DR-13 is one of the signed highway in the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

. It connects Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

 to the province of Monte Plata

Monte Plata

Monte Plata is a province of the Dominican Republic, and also the name of its capital city. It was split from San Cristóbal in 1992.-Municipalities and municipal districts:...

 and Monseñor Nouel

Monseñor Nouel

Monseñor Nouel is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from La Vega in 1982.It is named for Monseñor Dr. Adolfo Alejandro Nouel y Bobadilla , Archbishop of Santo Domingo and briefly President of the Republic in 1912-3....

. For most of its run in metropolitan Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

 it is a two-lane avenue that connects the Distrito Nacional

Distrito Nacional

The Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not within any of the provinces, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province....

 with Santo Domingo Norte

Santo Domingo Norte

Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district within the municipality: La Victoria....

 and Villa Mella. DR-13 is the only corridor in Santo Domingo that entirely crosses Greater Santo Domingo all the way from the coast up to Villa Mella named in the portion Avenida Maximo Gomez and in SDN

Santo Domingo Norte

Santo Domingo Norte is a municipality of the Santo Domingo Province in the Dominican Republic. There is one municipal district within the municipality: La Victoria....

 is known as Avenida Hermanas Mirabal]]

Avenida Maximo Gomez

Avenida Maximo Gomez starts in the Malecon (Av. George Washington), Santo Domingo's coastal waterfront and continues north intersecting Expreso 27 de Febrero

DR-3

DR-3 is one of three main dual carriageway highways of the Dominican Republic, connecting Santo Domingo to the eastern cities of the republic. The highway begins at the Plaza de La Bandera, on the western side of Santo Domingo, and travels eastward through downtown Santo Domingo and continues east...

 and then Expreso John F Kennedy

DR-1

DR-1 is a dual carriageway highway that forms part of the five designated national highways of the Dominican Republic. DR-1 provides a fast connection between Santo Domingo, the capital, on the southern coast, and the second city Santiago and the rest of the northerly Cibao region, one of the...

, the two most important transportation corridors of the city. It then exits central

Downtown Santo Domingo

Downtown Santo Domingo or better known as Polígono Central is a term used to group several neighborhoods located in central Santo Domingo, D.N, Dominican Republic defined as the area delineated by John F Kennedy Avenue on the north , on the west by Wiston Churchill avenue, on the east by Maximo...

 Santo Domingo and continues Northward across the Distrito Nacional

Distrito Nacional

The Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo. It is not within any of the provinces, but is itself counted as a province. Before October 16, 2001, the Distrito Nacional was much larger, including what is now known as Santo Domingo Province....

until reaching the Ozama River.