Puerto Rico Highway 140

Highway 140
Ruta 140
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	69.9 km[1] (43.4 mi)
Existed	1953[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-143 in Anón–Pica–Consejo
Major intersections	PR-144 in Collores PR-111 in Las Palmas PR-141 in Mameyes Abajo PR-146 in Frontón PR-642 in Florida Adentro PR-6642 in Florida Adentro PR-2 in Florida Afuera PR-22 in Florida Afuera PR-684 in Florida Afuera PR-22 in Florida Afuera
North end	PR-2 in Florida Afuera
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Jayuya, Utuado, Ciales, Florida, Barceloneta
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-139 → PR-141

Puerto Rico Highway 140 (PR-140) is a road that travels from Jayuya, Puerto Rico to Barceloneta, passing through Utuado, Ciales and Florida.[3] This highway begins at PR-143 in Pica barrio and ends at PR-2 in Florida Afuera barrio.[4]

• Puerto Rico Highway 140 by municipality
• 
  Heading north in Frontón, Ciales
• 
  Northbound sign in Florida Afuera, Barceloneta

Major intersections

• 
  PR-2 east near the northern terminus of PR-140 in Barceloneta
• 
  PR-140 at PR-684 intersection in downtown Barceloneta
• 
  Sign for exit 57 to PR-140 on PR-22 east in Barceloneta

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Ponce–Jayuya– Utuado municipal tripoint	Anón–Pica– Consejo tripoint	0.0	0.0	PR-143 (Ruta Panorámica) – Adjuntas, Barranquitas	Southern terminus of PR-140
Jayuya–Utuado municipal line	Pica–Consejo line	2.1	1.3	PR-605 – Viví Arriba
Jayuya	Collores	8.1	5.0	PR-528 – Zamas
		9.0	5.6	PR-144 east – Jayuya
Utuado	Paso Palma	15.0– 15.1	9.3– 9.4	PR-606 – Paso Palma
	Las Palmas	21.4– 21.5	13.3– 13.4	PR-111 west – Utuado
	Caonillas Abajo	25.1	15.6	PR-611 – Sabana Grande
		28.0	17.4	PR-613 – Caonillas Arriba
		29.1	18.1	PR-612 – Don Alonso
	Mameyes Abajo	38.2	23.7	PR-141 south – Jayuya
Ciales	Frontón	44.6 11.0[a]	27.7 6.8	PR-146 west – Arecibo	Western terminus of PR-146 concurrency
		11.3[a] 44.7	7.0 27.8	PR-146 east – Ciales	Eastern terminus of PR-146 concurrency
Florida	Florida Adentro	52.1	32.4	PR-642 – Sabana Hoyos
		53.1	33.0	PR-629 – Fogones
		53.6	33.3	PR-631 – La Ceiba
		53.8	33.4	PR-642 – Manatí, Sabana Hoyos	Eastbound access via Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera; roundabout
		55.2	34.3	PR-6642 east (Avenida Heriberto González Vélez) – Manatí
		56.1	34.9	PR-641 – Pajonal
Barceloneta	Florida Afuera	61.8	38.4	PR-666 – Florida Afuera
		62.4– 62.5	38.8– 38.8	PR-664 – Sabana Hoyos
		63.8	39.6	PR-2 – Manatí, Arecibo
		65.3	40.6	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – San Juan, Arecibo	PR-22 exit 57; partial cloverleaf interchange
		67.6– 67.7	42.0– 42.1	PR-682 (Carretera Leovigildo Figueroa Serrano) – Garrochales
		68.0	42.3	PR-684 – Barceloneta
		69.2	43.0	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – San Juan, Arecibo	PR-22 exit 55; partial cloverleaf interchange
		69.9	43.4	PR-2 – Manatí, Arecibo	Northern terminus of PR-140
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

1. Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-146 rather than PR-140.

See also

• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering

References

1. "PR-140" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
2. "Jayuya, Memoria Núm. 68" (PDF). Puerto Rico Planning Board (in Spanish). 1955. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
3. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
4. "Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT)". Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (in Spanish). pp. 77–78. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

External links

• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 140 at Wikimedia Commons