The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway () or the National Highway is a 3,517 km (2,185 mi) network of roads, 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. It is the longest highway in the Philippines that forms the country's north-south backbone designated as the National Route 1 (N1) of the Philippine highway network. The entire highway is designated as Asian Highway 26 (AH26), as part of the Asian Highway Network.
The northern terminus of the highway is in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte and the southern terminus is in Zamboanga City.
Video Pan-Philippine Highway
Development
The highway was proposed in 1965, and built under President Ferdinand Marcos's governance. 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 centres 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 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 travellers and tourists.
The future segment of Pan-Philippine Highway within Metro Manila is the Skyway Stage 3 from Balintawak, Quezon City to Buendia, Makati City including the existing portion of Skyway Stage 1 from Buendia to Magallanes. It will also serve as an alternate route for the motorists avoiding EDSA from North Luzon Expressway to South Luzon Expressway and vice versa.
Maps Pan-Philippine Highway
Route
Main Route:
- Gen. Segundo Avenue: Laoag
- Manila North Road/Maharlika Highway: Bacarra - Lal-lo
- Cagayan Valley Road: Lal-lo - Tuguegarao - Ilagan - Santiago - Bayombong - Muñoz - Cabanatuan - Gapan - San Miguel - Baliuag
- Doña Remedios Trinidad Road: Baliuag - Pulilan - Guiguinto - Santa Rita (Guiguinto)
- NLEX: Santa Rita (Guiguinto) - Balintawak (Quezon City) (still unsigned as part of AH26)
- EDSA (Eastern Route): Balintawak (Quezon City) - Magallanes (Makati)
- SLEX: Magallanes (Makati) - Turbina (Calamba)(partially signed as AH26).
- Daang Maharlika/Manila South Road: Turbina (Calamba) - Santo Tomas - Alaminos - San Pablo - Tiaong - Lucena - Daet - Naga City - Sorsogon City - Matnog
- Ferry from Matnog to Allen
- Allen - Catbalogan - Tacloban - Liloan
- Ferry from Liloan to Surigao City
- Surigao City - Butuan - Bayugan - Tagum - Davao City - Digos - General Santos - Koronadal - Tacurong - Midsayap - Sultan Kudarat - Parang - Malabang - Sultan Naga Dimaporo - Pagadian - Ipil - Zamboanga City
Alternative Route
- C-4 Road, Radial Road 10, Roxas Boulevard, EDSA (Western Route): Balintawak (Quezon City) - Monumento (Caloocan) - Navotas - Ermita (Manila) - Pasay - Magallanes (Makati)
Asian Highway Network
The Pan-Philippine Highway is designated as in the Asian Highway Network, a cooperative project which seeks to improve highway systems and standards across the continent. 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 (), Sri Lanka (AH43) and Indonesia () are all linked to the mainland sections by ferries to South Korea (), India (Dhanushkodi), and Singapore, respectively.
Intersections
Gallery
- Selected segments of the Pan-Philippine Highway
See also
- Transportation in the Philippines
- Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)
- Asian Highway Network
- Philippine Nautical Highway System
References
- http://www.bookrags.com/history/worldhistory/pan-philippine-highway-ema-04/
- http://manilarat.blogspot.com/2005/11/philippine-tourism-highway.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230039/http://www.philippineembassy-usa.org/about/economy.htm
- http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/74846-ah26-road-sign
- http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/pdf/issuances/DO/09/DO_015_S2009.pdf
External links
- mapCentral - Interactive Philippine map
- OpenStreetMap - Wikimap
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