Philippine Highways and Major Roadways

[ryanr]

What subdivision is this?

[davidwebb]

Originally Posted by pau_p1

davidwebb... would you be so kind to post the pictures or the figures stated in the article? or at least attach the URL of the article... It's quite hard to imagine some of the roads it states...

Here's the document link.

[pau_p1]

Our subdivision is Brixtonville in Camarin, North Caloocan.... that road is supposed to run over a row of houses in our subdivision thru Pag-asa settlement area and Bankers Subdivision... we are a few kilometers away from San Jose Del Monte and Meycauayan Bulacan...

[a-wire_2.0]

regarding C-3 i strongly suggest that our government should start doing something about it kasi parang naputol eh... as per ronnaveth it ends with a building which is very awkward... sayang if C-3 is only partially developed, the squatters shanties should be relocated to give way to the road widening and road development in that area

[mysaong03]

c3 is badly maintained, specially on the intersection of a. boni avenue, which is the main gateway leading to NLEX, its ironic coz its a circum road aimed to reduce traffic but that road itself is traffic choked...

[Æsahættr]

I searched for one, but there isnt 1. There are only ones for particular highways so lets make a mega highway thread.

PICS PLEASE!

[renell]

highways as in NLEX and SLEX? we already have a thread for that one.. or could you be referring to the two-lane national roads e.g. Macarthur Highway?

[tyronne]

just like this?

Jose D. Aspiras Highway
(Formerly Marcos Highway)













i guess these photos are very recent because the last time i was there, buo pa yung ulo ni pareng Ferdi.

thanks to www.cityofpines.com for the photos

[Æsahættr]

Yes just ANY highways.

[absent-minded]

wow... thanks for posting those...! I'd love to go there someday... that's near (or in?) baguio, right? infrastructure actually looks pretty good...!!

[ryanr]

Wow...Awesome pics. Our highway system is not that bad...The view is amazing. Where is that giant eagle? It looks cool

[renell]

that's in Marcos Highway, which if i'm not mistaken leads to Baguio..... well at least i know it's in the northern mountains of Luzon. the alternate way, the other being the more scenic Kennon Road, which unfortunately is prone to landslides. Marcos Highway looks more safe, compared to Kennon Road.

[ryanr]

Well, tyronne said it is Jose D. Aspiras Highway (formally Marcos highway)

[renell]

yeah i think it is. i did a google search, kennon road and baguio also appeared in the results. so yeah i think it is one of the three main roads leading to Baguio. ]

and also the photos are from cityofpines.com

any of you guys know the international standard definition of a highway, avenue, boulevard....

i remember watching it somewhere at discovery channel....

if i remember it right, a highway has a minimum of 24 lanes

[renell]

well a highway here in Sydney is basically a main artery, unlike the highway we know of in phils

[bagel]

A highway is any major thoroughfare that connects more than 2 cities. It can be anything from 2 lane road (like the Aspiras highway pictured above) to 12 (or more) lane expressway.

For example, here in the US, California Highway 1, which passes right through my town is only a 2 lane road for most of its length. Interstate 80, which is at times an 8 lane road and passes near my town is also a highway.

So definitely SLEX, Aspiras Highway, MacArthur Highway... they're all highways just the same. EDSA too is a highway. If you want to be technical.

[tyronne]

the Big Eagle thing is in Agoo, La Union (if im not mistaken). if you look at the intersection at the 2nd photo, the one going to the left (where the bus is facing) is going to Agoo, while the other direction leads to Rosario, La Union.

I wasn't aware that the name was changed to Aspiras Highway until i saw those pictures. the old bridge (overlooking a cockpit arena) right after that underpass thingy was also demolished and a new bridge was constructed. certainly, going to baguio through Aspiras Highway is safer than Kennon Road.

[bagel]

Who is Jose Aspiras? And how did he slay Ferdinand Marcos?

Edit: Ok, I googled his name.

Jose Aspiras, if it's the same guy, used to be a Congressman, representing La Union, an ex-Secretary of Tourism, and is currently the "ambassador" to Taiwan. I put that in quotes because I don't think the Philippines has a formal embassy there since it does not recognize Taiwan as a nation-state. It does recognize Taiwan as an economy, so the DFA office there is called something like the Office of Commercial Affairs or something.

He did not slay Ferdinand Marcos. But I didn't know they named roads after living people still. I thought only Marcos did that-- after himself.

Edit again: LOL. I found this about him.
"Tourism Secretary Jose Aspiras held the record of being the Filipino who got the most kisses from the Miss Universe Girls. On Opening Night alone, about 60 of the 65 girls kissed him after he handed each her medallion and capiz jewelry box, a souvenir for joining the tilt in Manila. Only four or five of the girls held back, curtsying or bowing instead, as Miss Korea and Miss Thailand did, but a handful buzzed him twice - on both cheeks."
from http://www.missuniversecritic.com/CB...tes_Part1.html

[SunKing]

About that pseudo-Embassy of the Philippines in Taiwan, I think it's called the "Manila Economic Cultural Office." Anyway, really nice pics, including those pics with the fog, reminds me of a trip down from Baguio last year. We were on that highway at about 6 pm and it was absolutely fog-shrouded, it was so bad that if you opened the car windows and put your hand outside, you wouldn't see it!