Aguinaldo Highway


R-2

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 Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - Cavite 1st District Engineering Office
Cavite 2nd District Engineering Office
Cavite Sub-District District Engineering Office
Length 41.4 km (25.7 mi)
Component
highways
  • R-2 R-2
  • N62 (Las Piñas to Bacoor)
  • N419 (Bacoor to Dasmariñas)
  • N410 (Silang to Tagaytay)
Major junctions
North end N411 (Alabang–Zapote Road) / E3 (Manila-Cavite Expressway) in Las Piñas
 
South end N410 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) / N421 (Tagaytay–Calamba Road) in Tagaytay
Location
Provinces Metro Manila, Cavite
Major cities Las Piñas, Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, Tagaytay
Towns Silang
Highway system

Roads in the Philippines

The Emilio Aguinaldo Highway[1], (or simply Aguinaldo Highway) also known as Cavite–Batangas Road and Manila West Road is a four-to-six lane, 41.4-kilometre (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 Governor's Drive and Antero Soriano Highway.

The highway is named after General Emilio Aguinaldo, the country's first President.

The northern terminus of the highway is at Las Piñas in Metro Manila. It then travels along Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, Silang, and then ends at Tagaytay.

The poblacion segment in Silang

In 2014, the Department of Public Works and Highways introduced a new route numbering system that marked most of Aguinaldo Highway as part of National Routes 62, 419, and N410. The highway has several official names, like Manila–Cavite Road and Cavite–Batangas Road. The alignment west 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, remained unnumbered as a tertiary national road.

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, operated and maintained by National Grid Corporation of the Philippines), utilize the highway right of way from its intersection with Aguinaldo Boulevard and Bacoor Boulevard to Brgy. San Agustin 2, Dasmariñas, Cavite 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 Molino 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 sometimes becoming a divided highway at some portions. Afterwards, it then intersects with Governor's Drive at Palapala, Dasmariñas.

Past Palapala, it begins its climb to Tagaytay, passing Silang and then ends in Tagaytay rotunda.

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 kilometre post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometre 0. 

RegionProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[6]miDestinationsNotes
Metro ManilaLas Piñas14.7939.192Northern terminus. Continuation north as 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
Aguinaldo Boulevard, Molino BoulevardTraffic light intersection.
17.45610.847 N62 (Tirona Highway)Traffic 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 intersection. 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
Don Placido Campos Avenue
Ramon Tirona Avenue
N65 (Governor's Drive)Traffic light intersection.
N65 (Palapala Road)Traffic light intersection.
Dasmariñas–Silang boundary38.98524.224Route number change from N419 to N410.
Silang E3 (CALAEx)Under construction
N410 (Jose Rizal Avenue)Change to unnumbered highway.
Silang–Banaybanay RoadTraffic light intersection.
N410 (Jose Rizal Avenue)Changed to numbered route, 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. Continues southeast as Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ "Emilio Aguinaldo Highway". bacoor.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Las Piñas-Munti". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  3. ↑ "Cavite Sub". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  4. ↑ "Cavite 2nd". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  5. ↑ "Cavite". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  6. ↑ "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

Coordinates: 14°17′4″N 120°57′35″E / 14.28444°N 120.95972°E / 14.28444; 120.95972

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