Thanks for all the inputs! Took the Andaya highway route and it was okay. Most of the road repairs were at Tagkawayan and Sipocot/Libmanan.
Took me 8 hrs to get to Iriga for breakfast (left Manila at around 12mn) . BTW, we also took the bypass/diversion from San Fernando to Nabua,
a traffic-free paved road. I think this is called the GMA Highway. I was anxious during the first 5kms because I never saw another vehicle traversing the
route so I asked some residents if it indeed leads to Nabua and when it was confirmed, went straight for it

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Thanks for all the inputs! Took the Andaya highway route and it was okay. Most of the road repairs were at Tagkawayan and Sipocot/Libmanan.
Took me 8 hrs to get to Iriga for breakfast (left Manila at around 12mn) . BTW, we also took the bypass/diversion from San Fernando to Nabua,
a traffic-free paved road. I think this is called the GMA Highway. I was anxious during the first 5kms because I never saw another vehicle traversing the
route so I asked some residents if it indeed leads to Nabua and when it was confirmed, went straight for it