Route 70 shield
Route 70
Ormoc Real St.jpg
N70 as Real Street in Ormoc
Route information
Auxiliary route of AH 26 (26)
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways
Component
highways		 AH 26 (N70) from Palo to Ormoc
Major junctions
From AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) in Palo
Major intersections
  • N681 (Lemon–Leyte–Biliran Road) in Capoocan
  • N683 (Dayhagan–Salvacion–Coob–Libertad Road) in Ormoc
  • N684 (Palompon–Isabel–Merida–Ormoc Road) in Ormoc
  • N692 (Ormoc–Baybay–Southern Leyte Boundary Road) in Baybay
To AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) in Mahaplag
Location
CountryPhilippines
ProvincesLeyte
Major citiesOrmoc, Baybay
TownsPalo, Santa Fe, Alangalang, Jaro, Tunga, Carigara, Capoocan, Kananga, Albuera, Mahaplag
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines
← N69→ N73

National Route 70 (N70) forms part of the Philippine highway network. It partially spurs the Asian Highway 26 (AH26) from Palo to Ormoc in Leyte, Philippines.[1][2][3][4]

Route description

N70 starts at its intersection with Maharlika Highway in Palo, at the vicinity of the Palo Cathedral. It then enters the towns of Santa Fe, Alangalang, Jaro, Tunga, Carigara, Capoocan, and Kananga. It enters the city of Ormoc, where the Asian Highway 26 (AH26) concurrency leaves the highway for the Ormoc Port. It then turns east to follow the western coast of Leyte and traverses the town of Albuera and the city of Baybay before ending at Maharlika Highway in Mahaplag.

Asian Highway Network

This route partially spurs the Asian Highway 26, running from Palo to Ormoc and continues as a sea ferry to Cebu City.[5][6]

History

The direct predecessors of N70 are Highway 2 from Palo to Baybay and Highway 1 from Baybay to Mahaplag.[7]

Upon the ratification of the Asian Highway Network by the Philippines in 2007, the highway's segment from Palo to Ormoc was later made part of the Pan-Philippine Highway, particularly its spur in Visayas. The highway network connecting Palo and Mahaplag via the western coast of Leyte was later designated by the Department of Public Works and Highways as N70. The route is signposted from Palo to Ormoc but since the non-AH26 section of the route does not have its own route markers, it is not signposted from Ormoc to Mahaplag.

References

  1. ↑ "Leyte 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Leyte 2nd". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Leyte 4th". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Leyte 5th". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ "What does AH26 road sign mean?". Rappler.com. November 17, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Department Order No. 15 Series of 2009" (PDF). Department of Public Works and Highways. March 22, 2009.
  7. ↑ 1944 Army Map Service Road Map of the Central and Southern Philippines (Map). 1:1000000. Washington D.C.: Army Maps Service, Corps of Engineers. 1944. Retrieved September 23, 2021.


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