Puerto Rico Primary and Secondary Roads from 2023 TIGER/Line

2023 TIGER/Line shapefile extracts road data for Puerto Rico, distinguishing between primary and secondary roads using MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Codes (MTFCC). The U.S. Census Bureau provides this data as part of its seamless national geographic database. It includes linear features, address ranges, and street centerlines for the state.

Use Cases

• Map primary roads (MTFCC S1100) and secondary roads (MTFCC S1200) for Puerto Rico to analyze the island's highway network structure.
• Integrate road features and address ranges for geocoding applications or location-based service development in Puerto Rico.
• Perform spatial analysis on linear road features to calculate connectivity, density, or proximity metrics for transportation planning.
• Combine this standalone shapefile with other TIGER/Line extracts to build a seamless national road dataset covering the entire U.S.

Strengths

• Data is part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File/TIGER Database, ensuring national topological consistency with no overlaps or gaps.
• Roads are classified using specific MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Codes (S1100 for primary, S1200 for secondary), enabling precise categorical analysis.
• The dataset was last updated in August 2025, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The exact number of road segments (rows) and attributes (columns) is unknown, making it difficult to assess the dataset's scale and structure prior to download.
• As a 2023 extract, the data may not reflect road network changes, new constructions, or closures that occurred after its creation.
• Focus is exclusively on Puerto Rico, limiting broader geographic analysis without combining multiple TIGER/Line files.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Data reflects 2023 geography, with metadata last updated on 2025-08-10.

Geography

Puerto Rico (State or Equivalent Entity)