page_title: Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway
section_title: Construction of phase 3 (Urdaneta to Rosario)
hierarchical_section_title: Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway / History / Construction of phase 3 (Urdaneta to Rosario)
caption_attribution_description: English: The TPLEX construction of Pozorrubio Interchange in MacArthur Highway in the town of Pozorrubio, Pangasinan
context_page_description: The Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway is an 89.21-kilometer four-lane expressway north of Manila, Philippines, which connects the Central Luzon region with the Ilocos Region. The expressway begins at the northern terminus of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in Tarlac City, and ends at Rosario in La Union.
  The first section of the project, from Tarlac City to Pura, Tarlac, had been operating on a "soft opening" basis since October 31, 2013, and was ready for full operation in November 2013.
  Part of the second segment, which will take motorists up to Ramos, Tarlac, opened on December 23, 2013. The section from Anao, Tarlac up to Rosales, Pangasinan, opened in April 2014, while the remaining segment connecting Rosales to Urdaneta opened on December 20 of the same year.
  The third segment of the expressway partially opened up to Binalonan in 2016 and Pozorrubio in 2017. The final section of the expressway from Pozorrubio to Rosario was opened to motorists on July 15, 2020.
  Proposals have also been raised for extending the project all the way to Laoag in Ilocos Norte.
context_section_description: In the December 2014 announcement for the opening of phase 2, Dumol also projected that the last section, covering 25.83 km from Urdaneta to Rosario and including an exit in Pozorrubio, would be completed some time in 2015. However, there were delays in the implementation of the project, which included a highly disputed proposal to divert the exit 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) away to San Fabian in Pangasinan.
  The DPWH and the PIDC announced in July 2015 that they will continue to follow the original plan for the last phase exiting in Rosario, adding that this last phase would be completed by the following year, 2016.
  This development phase was further subdivided into phase 3A, from Urdaneta to Pozorrubio, and phase 3B, Pozorrubio to Rosario. Section 3A would include trumpet-type interchanges at Binalonan and Pozorrubio, while section 3B include an interchange at Sison and the roundabout-style terminus interchange in Rosario, La Union.
  After the opening of the exit at Binalonan in December 2017, the DPWH said segment 3B from Pozorrubio to Rosario is expected to be completed in June 2019.
caption: Pozorrubio Interchange under construction in MacArthur Highway in the town of Pozorrubio, Pangasinan
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