Country: | PHL |
Type: | N |
Route: | 207 |
Maint: | the Department of Public Works and Highways |
Length Km: | 64.77 |
Length Ref: | [1] |
Terminus A: | in Bokod |
Junction: |
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Terminus B: | in Buguias and Mankayan |
Provinces: | Benguet |
Previous Type: | N |
Previous Route: | 435 |
Next Type: | N |
Next Route: | 437 |
Photo Notes: | Cong. Cosalan Road looking towards Gurel Junction near Bolo Bridge in Bokod, Benguet. |
Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan Road | |
Alternate Name: | Gurel–Bokod–Kabayan–Buguias–Abatan Road |
National Route 207 (N207) or the Congressman Andres Acop Cosalan Road is a 64.77sp=usNaNsp=us,[2] [3] two-lane, secondary national road that forms part of the Philippine highway network.
Previously called the Gurel–Bokod–Kabayan–Buguias–Abatan Road, the road's current name honors the former Representative of Baguio and Benguet Andres Acop Cosalan, Sr., who served for two terms from 1965 to 1973 and again from 1978 to 1984.[4] Cosalan was instrumental in the development of Benguet and Baguio, and was mostly known for co-authoring Republic Act 4695 in 1966 that would divide the old Mountain Province to four different provinces, namely, Kalinga–Apayao (which was further split in 1995[5]), Benguet, Ifugao, and Mountain Province.[6] The road was changed to its present name upon the passing of Republic Act No. 11061 in January 16, 2017.[7]
Cong. Cosalan Road starts at the junction with Benguet–Nueva Vizcaya Road at Sitio Gurel in at the southern tip of Bokod town proper. It continues to weave through mountainous and landslide-prone terrain towards Sitio Ambangeg, which harbors the a beginner-friendly hiking route going up to Mount Pulag. From there, it continues upwards the Upper Agno River Basin through more zigzag roads towards the municipality of Kabayan where it runs alongside the mainstem of the Agno River towards the Akiki Trail Jump-off Point, and towards the municipal center of Kabayan, into Kabayan Barrio which serves as a backroad towards Halsema Highway. The road then continues to zigzag its way upwards and crossing several tributaries until it reaches the municipality of Buguias, where it crosses the main river once more to reach the Halsema Highway junction at the border of Mankayan and Buguias.