Loay Interior Road
The road in Carmen
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Length	78.92 km (49.04 mi)
Component highways	N852
Major junctions
From	N850 (Tagbilaran East Road) in Loay
Major intersections	N853 (Carmen−Sagbayan−Bacani Road) in Carmen N854 (Dat-an−Carmen−Sierra Bullones−Pilar−Alicia Road) in Carmen
To	N850 (Tagbilaran North Road) in Trinidad
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Bohol
Municipalities	Loay, Loboc, Bilar Batuan, Carmen, Dagohoy, San Miguel, Trinidad
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List
← N851 → N853

The Loay Interior Road is a 78.92-kilometer (49.04 mi), two lane national secondary road that connects the municipality of Loay to the municipality of Trinidad in Bohol, Philippines.^[1][2] This highway serves as one of the principal gateways to Carmen, which is known for being the main location and tourist spot of the Chocolate Hills.

The entire highway is designated as National Route 852 (N852) of Philippine highway network.

History

This road was designated as National Route 852 (N852) of the Philippine highway network by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Route description

The route starts in Loay, as a junction from Tagbilaran East Road.^[3] It traverses to Loboc, Bilar and Batuan. The road reaches Carmen and makes junctions of Carmen−Sagbayan−Bacani Road (N853) and Dat-an−Carmen−Sierra Bullones−Pilar−Alicia Road (N854), respectively. The highway traverses to Dagohoy and San Miguel. After reaching Trinidad, the road ends at a Three-way intersection of Tagbilaran North Road and Tagbilaran East Road.^[3]

Incidents

• This highway was one of the roads in Bohol to suffer from the 2013 Bohol earthquake, specifically in the Loboc section.^[4] Tourist destinations were damaged along with the town's main church.
• Typhoon Seniang damaged many lunch cruise boats.