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Calle Post (Post Street) is the main street of Mayagüez. The street run north-south for 5 miles and is signed as Puerto Rico Highway PR-2R. Calle Post begins at the intersection of PR-2 in a park at front of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, connects with Puerto Rico Highway 65 just before crossing the Yagüez River and cross inside the downtown of Mayagüez city, ending as a dead-end near the PR-2 at side with Avenida Corazones in Sabalos ward.

Calle Post is the most long street in Mayagüez, serving as main entrance to the center of the city and giving access to some communities as Colombia, Santurce, Belmonte, Cuesta de las Piedras and Barriada Nadal (Poblado Sabalos). The roads 105, 106, and 348 start from it.

It have facing some of the most important institutions and historical places as: Recinto Universitario de Mayaguez, Cerveceria India, Parque de los Proceres, Hospital San Antonio, Iglesia Central Presbiteriana, Asilo de Ancianos, Municipal Sport and Recreation Department (Matadero Municipal), Recinto de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica en Mayagüez and Cementerio Municipal de Mayagüez.

Originally named by governor Regis Henri Post in 1909, it was recently renamed Ramón Emeterio Betances by disposition of the Municipal Legislative.