Puerto Rico Highway 26
{{Short description|Highway in Puerto Rico}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox road
| state=PR
| type=PR
| route=26
| alternate_name={{lang|es-pr|Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro}}
| length_km=15.1
| length_round=1
| length_notes=
| established=1982 and completed in 1999{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
| decommissioned=
| direction_a=West
| terminus_a={{jct|state=PR|PR|1|Urban|16}} in Santurce
| junction=
- {{jct|state=PR|Urban|2}} in Santurce
- {{jct|state=PR|PR|22}} in Santurce
- {{jct|state=PR|Ter|37}} in Santurce
- {{jct|state=PR|Urban|187}} in Cangrejo Arriba
- {{jct|state=PR|PR|17}} in Cangrejo Arriba
- {{jct|state=PR|Ter|190}} in Cangrejo Arriba
| direction_b=East
| terminus_b={{jct|state=PR|Urban|3|PR|66}} in San Antón
| municipalities=San Juan, Carolina
| spur_type=
| spur_of=
| previous_type=Urban
| previous_route=25
| next_type=Urban
| next_route=27
}}
Puerto Rico Highway 26 (PR-26),{{efn|PR-26 is the unsigned Interstate PRI3}} called the Román Baldorioty de Castro Expressway, is the main highway to the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and is connected to PR-66.{{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}} It was converted to a freeway to minimize the traffic in PR-3 and PR-17, to grant better access to the Airport.{{cite web |title=Mensaje del gobernador del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico honorable Rafael Hernández Colón en la inauguración del primer elevado de la avenida Baldorioty de Castro |year=1992 |url=http://www.rafaelhernandezcolon.org/MENSAJESTOMOS/1992_I/DOC031910%20Fri%20Mar%2019%202010%2015-33-28.593.pdf |website=Rafael Hernández Colón |language=es |access-date=February 21, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Mensaje del gobernador del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico honorable Rafael Hernández Colón en la inauguración del segundo puente elevado en la avenida Baldorioty de Castro |year=1992 |url=http://www.rafaelhernandezcolon.org/MENSAJESTOMOS/1992_I/DOC031910%20Fri%20Mar%2019%202010%2015-46-55.421.pdf |website=Rafael Hernández Colón |language=es |access-date=February 21, 2020}} Several exits exist to provide access to PR-187 (the main route to the Piñones area), PR-37 (Isla Verde) and PR-22 (José de Diego).{{cite web |title=Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT) |url=http://act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |website=Transit Data (Datos de Transito) |publisher=DTOP PR |page=41 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401220153/act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |archive-date=April 1, 2019}} PR-26 is {{convert|15.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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 20 February 2020.
Puente Guillermo Esteves (Avenida Juan Ponce de León).jpg| San Antonio Bridge in PR-26
Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro (01).jpg| PR-26 in Condado
Baldorioty-statue2.JPG|Román Baldorioty de Castro Statue in PR-26
Puerto Rico Highway 26 in Puerto Rico.jpg|PR-26 in Isla Verde
PR-26 Isla Verde.jpg|Puerto Rico Highway 26 in Isla Verde
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Exit list
Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro Salida 7 en Carolina, Puerto Rico.jpg|Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro Salida 7
PR-26 in Carolina, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria (2017).jpg|PR-26 in Carolina after Hurricane Maria (September 20, 2017)
PR-26 hacia PR-66 y PR-3.jpg|PR-26 towards PR-66 and PR-3
PR-66 becomes PR-26.jpg|Puerto Rico Highway 66 becomes PR-26 in Carolina after the exit to PR-3
{{PRint|exit
|municipality=San Juan
|munspan=8
|location=Santurce
|lspan=8
|exit=—
|km=0.0
|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|1|name1=Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera|dir1=north|city1=San Juan}}
|notes=Western terminus of PR-26
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=—
|km=0.3
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Marginal Román Baldorioty de Castro|city1=Santurce}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit only; one-way street
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=1
|km=1.4
|km2=1.5
|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|2|name1=Avenida Roberto H. Todd|dir1=west|city1=Condado|location2=Parada 18}}
|notes=Eastbound exit signed as 1A
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=1B
|km=1.7
|km2=1.8
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Calle Canals|city1=Condado|location2=Parada 19}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit only; one-way street
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=2A
|km=2.0
|km2=2.1
|road={{jct|state=PR|PR|22|name1=Autopista José de Diego|dir1=west|city1=Bayamón|city2=Arecibo|city3=Mayagüez}}
{{jct|state=PR|to1=y|PR|18|name1=Expreso Las Américas|city1=Río Piedras|city2=Caguas|city3=Ponce}}
|notes=Túnel Minillas
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=2B
|km=2.3
|km2=2.4
|road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|37|name1=Avenida José de Diego|road|Calle del Parque|road|Calle San Jorge|city1=Condado|location2=Centro Minillas|extra=hospital}}
|notes=
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=4
|km=3.0
|km2=4.1
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Calle Degetau|road|Calle Providencia|road|Calle Tapia|city1=Ocean Park}}
|notes=Westbound exit signed as 4A
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=4B
|km=4.6
|road={{jct|state=PR|to1=y|Ter|37|name1=Calle Loíza|road|Calle Providencia|location1=Villa Palmeras}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit only
}}
{{PRint|exit
|municipality=Carolina
|munspan=13
|location=Cangrejo Arriba
|lspan=8
|exit=5
|km=5.4
|road={{jct|state=PR|to1=y|Ter|37|city1=Isla Verde|location2=Punta Las Marías}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Westbound exit only
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=6
|km=5.5
|km2=6.5
|road={{jct|state=PR|to1=y|Ter|37|road|Marginal Villamar|city1=Isla Verde}}
|notes=
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=7
|km=7.3
|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|187|name1=Avenida Los Gobernadores|dir1=east|city1=Isla Verde|city2=Loíza|location3=Piñones}}
|notes=
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=8A
|km=7.7
|kmspan=2
|road={{jct|state=PR|PR|17|name1=Puente Teodoro Moscoso|dir1=west|city1=Río Piedras|city2=Trujillo Alto}}
|type=toll
|notes=Toll bridge
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=8B
|km=none
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida Salvador V. Caro|location1=Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport|extra=airport}}
|notes=
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=9
|km=9.1
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida Los Ángeles|city1=Carolina}}
|notes=Eastbound exit signed as 9A
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=9B
|km=9.5
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Marginal Los Ángeles|city1=Carolina}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit only
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=11
|km=11.1
|km2=11.2
|road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|190|road|Avenida Iturregui|location1=Base Muñiz|location2=Vistamar}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
}}
{{PRint|exit
|location=Sabana Abajo
|lspan=3
|exit=12
|km=12.5
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida Roberto Sánchez Vilella|city1=Carolina|city2=Country Club}}
|notes=Eastbound exits are signed as 12A (west) and 12B (east)
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=13
|km=13.6
|road={{jct|state=PR|to1=y|Ter|190|road|Avenida Paseo de los Gigantes|city1=Carolina}}
|notes=Eastbound exits are signed as 13A (west) and 13B (east)
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=14
|km=14.8
|km2=14.9
|road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida Jesús M. Fragoso|city1=Carolina}}
|type=incomplete
|notes=Eastbound exit and entrance
}}
{{PRint|exit
|location=San Antón
|ctdab=Carolina
|lspan=2
|exit=15A
|km=15.1
|kmspan=2
|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|3|name1=Avenida 65 de Infantería|dir1=west|city1=Río Piedras|city2=Caguas}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of PR-26
|nspan=2
}}
{{PRint|exit
|exit=15B
|km=none
|road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|3|name1=Avenida 65 de Infantería|dir1=east|city1=Carolina|extra=hospital}}
{{jct|state=PR|PR|66|name1=Autopista Roberto Sánchez Vilella|dir1=east|Urban|887|city1=Canóvanas|city2=Fajardo|city3=Trujillo Alto|location4=Saint Just}}
|notes=none
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete,toll}}
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