Romulo Highway

Romulo Highway
Carlos P. Romulo Highway
The highway in Carangian, Tarlac City
Route information
Length	77.2 km (48.0 mi)
Component highways	N55
Major junctions
Southeast end	N2 (MacArthur Highway) in Tarlac City
Major intersections	N242 (Paniqui–Camiling Road / Camiling–Malasiqui–Santa Barbara Road) in Camiling, Tarlac N306 (Alaminos–Bugallon Road) in Bugallon, Pangasinan
Northwest end	N55 (Lingayen–Labrador Road) in Lingayen, Pangasinan
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Tarlac, Pangasinan
Major cities	Tarlac City
Towns	Santa Ignacia, Camiling, San Clemente, Mangatarem, Aguilar, Bugallon, Lingayen
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List
← N54 → N56

Romulo Highway, also known as Carlos P. Romulo Highway, is a 77.2-kilometer (48.0 mi) major highway in the Philippines that connects the provinces of Tarlac and Pangasinan. It is alternatively known as Tarlac–Pangasinan Road from Tarlac City to Bugallon, Pangasinan and as a component of Pangasinan–Zambales Road and Bugallon–Lingayen Road from Bugallon to Lingayen.

The highway is named after Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author Carlos P. Romulo, who had served, among other things, as President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1949–1950. Romulo was born in town of Camiling, Tarlac, through which the highway passes.

The entire road forms part of National Route 55 (N55) of the Philippine highway network.

Route description

Romulo Highway starts at The Tarlac Junction, its intersection with MacArthur Highway in Tarlac City, locally as P. Zamora Avenue. It then turns south in the city proper as Romulo Boulevard and then veers west and north as it approaches its crossing over Tarlac River. Past the river, it is only named Romulo Highway. It then traverses the towns of Santa Ignacia, Camiling, where it turns east into the town proper locally as Quezon Avenue before turning north, and San Clemente in Tarlac. It enters Pangasinan at Mangatarem and traverses the towns of Aguilar and Bugallon, where it intersects and becomes part of Pangasinan–Zambales Road. It crosses Agno River to enter Lingayen, where it ends at its intersection with Lingayen–Labrador Road in Baay, south of the town proper.

History

The highway's segment from Tarlac City to Bugallon was historically designated Highway 13 or Route 13 that connected such then-towns.