ThePan-Philippine Highway, also known as theMaharlika Highway (Tagalog:Daang Maharlika;Cebuano:Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands ofLuzon,Samar,Leyte, andMindanao in thePhilippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone. Measuring 3,379.73 kilometers (2,100.07 mi) long excluding sea routes not counted by highway milestones, it is the longest road in the Philippines that forms the country's north–south backbone component ofNational Route 1 (N1) of thePhilippine highway network. The entire highway is designated asAsian Highway 26 (AH26) of theAsian Highway Network.[1][2]
The northern terminus of the highway is in front of the Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol inLaoag and the southern terminus is near the Zamboanga City Hall inZamboanga City.[1][3]
The Pan-Philippine Highway System was an infrastructure program ofPresidentDiosdado Macapagal as a first priority project for the improvement and expansion of Philippine highway and land transport networks. It was stated in his finalState of the Nation Address in 1965 that the project requires the concreting of 3,003 kilometers (1,866 mi) from 1965 to 1969, which continued into the administration of PresidentFerdinand Marcos. This included the construction of 11,333 bridges, comprising the entire system.[4] It is a mixture of old existing roads and new roads that would be eventually added to become part of the highway.[5][6][7] 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 asManila, and expand industrial production for domestic and overseas markets. Construction, which continued in the following decades, was supported by loans and grants from foreign aid institutions, including theWorld Bank. In 1979, the highway was renamed to Maharlika Highway.[8]
The highway was rehabilitated and improved in 1997, during the administration of PresidentFidel V. Ramos, with assistance from theJapanese government, and dubbed the "Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway".[9] Japan's assistance is applied only up toCarmen, Davao del Norte at the south, thus covering only about 2,100 kilometers (1,300 mi) or about 62% of the highway's entire length.[10] In 1998, theDepartment of Tourism designated 35 sections of the highway as "Scenic Highways", with developed amenities for travelers and tourists.
The Pan-Philippine Highway is designated asAH26 in theAsian 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), andSingapore, respectively. Despite its isolation, it can be linked internationally via ferry routes such as Laoag–China and Zamboanga–Malaysia.[3]
The intersection of Doña Remedios Trinidad Highway (AH26) and Pulilan Regional Road (N115) in Pulilan.The intersection of Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26), Governor Padilla Street (N116) and General Alejo Santos Highway in Plaridel.
^The extent of E2/AH26 in Skyway is unknown since theDPWH's GIS apps does not show any route designation for the tollway. Despite this, some E2/AH26 markers were seen betweenBuendia,Makati andAlabang,Muntinlupa until they were dismantled together with the center barriers in 2020.
Pan-Philippine Highway also has alternative names, especially locally within thepoblacion of respective town and cities.
^A segment of Manila North Road inLaoag is also known as and a part of Laoag–Paoay Road.
^abA segment of Pan-Philippine Highway inLaoag andPagadian is locally known as J.P. Rizal Avenue, respectively.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway stretching north out ofLaoag is known as Gen.Fidel V. Segundo Avenue.
^abcdA 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 inLal-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 fromSan Rafael toPulilan in Bulacan, bypassing the respective municipal centers ofBaliuag andBustos.
^abcA 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 ofSolano, Nueva Vizcaya is locally known as J. Manzano Street and Aquino Avenue, respectively.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway fromPlaridel toGuiguinto in Bulacan is also known as Calle Rizal.
^abThe segments of Maharlika Highway from Calamba to Tayabas, in Pagbilao, and from Atimonan to Matnog are historically referred to as Manila South Road.[5][12]
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper ofTiaong, Quezon is locally known as Doña Tating Street and Don V. Robles Street, respectively.
^abcA 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 ofSariaya, Quezon is locally known as General Luna Street.
^Lucena Diversion Road is also known as MSR Diversion Road.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper ofPagbilao, Quezon is locally known as C.M. Recto Street and Pornobi Street, respectively, and collectively known as the MSR Diversion Road.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper ofGumaca, Quezon is locally known as A. Bonifacio Street.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the town proper ofLopez, Quezon is locally known as General Vera Avenue.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway inNaga,Camarines Sur is locally known as Roxas Avenue or Diversion Road.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the city proper ofSorsogon City is locally known as Rizal Street and Magsaysay Street, respectively
^abThe segment of Pan-Philippine Highway fromTacloban toBaybay is also known as Tacloban–Baybay South Road.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the city proper ofCalbayog,Samar is locally known as Jose D. Avelino Street or Senate President Jose Avelino Avenue.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway at the city proper ofCatbalogan,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 theDavao 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 fromGeneral Santos toPolomolok,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 inPolomolok (approachingTupi, South Cotabato) is also known as Polomolok - Tupi National Highway.
^A segment of Marbel-Makar Road in theKoronadal city proper is locally known as Gensan Drive.
^Cotabato-Marbel Road is also known as Koronadal City - Cotabato City National Highway.
^abA segment of Pan-Philippine Highway, including Cotabato–Malabang–Lanao del Norte Road, betweenTukuran,Lanao del Sur andPagadian,Zamboanga del Sur is also known as Tukuran–Pagadian Highway.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway betweenTukuran,Zamboanga del Sur andZamboanga City is also known as Lanao–Pagadian–Zamboanga City Road and Pagadian City–Zamboanga City Road, respectively.
^A segment of Pan-Philippine Highway inZamboanga City is locally known asMaria 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 fromPalo toSanta Fe,Leyte.
^A segment of Palo–Carigara–Ormoc Road at the city proper ofOrmoc is locally known as Lilia Avenue, Apo Street, and Real Street, respectively.
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N120:Caloocan –Pasay
N223 inAbulug
N121 in Abulug
N101 /N119 at Magapit Interchange,Lal-lo
N104 inTuguegarao
N105 in Tuguegarao
N51 /N106 in Tuguegarao
N56 /N111 inSan Jose
N114 inSanto Domingo
N58 inSanta Rosa
N3 inGapan
N247 inSan Rafael
N115 inPulilan
E1 /N1 in Santa Rita,Guiguinto. Route number change from N1 to E1.
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N118 inValenzuela
E5 atHarbor Link Interchange, Valenzuela
N127 in Unang Sigaw,Quezon City
N1 /N160 atBalintawak Interchange, Quezon City. Route number change from E1 to N1.
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 nearCamp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
N184 /N60 atOrtigas Interchange in Quezon City andMandaluyong
N141 in Mandaluyong
N190 (Kalayaan Avenue) inMakati
N191 in Makati
N1 /N145 atMagallanes Interchange, Makati. Route number change from N1 to E2.
N11 in Taguig
N63 inParañaque andMuntinlupa
E2 (MCX) in Muntinlupa
N4 in Santo Tomas
N608 inTiaong (northern terminus)
N435 in Tiaong
N609 inCandelaria (western & eastern termini)
N606 inSariaya
N422 in Isabang,Lucena
N603 in Gulang-Gulang, Lucena
N610 in Silangang Malicboy, Pagbilao
N613 inGumaca
N612 inLopez
N657 in Lopez
N642 inPilar
N641 inCastilla
N643 inSorsogon City (western terminus)
N645 inBulan
N670 in Allen
N672 inCalbayog
N673 in Calbayog
N677 inGandara (northern & southern termini)
N674 inParanas
N903 inProsperidad
N904 in Prosperidad
N905 inSan Francisco
N904 /N73 inTrento
N908 inTagum (northern terminus)
N909 /N74 in Tagum
N910 inCarmen
N913 in Panacan,Davao City (eastern terminus)
N914 in Buhangin, Davao City
N915 in Buhangin, Davao City
N916 in Agdao, Davao City (eastern terminus)
N917 in Agdao, Davao City
N918 in Agdao & Buhangin, Davao City
N919 /N920 in Poblacion, Davao City
N921 in Talomo, Davao City
AH 26 (N10) in Talomo, Davao City
N923 inDigos (northern terminus)
N75 in Digos
N924 in Digos
N930 inSulop
N931 inGeneral Santos (eastern terminus)
N935 in General Santos
N937 inSultan Mastura
N939 in Parang
N1 /N150 inCaloocan. Route number change from N1 to N120.
N130 inNavotas
N140 inTondo,Manila
N155 in Ermita, Manila
N156 in Ermita, Manila
N61 in Pasay. Route number change from N120 to N1.
N70
N681 inCapoocan
N684 in Ormoc
N942 inArakan
N943 inMaramag
N912 inValencia
N946 inCagayan de Oro
N945 /N9 in Cagayan de Oro
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