Puerto Rico Highway 798

Puerto Rico Highway 798 (PR-798) is a road located between the municipalities of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and San Juan,^[4] and it corresponds to an original segment of the historic Carretera Central.^[5] La Concepción Bridge is located on this route.^[5]

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  La Concepción Bridge (1899)
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  Puerto Rico Highway 798 south in Río Cañas, Caguas

Highway 798
Ruta 798
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	4.6 km[1][2][3] (2.9 mi)
Major junctions
South end	PR-1 in Bairoa
Major intersections	PR-796 in Río Cañas PR-1 in Río Cañas PR-799 in Río Cañas PR-842 in Río Cañas
North end	PR-1 in Quebrada Arenas
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Caguas, San Juan
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-760 → PR-802

Major intersections

Municipality	Location	km[1][2][3]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Caguas	Bairoa	4.6	2.9	PR-1 (Carretera Miguel Hernández Rodríguez) – Caguas, Río Piedras	Southern terminus of PR-798; the Carretera Central continues toward Caguas
	Río Cañas	4.1	2.5	PR-796 – Bairoa
		3.2– 3.1	2.0– 1.9	To PR-1 (Carretera Miguel Hernández Rodríguez) – Caguas, Río Piedras
		2.8 28.9[a]	1.7 18.0	PR-1 north (Carretera Miguel Hernández Rodríguez) – Río Piedras	Southern terminus of PR-1 concurrency; no access to PR-1 south; no access from PR-1
		28.5[a] 2.7	17.7 1.7	PR-1 (Carretera Miguel Hernández Rodríguez) – Caguas, Río Piedras	Northern terminus of PR-1 concurrency
		1.5	0.93	Puente La Concepción over the Río Cañas[6]
		0.9	0.56	PR-799 – Río Cañas
		0.6	0.37	PR-1 (Carretera Miguel Hernández Rodríguez) – Caguas, Río Piedras	Right turn only; no left turn from PR-1; no access across PR-1
		0.3	0.19	PR-842 – Caimito
		0.2	0.12	To PR-1 (Carretera Miguel Hernández Rodríguez) / PR-797 – Caguas, Río Piedras, Aguas Buenas
San Juan	Quebrada Arenas	0.0	0.0	PR-1 north (Carretera Felipe "La Voz" Rodríguez) – Río Piedras	Northern terminus of PR-798; no access to PR-1 south; no access from PR-1; the Carretera Central continues toward Guaynabo
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

1. Kilometer markers represent the distance along PR-1 rather than PR-798.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. "PR-798 north" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
2. "PR-798 central" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
3. "PR-798 south" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
4. National Geographic Maps (2011). Puerto Rico (Map). 1:125,000. Adventure Map (Book 3107). Evergreen, Colorado: National Geographic Maps. ISBN 978-1566955188. OCLC 756511572.
5. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Puente No. 6 / Bridge #6; Ponton La Concepcion; La Concepcion Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 11, 2019. With accompanying pictures
6. Luis F. Pumarada O’Neill (1991). "Los Puentes Históricos de Puerto Rico" (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 45–46. Retrieved March 10, 2020.

External links

• Media related to Puerto Rico Highway 798 at Wikimedia Commons