N8 highway (Philippines)

Route 8
N8 as Natalio Bacalso Avenue/Cebu South Road (Osmeña Boulevard) in Cebu
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Length	174 km (108 mi)
Major junctions
North end	N810 (Cebu North Road) in Danao
Major intersections	Metro Cebu Expressway in Danao (Consolacion–Tayud–Liloan Road) in Liloan N841 (UN Avenue) in Mandaue (AC Cortes Avenue) in Mandaue N815 (8th street) in Cebu (Cebu–Toledo Wharf Road) in Talisay (Cebu South Coastal Road) in Talisay N81 () in Naga N830 (Carcar–Barili–Mantapuyan Road) in Carcar
South end	N830 (Natalio Bacalso Avenue) in Santander
Location
Provinces	Cebu
Major cities	Danao, Mandaue, Cebu, Talisay, Naga, Carcar
Towns	Compostela, Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla, San Fernando, Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List
← N7 → N9

National Route 8 (N8) is a 174-kilometer (108 mi), two-six lane north-south major primary national route that forms part of the Philippine Highway Network in the province of Cebu. There are four highways that make up the road: the Cebu North Road, General Maxilom Avenue, Osmeña Boulevard and Natalio Bacalso Avenue. It runs from Danao to Santander.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The highway also forms part of the Philippine Nautical Highway System, particularly the Central Nautical Highway from Danao to Cebu City and Western Nautical Highway from Cebu City to Santander.

History[]

When the national routes were added, four roads (Cebu North Road; Cebu City to Danao, General Maxilom Avenue, Osmeña Boulevard and Natalio Bacalso Avenue; Cebu City to Santander) assigned as National Route 8 (N8) by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Route description[]

Danao to Cebu[]

The route starts at Cebu North Road at the route transition from N810 in Danao. It then makes a junction on the under-construction Metro Cebu Expressway. It then traverses the towns of Compostela and Liloan, where it veers away from the eastern coast of Cebu towards Consolacion and Mandaue. In Mandaue, it is locally known as M.C. Briones Street and Lopez Jaena Street. It then enters Cebu City, locally as M.J. Cuenco Avenue.^[6]

Cebu City[]

In Cebu City, the route turns northwest at a junction from M.C. Briones Street to General Maxilom Avenue. At the latter's western terminus at Fuente Osmeña, the route then turns north and south, thus covering Osmeña Boulevard's section from the Cebu Provincial Capitol to Natalio Bacalso Avenue, where the route turns west locally as P. del Rosario Street and continues as is towards southern Cebu.

Cebu to Santander[]

Natalio Bacalso Avenue in Naga

The route continues as Natalio Bacalso Avenue, traversing Talisay, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Carcar (where the road continues past the Carcar City Circle), Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, and Santander.^[1] It ends in Santander where the route number transitions to N830.

Intersections[]

Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Cebu Provincial Capitol in Cebu City designated as kilometer 0. 

Region	Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Central Visayas	Cebu	Danao	33	21	N810 (Cebu North Road)	Northern terminus from a route change.
			32	20	Metro Cebu Expressway	Under construction. Serves as diversion upon completion.
		Liloan	18	11	(Consolacion–Tayud–Liloan Road)	Serves as diversion road.
	Mandaue		8	5.0	N841 (United Nations Avenue)
			7	4.3	(AC Cortes Avenue)
	Cebu City		3	1.9	N815 (8th Street)
	Cebu	Talisay	9	5.6	(Cebu–Toledo Wharf Road)
			11	6.8	(Cebu South Coastal Road)	Serves as diversion road.
		Naga	21	13	N81 (Naga–Uling Road)
		Carcar	39	24	N830 (Carcar–Barili–Mantapuyan Road)	roundabout
		Santander	141	88	N830 (Natalio Bacalso Avenue)	Southern terminus in a route change.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Route transition       Unopened

See also[]

• Philippine highway network

References[]

External Links[]

Department of Public Works and Highways