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

Adjuntas Adjuntas () is a small mountainside Adjuntas barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico located in the central midwestern portion of the island on the Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico, Cordillera Central, no ...

to the town of Barranquitas. This roads extends from PR-123 to PR-162 along the

Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands. Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges: * Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America ** ...

Route description

Heading east from Adjuntas, PR-143 runs through the northern border of the municipality of Ponce, before reaching

Orocovis Orocovis (, ; from the Taino chief Orocobix) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the center of the island. Founded by Juan Rivera de Santiago in 1825. Orocovis is spread over 17 barrios. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guay ...

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 ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, architectur ...

Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...

Un letrero indicando la Ruta Panorámica en la PR-143, cerca de la PR-149, Bo. Ala de la Piedra, Orocovis, PR, mirando al oeste (DSC01612).jpg, A sign on westbound PR-143 in Barrio Ala de la Piedra,

Orocovis, Puerto Rico Orocovis (, ; from the Taíno, Taino chief Orocobix) is a town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the center of the island. Founded by Juan Rivera de Santiago in 1825. Orocovis is spread over 17 barrios. It ...

, pointing out

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 (C ...

near

PR-149 Puerto Rico Highway 149 (PR-149) is a secondary highway in Puerto Rico that connects the towns of Manatí, Puerto Rico, Manatí in the north coast of Puerto Rico to Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, Juana Díaz in the south coast. The road begins at Pue ...

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, Puerto Rico, Cord ...

, and leads to such landmarks as

Cerro de Punta Cerro de Punta or 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 Results.''Un ...

and Lago El Guineo lake. The Orocovis-Villalba lookout and

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 ...

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

at PR-143 in

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