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{{Infobox road
| name = Porto Rico Avenue
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| established = circa 1902
| decommissioned = March 1971
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| cities = [[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]]
| length_mi =
| direction_a = north
| terminus_a = [[9th Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|9th Street]]
| direction_b = south
| terminus_b =
}}
'''Porto Rico Avenue''' was an alleyway in [[Racine, Wisconsin]], that extended south from [[9th Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|9th Street]] halfway to [[10th Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|10th Street]], between [[Washington Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|Washington Avenue]] and [[Center Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|Center Street]]. It ran halfway across the block along the east side of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Racine, Wisconsin)|Milwaukee Road]] tracks.
==History==
[[File:Porto Rico Avenue, Racine, WI, 1971.PNG|thumb|right|All five houses along Porto Rico Avenue were abandoned and condemned when the name was removed in 1971.]]
The name "Porto Rico Avenue" first appears in city records around 1902, suggesting that the name was directly inspired by the United States' annexation of {{w|Puerto Rico}} after the {{w|Spanish-American War}}, which occurred in 1898.<ref name=oped-feb1971>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53819951/the-journal-times/ "Opinion: Change Name of Street"], [[Racine Journal Times]], February 5, 1971, page 14A.</ref>
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