 Highway 10 | ||||
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| Ruta 10 | ||||
 PR-10 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 70.1 km[1][2] (43.6 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1902–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  PR-5506 in Vayas–Sabanetas | |||
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| North end |  PR-2 in Arecibo barrio-pueblo | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
| Municipalities | Ponce, Adjuntas, Utuado, Arecibo | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Puerto Rico Highway 10 (PR-10) is a major highway in Puerto Rico. The primary[3] state[4] road connects the city of Ponce in the south coast to Arecibo in the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities.[5]
Construction on the modern PR-10, a new 68.26-kilometer (42.41 mi) highway, began in 1974. The highway is being built parallel to the old PR-10;[6] that road is now signed PR-123.[7][8] Most of the new PR-10 is now complete, with an approximately 10-kilometer (6.2 mi) stretch still remaining to be finished. In its current state it is a freeway only in the completed portions, which consists of over three-fourths of the highway.
In May 2010, Autoridad de Carreteras estimated the road would be completed in 2015, at a cost of $500 million. Upon completion, the highway is expected to become one of the two major roads on the island that cross the Cordillera Central mountain range. The first section of the road was inaugurated in the year 2000. After "more than 40 years" since the project was initiated, as of 22 January 2017, 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) remained to be completed.[9]
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- ^ "¿Una avenida o zona de combate?". Primera Hora. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 28–30. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
- ^ Alfonso, Omar (11 May 2011). "Asegura Autoridad de Carreteras: Para el 2015 expreso de Ponce a Arecibo". La Perla del Sur (in Spanish). Ponce, PR. p. 16. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ Muere motociclista en la PR-10. Primera Hora. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 24 May 2015.
- ^ Google Earth Adjuntas Puerto Rico The changing landscape (Map). Cartography by DigitalGlobe. Google, Inc. 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
- ^ Solicitan completar construcción de carretera PR-10. Voces del Sur. vocesdelsurpr.com 22 January 2017. Accessed 26 January 2017.