Bataan West Road, Battle of the Points
My Bataan reconnaissance drive 2021-01-15
This is the last segment; it is about the Bataan West Road. It is about 43 km from Mariveles to Bagac and the road is now 99% finished with concrete and at least 2 lanes and solid bridges and the slopes are mostly stable. Only at very few places does the road have trouble with the road banks, up slope or down slope. It is safe to drive, very scenic and hardly any traffic, although many curves!
Zd953. This is a cropped section of a prewar US Army 1: 250000 map of the Manila area but it has all of Bataan and the Bataan West Road. The northern part of Bataan is cropped away! I marked up for your morientation.
Zd954. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd955. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd956. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd957. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd958. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd959. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd960. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd961. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd962. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd963. This is one of 10 images of the Bataan West Road between point No1 and point No 2 on the map of image No. Zd953. No 1 Point is the entrance to very large Camaya Development area, and a Philippine Army outpost and the road to Lague Bay starts here. No 2 Point is the Quinauan or Quinawan River Bridge, between those two points was the last segment of the Bataan West Road that needed work and it is done except one small place where work is being finished and one section of the road has a down-slope road bank problem. Now it is a nice scenic cruising road!
Zd964. This is one of three images of the Quinawan Village Road leaving the Bataan West Road and a section of the road running down towards Quinawan. But I believe it is not finished yet, not all the way going down to the village!
Zd965. This is one of three images of the Quinawan Village Road leaving the Bataan West Road and a section of the road running down towards Quinawan. But I believe it is not finished yet, not all the way going down to the village!
Zd966. This is one of three images of the Quinawan Village Road leaving the Bataan West Road and a section of the road running down towards Quinawan. But I believe it is not finished yet, not all the way going down to the village! These are the main points of the Battle of the Points!
Zd967. This is the Anjasan River Bridge.
Zd968. This is one of three images of the renewed road to Binuangan Village and a branch road to Caibobo Village. The road to Binuangan existed before as a one lane hard surface and dirt road but is now improved. The branch road to Caibobo is new; it was only a trail before. Neither of the roads are total complete, a short piece to go yet on each road. I understand that Caibobo Point was the original goal of the Japanese during the Battle of the Points and some escaped that way.
Zd969. This is one of three images of the renewed road to Binuangan Village and a branch road to Caibobo Village. The road to Binuangan existed before as a one lane hard surface and dirt road but is now improved. The branch road to Caibobo is new; it was only a trail before. Neither of the roads are total complete, a short piece to go yet on each road. I understand that Caibobo Point was the original goal of the Japanese during the Battle of the Points and some escaped that way. The right one goes to Caibobo, the left one to Binuangan.
Zd970. This is one of three images of the renewed road to Binuangan Village and a branch road to Caibobo Village. The road to Binuangan existed before as a one lane hard surface and dirt road but is now improved. The branch road to Caibobo is new; it was only a trail before. Neither of the roads are total complete, a short piece to go yet on each road. I understand that Caibobo Point was the original goal of the Japanese during the Battle of the Points and some escaped that way. A little more to go to Caibobo.
I actually made one album with all the venues of this trip into this album, but it is a long one:
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