Puerto Rico Highway 5

"PR-5" redirects here. For other uses, see PR5.

Puerto Rico Highway 5 (PR-5) is a main highway in the San Juan Metropolitan area which connects the cities of Cataño to Bayamón^[3] and is being extended and converted to a tollway (it has a toll plaza^[4] in Bayamón near PR-2 and PR-174) to access the municipalities of Naranjito and Comerío. It is a short freeway from south Cataño to the business area in Bayamón. It makes intersections with PR-22, PR-6, PR-2 and PR-199, where it ends at this time. The highway will parallel PR-167 and will contain the new cable-stayed bridge being built between Bayamón and Naranjito. It will probably end in Puerto Rico highway 152 when completed.

Highway 5
Ruta 5
Route information
Maintained by Metropistas
Length	25.7 km[1][2] (16.0 mi)
Southern segment
South end	PR-152 / PR-164 in Achiote–Naranjito barrio-pueblo
Major intersections	PR-148 / PR-826 in Guadiana
North end	PR-828 in Ortíz–Buena Vista
Northern segment
South end	PR-199 in Cerro Gordo–Minillas
Major intersections	PR-174 in Minillas–Bayamón barrio-pueblo PR-2 in Bayamón barrio-pueblo PR-29 in Juan Sánchez PR-6 in Juan Sánchez PR-28 in Juan Sánchez PR-22 / PR-869 in Juan Sánchez–Palmas PR-165 in Palmas
North end	Calle Canal in Cataño barrio-pueblo
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Naranjito, Toa Alta, Bayamón, Cataño
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-3 → PR-6

Route description

Cataño to Bayamón

PR-5 begins in a dead end in downtown Cataño, on a peninsula overlooking San Juan Bay. It crosses downtown Cataño on an urban street, passing through the main square. Shortly after an intersection with PR-165, it becomes a divided avenue until reaching PR-22 at the Bayamon city limit.^[5]

After the PR-22 intersection, it becomes a freeway, paralleling the Metro Urbano bus rapid transit route. After an intersection with PR-29, it becomes an avenue in downtown Bayamon, where the Metro Urbano ends. After the intersection with PR-2, it becomes a tolled freeway until this section ends, becoming the western section of PR-199.

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  PR-5 south in Bayamón
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  PR-2 east approaching PR-5 interchange in Bayamón

Toa Alta to Naranjito

This section begins at an intersection with PR-167, near the border with Bayamon. This segment passes through the Jesús Izcoa Moure Bridge and is a freeway until the junction with PR-148. It then continues as a non divide highway, and then becomes divided until its end at an intersection with PR-164 and PR-152. This entire segment was originally known as PR-147.

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  Jesús Izcoa Moure Bridge near Naranjito
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  PR-5 south in Naranjito

Tolls

Location	Toll[6]	Direction	AutoExpreso acceptance	AutoExpreso replenishment (R) lane
Bayamón	$0.50	Two-way		(northbound only)

Major intersections

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  PR-5 south at PR-165 interchange in Cataño
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  PR-22 east at exit 11 to PR-5 and PR-869 between Bayamón and Cataño
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  PR-8855 west at PR-5 junction in Bayamón
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  PR-148 north at PR-5 and PR-826 intersection in Guadiana, Naranjito

Municipality	Location	km[1][2]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Naranjito	Achiote–Naranjito barrio-pueblo line	25.7	16.0		PR-152 south / PR-164 west – Barranquitas, Corozal	Southern terminus of PR-5; southern terminus of PR-164 concurrency
		25.5	15.8		PR-164 (Calle Georgetti Fas) – Naranjito	Northern terminus of PR-164 concurrency
	Naranjito barrio-pueblo	25.3– 25.2	15.7– 15.7		To PR-164 (Calle Grorgetti Fas) / PR-Calle Marcelino Cruz Cosme – Naranjito
	Achiote	24.7	15.3		PR-825 – Naranjito, Achiote
	Guadiana	23.8– 23.7	14.8– 14.7		PR-147 to PR-164 – Naranjito	Former highway
		21.0	13.0		PR-148 south / PR-826 – Bayamón, Comerío, Guadiana
		19.0	11.8	—	PR-Camino Hatito – Guadiana	Northbound exit and entrance
Lago La Plata		19.0– 18.5	11.8– 11.5	Puente Jesús Izcoa Moure
Toa Alta	Ortíz	18.3	11.4	—	To PR-167 – Bayamón, Comerío	Incomplete diamond interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
Toa Alta–Bayamón municipal line	Ortíz–Buena Vista line	17.0	10.6	—	PR-828 (Avenida Los Palacios) to PR-167 (Avenida Ramón Luis Rivera) – Bayamón, Comerío, Ortíz	Northern terminus of southern segment; all northbound traffic must exit; partial cloverleaf interchange; mainline stub exist for a future extension
Temporary gap in PR-5
Bayamón	Cerro Gordo–Minillas line	11.3	7.0		PR-199 to PR-831 – Bayamón, Comerío, Minillas, Cerro Gordo	Southern terminus of northern segment; seagull intersection
	Minillas	10.9	6.8	—	PR-Avenida Magnolia / PR-Avenida Santa Juanita – Bayamón	Diamond interchange
	Minillas–Cerro Gordo line	9.5	5.9	7	PR-Avenida Los Millones – Bayamón	Diamond interchange
	Minillas	8.5– 8.4	5.3– 5.2	Bayamón Toll Plaza
	Minillas–Bayamón barrio-pueblo line	7.9– 7.8	4.9– 4.8	—	PR-174 south (Avenida Doctor Agustín Stahl) / PR-Avenida Doctor Ramón Luis Rodríguez – Bayamón, Guaynabo, Aguas Buenas	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Bayamón barrio-pueblo	7.5	4.7		PR-2 – Guaynabo, San Juan, Arecibo	Single-point urban interchange
		7.1	4.4		PR-855 – Bayamón	All turns via Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances
	Juan Sánchez	6.9	4.3		PR-8855 (Avenida Bobby Capó) – Bayamón
		6.7	4.2	—	PR-29 (Avenida Main Oeste) – Bayamón, Arecibo, Hato Tejas	Trumpet interchange
		6.0	3.7	—	PR-6 south (Calle San José) – Guaynabo	Trumpet interchange
		5.3	3.3	—	PR-28 (Avenida Francisco José de Goya) – Guaynabo, San Juan	Diamond interchange
Bayamón–Cataño municipal line	Juan Sánchez–Palmas line	4.2– 4.0	2.6– 2.5	—	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) / PR-869 (Carretera Industrial) – San Juan, Arecibo, Palmas	Northern terminus of Expreso Río Hondo; southern terminus of Carretera Rafael Torres Ortega; PR-22 exits 9 and 10
Cataño	Palmas	3.3– 3.2	2.1– 2.0		PR-8869 (Calle Leopoldo Figueroa) – Cucharillas, Puente Blanco
		1.6	0.99		PR-165 (Avenida El Caño) – San Juan, Toa Baja	Northern terminus of Carretera Rafael Torres Ortega; diamond interchange; southern terminus of Avenida José Celso Barbosa
	Cataño barrio-pueblo	0.8	0.50		PR-24 (Calle Wilson) – Guaynabo	One-way street
		0.4	0.25		PR-888 (Avenida Las Nereidas) – Cataño
		0.0	0.0		PR-Calle Canal – Cataño	Northern terminus of PR-5
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access        Tolled       Route transition       Unopened

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. "PR-5 north" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. "PR-5 south" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
3. 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.
4. "KBRA Assigns BBB- Rating to Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC's 6.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2035". MarketWatch.
5. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
6. "Mapas y Tarifas". Metropistas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

External links

• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 5 at Wikimedia Commons