Puerto Rico Highway 143 (PR-143) is a secondary highway that connects the town of
Adjuntas
Adjuntas (, ) is a small mountainside town and municipality in Puerto Rico located central midwestern portion of the island on the Cordillera Central, north of Yauco, Guayanilla, and Peñuelas; southeast of Utuado; east of Lares and Yauco; a ...
Heading east from Adjuntas, PR-143 runs through the northern border of the municipality of Ponce, before reaching Orocovis and then Barranquitas.
Carretera PR-143 (Viajando hacia el Oeste) y acercandose a la Carretera PR-577 hacia el Cerro Maravilla, Barrio Anon, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01621).jpg, A scene on PR-143 westbound in Barrio Anón,
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
A Ruta Panoramica sign on PR-143 Eastbound near PR-149 in Barrio Anon, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01612).jpg, A sign on westbound PR-143 in Barrio
Anón
Anón (''Barrio Anón'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Anón is one ...
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Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
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Ruta Panorámica
The ''Ruta Panorámica'' (Scenic Route), officially the ''Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín'' (Luis Muñoz Marín Scenic Route), is a network of some 40 secondary roads which traverse the island of Puerto Rico from west to east along its '' Co ...
near
PR-149
Puerto Rico Highway 149 (PR-149) is a secondary highway in Puerto Rico that connects the towns of Manatí in the north coast of Puerto Rico, from PR-22 to Juana Díaz in the south coast, ending at PR-1. It goes through Ciales, and is a divide ...
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
Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro'') is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central region of the is ...
, and leads to such landmarks as
Cerro de Punta
Cerro de Punta or just Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, rising to above sea level.As of February, 1981, the US Geological Survey reports the height as 1,328 meters. (See''Geographic Names Information System: Feature Query Result ...
Cerro Maravilla
Cerro Maravilla is Puerto Rico's fourth highest peak at . It is located on the northern edge Barrio Anón in Ponce, close to the border with the municipality Jayuya, and is part of the Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). It is known a ...
as well as a number of local restaurants can be found along the way.
Jayuya.jpg, View of the southern coast of Puerto Rico from PR-143
Camino El Bolo, Entrada Norte, Bosque Estatal Toro Negro, Carretera PR-143, Orocovis, Puerto Rico.jpg, North entrance of Camino El Bolo trail of
Toro Negro State Forest
Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro'') is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central region of the is ...