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Jose P. Laurel Highway

Jose P. Laurel Highway
Jose P. Laurel Highway in Malvar
Route information
Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways
Length	49 km (30 mi)
Component highways	N4
Major junctions
North end	AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) / Governor Carpio Avenue in Santo Tomas
Major intersections	N4 (General Malvar Street) in Santo Tomas N421 (Mabini Avenue) in Tanauan N431 (General Luna Street) in Lipa N431 (B. Morada Avenue) in Lipa E2 (STAR Tollway) in Lipa N433 (Banay-Banay–Mojon–Cuenca Road) in Lipa E2 (STAR Tollway) / N434 (Batangas Port Diversion Road) in Batangas City N438 (Tolentino Road) in Batangas City
South end	N436 (Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road) / N437 (P. Burgos Street) in Batangas City
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Batangas
Major cities	Santo Tomas, Tanauan, Lipa, Batangas City
Towns	Malvar, San Jose
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List
← N3 → N5

Jose P. Laurel Highway is a 49-kilometer (30 mi), two-to-six lane, major highway running within the province of Batangas.^[1][2][3] The highway forms part of National Route 4 (N4) of the Philippine highway network.^[4] It is also known as Santo Tomas Bypass RoadinSanto Tomas, Manila–Batangas Road from its junction with General Malvar Street in Santo Tomas southwards, and Ayala HighwayinLipa.

The highway was named in honor of José Paciano Laurel, who served as the president of the Second Philippine Republic. Laurel was born in Tanauan, Batangas, through which the highway traverses.

Route description[edit]

Jose P. Laurel Highway starts at the Santo Tomas Junction, a roundabout intersection with the Maharlika Highway and Governor Carpio Avenue in Santo Tomas. It then enters Tanauan, Malvar, Lipa, where it diverts motorists around the poblacion as Ayala Highway, San Jose, and Batangas City, where it ends at Lawas Junction, its intersection with Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road and P. Burgos Street (Manila-Batangas Pier Road) in the poblacion. The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road mostly parallels the highway and crosses each other at Lipa and Batangas City.

History[edit]

Most of the highway is historically called Manila–Batangas Road.^[5] It was designated as Highway 19orRoute 19, a route that linked Santo Tomas to the then-municipality of Batangas and was the logical continuation of Route 1 (Manila South Road), an old road from Manila that includes the present-day Maharlika Highway, prior to the completion of its section towards Alaminos, Laguna circa 1930s.^[6][7][8][9] New alignments bypassing the downtowns of San Jose,^[10][11] Lipa (now known as Ayala Highway), and Santo Tomas (officially known as Manila–Batangas Diversion Road),^[4] respectively, were later built and made part of the present-day Jose P. Laurel Highway.^[12]

Intersections[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2019)

The entire route is located in Batangas. Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal ParkinManila designated as kilometer zero. 

City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Santo Tomas			AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) / Governor Carpio Avenue – Manila, San Pablo	Northern terminus. Roundabout.
			N4 (General Malvar Street)	Southern end of Manila–Batangas Diversion Road.
			Santo Tomas Bypass Road
Santo Tomas–Tanauan boundary			San Juan Bridge over San Juan River
Tanauan			N421 (Mabini Avenue) – STAR Tollway, Talisay, Tagaytay	Traffic light intersection.
Malvar			Pedro Montecer Street – STAR Tollway
Lipa			Leviste Road – Alaminos
			F. Leviste Highway – STAR Tollway, Balete
			Alaminos–Lipa Road – Alaminos, San Pablo
			N431 (General Luna Street) – Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Juan	Eastern end of Ayala Highway.
			N431 (B. Morada Avenue) – Lipa city proper, Padre Garcia, Rosario, San Juan	Western end of Ayala Highway.
			E2 (STAR Tollway) – Manila, Batangas City
			N432 (Fernando Airbase Road)	Serves Fernando Air Base.
			Mataaskahoy Road – Mataasnakahoy
			N433 (Banay-Banay–Mojon–Cuenca Road) – Cuenca, Lemery, Calaca
San Jose			Charito Makalintal Avenue – San Jose town proper, Ibaan
			Makalintal Avenue / Pulgeras Road – San Jose town proper, Alitagtag, Bauan
			Makalintal Avenue – San Jose town proper
Batangas City			E2 (STAR Tollway) / N434 (Batangas Port Diversion Road) – Batangas International Port, Manila
			N435 (Batangas–Ibaan Road) – Ibaan
			N438 (Tolentino Road) – Lobo
			N436 (Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road) / N437 (P. Burgos Street) – Batangas International Port, Batangas city proper	Southern terminus. Traffic light intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Department of Public Works and Highways