Highway 143
Ruta 143
Route information
Maintained byPuerto Rico DTPW
Length	58.7 km[1][2][3] (36.5 mi)
Existed	1953[4]–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-123 inSaltillo
Major intersections	PR-10 in Saltillo PR-503 inConsejo PR-140 inSan Patricio–Pica–Consejo PR-139 inJauca–Anón PR-511 in Jauca–Anón PR-149 inAla de la Piedra–Villalba Arriba PR-151 inCaonillas Arriba PR-155 inBermejales–Bauta Arriba–Pedro García PR-723 inHelechal–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
←PR-142 →PR-144

Puerto Rico Highway 143 (PR-143) is a secondary highway that connects the town ofAdjuntas to the town ofBarranquitas.

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

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  A scene on PR-143 westbound inBarrio Anón,Ponce, Puerto Rico
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  A sign on westbound PR-143 inBarrio Ala de la Piedra,Orocovis, Puerto Rico, pointing outRuta Panorámica nearPR-149

The road is a major part of Puerto Rico'sPanoramic Route, being the major middle component of such route. It crossesToro Negro State Forest, and leads to such landmarks asCerro de Punta and Lago El Guineo lake.^[5] TheOrocovis-Villalba lookout andCerro Maravilla as well as a number of local restaurants can be found along the way.

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

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; theRuta Panorámica continues toward Adjuntas
		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
		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
		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
	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
	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
		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

• List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering

• Guía de Carreteras Principales, Expresos y Autopistas(in Spanish)

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