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