Bacolod South Road

The Bacolod South Road, also known as Negros South Road, is a 212.59 km, two-to-six lane major north–south lateral highway that connects the city of Bacolod to the municipality of Hinoba-an in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines.

The road forms part of National Route 7 (N7), National Route 6 (N6), and National Route 712 (N712) of the Philippine highway network and of the Western Nautical Highway of the Philippine Nautical Highway System.

Route description
True to its name, the road connects Bacolod downtown to the southern municipalities and cities of Negros Occidental up to Hinoba-an, where the province also shares its boundary with Negros Oriental. Its segment from Bacolod to Kabankalan also forms part of the Western Nautical Highway of the Philippine Nautical Highway System.

Bacolod
The road starts at the kilometer zero of Negros Occidental in front of the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol in Bacolod. There, the road assumes the local name Lacson Street and is part of N7 as it continues the Bacolod North Road. It then turns near the Bacolod City Plaza as Jose Rizal Street, Gatuslao Street, Gonzaga Street, and Araneta Avenue (beginning from its intersection with Sto. Niño–Banago Road, where Gonzaga Street continues), respectively. At the junction with Alijis Road, its route number changes from N7 to N6.

Bago to Kabankalan
In Bago, the road then turns away from the city proper and becomes also known as Bacolod South By-Pass Road, its newer right-of-way locally as R.M. Salas Drive. It then regains the Bacolod South Road name at Ubay Crossing past the Bago River. It continues its course along the western coast of Negros Occidental as it traverses Pulupandan, Valladolid, San Enrique, Pontevedra, Hinigaran, Binalbagan, Himamaylan, and Kabankalan, wherein from barangay Binicuil it is locally known as Guanzon Street. In the town propers of Pontevedra and Hinigaran, it is locally known in the town proper as Rizal Street.

Kabankalan to Hinoba-an
At its intersection with Bais–Kabankalan Road (Aquiles-Zayco Avenue) in Kabankalan city proper, the road's route number changes from N6 to N712, transitioning from a primary national road to a secondary national road, respectively. Shortly, it turns to the northeast locally known as Justice Y. Perez Avenue and continues its course along the western and southern coast of Negros Occidental. It terminates in Hinoba-an, near the provincial boundary with Negros Oriental, where it is continued by Dumaguete South Road.

History
The road was historically part of Highway 1 that incompletely inscribed the Negros Island. After the World War II, the road was extended from its former southern terminius in Sojoton Point in Cauayan to Hinoba-an. Its right-of-way in Bago was also realigned through a new bypass road, away from the poblacion where it formerly traversed.