Puerto Rico Highway 18

Highway 18 marker
Highway 18
Highway 18 marker Highway 18
Ruta 18
Expreso Las Américas
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	6.09 km (3.78 mi)
Existed	1961–present
Major junctions
South end	File:PR urban primary 1.svgFile:PR primary 52.svg PR-1 / PR-52 in Monacillo Urbano
	File:PR urban primary 21.svg PR-21 in Monacillo Urbano; File:PR primary 17.svg PR-17 in Gobernador Piñero; File:PR urban primary 23.svg PR-23 in Hato Rey Norte;
North end	File:PR primary 22.svg PR-22 in Hato Rey Norte
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	San Juan
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 18 (PR-18) is a freeway in Puerto Rico, which is also known as Expreso Las Américas. It runs from its north end at its intersection with PR-22 (known as Expreso José de Diego) in San Juan to its south end in Río Piedras where it intersects with PR-1.^[2] At this point PR-18 becomes PR-52, known as Autopista Luis A. Ferré.^[3]

Route description

PR-18 connects PR-52 to PR-22 and intersects with Jesús de Piñero Avenue (PR-17), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue (PR-23), which grants access to Plaza Las Américas, and Domenech Avenue. It is mostly a 4-lane road in each direction. The combined route of PR-18 and PR-52 is coterminous with the unsigned Interstate Highway PRI-1.^{[citation needed]}

Sign for Exit 2A on PR-22

Sign for Exit 2A on PR-22
Southbound beginning of PR-18 at PR-22 interchange in Hato Rey Norte barrio

Southbound beginning of PR-18 at PR-22 interchange in Hato Rey Norte barrio
PR-18 north in Hato Rey Norte barrio

PR-18 north in Hato Rey Norte barrio
PR-18 south in Gobernador Piñero barrio

PR-18 south in Gobernador Piñero barrio

Exit list

The entire route is located in San Juan.

PR-18 south at exit 1C to PR-23 east in Hato Rey Norte barrio

PR-18 south at exit 1C to PR-23 east in Hato Rey Norte barrio
PR-18 north at exit 3A to PR-17 west in Gobernador Piñero barrio

PR-18 north at exit 3A to PR-17 west in Gobernador Piñero barrio
PR-21 west at its interchange with PR-18 north in Monacillo Urbano barrio

PR-21 west at its interchange with PR-18 north in Monacillo Urbano barrio

Location	km^[4]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Monacillo Urbano	6.09	3.78	8B	File:South plate blue (es).svg File:PR primary 52.svg PR-52 south (PRI-1 / Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Caguas, Cupey, Ponce	Southern terminus of PR-18; PRI-1 continues southbound via PR-52.
	5.9	3.7	8A	File:South plate (es).svg File:PR urban primary 1.svg PR-1 south – Caguas, Caimito	No southbound access to PR-1 north.
	4.7	2.9	7B	File:East plate (es).svg File:PR urban primary 21.svg PR-21 east (Avenida Ingeniero José "Kiko" Custodio) – Río Piedras, Cupey	No northbound exit.
	4.5	2.8	7A	File:West plate (es).svg File:Ellipse sign 21.svgFile:Hospital sign.svg PR-21 west (Avenida Ingeniero José "Kiko" Custodio) – Monacillo, Guaynabo, Hospital de Veteranos	Access to Centro Médico station
El Cinco	4.2	2.6	6B	File:Hospital sign.svg PR-Río Piedras Medical Center	Most direct access to the hospital; southbound only.
El Cinco	3.5	2.2	6A	File:Hospital sign.svg PR-Avenida Américo Miranda – Río Piedras Medical Center
Gobernador Piñero	2.7	1.7	5B	File:East plate blue (es).svg File:PR primary 17.svgFile:Airport Sign.svg PR-17 east (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Carolina, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Trujillo Alto, Río Piedras	Access to The Mall of San Juan and Piñero station
Gobernador Piñero	2.4	1.5	5A	File:West plate (es).svg File:PR urban primary 17.svg PR-17 west (Avenida Jesús T. Piñero) – Puerto Nuevo
Hato Rey Norte	2.0	1.2	4	File:Hospital sign.svg File:Light Rail Sign.svg PR-Avenida Manuel Domenech – Hato Rey	Access to Hospital del Maestro and Domenech station
	1.5– 0.5	0.93– 0.31	3A–C	File:PR urban primary 23.svgFile:Light Rail Sign.svg PR-23 (Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt) / PR-Calle Carlos F. Chardón / PR-Calle Juan Calaf – Puerto Nuevo, Hato Rey	Frontage roads of these exits has an at-grade intersection in Chardon Street; Access to Plaza Las Américas shopping mall and Roosevelt station
	0.0	0.0	0	File:PR primary 22.svgFile:Airport Sign.svg PR-22 (PRI-2 / Autopista José de Diego) – Guaynabo, Bayamón, Arecibo, Santurce, San Juan, Carolina	Northern terminus of PR-18 and PRI-1; PR-22 exit 2A; access to Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition

References

↑ Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. 2019. Accessed 3 May 2019.
↑ Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in español). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. 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.
↑ "PR-18" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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[1] Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. 2019. Accessed 3 May 2019.

[DTOP-2] Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works. "Datos de Transito 2000-2009" (in español). Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

[NGAdvMap-3] National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

[Google_PR-18-4] "PR-18" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

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Signed	2 4 5 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 35 37 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 49 55 57 59 64 65 66 KS–KY VA–DC 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 CO–NE OH–NJ 77 78 79 80 81 82 WA–OR PA–NY CT–RI 83 84 OR–UT PA–MA 85 86 ID PA–NY CT–MA 87 NC NY 88 IL NY 89 90 91 93 94 95 96 97 99 H-1 H-2 H-3
Unsigned	A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 PRI-1 PRI-2 PRI-3
Lists	Primary Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future
Other	Standards Gaps Tolled
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