Puerto Rico Highway 823

Puerto Rico Highway 823 (PR-823) is a rural road located between the municipalities of Dorado and Toa Alta in Puerto Rico. With a length of 7.2 kilometers (4.5 mi), it begins at its intersection with PR-165 on the Contorno–Galateo line in Toa Alta, and ends at its junction with PR-677 and PR-679 in Espinosa barrio in Dorado.^[3]

Highway 823
Ruta 823
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	7.2 km[1][2] (4.5 mi)
Major junctions
West end	PR-677 / PR-679 in Espinosa
Major intersections	PR-820 in Río Lajas PR-142 in Río Lajas PR-806 in Quebrada Arenas
East end	PR-165 in Galateo–Contorno
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Dorado, Toa Alta
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-821 → PR-862

Route description

Due to its rural characteristics, PR-823 has a single lane per direction in the entire length. In Dorado, it has a short length that extends from its intersection with PR-677 and PR-679 in Espinosa barrio to the Río Lajas, that serves as the municipal limit for Dorado and Toa Alta. In Toa Alta, PR-823 goes to the south through Río Lajas barrio from the Dorado municipal limit to PR-820, where it turns to the east. After PR-820 intersection, PR-823 meets with PR-142, with which it concurs for approximately one kilometer (0.62 mi) in a southerly direction. Then, it continues to the east, passing through Quebrada Arenas barrio, where it intersects with PR-806 before crossing the Quebrada Arenas River. After the river, PR-823 serves as the boundary for Contorno and Galateo barrios until its eastern terminus at PR-165 junction.^[4]

• Puerto Rico Highway 823
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  Heading east in Río Lajas, Toa Alta
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  Eastbound sign in Quebrada Arenas, Toa Alta

History

Prior to its numerical designation, PR-823 was known as Carretera del Güinche and Carretera de Quebrada Arenas. The current numerical designation corresponds to the 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering, a process implemented by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish: Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas) that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico.^[5][6]

Major intersections

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  PR-823 east at PR-820 intersection in Río Lajas, Toa Alta
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  PR-142 south near the northern terminus of PR-823 concurrency in Río Lajas, Toa Alta
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  PR-806 north near PR-823 junction in Quebrada Arenas, Toa Alta
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  PR-165 south approaching the eastern terminus of PR-823 in Contorno, Toa Alta

Municipality	Location	km[1][2]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Dorado	Espinosa	7.2	4.5	PR-677 / PR-679 – Dorado, Vega Alta	Western terminus of PR-823
Toa Alta	Río Lajas	6.3	3.9	PR-820 (Carretera Marzán) – Marzán
		6.1 4.0[a]	3.8 2.5	PR-142 north (Carretera José Antonio "Sonny" Rodríguez Ortiz) – Dorado	Northern terminus of PR-142 concurrency
		4.95[a] 6.0	3.08 3.7	PR-142 south (Carretera José Antonio "Sonny" Rodríguez Ortiz) – Corozal	Southern terminus of PR-142 concurrency
	Quebrada Arenas	2.6	1.6	PR-806 – Corozal
	Galateo–Contorno line	0.0	0.0	PR-165 – Toa Alta, Naranjito, Corozal	Eastern terminus of PR-823
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

1. Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-142 rather than PR-823.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal