Puerto Rico Highway 862

Puerto Rico Highway 862 (PR-862) is a north–south road located between the municipalities of Bayamón and Toa Alta in Puerto Rico. With a length of 3.6 km, it begins at its intersection with PR-861 in Pájaros barrio and ends at its junction with PR-864 in Hato Tejas area.

Route description
This highway has a single lane per direction in the entire length and provides access to several communities and neighborhood developments between Pájaros, Mucarabones, Candelaria and Hato Tejas barrios. In Bayamón, PR-862 has two segments separated by the one located within Toa Alta. The southern section in Bayamón is located in Pájaros barrio, extending from its southern terminus at PR-861 junction to the Toa Alta municipal limit. In Toa Alta, it has a short length though Mucarabones barrio, extending from the Bayamón municipal limit to its intersection with PR-863 on the Toa Alta–Toa Baja–Bayamón municipal tripoint. Then, PR-862 continues to the north through Hato Tejas barrio as the northern section in Bayamón until its end at PR-864.

History
Prior to its numerical designation, PR-862 was only known as Camino Pájaros. 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 (Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas) that increased the insular highway network to connect existing routes with different locations around Puerto Rico.