Puerto Rico Highway 60

Puerto Rico Highway 60 or Avenida Dionisio Casillas is a freeway entirely located in Humacao, Puerto Rico. This highway extends from Puerto Rico Highway 30 to Puerto Rico Highway 3 as a bypass located north of downtown Humacao.

Route description

From west to east, PR-60 begins at PR-30 interchange in Tejas and ends at PR-3 intersection in Río Abajo, with two lanes per direction along the entire length. This freeway has two exits north of downtown Humacao:

PR-198, Humacao Centro: Access to Hospital Ryder, one of the most important hospitals in Humacao; Downtown Humacao and East Las Piedras
PR-924, Antón Ruiz: Access to Downtown Humacao and barrio Antón Ruíz.

History

The freeway was part of PR-30 before the latter, then called Puerto Rico Alt Highway 30, ended in the intersection with PR-909 near Mariana. When PR-53 was under construction, PR-30 was also extended to its terminus and the Department of Transportation and Public Works of Puerto Rico renumbered the final 1.9 miles of former PR-30 to PR-60.