Puerto Rico Highway 511

Puerto Rico Highway 511 (PR-511) is tertiary[3] state highway in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Highway 511
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length18.9 km[1][2] (11.7 mi)
Major junctions
South end PR-14 in Coto Laurel–Real
North end PR-143 in Anón–Jauca
Location
MunicipalitiesPonce
Highway system
← PR-510→ PR-515

Route description

The road runs south to north, connecting PR-14 at its southern terminus to PR-143 at its northern terminus. It runs mostly along the Inabón River in the road's southern portions through barrio Real and along the Anón River in its northern portion, once the road enters barrio Anón. The road is 16.4 kilometers (10.2 mi) long.[4][5]

History

In 1930, 2.1 kilometers of this road were built by Lorenzo J. Davila, the contrator for the job, at a cost of $18,755.[6]

Improvements

Puerto Rico Legislature Joint Resolution 795 of 5 July 2010, which sought to order the Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto the assignment of $4.2 million to the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación) to make improvements to the road, was not approved.[7]

On 30 March 2011, Puerto Rico Senator Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez, presented Senate Joint Resolution 774 to order the Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority to rebuild PR-511 at km. 11.5 (in the Real Anón sector) where the road had been severely damaged in 2005 due to heavy rains.[8]

In October 2013, the residents of barrio Anon collected money to make the improvements themselves but their efforts were halted after learning they could be the subjects of lawsuits.[9]

Major intersections
A stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 511 (PR-511) in the hills of Barrio Real in Ponce, Puerto Rico, looking northbound
MunicipalityLocationkm[10][2]miDestinationsNotes
PonceCoto Laurel–Real line0.00.0 PR-14 (Carretera Central) – Ponce, Juana DíazSouthern terminus of PR-511
Anón16.410.2Sector Hacienda Cortada – AnónNorthern terminus of southern segment; dead end road
Gap in PR-511 due to a landslides as of January 2015
2.51.6Sector Hogares Seguros – AnónSouthern terminus of northern segment; dead end road
Ponce–Jayuya
municipal line		Anón–Jauca line0.00.0 PR-143 (Ruta Panorámica) – Adjuntas, BarranquitasNorthern terminus of PR-511
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former

See also

References
  1. Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. (Printed Edition: Title: Con las manos atadas: Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón; Date: 16 October 2013; Year: 31; Issue: 1559. Page: 12.) Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. Google (1 March 2020). "PR-511 north" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  3. PRHTA Design Manual: Chapter 1, General Design Criteria. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. page 1-2. Accessed 9 May 2019.
  4. Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. (Printed Edition: Title: Con las manos atadas: Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón; Date: 16 October 2013; Year: 31; Issue: 1559. Page: 12.) Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  5. Ponce: Vecinos reparan hoyos en PR-511. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. Revista de Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. p. 86. Year VII. March 1930. Issue 3. Accessed 1 August 2020.
  7. Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. (Printed Edition: Title: Con las manos atadas: Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón; Date: 16 October 2013; Year: 31; Issue: 1559. Page: 12.) Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  8. Archived here by the WayBack Machine on 12 March 2012 from the original formerly located at Ordenan a Carreteras reconstruir la PR-511 barrio Real Anón en Ponce. 30 Marzo 2011. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  9. Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. (Printed Edition: Title: Con las manos atadas: Impiden vecinos arreglar vía en Real Anón; Date: 16 October 2013; Year: 31; Issue: 1559. Page: 12.) Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  10. Google (1 March 2020). "PR-511 south" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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