Session Road


Session Road is a six-lane major road in Baguio, Philippines. The road forms part of the National Route 231 of the Philippine highway network.

Route description

Session Road is the main thoroughfare of Baguio in the Philippines and is the main hub of what is called the Baguio Central Business District.

Lower Session Road

The Lower Session Road extends eastward from Magsaysay Avenue running through the BCBD until the intersections of Father Carlu Street and Governor Pack Road. This is the area where businesses are located, among others banks, shops, restaurants, bakeries, hotels, newsstands, boutiques, and studios.

Upper Session Road

The Upper Session Road extends from Post Office Loop, Leonard Wood Road, and the foot of Luneta Hill to the rotunda cutting toward South Drive, Loakan Road, and Military Cut-Off.

History

Session Road derives its name from the fact that it used to lead up to the old Baden-Powell Hall, where the Philippine Commission held its sessions from April 22 to June 11, 1904 and officially initiated the use of Baguio as the Philippine Summer Capital. The Commission was composed of Governor General Luke E. Wright, president, and Commissioners Henry Ide, Dean Conant Worcester, Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, Benito Legarda, Jose de Luzuriaga, James Francis Smith and William Cameron Forbes. A marker by what is now Baden-Powell Inn, right beside the enormous bus terminals on Governor Pack Road, stand as the only visible evidence that anything of historical significance ever took place on Session Road.

Intersections

In popular culture

A local Philippine band called sessiOnroad based their name on the famous thoroughfare.