Calamba–Pagsanjan Road

The Calamba–Pagsanjan Road, officially known as Calamba–Sta. Cruz–Famy Junction Road and National Highway,[1] is a two-to-four lane primary highway located in the province of Laguna in the Philippines.

"J.P. Rizal Highway" redirects here. For the expressway also known as Dr. Jose P. Rizal Highway, see South Luzon Expressway.

Route 66 shield
Calamba–Pagsanjan Road
National Highway
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Calamba–Pagsanjan Road in Los Baños, Laguna
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways
Length39.334 km[1][2][3][4] (24.441 mi)
Component
highways		 N66
Major junctions
West end N1 (Manila South Road) / J.P. Rizal Street in Calamba
Major intersections
East end N602 (Manila East Road) / N603 (Pagsanjan–Cavinti Road) in Pagsanjan
Location
CountryPhilippines
ProvincesLaguna
Major citiesCalamba
TownsLos Baños, Bay, Calauan, Victoria, Pila, Santa Cruz, Pagsanjan
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines
← N65→ N67

The entire road is designated as National Route 66 (N66), a national primary route of the Philippine highway network.

Route description
The road eastbound in Santa Cruz, Laguna

It starts from the intersection of the Old National Highway (Manila South Road) and J.P. Rizal Street (Rizal Shrine Road) at the Calamba Crossing in Calamba. It will then follow a route that circumscribes Laguna de Bay, passing through the municipalities of Los Baños, Bay, Calauan, Victoria, Pila, Santa Cruz, the capital of Laguna, and terminates in Pagsanjan, 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.[1] 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.[4][5] At the town proper of Pagsanjan, it is locally known as J.P. Rizal Street or simply as Rizal Street.

History

Most of the highway existed back to the American colonial era as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of Manila to the provinces of Rizal and Laguna by circumscribing Laguna de Bay.[6][7] Roads bypassing the poblacions of Santa Cruz, Calauan, and Bay were later built to form the present-day highway.[8]

Intersections
The road's eastern terminus in Pagsanjan, Laguna

The entire route is located in Laguna. Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero. 

City/MunicipalitykmmiDestinationsNotes
Calamba52.832.8 N1 (Manila South Road) / J.P. Rizal StreetWestern terminus; traffic light intersection
55.434.4Milagrosa–Bucal Bypass RoadTraffic light intersection
Los Baños61.838.4Jamboree Road
64.340.0Lopez Avenue
Bay67.842.1Bay Poblacion Road
68.342.4F.T. San Luis Avenue
69.443.1Bay–Calauan Road / Bay Poblacion RoadTraffic light intersection
Victoria74.946.5 N67 (Calauan–Victoria Road)Itik Park
Pila80.850.2Rizal Street / Pila-Calumpang Road
82.251.1General Luna Street (Pila-Poblacion Road)
Santa Cruz86.453.7Bagumbayan Road / Calumpang-Santa Cruz Road
89.755.7Pedro Guevarra Avenue
Pagsanjan93.458.0 N602 / N603 (Gen. Taino Street)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
  1. "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  2. "Laguna 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. "Laguna 2nd". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  4. "Laguna 3rd". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  5. "Civil Works - Contract of Agreement (Submissions)". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  6. Southern Luzon Western Sheet (Map). 1:200000. Washington D.C.: US Geodetic Survey. 1941. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  7. 1944 Army Map Service Road Map of Northern Luzon, Philippines (Map). 1:1000000. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service. 1944. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  8. ND 51-5 Manila (Map). 1:250,000. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers. 1954. Retrieved December 26, 2021.


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