Avenida Juan Ponce de León
Avenida Juan Ponce de León, also known as Avenida de la Constitución, and coextensive as Puerto Rico Highway 25 along its entire length, is one of the main thoroughfares in San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico. Named after Juan Ponce de León, the Spanish conquistador who led the European colonization of the archipelago in 1508 after its discovery by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage in 1493, it connects the historic quarter of Old San Juan in San Juan Islet with the residential and resort [Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan, Puerto Rico|barrio] of Santurce, the business center of Hato Rey, and the commercial and residential district of Río Piedras in the main island. It is one of the oldest roadways in Puerto Rico, as some sections are dated to at least 1519.
Route description
It is a mostly three-lane, one-way road. It runs from Old San Juan to Río Piedras pueblo and, for most of its length, it is a three- or four-lane road traversing the Isleta de San Juan corridor. The section running through Río Piedras pueblo is the only section that is not a multi-lane roadway.Urban landscape
Institutional, cultural and other notable buildings predominate the thoroughfare, and it is an attraction for its architecture.A stretch of Avenida Ponce de León has been designated as part of the arts district. It starts in Miramar and continues towards Hato Rey for 4 miles.