Puerto Rico Highway 2

San Antón
Major intersections	Canas PR-100 in Guanajibo PR-1107 in Victoria PR-22 in Carrizales PR-10 in Arecibo barrio-pueblo PR-149 in Coto Norte PR-165 in Media Luna PR-5 in Bayamón barrio-pueblo PR-22 in Pueblo Viejo PR-1 in Santurce
To	PR-26 in Santurce
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Ponce, Peñuelas, Guayanilla, Yauco, Guánica, Sabana Grande, San Germán, Hormigueros, Mayagüez, Añasco, Aguada, Aguadilla, Moca, Isabela, Quebradillas, Camuy, Hatillo, Arecibo, Barceloneta, Manatí, Vega Baja, Vega Alta, Dorado, Toa Baja, Bayamón, Guaynabo, San Juan
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Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2) is a road in Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Ponce. At 156 miles (230 km) long, it is Puerto Rico's longest singled-signed highway.^{[3][failed verification]}

The road runs counter-clockwise from San Juan to Ponce. PR-2 runs parallel to the northern coast of Puerto Rico (west of San Juan), then parallel to the west coast from near Aguadilla running south through Mayagüez. Shortly after Mayagüez, the road runs somewhat inland (through Hormigueros, San Germán and Sabana Grande) until it reaches the southern coast of Puerto Rico at Yauco, and continues to run parallel the southern shore as it approaches Ponce from the west. In addition to Arecibo, Aguadilla, and Mayagüez, the road runs through various other cities including Guaynabo, Bayamón, San Germán and Yauco.^[4] In some sections the road is a four-lane highway while in other sections the road is either a six-lane or eight-lane highway.

The section of PR-2 from Ponce to the

PRI-2. PRI-2 originally included the entire route of PR-2 until the construction of PR-22, which has since been assigned the PRI-2 designation from its western terminus in Hatillo to its eastern terminus in San Juan.

Route description

San Juan to Hatillo

Puerto Rico Highway 2 starts off in San Juan as an 8-lane road and heads west roughly parallel to the northern shore of the island. It makes its way through the Caparra section of San Juan, intersecting with Route 22, which provides access to San Juan's Santurce ward and to the cities of Carolina and Caguas. Heading west, PR-2 traverses the cities of Guaynabo and Bayamon as a heavily used road. In addition to numerous residential communities, PR-2 also provides access to malls, movie theaters, restaurants, hospitals, and various colleges and universities, among other facilities in this area.

The road then serves the towns of Toa Baja, Dorado, and Vega Baja and Vega Alta. In these areas the road experiences heavy traffic. Continuing west, Puerto Rico Highway 2 next serves the industrial towns of Manatí and Barceloneta providing access to several pharmaceutical companies, among other sources of employment outside the agricultural sector. In this area the road is also the main road to intersections leading to the beaches of Los Tubos, Mar Chiquita, Tortuguero, Puerto de las Vacas, and Las Criollas.

The next major city on the road is Arecibo. On PR-2, in the eastern part of Arecibo is the longest bridge in Puerto Rico.^[5] PR-2 also intersects with PR-10 for access to the interior of the island as well as Ponce on the southern shore. After Arecibo the road then makes its way to the town of Hatillo where it meets with the current western terminus of the new PR-22 expressway.^[3]

• Puerto Rico Highway 2
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  Heading east from Caparra to San Juan
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  Heading west from Caparra to Bayamón

Hatillo to Mayagüez

West of its interchange with PR-22 in Hatillo, PR-2 becomes a primary road and meets several important highways that serve the center of the island such as PR-119, PR-110 and PR-112. This stretch of the highway contains a multitude of traffic lights. Following Hatillo the roads traverses the towns of Camuy, Quebradillas and Isabela. At Isabela, PR-2 provides access to roads leading to various beaches, including Blue Hole, Guajataca, and Jobos.

In the city of Aguadilla, PR-2 turns south at its intersection with

of Mayagüez. In this area Puerto Rico Highway 2 provides access to Aguadilla's Rafael Hernandez airport, as well as to various area beach resorts. The trip from Aguadilla to Mayagüez takes about 30 minutes, and PR-2 has fewer traffic lights in this stretch of the road than those experienced so far anywhere from its San Juan terminus starting point.

Mayagüez to Hormigueros

PR-2 is a major 6-lane highway in Mayagüez, which is one of the major cities in Puerto Rico. It intersect with PR-102 and PR-64, which serve as by-pass routes. The

.

Hormigueros to Ponce

Heading southeastward passed Hormigueros, PR-2 becomes a four-lane

state park.

As the road makes its way through the hills of Peñuelas' barrio Tallaboa, the ruins of the abandoned 1970s

Ponce

The road is an 8-lane divided highway in its western approach to Ponce. After its intersection with the

As the road makes its way through the city of Ponce, it is also known as the Ponce Bypass.

.

Municipalities served

PR-2 runs through 26 municipalities. Cataño, Rincón, Cabo Rojo and Lajas are the only coastal municipalities in Puerto Rico (west of San Juan and Ponce) that PR-2 does not pass in the way from San Juan to Ponce, though PR-2 is less than one mile from the limits between Hormigueros and Cabo Rojo at its intersection with PR-100. PR-2 passes through a small segment of the municipality of Guánica, only slightly over a mile long. PR-2 also passes near Moca in the vicinity of Aguadilla, less than a mile away.

The following are the municipalities through which PR-2 runs, in counterclockwise from San Juan to Ponce:

History

PR-2 has been in use for many decades. It was initially a 2-lane road. It experienced enhancements throughout the years. In the northern coast of the island, the need for a better road was addressed with the construction of PR-22, a new 4-lane road parallel to PR-2.

In the southern and southwestern part of the island, this need was addressed by improvements to the exiting PR-2 road, which was already a 4-lane road. In this stretch, during the mid 2000s to early 2010s, the

]

As for the western section of PR-2, the DTOP has also eyed the stretch between Mayaguez to Aguadilla for conversion into a freeway. This would occur between the future western terminus of Puerto Rico Highway 22 in Aguadilla to the Mayaguez city limits.^[9] The PR-22 extension to Aguadilla was planned for completion in 2016,^[9] and freeway conversion of the Aguadilla-to-Mayaguez segment of PR-2 was slanted to begin shortly afterward.

Improvements and PR-22

Due to the high population density on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, a new,

Major intersections

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  PR-2 west at PR-8855 intersection in Bayamón
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  PR-2 east approaching PR-5 interchange in Bayamón
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  PR-149 north at PR-2 junction in Manatí
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  PR-2 east at the northern terminus of PR-129 in Arecibo

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
San Antón	230.2	143.0		PR-1 / PR-133 west (Avenida Ednita Nazario) to PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Ponce, San Juan	Clockwise terminus of PR-2; PR-52 exit 101A
	229.5– 229.4	142.6– 142.5		PR-163 north (Avenida Julio Enrique Monagas) – Ponce
	228.7	142.1		PR-12 (Avenida Santiago de los Caballeros) to PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Ponce, San Juan, Juana Díaz	PR-52 exit 104A; diamond interchange
	Playa	227.7		141.5	PR-123 (Avenida Eugenio María de Hostos) – Ponce
	Canas Urbano–Playa line	226.1– 226.0		140.5– 140.4	PR-585 (Avenida Eduardo Ruberté Bisó) – Ponce
		225.7– 225.6		140.2– 140.2	PR-2R north (Carretera Pámpanos) / PR-5549 – Ponce
	Canas	224.9	139.7	—	PR-9 north (Avenida Baramaya) – Ponce	Western terminus of Ponce Bypass; eastern terminus of Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella; partial cloverleaf interchange
		224.6	139.6	224	PR-52 north (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – San Juan, Santa Isabel, Playa
Tallaboa Poniente	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Tallaboa Saliente	213.2– 213.1	132.5– 132.4	213	PR-385 (Desvío Ángel Miguel Candelario Arce) – Peñuelas	Partial cloverleaf interchange
Magas	Diamond interchange
	Jaguas	204.8	127.3	205	PR-132 north (Carretera Juan C. Torres Irizarry) / PR-136 (Avenida Pedro Albizu Campos) – Guayanilla, Peñuelas	Diamond interchange
Jácana	199.6	124.0	200	PR-359 (Carretera General Mihiel Gilormini Pacheco) – Yauco, Cambalache	Diamond interchange
	Susúa Baja	198.1	123.1	198	PR-128 (Avenida Pedro Albizu Campos) / PR-3334 – Yauco	Diamond interchange
Trumpet interchange
Parguera	Diamond interchange
	183.0	113.7	183	To PR-121 (Avenida Vicente Quilinche) / PR-Calle Martínez Vega – Sabana Grande	Diamond interchange
San Germán	Minillas	180.5	112.2	181	PR-102 – Sabana Grande	Diamond interchange
	Parguera	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Caín Bajo	173.0– 172.9	107.5– 107.4	172	PR-119 – Maricao, Las Marías	Western terminus of Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella; southeastern terminus of Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos; diamond interchange
Hormigueros barrio-pueblo	163.5	101.6	163–162	PR-309 / PR-319 south – Hormigueros
	Guanajibo	161.2	100.2	161	PR-100 south (Avenida Antonio J. "Tony" Fas Alzamora) – Cabo Rojo	Trumpet interchange
		160.4	99.7		PR-343 – Hormigueros
PR-239 north (Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances) – Mayagüez
	Mayagüez barrio-pueblo	156.2– 156.1	97.1– 97.0		PR-63 west (Avenida William C. Dunscombe) – Joyuda
		153.8	95.6		PR-239 south (Bulevar Alfonso Valdés Cobián) – Mayagüez	Former PR-2R
	Algarrobos, Miradero	Northwestern terminus of Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos; southern terminus of Expreso Miguel A. García Méndez
	Mayagüez barrio-pueblo	152.5	94.8		PR-102 – Zona Portuaria	No left turn from PR-2 southbound; no access across PR-2
	Algarrobos
	El Maní, Miradero, Sabanetas
Río Grande de Añasco		146.4– 146.3	91.0– 90.9	Puente Salcedo[11]
Añasco Abajo	145.7– 145.6	90.5– 90.5		PR-109 east / PR-115 west (Avenida Profesor Tomás Bonilla Feliciano) – Añasco, Rincón	Northern terminus of Expreso Miguel A. García Méndez; southwestern terminus of Expreso Rafael Hernández, "El Jibarito"
	Caracol	143.1	88.9		PR-402 – Añasco, Rincón
	Quebrada Larga	141.3	87.8		PR-110 (Carretera Pedro "Don Pello" Acevedo Hernández) – Marías
Guanábano	134.4	83.5	PR-417 – Aguada, Naranjo
PR-1107 north (Avenida Victoria) to PR-115 (Avenida Profesor Tomás Bonilla Feliciano) – Aguadilla, Aguada, Moca	Partial cloverleaf interchange
	Caimital Bajo	127.6	79.3	128	PR-2 Spur west (Avenida San Carlos) – Aguadilla	Trumpet interchange
		125.8	78.2		PR-107 north (Carretera Pedro Albizu Campos) – Punta Borinquen, Aeropuerto Rafael Hernández	Northeastern terminus of Expreso Rafael Hernández, "El Jibarito"; western terminus of Carretera José Joaquín "Yiye" Ávila
	Ceiba Baja line	119.5	74.3		PR-110 north (Avenida Miguel Ángel García Méndez) – Punta Borinquen, Aeropuerto Rafael Hernández	Western terminus of PR-110 concurrency
	Ceiba Baja	118.3	73.5		PR-110 (Carretera Antonio Cabán Vale, "El Topo") – Moca	Eastern terminus of PR-110 concurrency; eastern terminus of Carretera José Joaquín "Yiye" Ávila
Moca	No major junctions
Arenales Bajos	Western terminus of PR-112 concurrency
	Mora line	112.9	70.2	PR-112 (Avenida Sargento Agustín Ramos Calero) – Isabela	Eastern terminus of PR-112 concurrency
	Mora tripoint	112.0	69.6		PR-212 north (Carretera Santiago Polanco Abreu) / PR-4494 (Avenida Félix Aldarondo Santiago) – Isabela
	Coto	105.1	65.3		PR-113 – Isabela	Western terminus of PR-113 concurrency; no left turn from PR-113
Río Guajataca		104.4	64.9	Puente Elvira[11]
Terranova	103.6	64.4		PR-113 – Quebradillas	Eastern terminus of PR-113 concurrency; no left turn from PR-113
Puente	91.7	57.0		PR-4491 (Avenida Los Veteranos) to PR-119 – Camuy, San Sebastián
Hatillo barrio-pueblo	87.9– 87.8	54.6– 54.6		PR-130 (Avenida Pablo J. Aguilar) – Hatillo, Lares
	Hatillo barrio-pueblo line	86.5		53.7	PR-119 (Avenida Doctor Francisco Susoni) – Hatillo
	Carrizales	83.0	51.6	—	PR-22 east (Autopista José de Diego) – Lares, Utuado, San Juan	Trumpet interchange
Arecibo barrio-pueblo	77.3	48.0		PR-129 south (Avenida San Luis) – Lares
	76.1	47.3		PR-10 south to PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Utuado, San Juan	PR-22 exit 75A
	Factor	65.3		40.6	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) / PR-683 – Manatí, Morovis, San Juan, Hatillo, Aguadilla, Mayagüez	PR-22 exit 64
Florida Afuera	58.2– 58.1	36.2– 36.1		PR-140 (Carretera Benito de Jesús Negrón) – Barceloneta, Florida
	55.7	34.6		PR-140 (Carretera Benito de Jesús Negrón) to PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Barceloneta, San Juan, Arecibo	PR-22 exit 55
Coto Norte	48.4– 48.3	30.1– 30.0		PR-149 (Carretera Fernando "Nando" Otero Sánchez) to PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Ciales, San Juan, Barceloneta, Arecibo	PR-22 exit 48
Vega Baja	Algarrobo	42.8		26.6	PR-137 south (Expreso Ángel "Tony" Laureano Martínez) to PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Morovis, San Juan, Arecibo	PR-22 exits 42 and 42A
	Cabo Caribe	37.8		23.5	PR-155 (Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances) / PR-688 – Vega Baja
	Almirante Norte
Vega Alta	Bajura	33.8		21.0	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Bayamón, San Juan, Arecibo, Mayagüez	PR-22 exit 32; partial cloverleaf interchange
	Higuillar, San Juan, Arecibo	PR-22 exit 27
Maguayo–Espinosa line	25.9	16.1	—	PR-142 south (Carretera José Antonio "Sonny" Rodríguez Ortiz) – Corozal	Trumpet interchange
	Río Lajas	23.5	14.6		PR-165 south (Carretera Río Lajas) / PR-693 north (Avenida Édgar Martínez Salgado) – Dorado, Toa Alta, Corozal	Western terminus of PR-165 concurrency
Río de la Plata		23.4	14.5	Puente de la Virgencita
Media Luna	22.6	14.0	—	PR-165 north to PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Toa Baja, San Juan, Arecibo	Eastern terminus of PR-165 concurrency; PR-22 exits 22 and 22B; trumpet interchange
Hato Tejas	15.1	9.4		PR-29 (Avenida Main Oeste) – Cataño, San Juan
	14.3	8.9		Hato Tejas
	Bayamón barrio-pueblo	11.9		7.4	PR-167 (Avenida Ramón Luis Rivera) – Bayamón, Naranjito, Comerío
		11.5– 11.4	7.1– 7.1	—	PR-5 (Expreso Río Hondo) – Bayamón, Cataño, San Juan, Arecibo, Aguas Buenas	Single-point urban interchange
	Juan Sánchez	9.8	6.1		PR-6 north (Calle San José) – Cataño
Pueblo Viejo	6.4	4.0	6	PR-19 (Avenida Luis Vigoreaux) – Guaynabo	Eastbound exit only
	6.3	3.9		PR-20 south (Expreso Rafael Martínez Nadal) – Guaynabo, Caguas	Western terminus of Expreso John F. Kennedy; trumpet interchange
	5.7	3.5	5	PR-23 east (Avenida Franklin Delano Roosevelt) / PR-165 north (Avenida El Caño) – Guaynabo, San Patricio, Puerto Nuevo
	5.0– 4.8	3.1– 3.0	4	Santurce, Carolina, Caguas, Bayamón, Arecibo, Cataño	Signed as exits 4A (east) and 4C (west); no access to PR-22 eastbound from PR-2 westbound; PR-22 exits 6, 6A and 6B
San Juan	Río Puerto Nuevo	2.0– 1.5	1.2– 0.93	Puente de la Constitución
	Hato Rey, Carolina, Caguas	Eastern terminus of Expreso John F. Kennedy; western terminus of Avenida Roberto H. Todd; partial cloverleaf interchange
		0.8	0.50		Santurce
		0.6– 0.5	0.37– 0.31		One-way street
		0.3	0.19		PR-25 north (Avenida Juan Ponce de León) – San Juan	One-way street
		0.0	0.0		PR-26 (Expreso Román Baldorioty de Castro) – San Juan, Carolina	Counterclockwise terminus of PR-2; PR-26 exit 1; diamond interchange
					Calle Condado / Calle Luisa	Continuation beyond PR-26
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

Related routes

Puerto Rico Highway 2R (

Aguadilla spur

Highway 2 Spur
Location	Aguadilla
Length	0.85 km[13] (0.53 mi; 2,800 ft)

This short east–west segment, known as San Carlos Avenue,[14] is the main connection to both downtown Aguadilla and Aguadilla Mall from PR-2. It begins at an interchange with PR-2, immediately to the east is the mall. It then heads west through a curvy downhill slope, quickly arriving in the town square and intersecting with PR-111. It then immediately ends at PR-440 in front of the coastline. From the PR-2 interchange to the square it is divided, while the rest is a two way urban street. The entire route is located in Aguadilla. 

Location	km[13]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Aguadilla barrio-pueblo	0.85	0.53	PR-440 (Avenida José de Jesús Esteves) – Aguadilla	Western terminus of Ramal PR-2; roundabout
	0.75	0.47	PR-1107 south (Calle José de Diego) – Aguadilla	Former PR-111; one-way street
	0.70	0.43	PR-111R ; one-way street
Caimital Bajo	0.00	0.00	PR-2 (Expreso Rafael Hernández, "El Jibarito") – Arecibo, Mayagüez	Eastern terminus of Ramal PR-2; PR-2 exit 128
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Mayagüez loop

Highway 2R
Location	Mayagüez
Length	5.3 km[15] (3.3 mi)
Existed	y

Historically was the right of way of PR-2 inside Mayagüez downtown before the construction of Avenida Eugenio María de Hostos. The entirety of its segment in Mayagüez was formerly known as Calle Post, until recently when it was renamed into two names, under the José Guillermo Rodríguez administration. As the longest street in Mayagüez, served as main entrance to the center of the city and gave access to some communities as Colombia, Santurce, Belmonte, Cuesta de las Piedras, Río Cristal and Barriada Nadal (Poblado Sábalos). Originally named by governor Regis Henri Post in 1909, it was recently renamed both honoring Alfonso Valdés Cobián and Ramón Emeterio Betances by disposition of the Municipal Legislative. Currently the entire road was renumbered to PR-239.^[16]

The former street runs north–south for 5 miles and begins in a park at front of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez on the intersection of PR-2, connecting with Puerto Rico Highway 65 just before crossing the Yagüez River. In this section is called now Alfonso Valdés Cobián Boulevard. Going south the Yagüez River comes inside the downtown of Mayagüez city, crossing the Méndez Vigo (PR-106), Candelaria (PR-105), Nenadich, Hiram David Cabassa, PR-348, PR-380, and Carolina roads to finally ending at the PR-2 aside with Avenida Corazones in Sábalos ward. In this section is called now Ramón Emeterio Betances Street. The entire route is located in Mayagüez. 

Location	km[15]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Sábalos	5.3	3.3	PR-2 (Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos) / PR-114 south (Avenida Santa Teresa Jornet) – Hormigueros, Ponce, Añasco, Aguadilla	Southern terminus of PR-2R
	5.2– 5.1	3.2– 3.2	PR-Avenida Corazones – Mayagüez
	3.6	2.2	PR-380 – Mayagüez
Mayagüez barrio-pueblo line	3.3	2.1	PR-348 – Quebrada Grande
	2.7– 2.6	1.7– 1.6	To PR-2 (Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos) / PR-Avenida Hiram David Cabassa – Mayagüez
Mayagüez barrio-pueblo	1.9	1.2	PR-Calle Nenadich – Mayagüez
	1.4	0.87	To One-way street
	1.3	0.81	To PR-2 (Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos) / [[Puerto Rico Highway Calle Méndez Vigo |PR-Calle Méndez Vigo]] – Mayagüez	One-way street
	0.9	0.56	PR-65 east (Avenida Pedro Albizu Campos) to PR-108 – Mayagüez, Las Marías	Northern terminus of PR-2R through Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances; eastern terminus of PR-2R through Bulevar Alfonso Valdés Cobián
	0.0	0.0	PR-2 (Expreso Eugenio María de Hostos) – Aguadilla, Ponce	Northern terminus of PR-2R
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Route transition

Ponce spur

Highway 2R
Location	Ponce
Length	1.9 km[17] (1.2 mi)

Also known as Carretera a Pámpanos, the north–south road runs for 1.9 km (1.2 mi)^[18] and was the original PR-2 before the construction of the current alignment known as the Ponce By Pass.^[19] Some publications call the northern portion of this road Calle Coto Canas.^[20]

Located entirely within

. The entire length of PR-2R in Ponce is a two-lane road.

In the 1810s, today's PR-2R in Ponce was part of what was called "Camino de Tallaboa" (Road to Tallaboa),

The entire route is located in Ponce. 

Location	km[17]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Canas Urbano line	0.0	0.0	PR-2 (Ponce Bypass) / PR-5549 – San Juan, Mayagüez	Southern terminus of PR-2R
Canas Urbano	0.4– 0.5	0.25– 0.31	PR-585 south (Avenida Eduardo Roberté Bisó) – Ponce
	1.1	0.68	PR-163 (Bulevar Luis A. Ferré Aguayo) – Ponce
Segundo tripoint	1.9	1.2	PR-123 (Calle Villa) – Ponce, Adjuntas	Northern terminus of PR-2R
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Interstate Highways in Puerto Rico
• List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Notes

References

External links

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• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 2 and Puerto Rico Highway 2R at Wikimedia Commons
• Historia de las Carreteras de Puerto Rico. Retrieved July 30, 2009. (in Spanish)
• Roads in Porto Rico. By Manuel Victor Domenech (Former Commissioner of the Interior), in The Overland Monthly. Vol 73, No, 4; April, 1919. Page 321. Retrieved September 23, 2009.