Puerto Rico Highway 139

Highway 139R
Location	Ponce
Length	2.9 km[4] (1.8 mi)

Highway 139
Route information
	Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	25.2 km[1] (15.7 mi)
Major junctions
South end	PR-10 / PR-14 in Machuelo Arriba
	PR-505 in Machuelo Arriba; PR-139R / PR-5139 in Machuelo Arriba;
North end	PR-143 in Anón–Jauca
Location
Municipalities	Ponce
Highway system

Puerto Rico Highway 139 (PR-139) is a two-way secondary[2] highway in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

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
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

Sign on PR-139, a few yards from the start of the route in Ponce, Puerto Rico, looking northeast
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

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
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.

External links

Info on PR-139, km 23.4 Bridge "La Carmelita"

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[google_PR-139-1] Google (2 March 2020). "PR-139" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[2] 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.

[DTOP_Transit_Data-3] "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. p. 77.

[google_PR-139R-4] Google (2 March 2020). "PR-139R" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[NGAdvMap-5] National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map. Evergreen, CO: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.