Highway in Puerto Rico

Highway 159

Ruta 159
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length| 20.6 km[1] (12.8 mi)
Existed| 1953[2]–present
Major junctions
West end|  PR-155 / PR-6623 in Morovis barrio-pueblo
Major intersections|

* PR-137 in Monte Llano
* PR-619 in Monte Llano
* PR-160 in Unibón
* PR-647 / PR-5568 in Padilla–Cibuco
* PR-568 in Cibuco–Padilla
* PR-891 in Corozal barrio-pueblo–Pueblo
* PR-818 in Pueblo
* PR-821 in Corozal barrio-pueblo–Pueblo
* PR-142 in Pueblo
* PR-164 in Pueblo–Palmarejo

East end|  PR-165 in Quebrada Arenas–Quebrada Cruz
Location
Country| United States
Territory| Puerto Rico
Municipalities| Morovis, Corozal, Toa Alta
Highway system

* Roads in Puerto Rico

* List

| ←  PR-158| | →  PR-160

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Puerto Rico Highway 159 (PR-159) is the main road from Morovis to Toa Alta, passing through the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Route description
* 2 Maintenance
* 3 Major intersections
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Route description[edit]

This road begins in downtown Morovis, from PR-155 until the PR-165 in Toa Alta. It is about 21 km long.[4] Among their intersections are the PR-137 (Expreso Ángel “Tony” Laureano), PR-160, PR-142 (Expreso de Corozal) and PR-164 (to Naranjito).

In Corozal, the road serves as the main access to some neighborhoods[5] and in the downtown area the route was replaced by the PR-891, and PR-159 makes a bypass to evade the municipal center.

On this highway lies the Plaza Aquarium shopping center (in Toa Alta) and Mavilla Bridge, a centenary bridge which is located east of Corozal.

* Puerto Rico Highway 159

* Signs for PR-159 and PR-807 in Corozal barrio-pueblo

* Mavilla Bridge in Corozal

## Maintenance[edit]

The issue of who is responsible for the road maintenance in Morovis was argued in April 2019. Representative Guillermo Miranda Rivera accused the mayor of Morovis, Carmen Maldonado González, of not doing road maintenance on Morovis' roads, while she blamed the central government for the condition of state roads in Morovis.[6]

* Puerto Rico Highway 159 East in Morovis

* Bridge with Puerto Rico Highway 159 over Unibón River

## Major intersections[edit]

Municipality| Location| km[1]| mi| Destinations| Notes

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Morovis| Morovis barrio-pueblo| 0.0| 0.0|  PR-155 (Avenida Buena Vista) / PR-6623 (Calle Principal) – Morovis, Orocovis| Western terminus of PR-159; PR-155 northbound access via PR-6617
Monte Llano| 0.2–
0.3| 0.12–
0.19|
PR-6617 to PR-6619 – Morovis| PR-159 westbound detour
0.5| 0.31|  PR-137 (Expreso Ángel "Tony" Laureano Martínez) – Morovis, Vega Baja|
2.0| 1.2|  PR-619 – Cuchillas|
Unibón| 5.1–
5.2| 3.2–
3.2|  PR-6617 – Patrón|
5.2–
5.3| 3.2–
3.3|  PR-160 – Vega Baja|
Corozal| Padilla–Cibuco line| 7.5| 4.7|  PR-647 / PR-5568 – Vega Alta, Padilla|
8.8–
8.9| 5.5–
5.5| PR-817 – Cibuco| Unsigned
9.9–
10.0| 6.2–
6.2|  PR-568 – Orocovis|
Corozal barrio-pueblo–Pueblo line| 13.4| 8.3|  PR-891 – Corozal| Western terminus of Desvío Urbano de Corozal
Pueblo| 13.6–
13.7| 8.5–
8.5|  PR-818 – Cibuco|
Corozal barrio-pueblo–Pueblo line| 14.6| 9.1|  PR-821 – Corozal, Abras|
Pueblo| 15.1–
15.2| 9.4–
9.4|
PR-142 north (Carretera José Antonio "Sonny" Rodríguez Ortiz) – Dorado|
15.5–
15.6| 9.6–
9.7|  PR-891 – Corozal| Eastern terminus of Desvío Urbano de Corozal
Pueblo–Palmarejo line| 16.0| 9.9|
PR-164 south – Naranjito|
Palmarejo–Abras line| 17.9–
18.0| 11.1–
11.2| Puente de Mavilla over the Río Mavilla[7]
19.0–
19.1| 11.8–
11.9|  PR-806 – Quebrada Arenas|
Toa Alta| Quebrada Arenas–Quebrada Cruz line| 20.6| 12.8|  PR-165 – Toa Alta, Naranjito| Eastern terminus of PR-159
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

* Incomplete access
* Route transition

## See also[edit]

* Puerto Rico portal
* U.S. Roads portal

* List of highways numbered 159

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Google (28 February 2020). "PR-159" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
2. ^ "Morovis, Memoria Núm. 65" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 22 February 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. ^ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2019.
5. ^ InterNewsService (26 April 2018). "DTOP iniciará trabajos en peligrosa carretera de Corozal". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
6. ^ CyberNews (17 March 2019). "Como papa caliente responsabilidad de las carreteras en Morovis". NOTICEL.[permanent dead link]
7. ^ Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 57–58. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puerto Rico Highway 159.

* PR-159, Corozal, Puerto Rico
* Mavilla Bridge
* Reabre tramo de la PR-159 en Corozal

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