en Puerto Rico Highway 505

Highway 505
Highway 505
Ruta 505
Carretera La Guardarraya
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	16.4 km (10.2 mi)
Major junctions
South end	PR-139 in Machuelo Arriba
	PR-504 in Machuelo Arriba–Montes Llanos–Portugués
North end	PR-503 in San Patricio
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Ponce
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 505 (PR-505) is a tertiary^[2] state^[3] highway in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Route description

PR-505 runs north to south, in a general SSE direction, and mostly alongside Bayagán River in barrio Machuelo Arriba. Its southern terminus is at its intersection with PR-14, near PR-10 and PR-139. The road connects Barrio San Patricio to the urban area of city of Ponce.

A stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 505 (PR-505) southbound in Barrio Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Río Bayagán running alongside Puerto Rico Highway 505 (PR-505) in Barrio Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, Puerto Rico
PR-505 traveling eastbound in Barrio San Patricio, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Communities served

The road and serves the communities of La Mocha, Montes Llanos, and Hogares Seguros, among others.^[4] The community of "La Yuca" is also on PR-505, at km 11.3, in the jurisdiction of Barrio Machuelo Arriba.^[5]

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Ponce.

Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Machuelo Arriba	0.0	0.0	PR-139 – Ponce, Jayuya	Southern terminus of PR-505
Machuelo Arriba–Montes Llanos– Portugués tripoint	7.2	4.5	PR-504 – Ponce
San Patricio	16.4	10.2	PR-503 (Carretera David Medina Feliciano) – Adjuntas, Jayuya	Northern terminus of PR-505
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b "PR-505" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ PRHTA Design Manual: Chapter 1, General Design Criteria. Departamento de Transportación y Obras Publicas de Puerto Rico. page 1-2. Accessed 9 May 2019.
^ ¿Una avenida o zona de combate? Primera Hora. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
^ Remuven árbol que cayó en la carretera #505 de Ponce a Jayuya^[usurped] 22 August 2011. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.