MacArthur Highway
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| Manila North Road | |
 MacArthur Highway in Barangay Lara, San Fernando, Pampanga | |
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| Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways | |
| Length | 684.855 km[1] (425.549 mi) |
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| South end | Bonifacio Monument Circle in Caloocan |
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| North end | Barangay Mabanguc, Aparri, Cagayan |
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(Ilocos Sur-Abra Road) in The MacArthur Highway, officially the Manila North Road (MNR or MaNor), is a 684.855-kilometer (425.549 mi), two-to-six lane, national primary highway and tertiary highway in Luzon, Philippines, connecting Caloocan in Metro Manila to Aparri in Cagayan. It is the second longest road in the Philippines, after Maharlika Highway. It is primarily known as MacArthur Highway in segments from Caloocan to Urdaneta, Pangasinan,[2] although it is also applied up to Ilocos Sur,[3] and likewise called as Manila North Road for the entire length.[1]
Route description[]
Manila North Road is a toll-free, two- to eight-lane national road that stretches for about 685 km (426 mi) from the Bonifacio Monument (Monumento) Circle in Caloocan to the northern province of Cagayan, passing through three cities in Metro Manila (Caloocan, Malabon, and Valenzuela), three provinces of Central Luzon (Bulacan, Pampanga and Tarlac), four provinces of the Ilocos Region (Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, and Ilocos Norte), and Cagayan in the Cagayan Valley region.[4] The highway parallels the North Luzon Expressway from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to Mabalacat, the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway from Mabalacat to Tarlac City, and the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway from Tarlac City to Rosario.
The entire road consists of series of route numbering system by the Department of Public Works and Highways. From Caloocan to Guiguinto and from Laoag to Aparri, it is the component of National Route 1 (N1) of the Philippine highway network, although N1 isn't signposted in the highway; the latter section is also part of the Pan-Philippine Highway or Asian Highway 26 (AH26) of the Asian highway network. The rest of the route from Guiguinto to Laoag is entirely designated as the National Route 2 (N2) of the Philippine highway network. It is also a component of R-9 of Manila's arterial road network. Its remaining section in Aparri is classified as an unnumbered, tertiary road.
Alternative names[]
Manila North Road's section from Caloocan to Urdaneta, Pangasinan is officially recognized as MacArthur Highway,[5] although it is also known as such in La Union and Ilocos Sur.[3] Its section that forms part of N1/AH26 from Laoag to Aparri is also known as Maharlika Highway and a part of Laoag–Allacapan Road.[6]
Through the city proper of San Fernando, La Union, the road is locally known as Quezon Avenue. In Laoag, it forms part of Laoag–Paoay Road between Laoag Airport Road and at the city proper, it is locally known as J.P. Rizal Avenue and Gen. Segundo Avenue, respectively.[1]
History[]
The highway was built in sections beginning in 1928 during the American colonial period.[7] It followed much of the route of the old Manila Railroad line from Manila to Dagupan. It was designated Highway 3 and also Route 3 in early U.S. military records.[8] It also reached south up to Manila through the present-day alignment of Rizal Avenue (Route 3A); the highway's section from Caloocan to Valenzuela (formerly Polo) was once part of Rizal Avenue Extension.[2] However, Highway 3 used a different alignment in Valenzuela that exist until today as a mixture of streets in Malanday, in San Fernando, Pampanga that exists today as a mixture of streets collectively known as the Old Manila North Road, and in Paniqui as a mixture of streets in the poblacion collectively known as Paniqui Poblacion Road.[1][9][10][11] The highway eventually reached the Ilocos provinces in the north and became known as the Manila North Road.[4] Apparently in the 1950s, it reached further towards Aparri in Cagayan as it took over the section that was previously known as Cagayan-Ilocos Norte Road.[2][12]
On June 17, 1961, the section of the Manila North Road between Caloocan and Urdaneta was renamed in honor of the Liberator of the Philippines during World War II, General Douglas McArthur.[5][8]
Intersections[]
Metro Manila[]
AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) / AH 26 (N120) (Samson Road) / (Rizal Avenue Extension) in Caloocan. Southern terminus of the highway.
E5 (NLEX Harbor Link) in Karuhatan, Valenzuela
(Maysan Road) in Malinta, Valenzuela
(Bulacan[]
in Meycauayan
E1 (Tabang Spur Road) / N1 in Tabang, Guiguinto. Transition from N1 to N2. Southern terminus of N2.
in Calumpit
in 
in Pampanga[]
N3 in San Fernando
N216 in Angeles
in Angeles (two northern termini)
N215 in Angeles- E1 (Clark Spur Road) in Mabiga, Mabalacat
N213 in Mabalacat- E1 (SCTEX) in Dolores, Mabalacat
Tarlac[]
- N213 in Capas
N55 at Tarlac City
N58 in Santo Cristo, Tarlac City
in Paniqui (three eastern termini)
in Pangasinan[]
/ in Rosales
in Urdaneta. Official northern end of MacArthur Highway section on Manila North Road.- E1 (TPLEX) in Urdaneta
in Binalonan- E1 (TPLEX) in Pozzorubio
in La Union[]
N54 (Kennon Road) at Camp 1, Rosario- E1 (TPLEX) at Subusub, Rosario
N209 in Rosario (two southern termini)
N208 in Agoo- N55 in Agoo
- N54 at Bauang
in San Fernando
in San Fernando
in 
in San FernandoIlocos Sur[]
- in Tagudin
in Candon (northern and southern termini)
in Narvacan
in Narvacan- in Narvacan
in Bantay
in Cabugao
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in 
in 
in Ilocos Norte[]
in Currimao
in Currimao
N100 in Laoag. Transition from N2 to N1/AH26. Northern terminus of N2.- in Bacarra
in 
in Currimao
Cagayan[]
in Abulug
in Abulug- AH 26 (N1) in Aparri. Transition from N1/AH26 to unnumbered tertiary road.
in 
in AbulugGallery[]
MacArthur Highway in Valenzuela, part of N1 of the Philippine highway network
MacArthur Highway-Malolos flyover in Malolos, Bulacan, signed as N2
MacArthur Highway in Mabalacat, Pampanga
The highway approaching Tarlac City
Don Teofilo Sison Bridge in Rosales, Pangasinan
MacArthur Highway in Binalonan, Pangasinan
Bued Bridge at the Pangasinan–La Union boundary
Manila North Road with the N2 reassurance sign in Rosario, La Union
Manila North Road, locally known as Quezon Avenue in San Fernando, La Union
Manila North Road entering Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur
Amburayan Bridge at the La Union–Ilocos Sur boundary
Manila North Road carried by Patapat Viaduct and as the second part of N1 but with the AH26 concurrency
See also[]
- Pan-Philippine Highway
- Philippine highway network
- List of places named for Douglas MacArthur
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ a b c Executive Order No. 483 (6 November 1951), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved November 6, 2021
- ^ a b "Advisory: Road works along MacArthur Highway in La Union and Ilocos Sur". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. March 23, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "Jica, World Bank to maintain 500-km MacArthur Highway". BusinessMirror. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ a b Republic Act No. 1080 (17 June 1961), An Act Providing that the Highway from the City of Manila to the Municipality of Lingayen, Province of Pangasinan, Passing Through the Municipality of Tarlac, Province of Tarlac, and the Municipalities of Villasis, Urdaneta, Sta. Barbara, Calasiao, Dagupan, and Binmaley, All in the Province of Pangasinan, Shall Hereafter be Known as the Macarthur Highway, retrieved August 14, 2014
- ^ Presidential Decree No. 1062 (15 December 1975), Appropriating Funds for Infrastructure Development, Synchronizing the Same with Previous Public Works Appropriations, retrieved December 31, 2021
- ^ "A window into Valenzuela City's past". BusinessMirror. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ a b The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines. Joseph P. McCallus. April 30, 2010. ISBN 9781597974974. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ 1944 Army Map Service Road Map of Northern Luzon, Philippines (Map). 1:1000000. Washington D.C.: Army Maps Service, Corps of Engineers. 1944. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ ND 51-5 Manila (Map). 1:250,000. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers. 1954. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ ND 51-1 Tarlac (Map). 1:250,000. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers. 1954. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Executive Order No. 113 (2 May 1955), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved November 6, 2021
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Coordinates: 15°33′09″N 120°20′43″E / 15.5525°N 120.3452°E
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