Puerto Rico Highway 504

{{Short description|Highway in Puerto Rico}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox road |state = PR |type = PR |route = 504 |maint = Puerto Rico DTPW |map = Mapa de la carretera PR-504 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M504).svg |length_km = 6.9 |length_ref = <ref name="Google PR-504"/> |direction_a = South |terminus_a = {{jct|state=PR|PR|10|Ter|503}} in Portugués |junction = {{jct|state=PR|Ter|588}} in Portugués |direction_b = North |terminus_b = {{jct|state=PR|Sec|505}} in Machuelo Arriba–Portugués–Montes Llanos |municipalities = Ponce |previous_type = Sec |previous_route = 503 |next_type = Urban |next_route = 505 }}

'''Puerto Rico Highway 504''' ('''PR-504''') is a tertiary<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091122131606/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/Manual_Especificaciones/ManualDise%C3%B1o_Cap1.pdf ''PRHTA Design Manual: Chapter 1, General Design Criteria.''] Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. page 1-2. Accessed 9 May 2019.</ref> state<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/yo-soy-ph/ojodelacalle/nota/unaavenidaozonadecombate-1016925/ ''¿Una avenida o zona de combate?''] Primera Hora. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.</ref> highway in the municipality of Ponce in Puerto Rico. With a length of {{convert|6.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}, the road runs south to north, and mostly along the Río Chiquito in barrio Portugués Rural. Its southern terminus is at an intersection with PR-503, near PR-10 at the southern edge of Barrio Portugués, and the northern terminus is located at PR-505 on the Machuelo Arriba–Portugués–Montes Llanos tripoint.

==Route description== The road is a mountainous two-way one-lane road and thus very difficult to navigate when traffic is coming from the opposite direction. In addition most of the road has numerous steep sharp curves and should be driven only with vehicles in top mechanical condition, preferably all-wheel drive sedans, as drivers of SUVs reportedly feel less in control of their vehicles. The road should not be driven after nightfall.

The road is {{convert|6.9|km|mi|abbr=on}} kilometers long. At kilometer mark {{convert|3.0|km|mi|abbr=on}}, PR-504 connects with PR-588 (also known as {{lang|es-pr|Camino Pandora}} or {{lang|es-pr|Camino Río Chiquito}}) heading west towards Sector El Hoyo. PR-588's northern terminus is at kilometer {{convert|7.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} of PR-505 in Barrio Montes Llanos.

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px> PR-504 heading SB in Barrio Portugues in Ponce, PR (IMG 2707).jpg|Puerto Rico Highway 504 heading south in Barrio Portugués Rural, Ponce, Puerto Rico </gallery>

==Major intersections== {{PRinttop|municipality=Ponce|length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-504">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.0354051,-66.6124646/18.083433,-66.6171421/@18.0594525,-66.6316417,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-66.6150613!2d18.0610055!3s0x8c1cd557e588591d:0x8089723ec15b4a47!1m0!3e0|title=PR-504|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>}} <gallery mode=packed heights=150px> Letrero en PR-504, km 3.4, viajando al sur, anunciando intersección con PR-588, Bo. Portugués, Ponce, PR (DSC03973).jpg|PR-504 heading south near PR-588 intersection in Barrio Portugués Rural

Letrero en PR-504, km 3.3, viajando al norte, indicando entrada a PR-588, Bo. Portugués, Ponce, PR (DSC03965B).jpg|PR-504 heading north at PR-588 intersection in Barrio Portugués Rural </gallery>

{{PRint |location=Portugués |ctdab=Ponce |lspan=2 |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|PR|10|name1=Carretera Salvador "Chiry" Vassallo Ruiz|Ter|503|name2=Carretera David Medina Feliciano|city1=Ponce|city2=Adjuntas}} |notes=Southern terminus of PR-504; partial cloverleaf interchange }} {{PRint |km=3.3 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|588|location1=Portugués}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location1=Machuelo Arriba |location2=Portugués |ctdab2=Ponce |location3=Montes Llanos |km=6.9 |road={{jct|state=PR|Sec|505|name1=Carretera La Guardarraya|city1=Adjuntas|city2=Jayuya}} |notes=Northern terminus of PR-504 }} {{jctbtm}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [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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