Puerto Rico Highway 504

Highway 504
Highway 504
Ruta 504
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	6.9 km (4.3 mi)
Major junctions
South end	PR-10 / PR-503 in Portugués
	PR-588 in Portugués
North end	PR-505 in Machuelo Arriba–Portugués–Montes Llanos
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Ponce
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 504 (PR-504) is a tertiary^[2] state^[3] highway in the municipality of Ponce in Puerto Rico. With a length of 6.9 km (4.3 mi), 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 6.9 km (4.3 mi) kilometers long. At kilometer mark 3.0 km (1.9 mi), PR-504 connects with PR-588 (also known as Camino Pandora or Camino Río Chiquito) heading west towards Sector El Hoyo. PR-588's northern terminus is at kilometer 7.2 km (4.5 mi) of PR-505 in Barrio Montes Llanos.

Puerto Rico Highway 504 heading south in Barrio Portugués Rural, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Major intersections

The entire route is located in Ponce.

PR-504 heading south near PR-588 intersection in Barrio Portugués Rural
PR-504 heading north at PR-588 intersection in Barrio Portugués Rural

Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Portugués	0.0	0.0	PR-10 (Carretera Salvador "Chiry" Vassallo Ruiz) / PR-503 (Carretera David Medina Feliciano) – Ponce, Adjuntas	Southern terminus of PR-504; partial cloverleaf interchange
Portugués	3.3	2.1	PR-588 – Portugués
Machuelo Arriba–Portugués– Montes Llanos tripoint	6.9	4.3	PR-505 (Carretera La Guardarraya) – Adjuntas, Jayuya	Northern terminus of PR-504
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b "PR-504" (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.