# Puerto Rico Highway 23

Puerto Rico Highway 23 (PR-23), also known as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Avenue along its entire length, is a main highway in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It begins at the interchange of PR-2 and PR-165 near San Patricio in Guaynabo and goes east to the Milla de Oro business area, passing through Plaza Las Américas and ending at Barbosa Avenue (PR-27) junction in eastern Hato Rey.

## Route description

Running 6.4 kilometers (4.0 mi) from Barbosa Avenue (PR-27) in eastern Hato Rey to San Patricio Avenue near the city limits of San Juan and Guaynabo, Roosevelt Avenue is densely developed throughout most of its span, connecting most residential areas of San Juan, such as Puerto Nuevo, Hato Rey Este, Barrio Obrero, Floral Park, San José, and the residential and commercial area of San Patricio in Guaynabo. Most of the known shops in San Juan are located along Roosevelt Avenue, between these is Plaza Las Américas, the first American-style shopping center in Puerto Rico, and the largest shopping center in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Also, Roosevelt Avenue passes just south of the Golden Mile (Milla de Oro), the main financial district of San Juan.
* Roosevelt Avenue closed due to strikes by telephone company employees on August 11, 2011
* PR-18 north near exits 1A-B-C to PR-23
* PR-18 north at its exits to PR-23

### Transportation

The Roosevelt station of the Tren Urbano is the only station that stops on the avenue. The other station, Hato Rey, stops just a mile ahead due north, at the beginning of the Golden Mile.
The AMA has a bus connection stop at the corner of Roosevelt with Ponce de León Avenue (PR-25), and Roosevelt with Muñoz Rivera Avenue (PR-1), just south of the Golden Mile. The AMA route A-3 stops at this connection, and then returns to Roosevelt Avenue from Plaza Las Américas until the end of the avenue. The A-3 does not runs Roosevelt Avenue from the Muñoz Rivera Avenue to the intersection with Plaza Las Américas Avenue, that's the job for the AMA route B-22 who runs all the Roosevelt Avenue. The AMA route M-2 (Metrobus 2) runs Roosevelt Avenue until the intersection of Muñoz Rivera Avenue.

### Neighborhoods

* San Patricio Plaza
* Puerto Nuevo
* Plaza
* Eleanor Roosevelt
* Milla de Oro (Golden Mile)
* Floral Park
* Martín Peña
* El Vedado
* Fomento

### Landmarks

* Plaza Las Américas
* Roosevelt Station
* Hiram Bithorn Stadium
* Roberto Clemente Coliseum
* Triple S Plaza
* Puerto Rico Police Department Headquarters
* WKAQ-TV
* WKAQ-FM

## Major intersections

| Municipality | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Guaynabo | Pueblo Viejo | 0.0 | 0.0 | PR-2 (Expreso John F. Kennedy) / PR-165 north (Avenida El Caño) – Guaynabo, Bayamón, San Juan, Cataño | Western terminus of PR-23 |
| Guaynabo | Pueblo Viejo | 0.2 | 0.12 | PR-Avenida San Patricio – Guaynabo | |
| San Juan | Gobernador Piñero | 1.8– 1.9 | 1.1– 1.2 | PR-Avenida José de Diego – Puerto Nuevo | |
| San Juan | Gobernador Piñero | 2.8– 2.9 | 1.7– 1.8 | PR-Avenida Andalucía / PR-Calle 25 NE – Puerto Nuevo | |
| San Juan | Hato Rey Norte | 3.5 | 2.2 | PR-Avenida Plaza Las Américas – Plaza Las Américas | |
| San Juan | Hato Rey Norte | 3.9 | 2.4 | PR-18 (Expreso Las Américas) – San Juan, Bayamón, Caguas, Ponce | PR-18 exits 3A, 3B and 3C; cloverleaf interchange |
| San Juan | Hato Rey Norte | 4.3 | 2.7 | To PR-41 / PR-Calle César L. González – Hato Rey | |
| San Juan | Hato Rey Norte | 5.3 | 3.3 | PR-1 south (Avenida Luis Muñoz Rivera) – Río Piedras | One-way street |
| San Juan | Hato Rey Norte–Hato Rey Central line | 5.4 | 3.4 | PR-25 north (Avenida Juan Ponce de León) – San Juan, Santurce | One-way street |
| San Juan | Hato Rey Central–Oriente line | 6.4 | 4.0 | PR-27 (Avenida José Celso Barbosa) – Santurce, Río Piedras | Eastern terminus of PR-23 |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi ||||||