Puerto Rico Highway 568

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 30.1 km, 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:


 * Quebrada Grande (Salto Grande) in Corozal
 * Quebrada Riachuelo in Corozal
 * Río Botijas in Orocovis
 * Río Grande de Manatí in Corozal

History
The entire length of PR-568 is part of the old Road No. 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 (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
Puerto Rico Highway 5568 (PR-5568) is a spur route located in Padilla, a barrio of the municipality of Corozal. With a length of 4.4 km, 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.