Puerto Rico Highway 156

Puerto Rico Highway 156 (PR-156) is a long east–west highway which connects Caguas to Orocovis, passing through Aguas Buenas, Comerío and Barranquitas. This route extends from its junction with PR-1 in downtown Caguas to PR-5155 in downtown Orocovis.^[3][4]

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  Comerío to Barranquitas Road (currently PR-156)
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  Calle Betances (PR-156) in Caguas barrio-pueblo

Highway 156
Ruta 156
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	58.7 km[1] (36.5 mi)
Existed	1953[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-597 / PR-5155 in Orocovis barrio-pueblo–Orocovis
Major intersections	PR-162 in Barranquitas barrio-pueblo PR-152 in Barranquitas barrio-pueblo–Quebradillas PR-167 / PR-7167 in Doña Elena PR-172 in Naranjo PR-173 in Mula–Sumidero PR-174 in Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo PR-196 in Cañabón PR-34 in Cañabón PR-52 in Caguas barrio-pueblo PR-33 in Caguas barrio-pueblo
East end	PR-1P in Caguas barrio-pueblo
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Orocovis, Barranquitas, Comerío, Aguas Buenas, Caguas
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-155 → PR-157
← PR-5155 PR-5156 → PR-5506 ← PR-6693 PR-7156 → PR-7173

Route description

It is the main artery to Aguas Buenas from Caguas since the highway from Puerto Rico Highway 52 to the main downtown has at least two lanes and a shoulder per direction. From Aguas Buenas to Orocovis it is a rural, yet safe road which enters all the business districts and plazas of Aguas Buenas, Comerío, Barranquitas and Orocovis. It is one of two long east–west highways through the center of the island (the other being Puerto Rico Highway 111) but it never approaches a coast. Puerto Rico Highway 111 approaches Aguadilla's shore near PR-2 but PR-156, ending in Caguas, is nearly 35 kilometers away from the east coast.^[3][4]

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  PR-156 west in Barranquitas barrio-pueblo
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  Río Hondo Bridge in Comerío

Major intersections

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  PR-719 north approaching PR-156 junction in downtown Barranquitas
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  Signs for PR-156 at the southern terminus of PR-152 in Barranquitas
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  PR-156 east at PR-167 and PR-7167 intersection in Doña Elena, Comerío

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Orocovis	Orocovis barrio-pueblo–Orocovis line	0.0	0.0	PR-597 (Calle Ernesto Ramos Antonini) / PR-5155 (Calle 4 de Julio) – Morovis, Coamo	Western terminus of PR-156
		0.4	0.25	PR-5156 (Avenida Jesús M. "Tito" Colón Collazo) – Morovis, Coamo
	Botijas	3.1	1.9	PR-569 – Sabana
		6.4– 6.5	4.0– 4.0	PR-7772 – Botijas
Barranquitas	Palo Hincado	10.5	6.5	PR-720 – Palo Hincado
		11.6	7.2	PR-770 – Cañabón
	Barranquitas barrio-pueblo	14.2– 14.3	8.8– 8.9	PR-152R (Avenida Ingeniero José Zayas Green) – Naranjito, Coamo
		15.4– 15.5	9.6– 9.6	PR-162 (Calle Manuel Torres) – Aibonito	One-way street; southbound access via Calle Susano Maldonado
		15.9	9.9	PR-719 south (Vía Los Torcheros) – Aibonito
	Barranquitas barrio-pueblo–Quebradillas line	16.4	10.2	PR-152 north – Naranjito
	Quebrada Grande–Honduras line	20.4	12.7	PR-7174 – Honduras
		22.4	13.9	PR-749 – Quebrada Grande
Comerío	Río Hondo	26.4	16.4	PR-774 – Honduras, Río Hondo 2
		28.6– 28.7	17.8– 17.8	PR-776 – Río Hondo
		28.7	17.8	Puente del Río Hondo over the Río Hondo[5]
	Comerío barrio-pueblo	31.7– 31.8	19.7– 19.8	PR-740 south – Cidra
		32.2	20.0	PR-7778 east – Piñas
	Palomas–Comerío barrio-pueblo line	32.5	20.2	PR-779 west – Palomas
	Quebrada Higüero	34.5	21.4	Puente del Higüero[5]
	Doña Elena	35.1	21.8	PR-167 north / PR-7167 – Naranjito, Bayamón
	Naranjo	35.2– 35.3	21.9– 21.9	PR-778 south (Desvío Ángel Luis Morales Báez, "Wiso") – Comerío
		35.5– 35.6	22.1– 22.1	PR-781 – Cedrito
		36.5	22.7	PR-172 – Cidra
Comerío–Aguas Buenas municipal line	Naranjo–Bayamoncito line	39.9	24.8	PR-782 / PR-7090 – Cejas, Juan Asencio
Aguas Buenas	Bayamoncito	41.3	25.7	PR-790 – Juan Asencio
	Mula–Sumidero line	47.6	29.6	PR-173 south – Cidra	Western terminus of PR-173 concurrency
	Aguas Buenas barrio-pueblo	50.0	31.1	PR-174 – Bayamón
		50.3	31.3	PR-173 north (Calle Padre Sercus) – Guaynabo	Eastern terminus of PR-173 concurrency; one-way street
	Bairoa–Sumidero– Cagüitas tripoint	50.6– 50.7	31.4– 31.5	PR-794 (Avenida Doctor Gilberto Concepción de Gracia) – Cagüitas	Seagull intersection
	Bairoa	52.3	32.5	PR-7156 – Cagüitas
Caguas	Cañabón	53.6	33.3	PR-7156 to PR-777 – Pozo Dulce
		55.4– 55.5	34.4– 34.5	PR-196 east (Avenida José Garrido) – San Juan
		57.1	35.5	PR-34 (Avenida Turabo) – Caguas
	Caguas barrio-pueblo	57.8– 57.9	35.9– 36.0	PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – San Juan, Ponce	PR-52 exit 19; partial cloverleaf interchange
		58.4	36.3	PR-33 (Avenida José Mercado) – San Juan, Cayey
		58.6	36.4	PR-1 south (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Cayey	One-way street
		58.7	36.5	PR-1P north (Calle Manuel Corchado y Juarbe) – San Juan	Eastern terminus of PR-156; one-way street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Related routes

Currently, Puerto Rico Highway 156 has two branches along its route. One of them is located in Orocovis and the other is between Aguas Buenas and Caguas.

Puerto Rico Highway 5156

Highway 5156
Location	Orocovis
Length	0.25 km[6] (0.16 mi; 820 ft)

Puerto Rico Highway 5156 (PR-5156) is an east–west avenue located in downtown Orocovis. This highways extends from PR-156 to PR-155, crossing the Orocovis River.^[7] The entire route is located in Orocovis. 

Location	km[6]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Orocovis barrio-pueblo	0.25	0.16	PR-155 – Morovis, Coamo	Western terminus of PR-5156
	0.15	0.093	PR-599 (Calle Juan Rivera de Santiago) – Orocovis
Orocovis barrio-pueblo–Orocovis line	0.00	0.00	PR-156 – Orocovis, Barranquitas	Eastern terminus of PR-5156
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Puerto Rico Highway 7156

Highway 7156
Location	Aguas Buenas – Caguas
Length	2.7 km[8] (1.7 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 7156 (PR-7156) is a rural, east–west road between the municipalities of Aguas Buenas and Caguas. This route is an old portion of PR-156 that connects the new alignment with PR-777 between Bairoa and Cagüitas barrios of Aguas Buenas. It extends from PR-156 west in Bairoa, Aguas Buenas, to PR-156 east in Cañabón, Caguas.^[9][10]

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  Eastern terminus of PR-7156 between Caguas and Aguas Buenas
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  Western terminus of PR-7156 in Bairoa, Aguas Buenas
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  PR-156 west at PR-7156 intersection in Bairoa, Aguas Buenas

Municipality	Location	km[8]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Aguas Buenas	Bairoa	0.0	0.0	PR-156 – Aguas Buenas, Caguas	Western terminus of PR-7156
	Bairoa–Cagüitas line	1.6	0.99	PR-777 – Cagüitas
Caguas	Cañabón	2.7	1.7	PR-156 (Avenida Joviniano Ríos Mercado) – Caguas, Aguas Buenas	Eastern terminus of PR-7156
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering

References

1. "PR-156" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
2. "Comerío, Memoria Núm. 41" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
4. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 84–85. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
5. Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 March 2020.
6. "PR-5156" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
7. "Plan de ordenación territorial Municipio de Orocovis" (PDF). Junta de Planificación (in Spanish). p. 83. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
8. "PR-7156" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
9. "Mapa de Calificación de Aguas Buenas" (PDF). Junta de Planificación (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
10. "Aguas Buenas, Memoria Núm. 34" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

External links

• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 156, Puerto Rico Highway 5156 and Puerto Rico Highway 7156 at Wikimedia Commons
• PR-156, Orocovis, Puerto Rico