Puerto Rico Highway 143

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PR secondary 143.svg Ellipse sign 143.svg
Highway 143
Ruta 143
Mapa de la carretera PR-143 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M143).svg
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length58.7 km [1] [2] [3]  (36.5 mi)
Existed1953 [4] –present
Major junctions
West endEllipse sign 123.svg PR-123 in Saltillo
Major intersections
East endEllipse sign 162.svg PR-162 in Helechal
Location
Country United States
Territory Puerto Rico
Municipalities Adjuntas, Utuado, Ponce, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Orocovis, Villalba, Coamo, Barranquitas
Highway system
← PR secondary 142.svg PR-142 → PR secondary 144.svg PR-144

Puerto Rico Highway 143 (PR-143) is a secondary highway that connects the town of Adjuntas to the town of Barranquitas. This roads extends from PR-123 to PR-162 along the Cordillera Central. [5]

Contents

Route description

Heading east from Adjuntas, PR-143 runs through the northern border of the municipality of Ponce, before reaching Orocovis and then Barranquitas.

Tourist attractions

The road is a major part of Puerto Rico's Panoramic Route, being the major middle component of such route. It crosses Toro Negro State Forest, and leads to such landmarks as Cerro de Punta and Lago El Guineo lake. [6] The Orocovis-Villalba lookout and Cerro Maravilla as well as a number of local restaurants can be found along the way.

Route features

No.kmFeatureDirectionNotes
00.0 PR-10 North and SouthTo Ponce (SB) or to Adjuntas (NB)
13.3 PR-521 NorthTo Jayuya
23.9 PR-503 (also to PR-505)SouthTo Ponce
37.3 PR-140 NorthTo Jayuya
47.9 San Patricio Elementary School North-
511.6 PR-139 SouthTo Ponce
612.4 PR-511 SouthTo Ponce (blocked by landslides as of 01/15)
716.7 Cerro de Punta NorthTallest mountain in PR
818.2 Monte Jayuya NorthRadio/TV Towers
921.2 PR-577 North Cerro Maravilla
1028.1 PR-149 SouthTo Villalba
1128.5 PR-149 and sign to Toro Negro State Forest NorthTo Ciales
1232.4PR DRNA Toro Negro State Forest OfficeNorth-
1339.6Mirador Villaba-Orocovis (Scenic Lookout)South-

Major intersections

MunicipalityLocationkm
[1] [2] [3] 		miDestinationsNotes
Adjuntas Saltillo 0.00.0Ellipse sign 123.svg PR-123  – Adjuntas, Ponce Western terminus of PR-143; western terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Adjuntas
0.5–
0.6		0.31–
0.37		PR primary 10.svg PR-10 (Carretera Rigoberto "Pucho" Ramos Aquino) – Adjuntas, Ponce
Portugués 3.42.1Ellipse sign 521.svg PR-521  – Vegas Arriba
Utuado Consejo 3.92.4South plate county (es).svg
PR secondary 503.svg PR-503 south (Carretera David Medina Feliciano) – Ponce
Ponce–Jayuya–
Utuado municipal tripoint		 San Patricio–Pica–
Consejo tripoint		7.44.6North plate county (es).svg
PR secondary 140.svg PR-140 north – Jayuya
Jayuya–Ponce
municipal line		 Jauca–Anón line11.87.3Ellipse sign 139.svg PR-139  – Ponce
12.77.9Ellipse sign 511.svg PR-511  – Ponce Blocked by landslides as of January 2015
Ponce Anón 21.913.6Ellipse sign 577.svg PR-577  – Cerro Maravilla
Juana Díaz
No major junctions
Orocovis–Villalba
municipal line		 Ala de la Piedra–Villalba Arriba line29.0
45.4 [a] 		18.0
28.2		Ellipse sign 149.svg PR-149 (Carretera José Joaquín Rodríguez Rodríguez) – Villalba Southern terminus of PR-149 concurrency
Orocovis Ala de la Piedra 44.8 [a]
29.1		27.8
18.1		Ellipse sign 149.svg PR-149 (Carretera José Joaquín Rodríguez Rodríguez) – Ciales, Jayuya Northern terminus of PR-149 concurrency
Bauta Abajo 34.021.1Ellipse sign 564.svg PR-564  – Bauta Abajo
39.324.4Ellipse sign 590.svg PR-590  – Bauta Abajo
Villalba Caonillas Arriba 41.5–
41.6		25.8–
25.8		South plate county (es).svg
PR secondary 151.svg PR-151 south – Villalba
Orocovis–Coamo
municipal line		 Bermejales–Pedro García line46.428.8Ellipse sign 595.svg PR-595  – Pedro García
Bermejales–Bauta Arriba–
Pedro García tripoint		46.729.0PR secondary 155.svg PR-155  – Coamo, Orocovis
Coamo Hayales 51.131.8Ellipse sign 569.svg PR-569  – Orocovis, Sabana
Coamo–Barranquitas
municipal line		 Hayales–Palo Hincado line52.532.6Ellipse sign 720.svg PR-720  – Palo Hincado
Hayales–Helechal line54.133.6Ellipse sign 723.svg PR-723 (Ruta Panorámica) – Aibonito, Pulguillas Eastern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Aibonito
Barranquitas Helechal 58.136.1North plate county (es).svg
PR secondary 152R.svg PR-152R north (Avenida Ingeniero José Zayas Green) – Barranquitas
58.736.5Ellipse sign 162.svg PR-162  – Barranquitas, Aibonito Eastern terminus of PR-143
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former
  •        Concurrency terminus
  1. 1 2 Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-149 rather than PR-143.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "PR-143 west" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "PR-143 center" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. 1 2 "PR-143 east" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Orocovis, Memoria Núm. 47" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ↑ National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN   978-1566955188. OCLC   756511572.
  6. ↑ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 78–79. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.


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