Puerto Rico Highway 344

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Highway 344

Ruta 344

Route information

Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW

Length

6.5 km^[1] (4.0 mi)

Existed

1953^[2]–present

Major junctions

South end

PR-345 in Hormigueros barrio-pueblo

PR-3344 in Hormigueros
PR-338 in Jagüitas

North end

PR-348 in Rosario

Location

Country

United States

Territory

Puerto Rico

Municipalities

Hormigueros, Mayagüez

Highway system

Roads in Puerto Rico

List

←

PR-339

→

PR-365

←

PR-3342

PR-3344

→

PR-4010

Puerto Rico Highway 344 (PR-344) is a rural road in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, beginning from near the municipality's small downtown and ending at PR-348 near the border with San Germán in barrio Rosario. It has narrow lanes, and after about five kilometers becomes one of the most dangerous highways in Puerto Rico, as it goes near a precipice with little or no safety barriers. It serves as a route to Mayagüez via PR-348 which ends in Puerto Rico Alt Route 2 (Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances, or locally Calle Post).^[3]^[4]

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km^[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Hormigueros	Hormigueros barrio-pueblo	0.0	0.0	PR-345 (Calle Julio Pérez Irizarry) – Hormigueros	Southern terminus of PR-344
	Hormigueros	1.0	0.62	PR-3344 (Avenida Primero de Abril) – Hormigueros
	Jagüitas	5.1– 5.2	3.2– 3.2	PR-338 – Lavadero
Mayagüez	Rosario	6.5	4.0	PR-348 – Mayagüez, Rosario	Northern terminus of PR-344
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related route

Highway 3344

Location	Hormigueros
Length	1.3 km^[5] (0.81 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 3344 (PR-3344) is a spur route located in Hormigueros. It begins at PR-344 north of downtown and ends at its junction with PR-309 near PR-2.^[6] The entire route is located in Hormigueros.

Location	km^[5]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Hormigueros barrio-pueblo	1.3	0.81	PR-309 to PR-2 (Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos) / PR-319 – Hormigueros, Mayagüez, San Germán	Southern terminus of PR-3344
Hormigueros barrio-pueblo–Hormigueros line	0.8	0.50	PR-345 (Calle Julio Pérez Irizarry) – Hormigueros
Hormigueros	0.0	0.0	PR-344 – Hormigueros, Rosario	Northern terminus of PR-3344
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b "PR-344" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
^ "Hormigueros, Memoria Núm. 46" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 106. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "PR-3344" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "PR-3344, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico". geoview.info. Retrieved 22 March 2020.