Ternate–Nasugbu Road

The Ternate–Nasugbu Road, also known as Ternate–Nasugbu Highway or Nasugbu–Ternate Highway,^[1] is a two-to-four lane, secondary road in the provinces of Cavite and Batangas, Philippines.^[2][3] It connects the municipality of Ternate in Cavite to the municipality of Nasugbu in Batangas.

Ternate–Nasugbu Road
Ternate–Nasugbu Highway Nasugbu–Ternate Highway
The Kaybiang Tunnel in Maragondon
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - Cavite 2nd District Engineering Office and Batangas 1st District Engineering Office
Component highways	N407
Major junctions
North end	N405 (Governor's Drive / Caylabne Road) in Ternate, Cavite
South end	N408 (Nasugbu–Lian–Calatagan Road) / N407 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) in Nasugbu, Batangas
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Cavite and Batangas
Towns	Ternate, Maragondon, and Nasugbu
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

The road forms part of National Route 407 (N407) of the Philippine highway network. It is also locally known as J.P. Laurel Street in Nasugbu.^[4]

Route description

Ternate–Nasugbu Road as J.P. Laurel Street in Nasugbu

From the south, the road starts at the intersection with Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road and Nasugbu–Lian–Calatagan Road in Nasugbu as the continuation of the latter. It traverses the municipal proper of Nasugbu as J.P. Laurel Street. Running parallel to the western coast of Batangas and Cavite, it turns north in Barangay Looc before traversing the Mounts Palay-Palay–Mataas-na-Gulod Protected Landscape, where it enters the province of Cavite at Maragondon. The road ends at its intersection with Caylabne Road in Ternate and continues towards the town proper as Governor's Drive.

History

The road originated as a first-class road in Nasugbu linking Batangas–Bauan–Nasugbu Road, particularly the section now part of Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road, to Barangay Wawa.^[5][6][7][8] It was later extended north towards Ternate through a project conceived in 1994 during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos. However, the construction was delayed due to right-of-way issues, with the groundbreaking held in 2009 during the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and completed in 2013 during the administration of her successor President Benigno Aquino III. The project includes a 4-kilometer (2.5 mi) paved road, a 1.4-kilometer (0.87 mi) concrete road, four new bridges, and the 300-meter (980 ft) Kaybiang Tunnel.^[9][10]

Intersections

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

Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Cavite	Ternate	67.000	41.632	N405 (Governor's Drive / Caylabne Road)	Northern terminus
	Maragondon	70.107	43.562	Kaybiang Tunnel
		72.062	44.777	Patungan Bridge
		74.551	46.324	Tabe Bridge
Cavite–Batangas boundary	Maragondon–Nasugbu boundary	74.622	46.368	Cavite 2nd District Engineering Office–Batangas 1st District Engineering Office highway boundary
Batangas	Nasugbu	96.129	59.732	N408 (Nasugbu–Lian–Calatagan Road) / N407 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway)	Southern terminus. Continues south as N408 (Nasugbu–Lian–Calatagan Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi