Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority

The Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority (PRHTA) —Spanish: Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación (ACT)— is the government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico charged with constructing, operating, and maintaining roads, bridges, avenues, highways, tunnels, public parkings, tolls, and other transit facilities in Puerto Rico. The Authority is also charged with providing an integrated transportation system to Puerto Rico and its people.[1]

Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority
Agency overview
FormedJune 23, 1965; 59 years ago (1965-06-23)
Preceding agency
  • Highways Authority
Jurisdictionexecutive branch
HeadquartersSan Juan, Puerto Rico
Agency executive
Parent departmentDepartment of Transportation and Public Works
Key document
  • 74 (PDF). June 25, 1965.

Public-private partnerships

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Name Operates
Autopistas de Puerto Rico Teodoro Moscoso Bridge
Metropistas PR-5 & PR-22

Executive directors

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2009–present: Rubén Hernández Gregorat

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ley de la Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación de Puerto Rico (PDF) (74) (in Spanish). June 23, 1965. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
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