The Benguet–Nueva Vizcaya Road, (also known as the Baguio–Aritao Road or Baguio–Nueva Vizcaya Road), is the road system that connects the provinces of

Benguet Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet ('';'' ; ; ; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon. Its capital cit ...

and

Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya (; ; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital and largest town is Bayo ...

in the Philippines. The entire road forms part of National Route 110 (N110) 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 traverses the municipalities of Aritao and Kayapa in Nueva Vizcaya, the municipalities of Bokod,

Itogon Itogon, officially the Municipality of Itogon, (; ), is a municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,498 people. Itogon is a mining town, being the site of the first large-sc ...

, and La Trinidad in Benguet, and the city of

Baguio Baguio ( , , ), officially the City of Baguio (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

Route description

The road is one of the major access roads to the city of

for travelers coming from Nueva Vizcaya and the

Cagayan Valley Cagayan Valley (; ), designated as Region II, is an Regions of the Philippines, administrative region in the Philippines. Located in the northeastern section of Luzon, it is composed of five Provinces of the Philippines, Philippine provinces: ...

region. Measuring , it is also longer than Asin–Nangalisan–San Pascual Road,

Aspiras–Palispis Highway The Aspiras–Palispis Highway (formerly known and still referred to as Marcos Highway or Agoo–Baguio Road) is a major Philippine highway in northern Luzon that runs from the city of Baguio in the province of Benguet to the municipality of A ...

(formerly Marcos Highway),

Kennon Road Kennon Road, also known as the Rosario–Baguio Road, is a two lane roadway in Benguet province in the Philippines connecting the mountain city of Baguio in Benguet to the lowland town of Rosario in La Union province. Originally called Benguet ...

, and

Naguilian Road The Naguilian Road, officially the Quirino Highway and also known as the Baguio–Bauang Road, is a Philippine major highway in northern Luzon that runs from the city of Baguio in the province of Benguet to the municipality of Bauang in the pr ...

. The road starts at the junction with

Pan-Philippine Highway The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (; ), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's p ...

and Aritao–Quirino Road in Aritao,

. It then enters the towns of Kayapa, also in Nueva Vizcaya, and Bokod,

, and La Trinidad in

. It passes through

Ambuklao Dam Ambuklao Dam is part of a hydroelectric facility in Baragay Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet province in the Philippines. With a maximum water storage capacity of , the facility, which is located from Baguio, can produce up to 105 megawatts of elect ...

, and generally follows the Santa Cruz River (a tributary of the

Magat River The Magat River is a river in the Philippine island of Luzon with a total length of . It originates in the Nueva Vizcaya municipality of Aritao, where the Santa Fe River joins the Marang. It is the largest tributary of the Cagayan River by ...

) in Nueva Vizcaya and the

Agno River The Agno River, also known as the Pangasinan River, is a river on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Traversing the provinces of Benguet, Pangasinan, and Tarlac, it is one of the largest river systems in the country, with a drainage ar ...

in Benguet. It then enters the city of

as Pacdal Road as it traverses barangay Pacdal. It ends at Pacdal Circle, a component of Leonard Wood Road near Wright Park.

History

The road was completed in September 2006. It is an upgrade from the old road, making it an all-weather path. The road cost , and was a joint project by the Philippine government and the

Japan Bank for International Cooperation The , JBIC, is a Japanese public financial institution and export credit agency that was created on October 1, 1999, through the merger of the Japan Export-Import Bank (JEXIM) and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF). JBIC became the ...

Intersections

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benguet-Nueva Vizcaya Road Roads in Benguet Baguio Roads in Nueva Vizcaya