The Calamba–Pagsanjan Road, officially known as Calamba–Sta. Cruz–Famy Junction Road and National Highway,
is a two-to-four lane primary highway located in the province of
Laguna in the
Philippines
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.
The entire road is designated as the National Route 66 (N66), a national primary route of the
Philippine highway network
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.
Route description
It starts from the intersection of the
Old National Highway (Manila South Road) and J.P. Rizal Street at the Calamba Crossing in
Calamba. It will then follow a route that circumscribes the
Laguna de Bay
Laguna de Bay (Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay"; tl, Lawa ng Bay, ), also known as Laguna Lake, is the largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila, between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the no ...
, passing through the municipalities of
Los Baños,
Bay
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,
Calauan
Calauan (), officially the Municipality of Calauan ( tgl, Bayan ng Calauan), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. The municipality has a land area of 25.25 square miles which constitutes 3.41% of Laguna's total a ...
,
Victoria
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,
Pila
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Architecture
* Pila (architecture), a type of veranda in Sri Lankan farm houses
Places
*Pila, Buenos Aires, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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* ...
,
Santa Cruz, the capital of
Laguna, and terminates in
Pagsanjan
Pagsanjan (pronounced ''PAG-sang-han''), officially the Municipality of Pagsanjan ( tgl, Bayan ng Pagsanjan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,327 pe ...
, all in
Laguna.
Alternative names
The highway is also known as National Highway for being such. It forms part of the Calamba to Pagsanjan segment of the Calamba–Sta. Cruz–Famy Junction Road.
Its section in Calauan and Victoria is also known as Masapang Highway (misspelled or also known as Maspang Highway), apparently after the barangay of the same name in Victoria where its eastern end is located.
At the town proper of Pagsanjan, it is locally known as J.P. Rizal Street.
History
Most of the highway existed back to the
American colonial era
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as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of
Manila
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to the provinces of
Rizal
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and Laguna by circumscribing the
Laguna de Bay
Laguna de Bay (Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay"; tl, Lawa ng Bay, ), also known as Laguna Lake, is the largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila, between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the no ...
. Roads bypassing the ''
poblacion
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''s of Santa Cruz, Calauan, and Bay were later built to form the present-day highway.
Intersections
References
Roads in Laguna (province)
Laguna de Bay
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