Puerto Rico Highway 20

{{Short description|Highway in Puerto Rico}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox road

|state=PR

|type=PR

|route=20

|alternate_name={{lang|es-pr|Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal}}

|maint=Metropistas

|length_km=9.5

|length_ref=

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=PR|Urban|1}} in Río

|junction=

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=PR|PR|2}} in Pueblo Viejo

|municipalities=Guaynabo, San Juan

|previous_type=Ter

|previous_route=19

|next_type=Urban

|next_route=21

}}

Puerto Rico Highway 20 (PR-20) or {{lang|es-pr|Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal}} is a short tollway located between the municipalities of Guaynabo and San Juan in Puerto Rico.{{cite map |author=National Geographic Maps |year=2011 |title=Puerto Rico |scale=1:125,000 |series=Adventure Map (Book 3107) |location=Evergreen, Colorado |publisher=National Geographic Maps |isbn=978-1566955188 |oclc=756511572}} With a length of {{convert|9.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}, it begins at PR-2 interchange in Pueblo Viejo barrio and ends at PR-1 junction in Río barrio.

Route description

It used to be divided highway with traffic signals, which even turned into a rural road near its south end, but due to the traffic congestion in parallel freeway PR-18, and also in PR-1 and PR-52, it had to be converted and is now 9.5 kilometers long.[http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas.] Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. Accessed 3 May 2019. It has few exits; the first being to PR-169, a road to the rural area of Guaynabo and part of Aguas Buenas; PR-199 which connects it to PR-1 and PR-52; PR-177 which serves Bayamón and Cupey, and PR-17 ({{lang|es-pr|Avenida Jesús T. Piñero}}). It begins in the Muda sector of PR-1 and ends near San Patricio in Caparra, Guaynabo, at PR-2. It is tolled going north from PR-1, but not in the other direction.

PR-20.jpg|PR-20 near its northern terminus in Guaynabo

Traffic on Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal in Puerto Rico.jpg|Traffic on {{lang|es|Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal}}

Tolls

class="wikitable"

!Location

!Toll{{cite web |title=Mapas y Tarifas |url=https://metropistas.com/mapas-y-tarifas/ |website=Metropistas |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250107034314/https://metropistas.com/mapas-y-tarifas/ |archive-date=7 January 2025 |language=es |url-status=live}}

!Direction

!AutoExpreso
acceptance

!AutoExpreso
replenishment ({{green|R}})
lane

Guaynabo

|$1.00

|Northbound

|15px

|15px

Exit list

Expreso PR-20, salida hacia la carretera PR-177, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (2).jpg|PR-20 north at its exit to PR-177 west in Frailes, Guaynabo

Expreso PR-20, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (1).jpg|PR-20 south at its exit to Avenida Esmeralda in Frailes, Guaynabo

Carretera PR-199, intersección con el expreso PR-20, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (1).jpg|PR-199 east at PR-20 interchange between downtown Guaynabo and Frailes

{{PRinttop|exit|length_ref={{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.4075181,-66.1086179/18.3265436,-66.0985374/@18.3669214,-66.1389828,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=PR-20|access-date=February 28, 2020}}}}

{{PRint|exit

|municipality=Guaynabo

|munspan=7

|location=Río

|ctdab=Guaynabo

|lspan=2

|km=9.5

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|Sec|1|name1=Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez|dir1=south|city1=Caguas}}

|notes=Southern terminus of PR-20

}}

{{PRint|exit

|km=9.1

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|169|to2=y|Urban|1|name2=Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez|dir2=north|city1=Río Piedras|location2=La Muda|location3=Camarones|location4=Hato Nuevo}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|location=Camarones

|km=6.8

|km2=6.7

|exit=6

|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida David Urbina|city1=Guaynabo}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|location1=Frailes

|ctdab1=Guaynabo

|location2=Guaynabo barrio-pueblo

|km=6.4

|place=Guaynabo Toll Plaza (toll northbound only)

|type=toll

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|location=Guaynabo barrio-pueblo

|km=5.4

|km2=5.3

|exit=5

|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|199|name1=Avenida Las Cumbres|city1=Guaynabo|city2=Bayamón|city3=Río Piedras|city4=Caguas}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|location=Frailes

|ctdab=Guaynabo

|lspan=2

|km=4.2

|km2=4.1

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida Esmeralda|city1=Guaynabo}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|km=3.1

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|177|name1=Avenida Lomas Verdes|city1=Bayamón|city2=Caguas}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|municipality=San Juan

|munspan=2

|location1=Monacillo Urbano

|location2=Gobernador Piñero

|km=2.2

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|21|name1=Carretera Roberto Clemente Walker|to2=y|Ter|19|name2=Avenida Luis Vigoreaux|city1=Río Piedras|extra=light-rail}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|location=Gobernador Piñero

|km=1.6

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|17|name1=Avenida Jesús T. Piñero|city1=San Juan|location2=Puerto Nuevo|city3=Río Piedras|extra=airport}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|municipality=Guaynabo

|munspan=2

|location=Pueblo Viejo

|lspan=2

|km=0.4

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida González Giusti|road|Avenida San Patricio|city1=Guaynabo}}

|notes=

}}

{{PRint|exit

|km=0.0

|exit=4

|road={{jct|state=PR|PR|2|city1=Bayamón|city2=Arecibo|city3=San Juan|city4=Santurce|city5=Hato Rey|city6=Río Piedras}}

|notes=Northern terminus of PR-20

}}

{{jctbtm|exit|keys=toll}}

See also

{{Portal|Puerto Rico|U.S. Roads}}

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References

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