#RoadAlert: 34 road sections closed due to Typhoon Lawin

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#RoadAlert: 34 road sections closed due to Typhoon Lawin
Clearing operations are ongoing for the affected road sections, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways

MANILA, Philippines – At least 34 road sections in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon have been closed to traffic as of Thursday noon, October 20, due to Typhoon Lawin (Haima).

In its situation report on Thursday, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bureau of Maintenance gave details of the closures due to flooding, road slips, damaged detour roads, submerged detour, damaged bridges, fallen electrical posts, soil collapse, and landslides.

Of the 34 road sections, 24 are in CAR, one is in the Ilocos Region, 4 are in Cagayan Valley, and 5 are in Central Luzon.

CAR 

Baguio:

  • Kennon Road

Benguet:

  • Shilan-Beckel Road
  • Gurel-Bokod-Kabayan Road 
  • Acop-Kapangan-Kibungan-Bakun Road

         K0263+673, Capongga, Tublay, Benguet

  • Baguio-Bontoc Road 

         K0306+000, Calasipan, Atok, Benguet

         K0325+600, Bayoyo, Buguias, Benguet

  • Benguet-Nueva Vizcaya Road

Ifugao:

  • Kiangan-Tinoc-Buguias Boundary Road, K0341+700, Buhyo section 
  • Banaue-Mayaoyao-Aguinaldo-A. Lista-Isabela Boundary Road

         K0380+080, Poblacion, Mapawoy, Mayoyao

  • Jct Potia-Mt Province Boundary Road

Lower Kalinga:

  • Bulo National Road

         K0508+092

  • Kalinga-Cagayan Road

         K0524+000 to K0526+200

  • Tabuk-Banaue Road 

         K0536+500
         K0538+100

Upper Kalinga 

  • Balbalan-Pinukpuk Road 

         K0490+950 Comyaas, Balbalan

Mt Province:

  • Baguio-Bontoc Road 

         K0390+100, Tiktik Station
         K0342+(-500), Sinto, Bauko, Mt Province
         K0374+430, Sabangan, Mt Province

  • Mt Province-Cagaya via Tabuk – Enrile Road 

         K0392+250+K0420+997

  • Mt Province-Nueva Vizcaya 

         Chico Karayan Bridge
         K0362+00-K0384+000

  • Mt Province-Ilocos Sur Road via Kayan

         K0386+800
         K0392+550

  • Jct Talubin-Barlig-Natonin-Paracelis-Calaccad Road

IMPASSABLE ROADS. Hours before Typhoon Lawin made landfall on October 19, 2016, this road in Tuguegarao was already impassable due to the swollen Pinacanauan River. Photo by Raymon Dullana/Rappler

Ilocos Region 

La Union: 

  • Luna-Bangar Road 

         K307+000-K0308+000, Brgy Rimos

 

Cagayan Valley

Isabela:

  • Cabagan-Sta Maria Road

         Sta Maria Bridge

  • Ilagan-Bigao-Palanan/Bintacan Road 

         Bintacan Bridge

  • Daang Maharlika 

         K0436+100, Cabagan Section

Nueva Vizcaya:

  • Nueva Vizcaya-Benguet Road 

         K0261+263

 

Central Luzon

Aurora:

  • Baler-Camento Road 

         K0231+-441 to K0240+506

  • Dinadiawan-Madela Road

         K0305+-000 – K0307+000

  • Nueva Ecija-Aurora Road 

         K0171+-322 to K0180+000

Nueva Ecija:

  • Nueva Ecija-Aurora Road

         K161+547, Labi Br Brgy Labi, Bongabon, NE

The DPWH said it has already deployed equipment and maintenance crews for ongoing clearing operations.

It has also installed warning signs in closed road sections.

Lawin was a super typhoon when it made landfall in Peñablanca, Cagayan at 11 pm on Wednesday, October 19. It has since weakened into a typhoon.

By Thursday morning, a total of 61,126 persons were reported to be affected by the typhoon. – Rappler.com

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