Puerto Rico Highway 201

Highway in Puerto Rico

Major junctionsSouth endROTH radar installations in LlaveMajor intersections

PR-996 in Puerto Real
PR-995 in Puerto Real

North end

PR-200 in Florida LocationCountryUnited StatesTerritoryPuerto RicoMunicipalitiesVieques Highway system

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Puerto Rico Highway 201 (PR-201) is a road located in Vieques, Puerto Rico.^[2] With a length of 8.9 km (5.5 mi), this highway extends from its intersection with PR-200 in Florida barrio to the ROTH radar installations in Lave barrio.^[3]

Route description

Due to its rural characteristics, PR-201 has one lane in each direction along its entire length. This highway extends from its intersection with PR-200 in Florida (km 0.0) and continues to the southwest, where it intersects with PR-996 (km 3.7), PR-995 (km 4.5) and again with PR-996 (km 6.9) in Puerto Real. Then, it continues west through Llave until km 8.9 at the ROTH radar installations. PR-201 serves to few communities of Florida, Puerto Real and Llave barrios, connecting the northern region of Vieques with the southern coast.^[3]

PR-201 in Florida, Vieques, Puerto Rico, looking south

History

The entire length of PR-201 is part of the old Road No. 69,^[4] a highway that led from Florida to Llave until the 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering, a process implemented by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish: Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas) that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico. Route 69 extended from PR-200 (old Road No. 38) in northern Vieques to the old Route 38 in the southwestern area of the island.^[5]

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Vieques.

Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Llave	8.9	5.5	Southern terminus of PR-201 at ROTH radar installations; dead end road
Puerto Real	6.9	4.3	PR-996 – Esperanza
	4.5	2.8	PR-995 – Llave
	3.7	2.3	PR-996 – Esperanza
Florida	0.0	0.0	PR-200 – Vieques	Northern terminus of PR-201
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b "PR-201" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
^ ^a ^b "Plan Maestro para el Desarrollo Sustentable de Vieques" (PDF). PUERTO RICO Microjuris (in Spanish). 2004. p. 169. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ "Vieques, Memoria Núm. 3" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1947. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "Topographic map of the Island of Vieques, Puerto Rico". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 24 August 2023.