Puerto Rico Highway 863

Puerto Rico Highway 863 (PR-863) is a road located in the municipality of Toa Baja in Puerto Rico. With a length of 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi), it begins at its intersection with PR-2 in Candelaria barrio and ends at its junction with PR-862 on the Toa Baja–Toa Alta–Bayamón municipal tripoint.^[2]

Highway 863
Ruta 863
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	2.5 km[1] (1.6 mi)
Major junctions
West end	PR-2 in Candelaria
Major intersections	PR-819 in Candelaria
East end	PR-862 in Mucarabones–Candelaria–Pájaros–Hato Tejas
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Toa Baja
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-862 → PR-864

Route description

This highway has a single lane per direction in the entire length and provides access to several communities and neighborhood developments between Candelaria, Mucarabones and Hato Tejas barrios.^[3] Located within Candelaria barrio, PR-863 extends to the south from PR-2 junction to PR-819 intersection. Then, it turns to the southeast through southeastern Candelaria until its terminus at PR-862 junction on the Toa Baja's southernmost point.^[4]

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  PR-2 west at PR-863 intersection in Candelaria barrio
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  Signs for PR-2 at the western terminus of PR-863 in Candelaria barrio
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  Northern terminus of PR-819 at PR-863 junction in Candelaria barrio

History

Prior to its numerical designation, PR-863 was only known as Camino Frailes.^[5] 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.

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Toa Baja	Candelaria	0.0	0.0	PR-2 – Bayamón, Arecibo	Western terminus of PR-863
		0.6– 0.7	0.37– 0.43	PR-819 – Toa Alta
Toa Alta–Toa Baja– Bayamón municipal tripoint	Mucarabones–Candelaria– Pájaros–Hato Tejas quadripoint	2.5	1.6	PR-862 – Toa Alta, Bayamón	Eastern terminus of PR-863
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal