Kennon Road

Route 54 shield
Kennon Road
Benguet Road
Rosario–Baguio Road
Kennon Road, Baguio City.jpg
Kennon Road as viewed from the Kennon Road Viewdeck
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways
La Union 2nd District Engineering Office
Benguet 1st District Engineering Office
Baguio City District Engineering Office
Length33.534 km (20.837 mi)
Existed1905–present
Component
highways		 N54
Restrictions
  • Trucks
  • Buses
Major junctions
North end N208 (Aspiras–Palispis Highway) / N54 (Governor Pack Road) in Baguio
Major intersections
South end
N2 (MacArthur Highway) in Rosario, La Union
Location
CountryPhilippines
ProvincesBenguet, La Union
Major citiesBaguio
TownsRosario, Pugo, Tuba
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

Kennon Road, also known as the Rosario–Baguio Road, is a two lane 33.53-kilometer (20.83 mi) roadway in Benguet province in the Philippines connecting the mountain city of Baguio in Benguet to the lowland town of Rosario in La Union province. Originally called Benguet Road,[1] it was later renamed in honor of its builder, Col. Lyman Walter Vere Kennon of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The construction began in 1903 and opened for travel on January 29, 1905. It is the second oldest road that leads to Baguio, after Quirino Highway, and the shortest route to Baguio for travelers from Manila and provinces in central and southern Luzon.[2]

The entire road forms part of National Route 54 (N54) of the Philippine highway network.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Midland was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bankoff, Greg. (2005). These brothers of ours: Poblete's obreros and the road to Baguio 1903–1905. Journal of Social History - Volume 38, Number 4, Summer 2005, pp. 1047-1072 PDF at University of Auckland