• Source: N204 highway (Philippines)

National Route 204 (N204) is a 388.06-kilometer (241.13 mi), two-to-four lane, secondary national road that forms part of the Philippine highway network. The route consists of several windy, mountainous, and often narrow and dangerous roads from the southwestern tip to the central regions of the Cordillera Mountain Range up until the province of Kalinga, and towards its western limits in Abra and Ilocos Sur.




Route description






= Magsaysay Avenue

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Route 204 starts as a four-lane road at the intersection with Session Road, passing through Malcolm Square and the Baguio City Market and turns to the left at the intersection with A. Bonifacio Road beside Baguio Center Mall. It then curves towards the intersection with Buhagan Road at the edge of the Balili River, passes Camdas and Trancoville Barangays, and slopes towards the city limits with La Trinidad where Magsaysay Avenue terminates while running parallel with the Balili River.
This section of the road spans 3.54 km (2.20 mi).




= Halsema Highway

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Route 204 continues as the Halsema Highway, or the Baguio–Bontoc Road, still as a four-lane road towards the La Trinidad Trading Post and the Benguet State University, La Trinidad campus in Brgy. Pico. It continues north towards the La Trinidad Strawberry Farm in Brgy. Betag and turns sharply right at the intersection with Pico–Buyagan Road in front of the Benguet Provincial Capitol complex. From the ramp going upwards the provincial capitol, the road turns into a two-lane highway, crossing Balili River once again towards the outskirts of La Trinidad into Tublay, where it meets with the Gov. Bado Dangwa Provincial Road just before the Halsema Highway tollgate. The road becomes windier after the gate, passes Atok, where the former highest point of the Philippine Highway System is located in Brgy. Cattubo, and towards the towns of Kabayan and Buguias, where it meets the major highways leading to Ilocos Sur and Ifugao at Abatan Junction. The route continues towards the border with Mountain Province, passing the foot of Mount Data towards Bauko, Sabangan, and to Bontoc. At this point, the road splits towards the tourist town of Sagada, and towards Bontoc town proper, where it ends at the junction with Bontoc–Banaue Road and the next leg of the route.
This section of the road spans 138.45 km (86.03 mi).




= Mt. Province–Cagayan Road

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The road continues as the Bontoc–Tabuk–Enrile Road, also known as the Mt. Province–Cagayan Road from the town proper of Bontoc still as a two-lane road, although from this point, road degradation is more noticeable due to the remoteness of the road and natural elements, such as landslides and rainfall. The road continues northeast into the last town of Mountain Province, Sadanga, and into the province of Kalinga via Tinglayan, where the Buscalan Tattoo Village is located. It continues to run parallel alongside the Chico River towards the towns of Lubuagan and Pasil, where the route ends at Cagaluan Junction, meeting with the next leg of the route. From this point, motorists can opt to follow the road northeast-ward towards the city of Tabuk, and towards Cagayan Valley through the town of Enrile.
This section of the road spans 71.52 km (44.44 mi).




= Abra–Kalinga Road

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At Cagaluan Junction, route 204 starts following the Abra–Kalinga Road alignment northwest-ward, passing through outer barangays of Pasil and the lower section of Balbalan town and heads toward the border of Kalinga with the province of Abra and slopes down from the mountains through the towns of Malibcong, Licuan-Baay, and Lagangilang, and Dolores, where it meets and crosses the Abra River through the town of Tayum and into the provincial capital of Bangued and terminates at the junction with Taft Avenue and Rizal Street.
The route follows the short length of Taft Avenue towards the next leg of the route, at the junction with Torrijos Street, right in front of the Victoria Park arch. This section of the road spans 143.95 km (89.45 mi).




= Abra–Ilocos Sur Road

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The final leg of the route is known as the Abra–Ilocos Sur Road, which starts at the southern end of the town of Bangued, still as a two-lane highway. The road now turns and slopes gently and goes straight in long distances through the outer towns of Abra, namely Pidigan and San Quintin, and terminates at the junction with the town of Narvacan in the province of Ilocos Sur.
This section of the road spans 30.6 km (19.0 mi).




Intersections


Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero.




References






External links


Department of Public Works and Highways

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• N204 highway (Philippines)
• MacArthur Highway
• Philippine highway network
• Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan Road
• Nueva Vizcaya–Ifugao–Mountain Province Road
• Halsema Highway
• Tagudin–Cervantes–Sabangan Road
• Benguet–Nueva Vizcaya Road
• Session Road