Puerto Rico Highway 10 (PR-10) is a major highway in Puerto Rico. It connects the cities of Ponce in the south and Arecibo to the north; it is also the shortest route between the two cities.
Construction on the modern PR-10, a new 68.26-kilometre (42.41 mi) highway, began in 1974. The highway is being built parallel to the old PR-10; that road is now signed PR-123. Most of the new PR-10 is now complete, with an approximately 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) stretch still remaining to be finished. In its current state it is a freeway only in the completed portions, which consists of over three-fourths of the highway.
PR-10 is anticipated to be completed in 2015, at a cost of $500 million. Upon completion the highway will become one of the two major roads on the island that cross the Cordillera Central mountain range.
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