Puerto Rico Highway 5

Highway 5 marker

Highway 5
Northern segment
North end: Dead end in Cataño
Major
junctions:

PR-165 in Cataño,

PRI-2 / PR-22 in Cataño
PR-2 in Bayamon
South end: PR-199 in Bayamon
Southern segment
North end: PR-167 in Toa Alta
Major
junctions:
PR-148 in Naranjito
South end: PR-164 / PR-152 in Naranjito Centro
Highway system

Puerto Rico Highways

PR-3PR-6
PR-5 in Bayamón.

Puerto Rico Highway 5 is a main highway in the San Juan Metropolitan area which connects the cities of Cataño to Bayamón and is being extended and converted to a tollway (it has a toll plaza 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 Puerto Rico Highway 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.

Toll plaza

Location Toll Direction AutoExpreso
acceptance
AutoExpreso
replenishment (R)
lane
Bayamón $0.35 Two-way

Route description

Cataño to Bayamon

PR-5 begins in a dead end in downtown Cataño, on a peninsula overlooking San Juan Bay. It crosses downtown Cataño 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.

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.

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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