Puerto Rico Highway 568 Explained

State:PR
Type:PR
Route:568
Maint:Puerto Rico DTPW
Length Km:30.1
Established:1953
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in OrocovisOrocovis barrio-pueblo
Junction:
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Padilla–Cibuco
Municipalities:Orocovis, Corozal
Previous Type:Ter
Previous Route:567
Next Type:Ter
Next Route:577

Puerto Rico Highway 568 (PR-568) is a road that travels from the municipality of Orocovis to Corozal in Puerto Rico. With a length of 30.1km (18.7miles), it begins at its intersection with PR-5155 in downtown Orocovis and ends at PR-159 in western Corozal.

Route description

This highway consists of one lane per direction for its entire length due to its rural characteristics. In Orocovis, it begins at PR-5155 in the municipal center and continues to the north, passing through Orocovis, Botijas and Mata de Cañas barrios before entering Corozal. In Corozal, PR-568 continues to the north on its way through Magueyes, Palmarito, Negros, Cuchillas and Padilla barrios until its end at PR-159 on the Padilla–Cibuco line.

Rivers crossed

Puerto Rico Highway 568 crosses the following rivers:

History

The entire length of PR-568 is part of the old Road  10, a highway that led from Dorado to Coamo through Toa Alta, Corozal and Orocovis until the 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering, a process implemented by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish; Castilian: Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas) that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico. Route 10 extended from PR-165 (old Road No. 2) near Toa Alta to PR-14 (former Road No. 1) in downtown Coamo. Its original way currently corresponds to PR-165, from PR-8865 in Dorado to PR-159 in Toa Alta; PR-159, from PR-165 in Toa Alta to PR-568 in Corozal, except in downtown area, where PR-891 replaces PR-159; PR-568, from PR-159 in Corozal to PR-5155 in Orocovis; PR-5155, from PR-568 north of downtown to PR-155 south of downtown, and PR-155, from PR-5155 in Orocovis to PR-14 in Coamo.

Related route

State:PR
Type:Ter
Route:5568
Location:Corozal
Length Km:4.4

Puerto Rico Highway 5568 (PR-5568) is a spur route located in Padilla, a barrio of the municipality of Corozal. With a length of 4.4km (02.7miles), it begins at PR-568 and ends at its junction with PR-159 and PR-647 near Unibón and Cienegueta barrios. PR-5568 is a rural road with one lane in each direction along its entire length and serves as access to several neighborhood in western Padilla.

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