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Pan-Philippine Highway
Maharlika Highway Asian Highway 26
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways - Local District Engineering Offices (DPWH) / Private Sectors (Expressway segments only)
Length	3,517 km (2,185 mi)
Component highways	Gen. Segundo Avenue in Laoag Maharlika Highway from Bacarra to Lal-lo Cagayan Valley Road from Lal-lo to Guiguinto North Luzon Expressway from Guiguinto to Balintawak, Quezon City EDSA around Metro Manila South Luzon Expressway from Magallanes Interchange to Calamba Maharlika Highway/Manila South Road from Calamba to Matnog Maharlika Highway through Northern Samar, Samar, Leyte, and Southern Leyte Maharlika Highway from Surigao City to Davao City Carlos P. Garcia Highway over Davao City Maharlika Highway/MacArthur Highway from Davao City to Davao City-Davao del Sur boundary Maharlika Highway from Davao City-Davao del Sur boundary to General Santos City Maharlika Highway from General Santos City to Zamboanga City Spurs: Palo-Carigara-Ormoc Road from Palo to Ormoc Davao - Bukidnon Road and Sayre Highway from Davao City to Cagayan de Oro Alternate route: C-4 Road from Caloocan to Navotas Road 10 from Navotas to Del Pan Bridge Bonifacio Drive from Del Pan Bridge to P. Burgos Roxas Boulevard from P. Burgos to EDSA EDSA from Roxas Boulevard to Magallanes Interchange
Laoag-Caloocan
North end	N2 (Manila North Road) in Laoag, Ilocos Norte
Major junctions	N101 (Cagayan Valley Road) / N119 in Lal-lo, Cagayan N51 (Santiago-Tuguegarao Road) in Tuguegarao N51 (Santiago-Tuguegarao Road) in Santiago N56 in San Jose, Nueva Ecija N114 in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija N58 (Santa Rosa-Tarlac Road) in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija N3 (Jose Abad Santos Avenue) in Gapan, Nueva Ecija E1 (NLEX) / AH26 in Guiguinto, Bulacan N120 (Samson Road) / AH26 / N150 (Rizal Avenue Extension) in Caloocan
South end	N120 / AH26 / N61 (Roxas Boulevard) in Pasay
Muntinlupa-Matnog
North end	E2 / AH26 (South Luzon Expressway) / N411 (Alabang-Zapote Road) in Alabang, Muntinlupa
Major junctions	N66 in Poblacion, Calamba, Laguna E2 (South Luzon Expressway) / AH26 in Turbina, Calamba, Laguna N4 (Jose P. Laurel Highway) in Santo Tomas, Batangas N610 in Pagbilao, Quezon N68 (Quirino Highway) in Tagkawayan, Quezon N68 (Andaya Highway) in Sipocot, Camarines Sur N630 in Legazpi, Albay
South end	N966 (Zamboanga City-Labuan-Limpapa Road) / N970 (NS Valderosa Street) / N971 (Wharf Road) – Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika 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 component of 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.

Development

The highway was proposed in 1965, and built under the Martial Law dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. 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, during the Ramos Administration, 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.

In March 2018, Secretary Mark Villar of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) inaugurated the 24.61 -kilometer arterial road that will link the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) with the Maharlika Highway that traverses the central part of Luzon.^[1]

Route

The San Juanico Bridge carries the Pan-Philippine Highway between Samar and Leyte

Main Route:

• Gen. Segundo Avenue: Laoag
  


• Manila North Road/Maharlika Highway: Bacarra - Lal-lo
  


• Cagayan Valley Road: Lal-lo - Tuguegarao - Ilagan - Santiago - Bayombong - San Jose City - Cabanatuan - Gapan - San Miguel - Baliuag
  


• Doña Remedios Trinidad Road: Baliuag - Pulilan - Guiguinto - Santa Rita (Guiguinto)


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  NLEX: Santa Rita (Guiguinto) - Balintawak (Quezon City) (still unsigned as part of AH26)


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  EDSA (Eastern Route): Balintawak (Quezon City) - Magallanes (Makati)
  


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  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


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  Allen - Catbalogan - Tacloban - Liloan
  


• Ferry from Liloan to Surigao City


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  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

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  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

Ilocos Norte

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  N2 in Laoag
  

Cagayan

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  N101 / N119 in Lal-lo
  


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  N51 in Tuguegarao
  

Isabela

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  N220 in Cabagan
  


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  N53 in Cauayan
  


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  N51 in Santiago
  

Nueva Vizcaya

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  N109 in Bagabag
  


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  N110 in Aritao
  

Nueva Ecija

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  N56 / N111 in San Jose
  


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  N113 in Santo Domingo
  


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  N111 in Talavera
  


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  N58 in Cabanatuan
  


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  N3 in Gapan
  

Bulacan

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  N115 in Pulilan
  


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  E1 / N1 in Guiguinto
  

Metro Manila

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  N160 in Balintawak, Quezon City
  

Eastern route

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  N129 in Muñoz, Quezon City


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  N171 / N173 in North Triangle, Quezon City


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  N170 in Diliman, Quezon City


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  N172 / N174 in East Triangle, Quezon City


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  N59 / N180 in Cubao, Quezon City


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  N185 near Camp Crame, Quezon City


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  N60 / N59 in Ugong Norte, Quezon City


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  N141 in Mandaluyong
  


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  N190 in Makati
  

Western route

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  N1 / N150 in Caloocan
  


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  N130 in Navotas
  


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  N140 in Tondo, Manila
  


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  N145 in San Nicolas, Manila


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  N150 near Intramuros, Manila


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  N155 in Ermita, Manila


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  N140 in Malate, Manila


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  N190 in Pasay
  


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  N61 in Pasay


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  N170 in Pasay


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  N171 in Pasay

SLEX section

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  N145 in Magallanes, Makati


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  N11 near Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
  


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  N142 in San Martin de Porres, Paranaque
  


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  N63 / N143 near Sucat, Muntinlupa
  


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  N1 / N411 in Alabang, Muntinlupa


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  E2 near Poblacion, Muntinlupa

Cavite

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  N65 in Carmona
  

Laguna (1st segment)

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  N420 in Santa Rosa
  


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  E2 / N1 in Calamba
  

Batangas

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  N145 in Santo Tomas
  


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  N4 in Santo Tomas

Laguna (2nd segment)

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  N67 in San Pablo
  

Quezon

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  N435 in Tiaong
  


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  N606 in Isabang, Lucena
  


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  N422 in Isabang, Lucena


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  N605 in Gulang-Gulang, Lucena


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  N606 in Talipan, Pagbilao
  


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  N610 in Padre Burgos
  


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  N613 in Gumaca
  


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  N612 in Lopez
  


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  N657 in Lopez
  

Camarines Norte

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  N68 in Santa Elena
  


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  N620 in Labo
  


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  N621 in Daet (northern terminus)


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  N622 in Daet
  


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  N621 in Daet (southern terminus)

Camarines Sur

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  N68 in Sipocot
  


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  N623 in Pamplona
  


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  N672 in Pili
  


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  N673 in Pili
  


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  N630 in Pili
  


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  N634 in Baao
  


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  N634 in Nabua
  


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  N635 in Bato
  

Albay

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  N638 in Polangui (western terminus)


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  N638 in Polangui (eastern terminus)


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  N639 in Ligao
  


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  N636 in Ligao
  


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  N630 in Daraga
  

Sorsogon

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  N642 in Pilar
  


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  N641 in Castilla
  


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  N643 in Sorsogon City (western terminus)


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  N644 in Sorsogon City
  


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  N643 in Sorsogon City (eastern terminus)


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  N645 in Bulan
  

Luzon–Visayas boundary

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  Matnog–Allen ferry line: Continuation of N1/AH26 via San Bernardino Strait
  

Northern Samar

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  N670 in Allen
  

Samar

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  N672 in Calbayog City
  


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  N673 in Calbayog City
  


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  N677 in Gandara (northern terminus)


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  N677 in Gandara (southern terminus)


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  N675 in Catbalogan City
  


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  N674 in Paranas
  


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  N670 in Santa Rita
  

Samar–Leyte boundary

• San Juanico Bridge

Zamboanga del Sur

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  N9 in Tukuran
  

Zamboanga Sibugay

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  N79 in Ipil
  

Compostela Valley

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  N906 in Montevista
  


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  N907 in Nabunturan
  

Davao del Norte

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  N74 in Tagum
  


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  N908 in Tagum


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  N909 in Panabo
  


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  N910 in Carmen
  

Davao Del Sur

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  N75 in Digos
  


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  N913 in Davao
  


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  N915 in Davao


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  N916 in Davao


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  N921 in Davao


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  N923 in Digos


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  N930 in Sulop
  

Sultan Kudarat

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  N940 in Tacurong
  


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  N76 in Isulan
  

South Cotabato

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  N930 in General Santos
  


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  N931 in General Santos

Surigao del Norte

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  N901 in Surigao
  


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  N902 in Placer
  

Agusan del Norte

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  N9 in Butuan
  

Agusan del Sur

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  N73 in Trento
  


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  N903 in Prosperidad
  


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  N904 in Prosperidad and Trento


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  N905 in San Francisco
  

Maguindanao

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  N75 in Sultan Kudarat
  


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  N935 in Datu Odin Sinsuat
  

Gallery

• Selected segments of the Pan-Philippine Highway


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  Doña Remedios Trinidad Road in Pulilan, Bulacan.
  

  
  

  
  


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  AH26 reassurance sign along EDSA in Quezon City
  

  
  

  
  


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  Reassurance sign for Pan-Philippine Highway/AH26 at South Luzon Expressway-Sta. Rosa City, Laguna segment.
  

  
  

  
  


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  The segment in Santo Tomas, Batangas.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Narra Avenue, segment of AH26 in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur
  

  
  

  
  


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  Segment of the Pan-Philippine Highway in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur
  

  
  

  
  

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

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