Diokno Highway

The Diokno Highway, also known as Payapa Road and formerly as Tagaytay-Junction–Calaca-Lemery Road,[2] is a 20.064-kilometer (12.467 mi),[1] two-lane, secondary road in Batangas that connects the municipality of Calaca, near its border with Nasugbu and Alfonso, Cavite, and the municipality of Lemery.[3] It connects southern Cavite and Batangas.

Diokno Highway
Payapa Road
Tagaytay-Junction–Calaca-Lemery Road
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways - Batangas 1st District Engineering Office[1]
Length20.064 km[1] (12.467 mi)
Component
highways		 N410
Major junctions
From N410 / N407 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) in Calaca, Batangas
To N436 (Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road) in Lemery, Batangas
Location
ProvincesBatangas
TownsCalaca and Lemery
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The highway is believed to be named after Ramon Diokno, a native of Taal, Batangas who served as the country's senator and Supreme Court associate justice.[4]

References
  1. "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. "VILLAR: Diokno Bridge connecting Tagaytay City and Lemery, Batangas is now open". Department of Public Works and Highways. November 13, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  3. "2016 DPWH Road Data". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on January 9, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  4. Cantos, Joy (July 24, 2016). "4 drug pushers, itinumba" (in Filipino). Pilipino Star Ngayon. Retrieved September 19, 2021.


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