Aguinaldo Highway

The Emilio Aguinaldo Highway,[1] (often shortened as Aguinaldo Highway), formerly referred to as Cavite–Batangas Road and Manila West Road, is a four-to-six lane, 41.4-kilometer (25.7 mi), network of primary and secondary highways passing through the busiest towns and cities of Cavite, Philippines.[2][3][4][5] It is the busiest and most congested of the three major highways located in the province, the others are Juanito Remulla Sr. Road (Governor's Drive) and Antero Soriano Highway.


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Aguinaldo Highway
Cavite–Batangas Road
Manila West Road
Silang Diversion Road
Aguinaldo Highway highlighted in red
Aguinaldo Highway looking south towards Tagaytay Rotonda in Tagaytay
Route information
Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways
Length41.4 km (25.7 mi)
Component
highways
  • R-2 R-2
  • N62 from Las Piñas to Bacoor
  • N419 from Bacoor to Dasmariñas
  • N410 from Silang to Tagaytay
Major junctions
North end N411 (Alabang–Zapote Road) in Las Piñas
 
South end N410 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) / N421 (Tagaytay–Calamba Road) in Tagaytay
Location
ProvincesMetro Manila, Cavite
Major citiesLas Piñas, Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, Tagaytay
TownsSilang
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The highway is named in the honor of General Emilio Aguinaldo, the country's first president.

The poblacion segment in Silang, part of N410

The northern terminus of the highway is located at Las Piñas in Metro Manila. It then travels along Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, Silang, and then ends at Tagaytay in Cavite. The highway forms part of National Routes 62, 419, and 410 of the Philippine highway network. The highway has several official names, like Manila–Cavite Road and Cavite–Batangas Road. The west alignment of the poblacion area of Silang, is unnumbered as a newer bypass named Silang Bypass Road (or Silang Diversion Road), designated as a tertiary road. The section that connects with Manila–Cavite Expressway (then Coastal Road), called the Aguinaldo Boulevard is also designated as National Route 62 (N62) of the Philippine highway network.

Route description
Aguinaldo Highway looking south towards Nueno Avenue in Imus.

Aguinaldo Highway passes through many establishments such as malls, shops, and government offices. Various high voltage power lines, most notably the Dasmariñas-Las Piñas transmission line of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), utilize the highway right of way from its intersection with Aguinaldo Boulevard and Bacoor Boulevard to Barangay San Agustin 2, Dasmariñas for accessibility to work vehicles and also due to scarcity of land for dedicated right of way.

Originally a four-lane, it starts as a continuation of Diego Cera Avenue at Zapote Bridge. It crosses and becomes a six-lane road past Bacoor Boulevard which leads to Molino, Bacoor, and Aguinaldo Boulevard, which connects with Manila–Cavite Expressway. It then intersects with Tirona Highway that leads to Kawit and Cavite City. It then passes Imus and enters Dasmarinas, where it reduces to a four-lane road and becoming a divided highway in most portions. Afterwards, it then intersects with Juanito Remulla Sr. Road (Governor's Drive) at Pala-Pala, Dasmariñas.

Past Pala-Pala, it begins its climb to Tagaytay, passing Silang, and then ends in Tagaytay rotunda. The highway continues as Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway as it passes the rest Tagaytay and Alfonso in Cavite before entering the province of Batangas.

History

The present road originated from an old road that enters Cavite from Las Piñas. The old roads that predated the Aguinaldo Highway used a different alignment on Bacoor and Imus, that exist until today as a mixture of city-maintained roads and national roads. Portions of the road have been sites of battles of the Philippine Revolution.

During the American colonial era, the road reached as far as Silang, until an extension to Tagaytay was opened. The old roads that passed on the western barangays of Bacoor and Imus are bypassed by a new alignment that existed until today. The road was designated Highway 17 and named Manila West Road, that reached as far as the municipality of Batangas (present-day Batangas City).

Intersections
Aguinaldo Highway in Dasmariñas

Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero. 

RegionProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[6]miDestinationsNotes
Metro ManilaLas Piñas14.7939.192 N411 (Alabang–Zapote Road) – Las PiñasNorthern terminus. Continues north as N62 (Diego Cera Avenue).
Metro Manila–Calabarzon boundaryLas Piñas–Cavite boundaryLas Piñas–Bacoor boundary14.8469.225Zapote Bridge over Zapote River
Las Piñas-Muntinlupa District Engineering Office–Cavite Sub District Engineering Office highway boundary
CalabarzonCaviteBacoorA. Evangelista Street / Molino Road
N62 (Aguinaldo Boulevard) / Bacoor BoulevardTraffic light intersection
17.45610.847 N62 (Tirona Highway) – KawitTraffic light intersection. Route number change from N62 to N419.
Bacoor–Imus boundary18.94311.771Cavite Sub District Engineering Office–Cavite 1st District Engineering Office highway boundary
Imus20.05012.458Imus Bridge over Imus River
Buhay na Tubig RoadTraffic light intersection
Palico Daanan Road
Nueno Avenue
Patindig Araw Road
Daang Hari / Open Canal RoadAt-grade interchange; traffic light intersection
Imus–Dasmariñas boundary26.99816.776Cavite 1st District Engineering Office–Cavite Sub District Engineering Office highway boundary
DasmariñasSalitran Road
Congressional RoadTraffic light intersection. Serves De La Salle University - Dasmariñas Campus.
Don Placido Campos Avenue
Ramon Tirona Avenue
N65 (Governor's Drive) – Trece Martires, BiñanTraffic light intersection
N65 (Palapala Road)Traffic light intersection
Dasmariñas–Silang boundary38.98524.224Route number change from N419 to N410
SilangCavite–Laguna ExpresswayFuture Silang West Interchange under construction
N410 (J.P. Rizal Street)Change from N410 to unnumbered route
Silang–Banaybanay RoadTraffic light intersection
N410 (J.P. Rizal Street)Changed from unnumbered route to N410
Buho–Amadeo Road
Silang–Tagaytay boundary53.76333.407Cavite Sub District Engineering Office–Cavite 2nd District Engineering Office highway boundary
Tagaytay56.89435.352 N410 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) / N421 (Tagaytay–Calamba Road) / Tagaytay–Talisay RoadRoundabout. Southern Terminus.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Route transition
  •       Unopened

References
  1. "Emilio Aguinaldo Highway". bacoor.gov.ph. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. "Las Piñas-Munti". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  3. "Cavite Sub". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  4. "Cavite 2nd". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  5. "Cavite". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  6. "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

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