Diokno Highway

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Not to be confused with Jose W. Diokno Boulevard.

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Diokno Highway
Payapa Road
Tagaytay-Junction–Calaca-Lemery Road
Route information
Maintained by
N407 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) in Calaca, Batangas
South end N436 (Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road) in Lemery, Batangas
Location
CountryPhilippines
ProvincesBatangas
Major citiesCalaca
TownsLaurel, Lemery
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The Diokno Highway, also known as Payapa Road and formerly as Tagaytay-Junction–Calaca-Lemery Road,[2] is a 20.064-kilometer (12.467 mi),[1] two-lane, secondary road in Batangas that connects the city of Calaca, near its border with Nasugbu and Alfonso, Cavite, and the municipality of Lemery.[3] It connects southern Cavite and Batangas.

The highway is apparently named after Ramón Diokno, a native of Taal, Batangas who served as a representative for Batangas, senator and Supreme Court associate justice.[4][5]

Route description

Diokno Highway starts at its intersection with

Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road in Calaca, near the provincial boundary of Batangas and Cavite. Starting from near the foot of Mount Batulao, it runs through the mountainous terrain on the western edge of the Taal Volcano Natural Park, traversing especially Payapa Ilaya and Payapa Ibaba, barangays in Lemery
to where its alternate name, Payapa Road, apparently derived its name from. It terminates at Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road in Lemery at the south.

History

The origin of the highway could be traced back to 1945, when the

Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road and Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road. According to Major Edward M. Flanagan Jr. in his 1948 book, this road was called the Shorty Ridge Road, which likely refers the present-day Diokno Highway.[6][7]

Portion of Diokno Highway in 2016, affected by a landslide caused by Typhoon Melor

A portion of the highway was affected by a landslide caused by

January 2020 Taal Volcano eruption, resulting to poor visibility on the highway and damage worth ₱41.62 million.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "VILLAR: Diokno Bridge connecting Tagaytay City and Lemery, Batangas is now open". Department of Public Works and Highways. November 13, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "2016 DPWH Road Data". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  4. ^ Cantos, Joy (July 24, 2016). "4 drug pushers, itinumba" (in Filipino). Pilipino Star Ngayon. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "DPWH traffic advisory for R. Diokno Highway in Batangas City". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. April 7, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  6. ^ Buhay Batangas (July 13, 2018). "Two Tagaytay–Batangas Shortcut Roads Built by US Army Engineers in 1945". Batangas History, Culture and Folklore. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  7. ^ Buhay Batangas (June 30, 2018). "The Role of the US Army 158th RCT in the Liberation of Batangas in 1945". Batangas History, Culture and Folklore. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  8. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
    . December 18, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  9. ^ "Diokno Highway in Calaca, Batangas Closed to Traffic". Department of Public Works and Highways. August 11, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  10. ^ ABS-CBN News [@ABSCBNNews] (January 13, 2020). "Poor visibility along R Diokno Highway in Lemery, Batangas making evacuation more difficult | via @jeffcanoy #TaalVolcano" (Tweet). Retrieved January 29, 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Taal Volcano eruption's damage to roads, bridges now P153-M". Department of Public Works and Highways. January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2022.

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