Puerto Rico Highway 143

Highway 143
Highway 143
Ruta 143
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	58.7 km (36.5 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-123 in Saltillo
	PR-10 in Saltillo; PR-503 in Consejo; PR-140 in San Patricio–Pica–Consejo; PR-139 in Jauca–Anón; PR-511 in Jauca–Anón; PR-149 in Ala de la Piedra–Villalba Arriba; PR-151 in Caonillas Arriba; PR-155 in Bermejales–Bauta Arriba–Pedro García; PR-723 in Helechal–Hayales; PR-152R in Helechal;
East end	PR-162 in Helechal
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Adjuntas, Utuado, Ponce, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Orocovis, Villalba, Coamo, Barranquitas
Highway system
	Roads in Puerto Rico; List;

Puerto Rico Highway 143 (PR-143) is a secondary highway that connects the town of Adjuntas to the town of Barranquitas.

Route description

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

A scene on PR-143 westbound in Barrio Anón, Ponce, Puerto Rico
A sign on westbound PR-143 in Barrio Ala de la Piedra, Orocovis, Puerto Rico, pointing out Ruta Panorámica near PR-149

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.^[5] The Orocovis-Villalba lookout and Cerro Maravilla as well as a number of local restaurants can be found along the way.

View of the southern coast of Puerto Rico from PR-143
North entrance of Camino El Bolo trail of Toro Negro State Forest at PR-143 in Orocovis

Route features

No.	Kilometer Mark	Feature	Direction	Notes (about this "Feature")
0	0.0	PR-10	North and South	To Ponce (SB) or to Adjuntas (NB)
1	3.3	PR-521	North	To Jayuya
2	3.9	PR-503 (also to PR-505)	South	To Ponce
3	7.3	PR-140	North	To Jayuya
4	7.9	San Patricio Elementary School	North	-
5	11.6	PR-139	South	To Ponce
6	12.4	PR-511	South	To Ponce (blocked by landslides as of 01/15)
7	16.7	Cerro de Punta	North	Tallest mountain in PR
8	18.2	Monte Jayuya	North	Radio/TV Towers
9	21.2	PR-577	North	Cerro Maravilla
10	28.1	PR-149	South	To Villalba
11	28.5	PR-149 and sign to Toro Negro State Forest	North	To Ciales
12	32.4	PR DRNA Toro Negro State Forest Office	North	-
13	39.6	Mirador Villaba-Orocovis (Scenic Lookout)	South	-

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km ^[1]^[2]^[3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adjuntas	Saltillo	0.0	0.0	PR-123 – Adjuntas, Ponce	Western terminus of PR-143; western terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Adjuntas
	Saltillo	0.5– 0.6	0.31– 0.37	PR-10 (Carretera Rigoberto "Pucho" Ramos Aquino) – Adjuntas, Ponce
	Portugués	3.4	2.1	PR-521 – Vegas Arriba
Utuado	Consejo	3.9	2.4	PR-503 south (Carretera David Medina Feliciano) – Ponce
Ponce–Jayuya– Utuado municipal tripoint	San Patricio–Pica– Consejo tripoint	7.4	4.6	PR-140 north – Jayuya
Jayuya–Ponce municipal line	Jauca–Anón line	11.8	7.3	PR-139 – Ponce
Jayuya–Ponce municipal line	Jauca–Anón line	12.7	7.9	PR-511 – Ponce	Blocked by landslides as of January 2015
Ponce	Anón	21.9	13.6	PR-577 – Cerro Maravilla
Juana Díaz	No major junctions
Orocovis–Villalba municipal line	Ala de la Piedra–Villalba Arriba line	29.0 45.4^[a]	18.0 28.2	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	PR-149 (Carretera José Joaquín Rodríguez Rodríguez) – Ciales, Jayuya	Northern terminus of PR-149 concurrency
	Bauta Abajo	34.0	21.1	PR-564 – Bauta Abajo
	Bauta Abajo	39.3	24.4	PR-590 – Bauta Abajo
Villalba	Caonillas Arriba	41.5– 41.6	25.8– 25.8	PR-151 south – Villalba
Orocovis–Coamo municipal line	Bermejales–Pedro García line	46.4	28.8	PR-595 – Pedro García
Orocovis–Coamo municipal line	Bermejales–Bauta Arriba– Pedro García tripoint	46.7	29.0	PR-155 – Coamo, Orocovis
Coamo	Hayales	51.1	31.8	PR-569 – Orocovis, Sabana
Coamo–Barranquitas municipal line	Hayales–Palo Hincado line	52.5	32.6	PR-720 – Palo Hincado
Coamo–Barranquitas municipal line	Hayales–Helechal line	54.1	33.6	PR-723 (Ruta Panorámica) – Aibonito, Pulguillas	Eastern terminus of the Ruta Panorámica concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Aibonito
Barranquitas	Helechal	58.1	36.1	PR-152R north (Avenida Ingeniero José Zayas Green) – Barranquitas
Barranquitas	Helechal	58.7	36.5	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

^ ^a ^b Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-149 rather than PR-143.

References

^ ^a ^b "PR-143 west" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "PR-143 center" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "PR-143 east" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "Orocovis, Memoria Núm. 47" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 78–79. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.