Highway 823 | ||||
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| 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-679inEspinosa | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end |  PR-165inGalateo–Contorno | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | |||
| Municipalities | Dorado, Toa Alta | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Puerto Rico Highway 823 (PR-823) is a rural road located between the municipalities of Dorado and Toa AltainPuerto 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-679inEspinosa barrio in Dorado.[3]
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]
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]
| Municipality | Location | km[1][2] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| 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
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