By The Star Staff
The Baldorioty de Castro expressway (highway PR-26), the main thoroughfare connecting eastern municipalities, such as Carolina, to the capital, will be temporarily closed on Sunday in both directions, the Highways and Transportation Authority (ACT by its initials in Spanish) announced Thursday.
The ACT plans to install a structure at kilometer (km) 4.1 of the highway as part of construction work on a new pedestrian bridge.
To install the structure, a closure in both directions from km 2.0 in the direction of Carolina to km 8.0 in the direction of San Juan is necessary.
The temporary closure will occur starting at midnight on Sunday, Aug. 11 until 6 p.m. on the same day. During the hours the expressway is closed, drivers must use detour routes.
Vehicles traveling on the PR-26 highway from Old San Juan and Santurce toward Carolina must take the southern marginal at km 3.0 to head to Carolina. Once drivers travel through the marginal road they will have two alternatives for reconnecting with PR-26 toward Carolina.
Vehicles must use the marginal as an alternative until reaching the intersection with Degetau Street, where drivers must turn left and proceed until the intersection with Loíza Street. Then, they must turn right and continue along Loíza Street and Isla Verde Avenue and join the Baldorioty (PR-26) again.
Another alternate route is to continue along the marginal until the intersection with Tapia Street, turn right, and proceed to the Gilberto Monroig Street intersection. Then, vehicles must turn left and proceed until reaching Pellín Rodríguez Street, turn left again and proceed to the intersection with the PR-26 marginal, and then turn right to merge back onto the PR-26 highway.
Drivers leaving Old San Juan or Isla Verde and heading east can detour from PR-1 to PR-17. To get to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, drivers must use PR-17 toward the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge or use Branch 8 (PR-8) toward Iturregui or Campo Rico avenues and continue east toward PR-26.
Likewise, drivers traveling on PR-22 and PR-18 to the east of the island must take alternate routes such as the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge, PR-3 or Avenida Campo Rico and Iturregui through Branch 8 (PR-8) and PR-17.
Drivers heading west on PR-26, from Carolina toward San Juan and Santurce, should take exit 7-8 at km 8.2 toward highway PR-187 and continue until the intersection with Isla Verde Avenue, where they will turn left heading west, and continue to Loíza Street where they will turn left at its intersection with De Diego Street to rejoin PR-26 heading west.
Drivers traveling from the east of the island via PR-66 and PR-3 can detour and take alternate routes such as PR-3 toward Río Piedras, Campo Rico or Iturregui avenues and the Teodoro Moscoso Bridge exit 8-A toward PR-17.
The ACT urges drivers and the general public to be attentive to traffic signs and other traffic control devices in the area for their safety and orientation. Drivers are also encouraged to use the WAZE app.
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