The Loakan Road is a , major road in
Baguio
Baguio ( ,
), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...
, Philippines. It provides access to
Loakan Airport
Loakan Airport ( ilo, Pagtayaban ti Loakan, fil, Paliparan ng Loakan) serves the general area of Baguio, Philippines. It is classified as a Class 2 principal (minor domestic) airport by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). L ...
located in the outskirts of the city. The entire road forms part of National Route 231 (N231) of the
Philippine highway network
The Philippine highway network is a network of 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 primary, seconda ...
.
In popular culture, the road is considered by paranormal believers to be haunted, by a female
vanishing hitchhiker
The vanishing hitchhiker (or variations such as the ghostly hitchhiker, disappearing hitchhiker, phantom hitchhiker) is an urban legend in which people travelling by vehicle, meet with or are accompanied by a hitchhiker who subsequently vanishes ...
who was said to be a rape victim.
See also
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Highways in the Philippines
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 primary, ...
References
Roads in Benguet
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