Pan-Philippine Highway
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| Length | 3,379.73 km[2] (2,100.07 mi) Excludes sea route Includes 96.98 km (60.26 mi) Tacloban-to-Ormoc spur and 292.34 km (181.65 mi) Davao-to-Cagayan de Oro spur |
| Existed | 1960s–present |
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| North end | Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines |
| South end | Zamboanga City, Philippines |
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The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (Tagalog: Daang Maharlika; Cebuano: Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone. Measuring 3,379.73 kilometers (2,100.07 mi) long excluding sea routes, it is the longest highway in the Philippines that forms the country's north–south backbone component of National Route 1 (N1) of the Philippine highway network. The entire highway is designated as Asian Highway 26 (AH26) of the Asian Highway Network.[1][2]
The northern terminus of the highway is in Laoag and the southern terminus is in Zamboanga City.[1]
History[]
The highway was conceived in 1965 during the last year of President Diosdado Macapagal in office, continuing to the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos.[3] It is a mixture of old existing roads and new roads that would be eventually added to become part of the highway.[4][5][6] Government planners believed that the motorway and other connected roads would stimulate agricultural production by reducing transport costs, encourage social and economic development outside existing major urban centers such as Manila, and expand industrial production for domestic and overseas markets. Construction was supported by loans and grants from foreign aid institutions, including the World Bank.
The highway was rehabilitated and improved in 1997, during the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos, with assistance from the Japanese government, and dubbed the "Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway". In 1998, the Department of Tourism designated 35 sections of the highway as "Scenic Highways", with developed amenities for travelers and tourists.
Asian Highway Network[]
The Pan-Philippine Highway is designated as AH26 in the Asian Highway Network, a cooperative project which seeks to improve highway systems and standards across the continent. Ratified by the Philippines in 2007, it is currently the only highway in the system that is isolated from every other highway; island-based sections of the Asian Highway Network in Japan (AH1), Sri Lanka (AH43) and Indonesia (AH2) are all linked to the mainland sections by ferries to South Korea (AH1), India (Dhanushkodi), and Singapore, respectively.
Route description[]
N1/AH26 Reassurance Marker in San Miguel, Bulacan
N1/AH26 Reassurance Marker along EDSA in Quezon City
E2/AH26 Reassurance Marker along South Luzon Expressway (Skyway At-Grade) in Muntinlupa
AH26 officially runs along the following thoroughfares:[7][8]
Manila North Road[note 1]/Maharlika Highway: Laoag[a][b][c] – Burgos[d] – Aparri- Bangag-Magapit Road: Aparri – Lal-lo[e]
- Cagayan Valley Road:[note 1] Lal-lo – Tuguegarao
- Maharlika Highway:[note 1][f][g] San Pablo – Ilagan – Santiago – Solano[h][i] – Bayombong – San Jose City – Cabanatuan – Gapan – San Miguel – Baliuag – Pulilan – Guiguinto
North Luzon Expressway:[note 1] Santa Rita Interchange, Guiguinto – Balintawak Interchange, Quezon City- EDSA (Eastern Route): Balintawak Interchange, Quezon City – Magallanes Interchange, Makati
South Luzon Expressway:[note 1] Magallanes Interchange, Makati – Calamba Exit, Calamba
- Skyway[note 2]
- Maharlika Highway:[note 1][j] Calamba – Santo Tomas – San Pablo – Tiaong[k] – Candelaria[l] – Sariaya[m] – Tayabas
- Lucena Diversion Road:[n] Tayabas – Lucena – Pagbilao
- Maharlika Highway:[j][o][p] Pagbilao[h][q] – Gumaca[h][r] – Calauag – Daet – Milaor – Naga City[s] – Daraga – Sorsogon City[t] – Matnog
Matnog–Allen ferry line: Luzon – Visayas (via San Bernardino Strait)- Maharlika Highway: Allen – Calbayog[u] – Catbalogan[v] – Tacloban – Palo – Mahaplag – Liloan
- Liloan–Lipata ferry line: Visayas – Mindanao (via Bohol Sea)
- Maharlika Highway: Surigao City – Kitcharao
- Surigao-Butuan National Highway: Kitcharao – Butuan
- Davao-Agusan National Highway: Butuan – Bayugan – Tagum – Davao City[w]
- J.P. Laurel Avenue: Davao City
- C.M. Recto Avenue: Davao City (one-way street)
- Davao–Cotabato Road:[note 1] Davao City[x] – Digos
- Digos-Makar Road:[y] Digos[l] – Malungon – General Santos[z]
- Marbel-Makar Road:[aa] General Santos – Polomolok[ab] – Koronadal[ac]
- Cotabato-Marbel Road:[ad][ae][af] Koronadal[ag] – Banga – Surallah – Norala
- Isulan-Surallah Road: Isulan[ah]
- Marbel-Allah Valley-Cotabato Road: Isulan – Cotabato City[ai]
- Cotabato-Lanao Road:[aj][ak] Cotabato City – Matanog
- Cotabato–Malabang–Lanao del Norte Road:[ak][al] Sultan Dumalondong – Picong, Lanao del Sur
- Maharlika Highway:[al][am] Sultan Naga Dimaporo[an] – Tukuran[d][l][ao] – Pagadian[b][d]– Ipil – Tungawan – Zamboanga City[ap]
Auxiliary Routes[]
Zamboanga Sibugay–Zamboanga City boundary arch at Maria Clara L. Lobregat Highway, with a N1/AH26 Reassurance Marker shown further
Roxas Boulevard passing through the capital city of Manila
Alternatively, AH26 runs along the following thoroughfares:[7][8]
- Luzon
- EDSA (Western Route): Balintawak Interchange, Quezon City – Caloocan
Samson Road: Caloocan- Gen. San Miguel Street: Caloocan
- C-4 Road: Caloocan – Malabon – Navotas
- R-10: Navotas
- Mel Lopez Boulevard:[aq] Manila
- Bonifacio Drive: Manila
- Roxas Boulevard:[note 1] Manila – Pasay
- EDSA (Western Route): Pasay – Magallanes Interchange, Makati
- Visayas
- Mindanao
Bukidnon–Davao Road[at]: Davao City – Quezon[au] – Maramag- Sayre Highway:[note 1][at] Maramag – Malaybalay[av] – Cagayan de Oro
Intersections[]
- Ilocos Norte
N2 / N100 in Laoag. Northern terminus of AH26.
in Bacarra
in - Cagayan
in Abulug
in Abulug
N101 / N119 at Magapit Interchange, Lal-lo
in Tuguegarao
in Tuguegarao
N51 / in Tuguegarao- in Tuguegarao
in 
in Abulug
in 
- Isabela
in Cabagan
N53 in Cauayan- N51 in Santiago
in Cordon
in 
in - Nueva Vizcaya
in Bagabag
N110 in Aritao
- Nueva Ecija
/ in San Jose
in Santo Domingo- in Cabanatuan
N58 in Santa Rosa
N3 in Gapan
/ in 
in 
- Bulacan
The intersection of Doña Remedios Trinidad Highway (AH26) and Pulilan Regional Road (N115) in Pulilan.
in Pulilan
in Plaridel
E1 / N1 in Santa Rita, Guiguinto. Route number change from N1 to E1.- E1 in Balagtas
in Meycauayan
in 
in 
Magallanes Interchange in Makati
- Metro Manila
in Valenzuela
E5 at Smart Connect Interchange, Valenzuela
in Unang Sigaw, Quezon City
N1 / at Balintawak Interchange, Quezon City. Route number change from E1 to N1.- in Unang Sigaw, Quezon City
N129 in Muñoz, Quezon City
N171 / N173 in Diliman, Quezon City
N170 in Diliman, Quezon City
N172 / N174 in Diliman, Quezon City
N180 / N59 in Cubao, Quezon City
N185 near Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
N184 / N60 at Ortigas Interchange in Quezon City and Mandaluyong
in Mandaluyong
N190 in Makati
N191 in Makati- N190 in Makati
N1 / N145 at Magallanes Interchange, Makati. Route number change from N1 to E2.
E6 in Taguig
N11 in Taguig
N63 in Parañaque and Muntinlupa- N1 in Alabang, Muntinlupa
E2 in Muntinlupa
in 
in Unang Sigaw, 
in Mandaluyong
- Cavite
N65 in Carmona
- Laguna (2nd segment)
N420 in Santa Rosa- E2 / N1 in Calamba. Route number change from E2 to N1.
- Batangas
- E2 in Santo Tomas
N4 in Santo Tomas
- Laguna (3rd segment)
N67 in San Pablo (two southern termini)
- Quezon
in Tiaong (northern terminus)
in Tiaong- in Tiaong (southern terminus)
in Candelaria (western & eastern termini)
in Isabang, Tayabas
in Isabang, Lucena
in Gulang-Gulang, Lucena- in Talipan, Pagbilao
in Padre Burgos
in Gumaca
in Lopez
in Lopez
in 
in Tiaong
in 
in Isabang, 
in Isabang, 
in Gulang-Gulang, Lucena
in 
in 
in 
in Lopez- Camarines Norte
N68 in Santa Elena
in Labo
in Daet (northern & southern termini)
in 
in - Camarines Sur
- N68 in Sipocot
in Pamplona
in Pili
N673 in Pili
in Pili
in Baao- in Nabua
in Bato
in 
in 
in Pili
in 
in - Albay
in Polangui (two northern termini)
in Ligao
in Ligao- in Daraga
in 
in 
in Ligao- Sorsogon
in Pilar
in Castilla
N643 in Sorsogon City (western terminus)
in Sorsogon City- N643 in Sorsogon City (eastern terminus)
N645 in Bulan
in 
in 
- Northern Samar
in Allen
in Allen- Samar
- in Calbayog
- N673 in Calbayog
N677 in Gandara (northern & southern termini)
N675 in Catbalogan
in Paranas- in Basey
- in Santa Rita
in - Samar–Leyte boundary
The San Juanico Bridge carries the Pan-Philippine Highway between Samar and Leyte
- San Juanico Bridge
- Leyte
in Tacloban
in Tacloban- in Palo
N70 in Palo
in Abuyog- N70 in Mahaplag
in 
in - Southern Leyte
in Sogod- in Liloan
in Liloan
in 
in Liloan- Surigao del Norte
in Surigao City
N902 in Placer
in 
- Agusan del Norte
N9 in Butuan
- Agusan del Sur
in Prosperidad
in Prosperidad
in San Francisco
/ N73 in Trento
in 
in Prosperidad
in 
/ - Davao de Oro
in Montevista
in Nabunturan
in 
in - Davao del Norte
in Tagum (northern terminus)
/ N74 in Tagum- in Tagum (southern terminus)
in Carmen- in Panabo
in 
/ 
in 
AH26 as J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City
- Davao Del Sur
N913 in Buhawan, Davao City (eastern terminus)
N915 in Buhangin, Davao City
N916 in Agdao, Davao City (eastern terminus)
in Agdao, Davao City
in Agdao & Buhangin, Davao City
/ in Poblacion, Davao City- in Poblacion, Davao City
- in Poblacion, Davao City
in Talomo, Davao City- N916 in Talomo, Davao City (western terminus)
- N913 in Talomo, Davao City (western terminus)
N10 in Talomo, Davao City
in Digos (northern terminus)
N75 in Digos
in Digos- in Digos (southern terminus)
in Sulop
in Agdao, Davao City
in Agdao & Buhangin, Davao City
/ in Poblacion, Davao City
in Talomo, Davao City
in 
in Digos
in - South Cotabato
in General Santos (eastern terminus)- in General Santos
N935 in General Santos- in General Santos
in 
- Sultan Kudarat
N940 in Tacurong
N76 in Isulan
in Esperanza
in - Maguindanao
- N75 in Sultan Kudarat
- N935 in Datu Odin Sinsuat
- Lanao del Sur
N77 in Malabang
- Zamboanga del Sur
- N9 in Tukuran
- Zamboanga Sibugay
N79 in Ipil
- Zamboanga City
/ / . Southern terminus of AH26.
/ / . Southern terminus of AH26.Auxiliary routes[]
Pasay Rotonda, an intersection of N1/AH26 (EDSA) and N170 (Taft Avenue) in Pasay
- Metro Manila (western route) – part of N1 and
N120
- N1 / / E1 in Balintawak, Quezon City. Northern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Metro Manila.
N1 / in Caloocan. Route number change from N1 to N120.
in Navotas- E5 in Navotas
N140 in Tondo, Manila- N145 in Tondo and San Nicolas, Manila
- in Ermita and Intramuros, Manila
N155 in Ermita, Manila
N156 in Ermita, Manila- N140 in Malate, Manila
- N190 in Pasay
N61 in Pasay. Route number change from N120 to N1.- N170 in Pasay
- N171 in Pasay
- N1 / N145 / E2 at Magallanes Interchange, Makati. Southern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Metro Manila.
in 
- Visayas (western route) – part of N70
- N1 in Palo. Northern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Visayas.
in Capoocan
in Ormoc
in Ormoc- N70 in Ormoc
in 
in Ormoc- Mindanao – part of N10
- N1 in Davao City. Southern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Mindanao.
in Arakan
N943 in Maramag
in Valencia- N9 in Cagayan de Oro. Northern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Mindanao.
in 
in See also[]
- Transportation in the Philippines
- Department of Public Works and Highways
- Asian Highway Network
- Philippine Nautical Highway System
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Partially signed as AH26
- ^ The extent of E2/AH26 in Skyway is unknown since the DPWH's GIS apps does not show any route designation for the tollway. Despite this, some E2/AH26 markers were seen between Buendia, Makati and Alabang, Muntinlupa until they were dismantled together with the center barriers in 2020.
Alternative names[]
Pan-Philippine Highway also has alternative names, especially locally within the poblacion of respective town and cities.
- ^ A segment of Manila North Road in Laoag is also known as and a part of Laoag–Paoay Road.
- ^ a b A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway in Laoag and Pagadian is locally known as J.P. Rizal Avenue, respectively.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway stretching north out of Laoag is known as Gen. Segundo Avenue.
- ^ a b c A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway here is locally known as National Highway.
- ^ A segment of Bangag-Magapit Road is also known as Logac-Magapit Road in Lal-lo, Cagayan.
- ^ The segment of Maharlika Highway from Isabela to Bulacan is also known as Cagayan Valley Road.
- ^ Pan-Philippine Highway is also known as Doña Remedios Trinidad Highway from San Rafael to Pulilan in Bulacan, bypassing the respective municipal centers of Baliuag and Bustos.
- ^ a b c A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper is locally known as J.P. Rizal Street.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya is locally known as Aquino Avenue.
- ^ a b The segments of Maharlika Highway from Calamba to Tayabas, in Pagbilao, and from Atimonan to Matnog are historically referred to as Manila South Road.[4][9]
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper of Tiaong, Quezon is locally known as Doña Tating Street and Don V. Robles Street, respectively.
- ^ a b c A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper is locally known as Rizal Avenue.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper of Sariaya, Quezon is locally known as General Luna Street.
- ^ Lucena Diversion Road is also known as MSR Diversion Road.
- ^ The segment of Pan-Philippine Highway through the Quezon National Forest Park in Pagbilao and Atimonan, Quezon is also known as New Diversion Road or simply as Diversion Road.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway from the town proper of Milaor, Camarines Sur to Naga in Camarines Sur is locally known as Mabolo Road.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper of Pagbilao, Quezon is locally known as Recto Street.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper of Gumaca, Quezon is locally known as A. Bonifacio Street.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway in Naga, Camarines Sur is locally known as Roxas Avenue or Diversion Road.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the city proper of Sorsogon City is locally known as Rizal Street and Magsaysay Avenue, respectively
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the city proper of Calbayog, Samar is locally known as Jose D. Avelino Street.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the city proper of Catbalogan, Samar is locally known as Del Rosario Street, Curry Avenue, San Roque Street, and Rizal Avenue Extension, respectively.
- ^ A segment of Davao-Cotabato Road in the vicinity of Panacan, Davao City is also known as Davao City-Panabo City Road.
- ^ The segment of Davao-Cotabato Road from the Davao City proper to Talomo, Davao City partially covers and is also known as A. Pichon Street (a one-way street), Elpidio Quirino Avenue, and McArthur Highway, respectively.
- ^ Digos-Makar Road is also known as Davao-GenSan National Highway
- ^ A segment of Digos-Makar Road in General Santos is locally known as Jose Catolico Sr. Avenue.
- ^ The segment of Marbel-Makar Road from General Santos to Polomolok, South Cotabato is also known as General Santos - Polomolok National Road, GenSan - Polomolok National Road, or Polomolok National Highway.
- ^ The segment of Marbel-Makar Road in Polomolok (approaching Tupi, South Cotabato) is also known as Polomolok - Tupi National Highway.
- ^ A segment of Marbel-Makar Road in the Koronadal city proper is locally known as Gensan Drive.
- ^ Cotabato-Marbel Road is also known as Koronadal City - Cotabato City National Highway.
- ^ The segment of Cotabato-Marbel Road from Banga to Surallah, South Cotabato is also known as Banga-Surallah Road.
- ^ The segment of Cotabato-Marbel Road from Surallah, South Cotabato to Isulan, Sultan Kudarat is also known as Surallah-Isulan Road, signed under AH26.
- ^ A segment of Cotabato-Marbel Road in the Koronadal city proper is locally known as Alunan Avenue.
- ^ A segment of Isulan-Surallah Road in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat is locally known as Sen. Ninoy Aquino Avenue.
- ^ A segment of Marbel-Allah Valley-Cotabato Road in the city proper of Cotabato City is locally known as Sinsuat Avenue.
- ^ A segment of Cotabato–Lanao Road from Cotabato City to Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao is also known as Quezon Avenue.
- ^ a b A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway from Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao to Picong, Lanao del Sur is also known as Narciso Ramos Highway.
- ^ a b The segment of Cotabato–Malabang–Lanao del Norte Road from Balabagan to Picong in Lanao del Sur is also known as Rizal Avenue.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway between Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga City is also known as Lanao-Pagadian-Zamboanga City Road and Pagadian City-Zamboanga City Road, respectively.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway in Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte is also known as Malabang-Dobleston-Tukuran Road.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur is also known as Tucuran Jct-Karomatan Jct Road.
- ^ A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway in Zamboanga City is locally known as Maria Clara L. Lobregat Highway, Veterans Avenue, Governor Lim Avenue, and Don Pablo Lorenzo Street, respectively.
- ^ Mel Lopez Boulevard in Manila is known as Radial Road 10 or R-10 for partially being its component.
- ^ Alternative name varies, according to its segments between towns/cities. For example, Palo–Carigara–Ormoc Road is also known as Palo–Santa Fe Road from Palo to Santa Fe, Leyte.
- ^ A segment of Palo–Carigara–Ormoc Road at the city proper of Ormoc is locally known as Lilia Avenue, Apo Street, and Real Street, respectively.
- ^ a b Sayre Highway from Valencia to Maramag and Bukidnon–Davao Road from Quezon to Kitaotao are also known as Dologon–Busco–Quezon Road.
- ^ A segment of Bukidnon–Davao Road in Quezon, Bukidnon is locally known as J. A. Fortich Road.
- ^ A segment of Sayre Highway at the city proper of Malaybalay is locally known as Fortich Street.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Department Order No. 15, Series of 2009" (PDF). Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Cabral, Maria Catalina. "Asian Highway 26 (AH26)" (PDF). ESCAP. Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ Macapagal, Diosdado (January 25, 1965). Fourth State of the Nation Address (Speech).
- ^ a b Southern Luzon Western Sheet (Map). 1:200000. Washington D.C.: US Geodetic Survey. 1941. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ 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 23, 2021.
- ^ 1944 Army Map Service Road Map of the Central and Southern Philippines (Map). 1:1000000. Washington D.C.: Army Maps Service, Corps of Engineers. 1944. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "What does AH26 road sign mean?". Rappler.com. November 17, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Republic Act No. 917 (20 June 1953), Philippine Highway Act of 1953, retrieved September 25, 2021
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