Highway 5 | ||||
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Northern segment | ||||
North end: | Dead end in Cataño | |||
Major junctions: |
PRI-2 / PR-22 in Cataño PR-2 in Bayamon |
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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 | ||||
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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.
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.