Puerto Rico Highway 139
Puerto Rico Highway 139 (PR-139) is a two-way secondary[2] highway in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
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| Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW | ||||
| Length | 25.2 km[1] (15.7 mi) | |||
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| South end |   PR-10 / PR-14 in Machuelo Arriba | |||
| North end |  PR-143 in Anón–Jauca | |||
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| Municipalities | Ponce | |||
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Description
The road runs north to south, and mostly alongside Río Cerrillos in barrio Maragüez, borders the edge of Lake Cerrillos, and then runs through barrio Cerrillos and from there into the city of Ponce.[3]
Communities
As the road is traveled in a northbound fashion, it serves barrios Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, and Anón.
Major intersections
| Municipality | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Ponce | Machuelo Arriba | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-10 (Carretera Salvador "Chiry" Vassallo Ruiz) / PR-14 (Avenida Tito Castro) – Ponce, Juana Díaz, Adjuntas | Southern terminus of PR-139; diamond interchange |
| 0.3– 0.4 | 0.19– 0.25 |  PR-505 north (Carretera La Guardarraya) – Adjuntas, Jayuya | |||
| 3.2 | 2.0 |   PR-139R / PR-5139 – Ponce | |||
| Ponce–Jayuya municipal line | Anón–Jauca line | 25.2 | 15.7 | PR-143 (Ruta Panorámica) – Adjuntas, Barranquitas | Northern terminus of PR-139 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Gallery for PR-139
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Sign on PR-139, a few yards from the start of the route in Ponce, Puerto Rico, looking northeast.jpg.webp)
Puerto Rico Highway 139 (PR-139) in Barrio Maraguez, Ponce, heading south, with the City of Ponce and the Río Portugués channel in the background and the Caribbean Sea in the far background
Related route
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| Location | Ponce |
| Length | 2.9 km[4] (1.8 mi) |
Puerto Rico Highway 139R (PR-139R) is a spur route, or ramal from its parent route PR-139, and the main (and only) access to Cerrillos Dam and Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park.[5] The entire route is located in Ponce.
| Location | km[4] | mi | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Machuelo Arriba | 0.0 | 0.0 |  PR-139 / PR-5139 – Ponce, Jayuya | Southern terminus of PR-139R | |
| Maragüez | 2.9 | 1.8 | Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park – Cerrillos Dam | Northern terminus of PR-139R; dead end road | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- Google (2 March 2020). "PR-139" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- PRHTA Design Manual. Manual de Especificaciones y Diseño; General Design Criteria. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico DTOP. Pages 1-2 and 1-3. Accessed 30 April 2019.
- "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 77.
- Google (2 March 2020). "PR-139R" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
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