{{Short description|Highway in Puerto Rico}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox road |state = PR |type = PR |route = 139 |map = Mapa de la carretera PR-139 en Ponce, Puerto Rico (M139).svg |length_km = 25.2 |length_ref = <ref name="Google PR-139"/> |direction_a = South |terminus_a = {{jct|state=PR|PR|10|Urban|14}} in Machuelo Arriba |junction = * {{jct|state=PR|Urban|505}} in Machuelo Arriba * {{jct|state=PR|Ter|139R|Ter|5139}} in Machuelo Arriba |direction_b = North |terminus_b = {{jct|state=PR|Sec|143}} in Anón–Jauca |municipalities = Ponce |previous_type = Sec |previous_route = 138 |next_type = Sec |next_route = 140 |browse = {{pr browse|previous_type=Ter|previous_route=125R|route=PR-139R|next_type=Sec|next_route=149R}}<br>{{pr browse|previous_type=Ter|previous_route=4413|route=PR-5139|next_type=Ter|next_route=5141}} }}

'''Puerto Rico Highway 139''' ('''PR-139''') is a two-way secondary highway in the municipality of Ponce in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Manual DTOP"/> With a length of {{convert|25.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}, it extends from the interchange of PR-10 and PR-14 located in Barrio Machuelo Arriba to the junction with PR-143 on the Ponce–Jayuya municipal limit.<ref name="DTOP Transit Data"/>

==Route description== The road runs south to north through Barrio Machuelo Arriba, where serves as the main access to few communities and neighborhood developments before leaving the city of Ponce to the mountains. Then, the road makes its way though the rural area, mostly alongside Río Cerrillos in barrio Maragüez, bordering the western bank of Lake Cerrillos until it reaches upstream of the reservoir, where it crosses the river for make its way along its eastern bank.<ref name="Río Cerrillos"/> Farther north, PR-139 climbs the mountains of the Cordillera Central through Barrio Anón until its terminus at the Ruta Panorámica.<ref name="PR-139 Ponce"/>

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px caption="Puerto Rico Highway 139"> Letrero en la PR-139, a metros del comienzo de la ruta en Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando hacia el noreste (DSC00569).jpg|Northbound sign, a few yards from the start of the route in Ponce, Puerto Rico, looking northeast

PR-139 in Barrio Maraguez in Ponce, Puerto Rico, heading SB (IMG 3784).jpg|Heading south in Barrio Maragüez, Ponce, with the city of Ponce and the Río Portugués channel in the background and the Caribbean Sea in the far background </gallery>

===Communities served=== As the road is traveled in a northbound fashion, it serves barrios Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, and Anón. In Machuelo Arriba, PR-139 meets with PR-505, PR-139R, PR-5139, and the Río Bayagán;<ref name="Río Bayagán"/> in Maragüez, it crosses through Cerrillos State Forest, and in Anón, it meets with Río Prieto and Río Blanco, two tributaries of the Río Cerrillos.

==History== The entire length of PR-139 is part of the old Road {{abbr|No.|Number}}&nbsp;51, a highway that led from Ponce to Jayuya until the 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering, a process implemented by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works ({{langx|es|Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas}}) that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico.<ref name="Memoria Jayuya"/> Route 51 extended from PR-14 (old Road No.&nbsp;1) between barrios Machuelo Abajo and Machuelo Arriba to the intersection of PR-143 with PR-140 (former Road No.&nbsp;15) on the Ponce–Jayuya–Utuado municipal tripoint. Its original way currently corresponds to PR-139 and PR-143, the latter from PR-139 in the east to PR-140 in the west. PR-139R also belongs to an original segment of the old Road No.&nbsp;51.<ref name="Memoria Ponce"/> The other part of the highway disappeared after the creation of Cerrillos Dam.

==Major intersections== {{PRinttop|length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-139"/>}} {{PRint |municipality=Ponce |munspan=3 |location=Machuelo Arriba |lspan=3 |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|PR|10|name1=Carretera Salvador "Chiry" Vassallo Ruiz|Urban|14|name2=Avenida Tito Castro|city1=Ponce|city2=Juana Díaz|city3=Adjuntas}} |notes=Southern terminus of PR-139; diamond interchange }} {{PRint |km=0.3 |km2=0.4 |road={{jct|state=PR|Urban|505|name1=Carretera La Guardarraya|dir1=north|city1=Adjuntas|city2=Jayuya}} |notes= }} {{PRint |km=3.2 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|139R|Ter|5139|city1=Ponce}} |notes= }} {{PRint |municipality1=Ponce |municipality2=Jayuya |location1=Anón |location2=Jauca |km=25.2 |road={{jct|state=PR|Sec|143|name1=Ruta Panorámica|city1=Adjuntas|city2=Barranquitas}} |notes=Northern terminus of PR-139 }} {{jctbtm}}

==Related routes== Currently, Puerto Rico Highway 139 has two branches along its route in Ponce.

===Puerto Rico Highway 139R=== {{Infobox road small |state=PR |type=Ter |route=139R |location=Ponce |length_km=2.9 |length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-139R"/> }}

'''Puerto Rico Highway 139R''' ({{langx|es|Carretera Ramal 139}}, abbreviated '''Ramal PR-139''' or '''PR-139R''') is a spur route or ''ramal'' from its parent route PR-139 between barrios Machuelo Arriba and Maragüez. With a length of {{convert|2.9|km|mi|abbr=on}}, is the main (and only) access to Cerrillos Dam and Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park.<ref name="NGAdvMap"/> {{PRinttop|municipality=Ponce|length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-139R"/>}}

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px> Carretera PR-139R, Barrio Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur (20220102 090831).jpg|PR-139R south in Barrio Machuelo Arriba

PR-139, km 3.2, viajando al norte, acercándose a PR-5139 y PR-139R (ahora, PR-507), Bo. Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, PR (DSC04242).jpg|PR-139 north at PR-139R and PR-5139 intersection in Barrio Machuelo Arriba </gallery> {{PRint |location=Machuelo Arriba |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|139|nolink1=y|Ter|5139|city1=Ponce|city2=Jayuya}} |notes=Southern terminus of PR-139R }} {{PRint |location=Maragüez |km=2.9 |road=Luis A. "Wito" Morales Park – Cerrillos Dam |notes=Northern terminus of PR-139R; dead end road }} {{jctbtm}}

===Puerto Rico Highway 5139=== {{Infobox road small |state=PR |type=Ter |route=5139 |location=Ponce |length_km=2.8 |length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-5139"/> }}

'''Puerto Rico Highway 5139''' ('''PR-5139''') is a north–south connector located between PR-14 and PR-139. With a length of {{convert|2.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}, this road runs through barrios Cerrillos and Machuelo Arriba, crossing the Río Cerrillos near Cerrillos Dam.<ref name="PR-5139 bridge"/> {{PRinttop|municipality=Ponce|length_ref=<ref name="Google PR-5139"/>}}

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px> PR-5139, km 2.7, Bo. Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur (DSC03415B).jpg|PR-5139 south in Barrio Machuelo Arriba

PR-5139, viajando al norte, acercándose a intersección con PR-139, Bo. Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, PR (DSC04234).jpg|PR-5139 north at PR-139 and PR-139R intersection in Barrio Machuelo Arriba </gallery> {{PRint |location=Cerrillos |km=0.0 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|14|name1=Carretera Central|city1=Ponce|city2=Juana Díaz}} |notes=Southern terminus of PR-5139 }} {{PRint |location=Machuelo Arriba |km=2.8 |road={{jct|state=PR|Ter|139|nolink1=y|Ter|139R|city1=Ponce|city2=Jayuya}} |notes=Northern terminus of PR-5139 }} {{jctbtm}}

==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico|U.S. Roads}} * List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico {{Break}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <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 |page=77 |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>

<ref name="Google PR-139">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.0358563,-66.586885/18.156945,-66.6226849/@18.0964462,-66.6380504,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-66.5897226!2d18.0570578!3s0x8c1cd5373f601015:0x9ef980e698b53651!3m4!1m2!1d-66.6013629!2d18.115379!3s0x8c032a5fdccc60d9:0x99bfb88c86bee56!1m0!3e0|title=PR-139|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Google PR-139R">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.0588162,-66.5898975/18.072489,-66.5794255/@18.0656979,-66.5890597,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0|title=PR-139R|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Google PR-5139">{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/18.041084,-66.5786421/18.0587248,-66.5898997/@18.0504046,-66.5930133,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-66.5805165!2d18.0489597!3s0x8c1cd5235f9540bf:0xf8c49d60e4bf87d9!1m0!3e0|title=PR-5139|access-date=August 16, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Manual DTOP">[https://web.archive.org/web/20091122131606/http://www.dtop.gov.pr/ACT/Manual_Especificaciones/ManualDise%C3%B1o_Cap1.pdf ''PRHTA Design Manual.''] Manual de Especificaciones y Diseño; General Design Criteria. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico DTOP. Pages 1-2 and 1-3. Accessed 30 April 2019.</ref>

<ref name="Memoria Jayuya">{{cite web |title=Jayuya, Memoria Núm. 68 |year=1955 |url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_68_Jayuya-1955.pdf |website=Puerto Rico Planning Board |language=es |access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="Memoria Ponce">{{cite web |title=Ponce, Memoria Núm. 27 |year=1953 |url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_27_Ponce-1953.pdf |website=Puerto Rico Planning Board |language=es |access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref>

<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>

<ref name="PR-139 Ponce">{{cite web |title=Pr- 139, Ponce, Puerto Rico |url=https://pr.geoview.info/pr_139,22210920w |website=pr.geoview.info |access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="PR-5139 bridge">{{cite web |last1=Press |first1=Detroit Free |title=PR 5139 over CERILLO RIVER Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico Bridge Inspection Report |url=https://data.freep.com/bridge/puerto-rico/ponce/pr-5139-over-cerillo-river/72-029131/ |website=Detroit Free Press |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Río Bayagán">{{cite web |last1=Press |first1=Detroit Free |title=PR 139 over BAYAGAN RIVER Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico Bridge Inspection Report |url=https://data.freep.com/bridge/puerto-rico/ponce/pr-139-over-bayagan-river/72-018591/ |website=Detroit Free Press |access-date=15 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Río Cerrillos">{{cite web |last1=Press |first1=Detroit Free |title=PR 139 over MARAGUEZ RIVER Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico Bridge Inspection Report |url=https://data.freep.com/bridge/puerto-rico/ponce/pr-139-over-maraguez-river/72-022051/ |website=Detroit Free Press |access-date=15 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{Commons and category-inline|links=Puerto Rico Highway 139, Puerto Rico Highway 139R and Puerto Rico Highway 5139}} * {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220183235/https://www.periodicolaperla.com/a-seis-semanas-del-temblor-sobreviven-como-pueden-los-olvidados-damnificados-de-ponce/ |title=Info on PR-139, km 23.4 Bridge "La Carmelita"}} * [https://www.cartogiraffe.com/united+states/puerto+rico/ponce/machuelo+arriba/pr-5139/ PR-5139, Machuelo Arriba]

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