Puerto Rico Highway 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 to Juana Díaz in the south coast. The road begins at PR-22 and ends at PR-1, passing trough Ciales, Orocovis and Villalba municipalities in the Cordillera Central.^[3]

Highway 149
Ruta 149
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	72.9 km[1] (45.3 mi)
Existed	1953[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	PR-1 in Capitanejo–Cintrona
Major intersections	PR-52 in Amuelas PR-14 in Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo–Lomas PR-149R in Villalba Arriba PR-143 in Villalba Arriba–Ala de la Piedra PR-144 in Toro Negro PR-157 in Toro Negro PR-533 in Cialitos–Toro Negro PR-649 in Ciales barrio-pueblo PR-145 / PR-146 in Jaguas PR-2 in Coto Norte
North end	PR-22 in Coto Norte
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Juana Díaz, Villalba, Orocovis, Ciales, Manatí
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-148 → PR-150
← PR-139R PR-149R → PR-152R

Route description

After Manatí, PR-149 goes through Ciales, and is a divided highway and a wide rural highway between that municipality and Manatí, as it is also from Juana Díaz to Villalba. From Ciales to Villalba, it is an extremely dangerous mountain road, with very high areas and poor safety barriers. From Ciales to Villalba it passes through the Salto de Doña Juana, a spot with a small waterfall and a small creek where people can jump and swim. It is one of the longest highways going south to north, perhaps the longest excluding PR-1 and PR-52.^[4]

The highway also makes intersections with PR-2 just 2 kilometers south from its beginning in PR-22, and an intersection with PR-52 about 8 kilometers north from the terminus at PR-1.

• Puerto Rico Highway 149
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  Southbound sign in Coto Norte, Manatí
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  Heading south in Coto Sur, Manatí
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  Heading south in Río Arriba Saliente, Manatí

Major intersections

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  PR-2 west near its junction with PR-149 in Coto Norte, Manatí
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  PR-149 south approaching PR-670 in Coto Norte, Manatí
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  PR-52 south at exit 91 to PR-149 in Amuelas, Juana Díaz

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Juana Díaz	Capitanejo–Cintrona line	72.9	45.3	PR-1 – Ponce, Santa Isabel	Southern terminus of PR-149
	Amuelas	68.5	42.6	PR-510 – Amuelas	Southern terminus of PR-510 concurrency
		68.3	42.4	PR-510 – Sabana Llana	Northern terminus of PR-510 concurrency
		67.8	42.1	PR-592 (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Juana Díaz
		66.9	41.6	PR-52 (Autopista Luis A. Ferré) – Ponce, San Juan	PR-52 exit 91; partial cloverleaf interchange
	Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo	66.8	41.5	PR-584 (Desvío Víctor Cruz) – Juana Díaz
	Juana Díaz barrio-pueblo–Lomas line	65.9	40.9	PR-14 (Carretera Central) – Juana Díaz, Ponce
	Lomas	65.2– 65.1	40.5– 40.5	PR-570 (Calle Carrión Maduro) – Juana Díaz	Southern terminus of PR-570 concurrency
		65.0	40.4	PR-519 – Lomas
		64.9	40.3	PR-570 – Lomas	Northern terminus of PR-570 concurrency
	Guayabal	63.3	39.3	PR-570 – Lomas
		62.7	39.0	PR-5550 – Guayabal	Northbound exit and entrance
		62.5	38.8	PR-5550 – Guayabal	Southern terminus of PR-5550 concurrency
		62.4	38.8	PR-552 – Guayabal
		62.3	38.7	PR-5550 – Guayabal	Northern terminus of PR-5550 concurrency
		62.2– 62.1	38.6– 38.6	PR-5550 – Guayabal
		61.8	38.4	PR-557 – Guayabal
Villalba	Villalba Abajo	61.3	38.1	PR-583 – Villalba Abajo
		61.0	37.9	PR-550 – Villalba Abajo
		59.9	37.2	PR-550 – Villalba Abajo	Southern terminus of PR-550 concurrency
		59.5	37.0	PR-550 – Villalba Abajo	Northern terminus of PR-550 concurrency
		59.1	36.7	PR-550 – Villalba Abajo	Southern terminus of PR-550 concurrency
		59.1– 59.0	36.7– 36.7	PR-550 / PR-5513 – Villalba Abajo	Northern terminus of PR-550 concurrency
		58.1	36.1	PR-5561 (Carretera Gregorio Durán Vélez) – Coamo, Orocovis
		57.9	36.0	PR-513 – Collores
	Villalba Arriba	57.7	35.9	PR-514 – Villalba Arriba
		56.5	35.1	PR-589 – Villalba Arriba
		55.8	34.7	PR-149R north (Calle Walter McJones) – Villalba
	Villalba barrio-pueblo	55.1	34.2	PR-149R (Calle Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Villalba
	Villalba Arriba	50.7	31.5	PR-5514 – Villalba Arriba
Villalba–Orocovis municipal line	Villalba Arriba–Ala de la Piedra line	45.4	28.2	PR-143 west (Ruta Panorámica) – Adjuntas	Southern terminus of PR-143 concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Juana Díaz
Orocovis	Ala de la Piedra	44.8	27.8	PR-143 east (Ruta Panorámica) – Barranquitas	Northern terminus of PR-143 concurrency; the Ruta Panorámica continues toward Villalba
Río Toro Negro		41.0	25.5	Puente Ala de la Piedra[5]
Ciales	Toro Negro	40.8– 40.7	25.4– 25.3	PR-144 – Jayuya
		37.0– 36.9	23.0– 22.9	PR-157 east – Orocovis
	Cialitos–Toro Negro line	34.6	21.5	PR-533 west – Jayuya
		33.8	21.0	PR-608 – Cialitos
		26.1	16.2	PR-615 – Pozas
		24.9	15.5	PR-614 (Vereda Las Cruces) – Cialitos
	Pesas	19.1	11.9	PR-615 – Pozas
	Jaguas	14.3	8.9	PR-6632 north – Morovis
	Ciales barrio-pueblo	13.7	8.5	PR-649 west (Calle Ramón Emeterio Betances) – Utuado	One-way street
	Jaguas	12.9	8.0	PR-145 east (Carretera Juan "Pachín" Vicéns) / PR-146 west – Morovis, Utuado
	Hato Viejo	10.6	6.6	PR-633 – Morovis
		10.2	6.3	PR-6633 west – Florida
Manatí	Río Arriba Saliente	8.0	5.0	PR-643 – Florida, Pugnado Adentro
	Coto Sur	3.1	1.9	PR-6668 – Manatí	Former PR-668
		2.5	1.6	PR-6668 – Manatí
	Coto Sur–Coto Norte line	2.0– 1.9	1.2– 1.2	PR-670 – Manatí, Vega Baja
	Coto Norte	1.0	0.62	PR-2 (Bulevar Antonio Vélez Alvarado) – Arecibo, San Juan
		0.0	0.0	PR-22 (Autopista José de Diego) – San Juan, Morovis, Arecibo, Mayagüez	Northern terminus of PR-149; PR-22 exit 48; trumpet interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Related route

Highway 149R
Location	Villalba
Length	1.1 km[6] (0.68 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 149R (Spanish: Carretera Ramal 149, abbreviated Ramal PR-149 or PR-149R) is a business loop road that branches off from PR-149 and leads into downtown Villalba, Puerto Rico. This road used to be signed PR-149, but became 149R when a new road bypassing the downtown area was built around the town center.^[3] The entire route is located in Villalba. 

Location	km[6]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Villalba Arriba	1.1	0.68	PR-149 (Desvío Félix L. Hernández Morales) – Juana Díaz	Southern terminus of PR-149R
Villalba barrio-pueblo	0.6	0.37	PR-150 east (Calle Walter McJones) to PR-151 north – Coamo, Orocovis
	0.1	0.062	PR-547 (Carretera Aceituna) – Villa Alba
	0.0	0.0	PR-149 – Ciales	Northern terminus of PR-149R
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering