{{Short description|Highway in Puerto Rico}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox road |state=PR |type=PR |route=129 |maint= |length_km=43.2 |length_round= |length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-129N"/><ref name="Google PR-129S"/> |established=1953<ref name="Memoria Hatillo">{{cite web |title=Hatillo, Memoria Núm. 63 |year=1954 |url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_63_Hatillo-1954.pdf |website=Puerto Rico Planning Board |page= |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=PR|Sec|135}} in Yahuecas |junction= * {{jct|state=PR|Sec|111}} in Lares * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|453}} in Piletas * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|455}} in Quebrada * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|134}} in Bayaney * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|134}} in Campo Alegre * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|130}} in Campo Alegre * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|635}} in Campo Alegre * {{jct|state=PR|PR|22}} in Hato Abajo * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|651}} in Hato Abajo–Arecibo barrio-pueblo * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|653}} in Arecibo barrio-pueblo–Hato Abajo |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=PR|Urban|2}} in Arecibo barrio-pueblo |municipalities=Adjuntas, Utuado, Lares, Camuy, Hatillo, Arecibo |previous_type=Ter |previous_route=128 |next_type=Ter |next_route=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.<ref name="DTOP Transit Data">{{cite web |title=Tránsito Promedio Diario (AADT) |url=http://act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |website=Transit Data (Datos de Transito) |publisher=DTOP PR |pages=174–175 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401220153/act.dtop.pr.gov/index.php/download/traffic-data-report-2000-2009/?wpdmdl=528 |archive-date=April 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Route description== It is a four-lane, divided highway in Arecibo, and a super two highway{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} 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 {{convert|45|mi/h|km/h}} through its highway section. It was originally a narrow, two lane road. Much of the original alignment is now PR-134.<ref name="NGAdvMap">{{cite map |author=National Geographic Maps |year=2011 |title=Puerto Rico |scale=1:125,000 |series=Adventure Map (Book 3107) |location=Evergreen, Colorado |publisher=National Geographic Maps |isbn=978-1566955188 |oclc=756511572}}</ref>
<gallery mode=packed heights=100px> PR-129.jpg|PR-129 north near the interchange with PR-22 in Hato Abajo, Arecibo
Sign for Arecibo Observatory from PR Hwy 129 North.jpg|Sign for Arecibo Observatory from PR-129 north
Puerto Rico Highway 111 East near 129 junction, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg|PR-111 and PR-129 junction in Lares </gallery> {{Clear}}
==Major intersections== <gallery class=center> PR Highway 134 junction sign from 129.jpg|PR-134 junction sign in Bayaney, Hatillo
Puerto Rico Highway 129 and 453 signs.jpg|PR-453 junction sign in Lares, Puerto Rico
Cafetín Arroyo en ruta 453, cerca de la ruta 129, en Piletas, Lares, Puerto Rico.jpg|On PR-453 in Piletas approaching PR-129 </gallery> {{PRinttop|length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-129N">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.4721222,-66.7271049/18.2963195,-66.8717458/@18.3842877,-66.8721701,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-66.7791479!2d18.3983868!3s0x8c02dce3d8ac07f9:0x9aabfe30fd0e9740!3m4!1m2!1d-66.8271304!2d18.3492826!3s0x8c02c4bc6d94e91d:0x3d30675d9a8351dd!1m0!3e0|title=PR-129 north|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Google PR-129S">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.2867857,-66.8506309/18.199019,-66.7969505/@18.2428992,-66.8576544,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-66.8310854!2d18.242613!3s0x8c02cfb828dcd53b:0x78eb9bbc7c81aeb2!1m0!3e0|title=PR-129 south|access-date=March 26, 2020}}</ref>}} {{Clear}}
{{PRint |municipality=Adjuntas |munspan=2 |location=Yahuecas |km=43.2 |road={{jct|state=PR|Sec|135|name1=Carretera Francisco L. Báez Cruz|city1=Adjuntas|location2=Castañer}} |notes=Southern terminus of PR-129 }} {{PRint |location1=Yahuecas |location2=Portillo |km=40.5 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|526|name1=Carretera Antonio Portalatín Betancourt|location1=Tanamá}} |notes= }} {{Jctco |state=PR |municipality=Utuado |municipality_note= }} {{PRint |municipality=Lares |munspan=9 |location1=Mirasol |location2=Buenos Aires |lspan=2 |km=34.6 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|415|city1=Buenos Aires}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=30.5 |road={{jct|state=PR|to1=y|Ter|128|road|Calle La Torre|city1=Lares|city2=Yauco}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Buenos Aires |km=30.2 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|415|city1=Buenos Aires}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Lares |ctdab=Lares |lspan=2 |km=27.7 |line=yes |km2=38.2 |km2_ref={{efn|name=PR-111|Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-111 rather than PR-129.}} |road={{jct|state=PR|Sec|111|name1=Carretera Enrique Laguerre|dir1=east|city1=Utuado}} |type=concur |notes=Eastern terminus of PR-111 concurrency }} {{PRint |km=35.2 |km_ref={{efn|name=PR-111}} |line=yes |km2=27.6 |road={{jct|state=PR|Sec|111|name1=Avenida Los Patriotas|dir1=west|city1=Lares}} |type=concur |notes=Western terminus of PR-111 concurrency; diamond interchange }} {{PRint |location1=Lares |ctdab1=Lares |location2=Lares barrio-pueblo |km=27.6 |km2=27.5 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|1111|city1=Lares}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Piletas |lspan=2 |km=25.5 |km2=25.4 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|453|city1=Piletas}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=24.4 |km2=24.3 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|4453|city1=Piletas|location2=Arce}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Callejones |km=21.9 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|454|city1=Callejones}} |notes= }} {{PRint |municipality=Camuy |location=Quebrada |ctdab=Camuy |km=18.8 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|455|location1=Quebrada}} |notes= }} {{PRint |municipality=Hatillo |munspan=6 |location=Bayaney |lspan=3 |km=17.6 |km2=17.5 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|134|city1=Bayaney}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=15.4 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|134|city1=Bayaney}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=15.3 |km2=15.2 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|487|location1=Buena Vista}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Campo Alegre |lspan=3 |km=10.1 |km2=10.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|134|city1=Bayaney}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=9.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|130|name1=Carretera Carlos Romero Barceló|city1=Hatillo}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=7.3 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|635|name1=Carretera Alcalde Frankie Hernández Jové|city1=Dominguito}} |notes= }} {{PRint |municipality=Arecibo |munspan=6 |location1=Hato Abajo |location2=Hato Arriba |ctdab2=Arecibo |km=3.7 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|490|name1=Carretera Juan Antonio "Nito" Méndez|location1=Buena Vista}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Hato Abajo |lspan=2 |km=3.4 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|492|location1=Quemados}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=3.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|PR|22|name1=Autopista José de Diego|city1=Aguadilla|city2=Mayagüez|city3=Bayamón|city4=San Juan}} |notes=PR-22 exits 77A and 77B; cloverleaf interchange }} {{PRint |location1=Hato Abajo |location2=Arecibo barrio-pueblo |lspan=2 |km=1.5 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|651|name1=Avenida Esteban Padilla|location1=Hato Arriba}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=1.1 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|653|name1=Avenida Universidad|city1=Hatillo}} |notes= }} {{PRint |location=Arecibo barrio-pueblo |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|2|name1=Avenida Miramar|city1=San Juan|city2=Mayagüez}} |notes=Northern terminus of PR-129 }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}} {{Notelist}}
==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico|U.S. Roads}} * 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering {{Break}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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