 |
Connecticut | 1932, 1963 |
Florida | 1945 |
Indiana | 1926 |
Iowa | 1926, 1969 |
Louisiana | 1955 |
Maine | 1933 |
Massachusetts | 1933 |
Minnesota | 1934 |
Missouri | 1926 |
Montana | 1932 |
Nebraska | 1926 |
Nevada | 1976 |
New Jersey | 1927, 1953 |
New Mexico | 1988 |
New York | 1927, 1930 |
North Carolina | 1934, 1937, 1940, 1961 |
Ohio | 1923, 1927, 1962 |
Pennsylvania | 1928, 1961 |
Puerto Rico | 1953 |
South Carolina | 1928, 1937 |
South Dakota | 1927, 1975 |
Tennessee | 1983 |
Texas | 1939 |
Utah | 1962, 1977 |
Virginia | 1923, 1928, 1933, 1940, 1958 |
Washington | 1964 |
Wisconsin | 1926 |
Wyoming | 1927 |