Puerto Rico Highway 133

{{Short description|Highway in Puerto Rico}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox road |state = PR |type = PR |route = 133 |map = Mapa de la carretera PR-133 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M133).svg |length_km = 2.0 |length_ref = <ref name="Google PR-133"/> |direction_a = West |terminus_a = {{jct|state=PR|Ter|1P|Urban|123}} in Cuarto–Tercero–Segundo–Primero |junction = * {{jct|state=PR|Urban|14}} in Cuarto–Tercero * {{jct|state=PR|PR|12}} in San Antón |direction_b = East |terminus_b = {{jct|state=PR|Urban|1|Urban|2}} in San Antón |municipalities = Ponce |previous_type = Urban |previous_route = 132 |next_type = Ter |next_route = 134 }}

'''Puerto Rico Highway 133''' ('''PR-133'''){{efn|Sections of this road are also commonly known as '''Comercio Street''',<ref>[http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_puerto_rico.htm Comercio Street.] Retrieved March 11, 2010.</ref> '''Cuatro Calles Avenue''',<ref>[https://maps.google.com/ Cuatro Calles Avenue.] Retrieved March 11, 2009.</ref> and '''La Ceiba Street'''.<ref>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ La Ceiba Street.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=2010-08-12 }} Retrieved March 11, 2010.</ref> It has also been ''erroneously'' documented as Federico Parra Duperan street.<ref>[http://www.hometownlocator.com/city/ponce-puerto-rico.cfm Federico Parra Duperan Street.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908015218/http://www.hometownlocator.com/city/ponce-puerto-rico.cfm |date=2009-09-08 }} Retrieved March 11, 2010.</ref> Per the ''Archivo Histórico de Ponce'', a dependency of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, the official name of the Calle Comercio segment of this road is '''''Francisco Parra Duperón'''''. This name (Francisco Parra Duperón) is also documented in some sources such as Luis Fortuño Janeiro's ''Album Histórico de Ponce''.}} is a major access road in Ponce, Puerto Rico.<ref name="DTOP Transit Data">{{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=176 |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}}</ref> The road is 1.2 miles long and consists of three segments called (moving eastward) "Calle Comercio" (a.k.a. "Calle Francisco Parra Duperón"<ref name="Album Hist">{{Cite book | last = Fortuño Janeiro | first = Luis | title = Álbum Histórico de Ponce | publisher = Imprenta Fortuño | year = 1963 | location = Ponce | language = es }}</ref>), "Avenida Cuatro Calles", and "Avenida Ednita Nazario". The road has both of its endpoints, as well as its entire length, within the Ponce city limits. It runs west to east. The road is a main access road from downtown Ponce to PR-1, providing access to Guayama and all other points in the eastern portion of the Puerto Rico, and to PR-52, which provides expressway access to San Juan.

==Route description== Highway 133 is 1.2 miles long, making it one of Puerto Rico's shortest primary roads.

===Calle Comercio=== The road starts at its intersection with Calle Marina (PR-123) at Plaza Las Delicias in downtown Ponce ("Ponce Centro"). From this point the road runs east for three blocks as a one-lane, one-way street and is called Francisco Parra Duperón but it is popularly known as Calle Comercio.<ref name="Album Hist"/> At the end of the third block, the road intersects Cruz Street and becomes a two-lane, two-way street. The road runs as a two-way street until its intersection with Río Portugués. Parque de la Ceiba is on the north side of the road at this point.

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px> Parra Duperon Street Sign.jpg|A road sign on PR-133 with the name Francisco Parra Duperón PR-133 (Calle Comercio), Barrio San Antón, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al este-sureste (DSC03365).jpg|PR-133 west of Río Portugués in Barrio San Antón </gallery>

===Avenida Cuatro Calles=== After crossing Rio Portugués the road is called Avenida Cuatro Calles. The road crosses PR-12 via an underpass (no access to PR-12 at this point) and continues to run in a westerly direction, intersecting with PR-163/Avenida Las Américas at Café Rico, near Centro del Sur Mall.

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px> PR-12, viajando hacia el Sur, al norte de la salida hacia la PR-133 (Calle Comercio), en Barrio San Antón, Ponce, PR, mostrando antiguo letrero de la PR-14.jpg|A road sign on the southbound side of PR-12 announcing the PR-133/Comercio Street exit towards Downtown Ponce (''Ponce Centro'') </gallery>

===Avenida Ednita Nazario=== After crossing Avenida Las Americas the road becomes a 4-lane roadway known as Avenida Ednita Nazario. The former headquarters of Rovira Biscuits Corporation are located on the north side of the road in this section. A public art display consisting of the bust of Ednita Nazario is located at easternmost end of this section of PR-133, on the north side of the road. PR-133 ends at its intersection with the PR-2/PR-1/Miguel Pou Boulevard complex. (Continuing straight east the roadway is six lanes wide and it is a section of Eastbound PR-1 known as "Avenida La Ceiba".<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/yo-soy-ph/ojodelacalle/nota/unaavenidaozonadecombate-1016925/ ''¿Una avenida o zona de combate?''] Primera Hora. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.</ref>)

===Landmarks=== Landmarks along this road include Ceiba Tree Park, located next to Río Portugués, Café Rico, and Rovira Biscuits Corporation. A monument to Ednita Nazario is located at the northwest corner of PR-133 and PR-2.

==Major intersections== {{PRinttop|municipality=Ponce|length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-133">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.0060622,-66.5956882/18.0109957,-66.6134481/@18.0085534,-66.6089455,2219m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-66.6045002!2d18.0079555!3s0x8c1cd591f3b1e6ab:0x53d75d3863a8d0bf!1m0!3e2|title=PR-133|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>}} {{PRint |location1=Cuarto |location2=Tercero |location3=Segundo |location4=Primero |km=2.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|1P|name1=Calle Marina|Urban|123|city1=Ponce}} |notes=Western terminus of PR-133; one-way streets }} {{PRint |location1=Cuarto |location2=Tercero |km=1.8 |road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|14|name1=Calle Salud|dir1=north|city1=Ponce}} |notes=One-way street }} {{PRint |location=San Antón |ctdab=Ponce |lspan=3 |km=1.0 |km2=0.9 |road={{jct|state=PR|PR|12|name1=Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros|city1=Ponce|city2=San Juan|city3=Mayagüez}} |notes=Diamond interchange }} {{PRint |km=0.6 |road={{jct|state=PR|road|Avenida Las Américas|city1=Ponce|extra=hospital}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|1|to2=y|PR|52|name2=Autopista Luis A. Ferré|city1=Ponce|city2=San Juan|extra=airport}}<br/> {{jct|state=PR|Urban|2|name1=Ponce Bypass|dir1=west|city1=Peñuelas|city2=Mayagüez}} |notes=Eastern terminus of PR-133 }} {{jctbtm}}

==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico|U.S. Roads}} * List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico * List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico

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==External links== * [http://www.prfrogui.com/home/mapasPR3.htm Historia de las Carreteras de Puerto Rico. Retrieved March 11, 2010.] {{in lang|es}} * [https://books.google.com/books?id=kFEAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA300 Roads in Porto Rico. By Manuel Victor Domenech (Former Commissioner of the Interior), in ''The Overland Monthly''. Vol 73, No, 4; April, 1919. Page 321. Retrieved March 11, 2010.] * [http://www.dtop.gov.pr/carretera/det_content.asp?cn_id=126 Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas] {{in lang|es}}

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