Puerto Rico Highway 577

Highway 577 marker

Highway 577
Route information
Length: 0.40 km (0.25 mi)
Major junctions
South end: PR-143 in Barrio Anón, Ponce
North end: Cerro Maravilla, Barrio Anón, Ponce
Highway system

Puerto Rico Highways

← PR-576PR-578 →

Puerto Rico Highway 577 (PR-577) is a short tertiary[1] mountain road that connects PR-143 (also known as Ruta Panoramica [Scenic Route] in this sector) to the Cerro Maravilla communications towers, in Barrio Anon, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road's northern terminus is at the Cerro Maravilla communications towers atop the Cerro Maravilla mountain, and its southern terminus is at its intersection with PR-143.

Route description

PR-143 (Ruta Panoramica) westbound in Barrio Anon, Ponce, approaching PR-577 (on the right), which leads to Cerro Maravilla.

PR-577 is a short road, approximately one-quarter mile in length. The road's primary purpose is to provide access to the television, radio and telephone communications towers located at the top of the Cerro Maravilla mountain. The road is somewhat steep, but it is safe to climb it in an automobile. Care must be exercised, however, if using the road while raining. It is an asphalt road. The road is not a full two-lane road but, instead, as it is the case with many of Puerto Rico's mountain roads, it is approximately 1 and 1/2 lanes wide. As a result, if traveling this road in a vehicle, it is necessary to reduce the speed to almost a crawl when another vehicle is approaching in the opposite direction.

Significance

PR-143 (Ruta Panoramica) eastbound in Barrio Anon, Ponce, approaching PR-577 (on the left), which leads to Cerro Maravilla. Note the white "PR-577" road sign barely visible on the right

The Cerro Maravilla mountain gained notoriety in Puerto Rico and internationally as the site where Puerto Rico Police ambushed two young Puerto Rican independence advocates in 1978, murdering both, in an incident now known as the Cerro Maravilla murders. The men, aged 18 and 23, had been lured to the place by an undercover police agent to attempt to destroy the communications towers in an effort to call attention to the incarceration of Puerto Rican political prisoners in the United States. The killing of the two men was covered up by the Puerto Rico Police and several high-level Puerto Rico government officials, and were not investigated diligently by the FBI, for which the FBI director later apologized.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportacion (ACT). Archived from the original on February 21, 2012.


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