Puerto Rico Roadway Tips
If you rent a car or have your own, I recommend you to purchase a detailed highway map for orientation. Distances in Puerto Rico are indicated in kilometers (1 km = 0.6 mile); speed limits, in miles per hour. Most roadway signs use international symbols. Note the following translations.
- Area de descanso - Rest Area
- Autobus escolar - School bus
- Autopista - Expressway
- Balneario - Public Beach
- Calle sin Salida - Dead end
- Carretera cerrada - Road closed to traffic
- Carretera en construcción - Road under construction
- Ceda - Yield
- Cruce - Crossroad
- Cruce de peatones - Pedestrian crossing
- Cuidado - Caution
- Despacio - Slow
- Desprendimiento - Landslide
- Desvio - Detour
- Entrada - Entrance
- Entrada prohibida - No traspassing
- Escuela - School
- Estación de peaje - Toll station
- Estacionamiento reservado - Reserved parking
- Mantengase a la derecha - Keep right
- No cruce - Do not cross
- No entre - Do not enter
- No estacione - Do not park
- No fumar - No smoking
- Parada de autobus - Bus stop
- Parada de guaguas - Bus stop
- Pare - Stop
- Peligro - Danger
- Playa privada - Private beach
- Precaución - Caution
- Prohibido bañarse - No bathing
- Prohibido acampar - No camping
- Puente estrecho - Narrow bridge
- Salida - Exit
- Tránsito - One way
- Velocidad máxima - Speed limit
- Zona escolar - School zone
Did You Know?
The zip code 00601 is the lowest assigned to any geographic place in the United States or its territories and belongs to Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.
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