Highways in the Philippines

Highways in the Philippines include roads that can be classified into six divisions: the Pan-Philippine Highway, controlled-access highways, regional highways, provincial highways, and the secondary city and municipal avenues and roads, including Metro Manila's arterial road network .

The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (AH26) 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. The Maharlika Highway commences in Laoag then skirts eastward toward Pagudpud and the Claveria coast towards Cagayan via the Patapat Viaduct. It then travels south along the Cagayan Valley Road towards Tuguegarao, the capital of Cagayan province. The highway then goes fairly straight, passing through the provinces of Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, and Bulacan, where, in the area near Guiguinto, it merges with the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), en route to Metro Manila. In Metro Manila, the highway passes through either one of the following routes: the southeast route along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) from the Balintawak Interchange of NLEX to the Magallanes Interchange, or southwest route via EDSA to Samson Road, C-4, Marcos Road, Bonifacio Drive, Roxas Boulevard and turning east back on EDSA towards the Magallanes Interchange. The highway then travels south along the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), and merges with the National Highway in Santo Tomas, Batangas, following the route to San Pablo, Laguna and Lucena, Quezon. It passes through Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, and Sorsogon provinces. It ends in Matnog town, Sorsogon. Then through ferry, it goes straight through the Samar and Leyte provinces, then a ferry is again passed, to the island of Mindanao. In Mindanao, it passes through the provinces of Surigao del Norte, Agusan, Davao, Davao del Sur, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur, where it ends.

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