Highway 53 | ||||
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PRI-3 Dr. José Celso Barbosa Expressway |
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Puerto Rico Department of Transportation (DTOP) | ||||
Length: | 59 mi (95 km) | |||
History: | 1994 | and Extended To Yabucoa in 2002 (Completion in 2017)|||
Major junctions | ||||
North end: | PRI-3 / PR-3 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico | |||
South end: | PRI-1 / PR-52 in Salinas, Puerto Rico | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Puerto Rico Highway 53 (unsigned Interstate PR3) is a main tollway that is parallel to Puerto Rico Highway 3, which goes from Fajardo to Salinas. Some segments are still in planning, but when finished it will have about 59 miles (95 km) of length. Two tunnels, about 1 km (0.6 mi) long each, in the towns of Yabucoa and Maunabo were completed in October 2008 . It will connect the cities of Fajardo, Ceiba, Naguabo, Humacao, Yabucoa, Maunabo, Patillas, Arroyo, Guayama and Salinas, thus bordering the entire eastern and southeastern coasts of Puerto Rico. Its northern terminus is at PR-3 and PR-194 in Fajardo, and its south terminus is at PR-52 in Salinas.