The Ternate–Nasugbu Road, also known as Ternate–Nasugbu Highway or Nasugbu–Ternate Highway, is a two-to-four lane, secondary road in the provinces of

Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite ( tl, Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southw ...

and

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and L ...

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. It connects the municipality of

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to the municipality of

Nasugbu Nasugbu, officially the Municipality of Nasugbu ( tgl, Bayan ng Nasugbu), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 136,524 people. Several bus services provide ...

. The road is a component part of the National Route 407 (N407) of the

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. It is also locally known as J.P. Laurel Street in Nasugbu.

Route description

From the south, the road starts at the intersection with Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road and Nasugbu–Lian–Calatagan Road in

as the continuation of the latter. It traverses the municipal proper of Nasugbu as J.P. Laurel Street. Running parallel to the western coast of

and

, it turns north in Barangay Looc before traversing the Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape, where it enters the province of Cavite at

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. The road ends at its intersection with Caylabne Road in

and continues towards the town proper as

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History

The road originated as a first-class road in Nasugbu linking Batangas–Bauan–Nasugbu Road, particularly the section now part of Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road, to Barangay Wawa. It was later extended north towards

through a project conceived in 1994 during the administration of

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Fidel V. Ramos. However, the construction was delayed due to right-of-way issues, with the groundbreaking held in 2009 during the administration of President

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and completed in 2013 during the administration of President

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. The project includes a paved road, a concrete road, four new bridges, and the Kaybiang Tunnel.

Intersections

References

External links

Department of Public Works and Highways
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