The Tagaytay–Calamba Road is a two- to four-lane, secondary and tertiary road in Laguna and

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. Albeit discontinuous, it connects the city of Calamba in Laguna and the city of

Tagaytay Tagaytay, officially the City of Tagaytay ( fil, Lungsod ng Tagaytay), is a 2nd class component city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 85,330 people. It is one of the country's most po ...

. The road's missing link that will connect its Tagaytay and Calamba sections is under construction. The segment of road from its western terminus at Tagaytay Rotonda to Ligaya Drive, both in Tagaytay, forms part of National Route 421 (N421) of the

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, while the rest of the road remains unnumbered.

Route description

Tagaytay

The road starts at the Tagaytay Rotonda, a four-way roundabout with

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, Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway, and Tagaytay–Talisay Road in

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. Various restaurants, hotels, residential developments, and tourists attractions could be found along this road. It then intersects the

Santa Rosa–Tagaytay Road The Santa Rosa–Tagaytay Road, also known as the Tagaytay–Santa Rosa Road and the Santa Rosa–Ulat–Tagaytay Road, is a major thoroughfare in the provinces of Laguna and Cavite, Philippines. Originally an old road linking the Santa Rosa mun ...

, which provides access to the

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, and Ligaya Drive, where N421 turns towards Talisay,

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and the road transitions from a secondary road to a tertiary road. It then climbs

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. The entire Tagaytay segment is also known as Isaac O. Tolentino Avenue, after the former Tagaytay mayor who served from 1954 to 1980.

Calamba

The road continues at the southwestern boundary of Calamba, Laguna, running east from the northern gate to

Tagaytay Highlands Tagaytay Highlands is a mountain resort and mixed-use development situated in Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines, with parts under the jurisdiction of Talisay, Batangas, Talisay and Tanauan, Batangas, Tanauan in Batangas. History Willy Ocier of Belle ...

. Entirely a tertiary road, it is divided and locally known as ''Burol Road'', ''Lawa–Punta Road'', and ''Barandal Road'', after the barangays those roads traverse through, respectively. It also traverses residential subdivisions and Calamba Premiere Industrial Park. It runs beneath the

before terminating at Manila South Road (Old National Highway) in barangay Parian.

References

Roads in Cavite Roads in Laguna (province) {{Philippines-road-stub