Puerto Rico Highway 129

Highway 129
Ruta 129
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	43.2 km[1][2] (26.8 mi)
Existed	1953[3]–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-135 in Yahuecas
Major intersections	PR-111 in Lares PR-453 in Piletas PR-455 in Quebrada PR-134 in Bayaney PR-134 in Campo Alegre PR-130 in Campo Alegre PR-635 in Campo Alegre PR-22 in Hato Abajo PR-651 in Hato Abajo–Arecibo barrio-pueblo PR-653 in Arecibo barrio-pueblo–Hato Abajo
North end	PR-2 in Arecibo barrio-pueblo
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Adjuntas, Utuado, Lares, Camuy, Hatillo, Arecibo
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-128 → PR-130

Puerto Rico Highway 129 (PR-129) is a north–south (actually diagonal) highway in North-Central Puerto Rico, connecting the town of Lares with Arecibo. It crosses the northern karst country of the island. When traveling from the northern coast of Puerto Rico, PR-129 can be used to reach the Arecibo Observatory and the Camuy River Caverns Park.[4]

Route description

It is a four-lane, divided highway in Arecibo, and a super two highway^[citation needed] in Hatillo, Camuy and Lares. It then merges with PR-111, being entirely unsigned throughout this section. It then heads south as a narrow, rural road, and ends at PR-135 near Adjuntas. Its speed limit is overall 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) through its highway section. It was originally a narrow, two lane road. Much of the original alignment is now PR-134.[5]

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  PR-129 north near the interchange with PR-22 in Hato Abajo, Arecibo
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  Sign for Arecibo Observatory from PR-129 north
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  PR-111 and PR-129 junction in Lares

Major intersections

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  PR-134 junction sign in Bayaney, Hatillo
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  PR-453 junction sign in Lares, Puerto Rico
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  On PR-453 in Piletas approaching PR-129

Municipality	Location	km[1][2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Adjuntas	Yahuecas	43.2	26.8	PR-135 (Carretera Francisco L. Báez Cruz) – Adjuntas, Castañer	Southern terminus of PR-129
	Yahuecas–Portillo line	40.5	25.2	PR-526 (Carretera Antonio Portalatín Betancourt) – Tanamá
Utuado	No major junctions
Lares	Mirasol–Buenos Aires line	34.6	21.5	PR-415 – Buenos Aires
		30.5	19.0	To PR-128 / PR-Calle La Torre – Lares, Yauco
	Buenos Aires	30.2	18.8	PR-415 – Buenos Aires
	Lares	27.7 38.2[a]	17.2 23.7	PR-111 east (Carretera Enrique Laguerre) – Utuado	Eastern terminus of PR-111 concurrency
		35.2[a] 27.6	21.9 17.1	PR-111 west (Avenida Los Patriotas) – Lares	Western terminus of PR-111 concurrency; diamond interchange
	Lares–Lares barrio-pueblo line	27.6– 27.5	17.1– 17.1	PR-1111 – Lares
	Piletas	25.5– 25.4	15.8– 15.8	PR-453 – Piletas
		24.4– 24.3	15.2– 15.1	PR-4453 – Piletas, Arce
	Callejones	21.9	13.6	PR-454 – Callejones
Camuy	Quebrada	18.8	11.7	PR-455 – Quebrada
Hatillo	Bayaney	17.6– 17.5	10.9– 10.9	PR-134 – Bayaney
		15.4	9.6	PR-134 – Bayaney
		15.3– 15.2	9.5– 9.4	PR-487 – Buena Vista
	Campo Alegre	10.1– 10.0	6.3– 6.2	PR-134 – Bayaney
		9.0	5.6	PR-130 (Carretera Carlos Romero Barceló) – Hatillo
		7.3	4.5	PR-635 (Carretera Alcalde Frankie Hernández Jové) – Dominguito
Arecibo	Hato Abajo–Hato Arriba line	3.7	2.3	PR-490 (Carretera Juan Antonio "Nito" Méndez) – Buena Vista
	Hato Abajo	3.4	2.1	PR-492 – Quemados
		3.0	1.9	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – Aguadilla, Mayagüez, Bayamón, San Juan	PR-22 exits 77A and 77B; cloverleaf interchange
	Hato Abajo–Arecibo barrio-pueblo line	1.5	0.93	PR-651 (Avenida Esteban Padilla) – Hato Arriba
		1.1	0.68	PR-653 (Avenida Universidad) – Hatillo
	Arecibo barrio-pueblo	0.0	0.0	PR-2 (Avenida Miramar) – San Juan, Mayagüez	Northern terminus of PR-129
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

1. Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-111 rather than PR-129.

See also

• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering

References

1. "PR-129 north" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
2. "PR-129 south" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
3. "Hatillo, Memoria Núm. 63" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1954. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
4. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Transit Data (Datos de Transito) (in Spanish). DTOP PR. pp. 174–175. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
5. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.

External links

• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 129 at Wikimedia Commons