N114 highway

National Route 114 (N114) of the Philippine highway network, is a 162.54 km national secondary road in the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and Nueva Vizcaya. It traverses and connects the municipality of Dingalan in the province of Aurora, the city of Palayan, the municipalities of Laur, Gabaldon, Santo Domingo, Guimba, and Cuyapo in the province of Nueva Ecija, Rosales, Santa Maria, Tayug, and San Nicolas in the province of Pangasinan, and Santa Fe in the province of Nueva Vizcaya. It consist of three parts namely, Palayan–Gabaldon–Dingalan Road, Nueva Ecija–Pangasinan Road and Pangasinan–Nueva Vizcaya Road.

Villa Verde Trail is part of this highway, famous for being a major battleground during the Second World War.

History
Villa Verde Trail, a part of this highway located at Barangay Malico, San Nicolas, Pangasinan become a battleground during the Second World War. An intense battle between the Japanese Imperial Forces under the command of Lt. General Tomoyuki Yamashita and the US Army 32nd Infantry Division's 127th Infantry Regiment under the command of Maj. Gen William H. Gill from January 30, 1945 to May 28, 1945.

Villa Verde Trail, a section of the Pangasinan–Nueva Vizcaya Road was finally completed and open to the public on 2016 finally linking Pangasinan and Nueva Vizcaya section of the highway.

Route description
The road serves as major road connecting the city of Palayan and the towns of Laur, Gabaldon, Dingalan in the province of Aurora as well as the towns of Santo Domingo, Guimba, Cuyapo and Rosales and vice versa. It also connects the town of Rosales, Santa Maria, Tayug, San Nicolas and Santa Fe and vice versa. It also acts as a shortcut to access Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEX) at Carmen, Rosales from both the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya.

Palayan–Gabaldon–Dingalan Road
The highway starts at the town proper of Dingalan, Aurora, continue, northwest to the province of Nueva Ecija near the Aurora Memorial National Park into town of Gabaldon and continue eastward into the town of Laur and finally reaching the junction with Nueva Ecija–Aurora Road (N111) at Palayan City. It is then cut off by the N111 and N1 for approximately 41 km.

Nueva Ecija–Pangasinan Road
The highway continues at Barangay Baloc, Santo Domingo at the junction with Pan-Philippine Highway. and traverses through the town of Guimba and Cuyapo and continue to the province of Pangasinan. In Rosales, Pangasinan in reaches the junction with Umingan–Carmen Road (N56) and get cut off again for 6.76 km.

Pangasinan–Nueva Vizcaya Road
The highway continues at the junction with Umingan–Carmen Road (N56) at the town proper of Rosales, Pangasinan. It continue northward to the towns of Santa Maria, Tayug and continue at San Nicolas, Pangasinan. After the reaching the town proper of San Nicolas, it continues upland with into Caraballo Mountains where it locally known as Villa Verde Trail or Malico Road. The road in this part of the highway consists of steep and curvy roads. It reaches Salacsac Pass located at the top of Barangay Malico. It then descends into the boundary with Nueva Vizcaya and finally reach the junction with Pan-Philippine Highway in Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya.