Route NLEX to Binmaley, Pangasinan?

[H1Tman]

First time driving. Suggestions are welcome. TIA

[vhenok]

Enter NLEX via Balintawak...

Go farther up North until Dau Toll Plaza (syempre pay Php 138 upon exit hehe)

OPTION 1 (via SCTEX)

About 2 kms after Dau Plaza, there's an entry to SCTEX. Go towards the direction ng "Tarlac-Pangasinan-Baguio" signpost when inside SCTEX.

In SCTEX, passby the exits of Dolores, Concepcion, Luisita then finally Tarlac. Toll fee is Php 69 bucks

OPTION 1-A (via Tarlac City/Camiling)

Turn left upon exit, drive straight until you see the stoplight Intersection (Metrotown Mall). Right turn po sa stoplight (that's the old McArthur Hiway, the old route)...

The next Y-intersection, turn left to go towards Camiling (signposted with "to Hundred Islands"), eto ung near sa stopover ng Victory (Siesta)

Passby these towns...

Tarlac City - Sta Ignacia - Camiling - San Clemente

Then welcome to Pangasinan...

Passby these towns:

Mangatarem - Aguilar - Bugallon then finally Binmaley, pwede din via Lingayen kaya lang medyo malayo na then papuntang Binmaley.


OPTION 1-B (SCTEX via Alternate route to Baguio)

Turn right on SCTEX Tarlac Exit...passby this towns

La Paz-Victoria-Pura

Properly signposted naman po mga roads which says "Alternate route to Baguio". Downside is masyadong rural yung roads, may mga palays and corns being dried on the roads and may cause delay.

Also, not advisable to take this route at night.

At Pura, when you see a small rotunda, you may opt to take the left portion which leads you to Gerona (sa may Total/Petron gas station along the old McArthur Hiway)...turn right ka po sa hiway then passby the towns mentioned below OPTION 1-C

OPTION 1-C (Via Tarlac City/Urdaneta)

Its the right portion on the Y-intersection above

Passby these towns...

Tarlac City - Gerona - Paniqui - Moncada - San Manuel

Then an arch welcomes you to the Province of Pangasinan

Eto mga towns ...

Villasis then Urdaneta...In Urdaneta proper, left ka po from the hiway passby po

Sta Barbara - Calasiao then left towards Binmaley

OPTION 2 (Via NLEX)

Below is taken from my previous posts:

MANILA-TARLAC City
Distance: 120 kms.
Approx. Travel Time: 2-3 hours

Now that we know that NLEX has shown great improvement, travel time now cuts short for the 86-km. nicely paved highway to 30-45 minutes. There are a couple of large gas stations to either fill-in those tanks, do some checkups, restrooms and foods are also great. Petron is between Meycauayan & Marilao Exits and Shell (which is much bigger and offers many food choices) between Bocaue and Balagtas Exits.

Enter Balintawak and run all the way up to the end of NLEX (Sta. Ines, Magalang Exit, past Dau).

From here, its either you turn right to Mabalacat (Clark)-Bamban-Capas route or left to Magalang-Concepcion-Tarlac route. The first is not advisable during daytimes as plenty of public transport (trikes and jeeps) abound the town proper. I suggest taking the other route which offers little disturbance and expect good roads. You can also see a glimpse of the devastating lahar still visible on some portions of the field. Don’t be confused when you reached the portion with signs like “Alternate Route to Baguio”, being a newbie I suggest not to take this route cause some areas are not signposted, unless of course, you have someone knows that route.

TARLAC Province

Capas-Tarlac City

Wait till you reach the very long MacArthur Hiway when you turn around the rotunda in Capas (Caltex & McDo). This hiway can cause some delays being only single road on most portions and small public transport are plenty. Many products are sold on the roadside like some tinapa, suka/patis, pakwan and other season fruits.

A large arch welcomes you to Tarlac City. Not far is the Luisita Shopping Mall and a park adjascent to it. Traffic from here is really terrible especially on the onset of summer [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]vacation[/COLOR][/COLOR]

and the whole 15-km stretch to the City Proper can cause about an hour. But then again, night travel is much preferred as this road become less traveled.

You can have a major stopover here in Tarlac as the city offers establishments much like Manila and also all large gas stations. North bound buses also have major stops here.

From here, choose either OPTIONS 1-A or 1-B above.

HTH!

There are road constructions when entering and exiting Tarlac City along the old McArthur Hiway...on the approach to Gerona, may one-way road din due to road widening.

[H1Tman]

thanks vhenok! I'll be studying the route tonight.