National Route 65 (N65) forms part of the

Philippine highway network The Philippine highway network is a network of highway, national roads owned and maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and organized into three classifications according to their function or purpose: national primar ...

. It runs through central Cavite and northern Laguna.

Route description

Trece Martires to Dasmariñas

N65 forms the physical continuation of N403, known as Governor's Drive, from

Naic Naic (), officially the Municipality of Naic (), is a municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 160,987 people. Etymology Naic, Cavite is one of the former barrios of Maragond ...

. It starts at the junction with N64 (

Tanza–Trece Martires Road The Tanza–Trece Martires Road (or Tanza–Trece Martires Highway) is a , two-to-four lane, primary highway in Cavite, Philippines. It connects the municipality of Tanza to the city of Trece Martires Trece Martires (, American Spanish: , Eur ...

) and N404 (

Trece Martires–Indang Road The Trece Martires–Indang Road (also known as Trece–Indang Road and Tanza-Trece Martires City-Indang Road) is a two-to-four lane secondary highway in Cavite, Philippines. Connecting the city of Trece Martires and the municipality of Indang, ...

) in

Trece Martires Trece Martires (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Trece Martires (), is a component city and '' de facto'' capital city of the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...

Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite (; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region. On the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest of Manila, i ...

. It then traverses

General Trias General Trias (), officially the City of General Trias (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popul ...

, where it crosses Crisanto M. de los Reyes Avenue in barangay Manggahan and Arnaldo Highway in barangay San Francisco, before entering

Dasmariñas Dasmariñas (), officially the City of Dasmariñas (), is a component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. With a land area of and a population of 703,141 people according to the 2020 census, it is the largest city both in terms of ...

Dasmariñas to Carmona

N65 continues as Governor's Drive as it traverses Dasmariñas, where it intersects with N410 (

Aguinaldo Highway The Emilio Aguinaldo Highway (often shortened as Aguinaldo Highway) is a four-to-six lane, , network of primary and secondary highways passing through the busiest towns and cities of Cavite, Philippines. It is the busiest and most congested o ...

), the boundary of

General Mariano Alvarez General Mariano Alvarez, officially the Municipality of General Mariano Alvarez () and often shortened as GMA, is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2 ...

and Silang, and Carmona. In Dasmariñas, N65 also branches from Governor's Drive to Aguinaldo Highway as Pala-pala Road, diverting motorists from the junction of the two aforementioned highways.

Carmona to Biñan

In Carmona, N65 turns into the

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as Loyola Street, while N651 diverts Governor's Drive away from the city proper. N65 then returns to Governor's Drive at the Carmona Rotonda before crossing over E2/ AH26 (

South Luzon Expressway The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon, Mimaropa a ...

), which is accessible via Carmona Exit. Past the Carmona Bridge at the provincial boundary of Cavite and Laguna, N65 continues as General Malvar Street (officially known as Biñan–Cavite Road) and ends at N1 (Manila South Road) in

Biñan Biñan (), officially the City of Biñan (), is a component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 407,437, making it the third largest in population in the province of Laguna, after ...

; the street continues as an unnumbered route into the old Biñan town proper.

References

External links

Department of Public Works and Highways
Roads in Cavite Roads in Laguna (province) {{Philippines-road-stub