There are two branches of County Route 23 along Padgett Switch Road. The southern leg extends 5.9 miles south from CR 39 and Half Mile Road near Irvington to SR 188 at Bayou La Batre. The northern section runs 2.2 miles between Half Mile Road and U.S. 90.
| CR 23 (Padgett Switch Road) north concludes at Half Mile Road (CR 24), where CR 39 begins. The extension of CR 39 south from U.S. 90 at Irvington to CR 23/24 opened to traffic in June 2009. 04/26/09 |
| North from CR 24 (Half Mile Road), Padgett Switch Road bends northeast to cross the CSX Railroad ahead of U.S. 90. 04/26/09 |
| U.S. 90 leads west from CR 23 (Padgett Switch Road) to Irvington and St. Elmo and east to Theodore and Tillman's Corner. 04/26/09 |
| CR 23 runs 2.2 miles south from U.S. 90 near Theodore to Half Mile Road (CR 24). An implied overlap with CR 24 west connects with the resumption of Padgett Switch Road south from CR 39. 06/15/09 |