Cagayan Valley Road is a major highway that connects the cities and municipalities of the province of
Cagayan,
Philippines.
The road forms part of National Route 1 (N1), National Route 103 (N103) and National Route 101 (N101) of the
Philippine highway network. Its segment from Lal-lo to Tuguegarao is also a component of the
Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as Maharlika Highway and designated as Asian Highway 26 (AH26).
Route description
Cagayan Valley Road is northernmost road in
Cagayan that connects Aparri to Tuguegarao City, running in parallel to
Cagayan River, the country's longest river. It also refers to the alternate name of Maharlika Highway that reaches south up to the
Central Luzon province of
Bulacan.
Aparri to Lal-lo
The road's Junction Aparri Airport–Port section starts as Loriga Gallarza Street at the Aparri Port in the northern coastal town of
Aparri that also serves ferries to
Batanes
Batanes, officially the Province of Batanes ( ivv, Provinsiya nu Batanes; Ilocano: ''Probinsia ti Batanes''; fil, Lalawigan ng Batanes, ), is an archipelagic province in the Philippines, administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region. It i ...
. It traverses the town proper and turns south as De Rivera Street. At the intersection with Rizal Street (Aparri Airport Road), N103 ends and the route number changes to N101, which it continues from the intersecting road. There, the road's Magapit–Aparri Road section commences. It then traverses the towns of
Camalaniugan
Camalaniugan, officially the Municipality of Camalaniugan ( ibg, Ili nat Camalaniugan; ilo, Ili ti Camalaniugan; tl, Bayan ng Camalaniugan), is a 4th class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cag ...
and
Lal-lo.
Lal-lo to Tuguegarao
At the Magapit Interchange in Lal-lo, the road's route number transitions from N101 to
AH26/
N1 with the name Pan-Philippine Highway or Maharlika Highway as it continues its course to the south. It then traverses the towns of
Gattaran,
Alcala,
Amulung
Amulung, officially the Municipality of Amulung, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,336 people.
Amulung is from Tuguegarao and from Manila.
Etymology
Fr ...
, and
Iguig. It enters the city of
Tuguegarao, where it turns to the east at its intersection with
Cagayan–Apayao Road/R. Balzain Highway (N51) and Tuguegarao Diversion Road II (N106). It then serves as an eastern radial road out of Tuguegarao as it diverts away from the city proper. Past Enrile Boulevard (N104), it enters the town of
Peñablanca but turns away from the town proper as it would cross the Pinancauanan River back to Tuguegarao. It ends at the Cagayan–
Isabela provincial boundary, where it continues as the Maharlika Highway, although the name is alternatively used up to its section in
Bulacan.
Intersections
*
Magapit Suspension Bridge junction
*Gattaran - inland barangay junction
*Baggao - Alcala road
*Iguig crossing
*Tuguegarao junction
References
Roads in Cagayan
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