via Daet or Andaya hiway?

[jgvus]

I'm going to Bicol next week, yung kasama ko sedan ang dala kaya alanganin siya mag Andaya hiway. Please advise naman kung ano ang condition ng Andaya hiway ngayon. Thank you!!!

[nickriingen]

Take the Andaya Hiway for a shorter route. If you want a scenic route, take the road going to Daet, but it is much longer.

[valskie01]

day trip take daet route pero kung night trip mag andaya ka. kakatakot sa daet route pag gabi.

[scharnhorst]

2 years ago, hindi pa maayos yung "quirino highway".

1 year ago, hindi pa rin maayos yung quirino highway. there were unpaved parts, and in the paved parts, there were lots of parts where the concrete just caved in... making potholes that even me, in the ranger, had to avoid.

anybody gone to bicol recently?

[nels76]

Andaya cuts the trip to Bicol by 1.5 hours.
Although sa may bandang tagkawayan quezon, may malalim na lubak due to road improvement. That was last year pa. Ewan ko lang ngayon kung ok na.

And since Andaya Highway has just been constructed recently (I think late 90s), ala pa gaanong settlers dito so mahirap dumaan dito sa gabi dahil mahirapan kang maghanap ng tutulong sa 'yo pag nasiraan ka. Tapos yong mga dumadaan namang sasakyan, hindi ka hihintuan basta basta.

[mang mario]

yes andaya highway or "quirino highway" is shorter by approx. 70+ kms. or 1.5 hours driving time compared to the daet route.

but repairs on quirino highway IS NEVER completed. throughout the stretch of the highway, there are "re-blocking" works. meaning the old pavement is demolished and re-constructed. and these works are ongoing all-year round. by the time they finished one portion of the road, the other portion deteriorates and is again "re-blocked".

this "re-blocking" works is very dangerous esp at night, there are one-way lanes that are around a blind curve. and almost all the big heavy trucks and trailers travel during the night. which is good for the engine and tires.

try the daet route, the roads are well paved. concrete roads with asphalt over-lay. kaya very smooth ang driving. kaya lang ang daming zigzag curves. baka mahapo at ma-stress ka sa pag drive. and very fews trucks use this road. you also got to see the so-called "bitukang-manok" near the camarines norte & camarines sur boundary.

but do travel during the day. dont ever travel at night. camarines norte is known for NPA haven. i should know. i was born there.

[rollyic]

off topic lang po ng konti...

taga bicol po kami.
ang natatandaan ko lang na naging maganda from start to end ang quirino highway is yung 1st few yrs nung buksan ito sa motorista.
after non, hindi ko na nakitang maayos ang highway. considering, DBM sec. po si ANDAYA ni GMA.
ang nangyayari po kasi...may sira, aayusin. bago pa matapos yung inaayos, sa ibang area naman ang sira. bago pa ulit matapos yung inaayos sa ibang area, sira na yung una nilang inayos. imagine, almost 20 yrs nang ganon ang higway na yun!
isa lang pagpapatunay na maraming pera (ang mga contractors) sa highway!
minsan napandaan kami sa pagbubuhos nila ng semento. nakita ko halos walang bakal (ang layo ng mga pagitan) na nilalagay kaya siguro madaling masira (i hope nasa standard din yung halo nila ng semento. baka kasi 1:1...isang sakong semento at isang truck buhangin at graba). at yung bakal na nakita ko, parang mas makapal pa yung bakal ng bakod namin!

sana may makapansin nito sa bagong gobyerno ni noynoy. malaking ginhawa ito hindi lang sa mga bakasyonista ng south, kundi sa mga byahero din ng mga goods na binabyahe sa manila at luzon galing south.

[fourtheboys96]

may construction pa din ngayon sa sa quirino although hindi ganun kalaki pero sa ibat;s ibang parte siya.

kung hindi naman mabilisan ang byahe, ok pa naman dumaan dun.

[nubesuke]

+1 ANDAYA HIWAY

Hindi na mawawala yung road construction na hindi matapos tapos hayzz hindi
nalang kasi isang buhasan ang rehabilitation niyan eh. Last May dumaan ako
diyan kaya panaman daan ng kotse may nakasabay ako vios humaharorot pa nga pero hindi advisable yung near to tragedy yun kasi may bubulaga nalang sayo hehe! have a safe trip pards! solo solo niyo daan tapos na summer tym!

[scharnhorst]

went to bicol lately.

the worst parts were if you did not take the old zigzag road in quezon (yung sa eme), sobrang pangit nung kalsada sa new diversion road.

sa andaya/quirino highway, may mga parts na 1-laner pa rin. ang hirap lalo na pag walang nagbabantay