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Pan-Philippine Highway

Highway in the Philippines traversing most of the country

Field	Value
country	PHL
type	AH
route	26
alternate_name
map	Maharlika Highway map.png
map_notes	Map of the Philippines showing the route of Pan-Philippine Highway
image_width	250px
image_notes	The segment of the highway in Daraga, Albay with AH26 sign (right) while overlooking Mayon Volcano (background)
maint	the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
length_km	3379.73
length_ref
length_notes	Excludes sea route
Includes 96.98 km Tacloban–Ormoc spur and 292.39 km Davao–Cagayan de Oro spur
established	1960s
allocation
terminus_a	Laoag, Philippines
direction_a	North
terminus_b	Zamboanga City, Philippines
direction_b	South
regions
provinces

National Road, Daraga Cagsawa, AH26 sign (Daraga, Albay; 04-19-2023).jpg Includes 96.98 km Tacloban–Ormoc spur and 292.39 km Davao–Cagayan de Oro spur

The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway (; ), 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 3379.73 km 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 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.

The northern terminus of the highway is in front of the Ilocos Norte Provincial Capitol in Laoag and the southern terminus is near the Zamboanga City Hall in Zamboanga City.

History

The Pan-Philippine Highway System was an infrastructure program of President Diosdado Macapagal as a first priority project for the improvement and expansion of Philippine highway and land transport networks. It was stated in his final State of the Nation Address in 1965 that the project requires the concreting of 3,003 km from 1965 to 1969, which continued into the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos. This included the construction of 11,333 bridges, comprising the entire system. It is a mixture of old existing roads and new roads that would be eventually added to become part of the highway. 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, which continued in the following decades, was supported by loans and grants from foreign aid institutions, including the World Bank. In 1979, the highway was renamed to Maharlika Highway.

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". Japan's assistance is applied only up to Carmen, Davao del Norte at the south, thus covering only about 2100 km or about 62% of the highway's entire length. 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. Despite its isolation, it can be linked internationally via ferry routes such as Laoag–China and Zamboanga–Malaysia.

Route description

N1/AH26 reassurance marker in [[Burgos, Ilocos Norte

AH26 officially runs along the following thoroughfares:

[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Laoag – Guiguinto
- Manila North Road/Maharlika Highway: Laoag – Burgos – Aparri
- Bangag-Magapit Road: Aparri – Lal-lo
- Cagayan Valley Road: Lal-lo – Tuguegarao
- Maharlika Highway: San Pablo – Cabagan – Ilagan – Cauayan – Santiago – Solano – Bayombong – Santa Fe – San Jose City – Cabanatuan – Gapan – San Miguel – Baliwag – Pulilan – Guiguinto
[[File:E1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] E1: Guiguinto – Quezon City
- North Luzon Expressway: Santa Rita Interchange – Balintawak Interchange
[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Quezon City – Makati
- EDSA (Eastern Route): Balintawak Interchange – Magallanes Interchange
[[File:E2 (Philippines).svg|30px]] E2: Makati – Calamba
- South Luzon Expressway: Magallanes Interchange – Calamba Exit
[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Calamba – Matnog
- Maharlika Highway: Calamba – Santo Tomas – San Pablo – Tiaong – Candelaria – Sariaya – Tayabas
- Lucena Diversion Road: Tayabas – Lucena – Pagbilao
- Maharlika Highway: Pagbilao – Atimonan – Gumaca – Lopez – Calauag – Labo – Daet – Sipocot – Milaor – Naga City – Pili – Nabua – Polangui – Daraga – Sorsogon City – Irosin – Matnog
Gap (San Bernardino Strait)
- [[File:Ferry Sign.svg|30px]] Matnog–Allen ferry line: Luzon – Visayas
[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Allen – Calbayog – Catbalogan – Tacloban – Palo – Mahaplag – Liloan
- Allen Old Road: Allen --
Gap (Bohol Sea)
- [[File:Ferry Sign.svg|30px]] Liloan–Lipata ferry line: Visayas – Mindanao
[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Surigao City – Zamboanga City
- Maharlika Highway: Surigao City – Kitcharao
- Surigao-Butuan National Highway: Kitcharao – Butuan
- Davao-Agusan National Highway: Butuan – Bayugan – Tagum – Davao City
- J.P. Laurel Avenue: Davao City
- C.M. Recto Avenue: Davao City (one-way street)
- Davao–Cotabato Road: Davao City – Digos
- Digos-Makar Road: Digos – Malungon – General Santos
- Marbel-Makar Road: General Santos – Polomolok – Koronadal
- Cotabato-Marbel Road: Koronadal – Banga – Surallah – Norala
- Isulan-Surallah Road: Isulan
- Marbel-Allah Valley-Cotabato Road: Isulan – Cotabato City
- Cotabato-Lanao Road: Cotabato City – Matanog
- Cotabato–Malabang–Lanao del Norte Road: Sultan Dumalondong – Picong
- Malabang–Dobleston–Tukuran Road: Sultan Naga Dimaporo
- Tucuran Junction–Karomatan Junction Road: Tukuran
- Maharlika Highway: Tukuran – Pagadian– Ipil – Tungawan – Zamboanga City

Auxiliary Routes

Alternatively, AH26 runs along the following thoroughfares: ;Luzon (West Metro Manila)

[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Quezon City – Caloocan
- EDSA (Western Route): Balintawak Interchange – Monumento
[[File:N120 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N120: Caloocan – Pasay
- Samson Road: Caloocan
- Gen. San Miguel Street: Caloocan
- C-4 Road: Caloocan – Malabon – Navotas
- R-10: Navotas
- Mel Lopez Boulevard: Manila
- Bonifacio Drive: Manila
- Roxas Boulevard: Manila – Pasay
[[File:N1 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N1: Pasay – Makati
- EDSA (Western Route): Roxas Boulevard – Magallanes Interchange

;Luzon (South Skyway)

[[File:E2 (Philippines).svg|30px]] E2: Makati – Muntinlupa
- Skyway: Makati – Muntinlupa

;Visayas

[[File:N70 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N70: Palo – Ormoc
Gap (Camotes Sea)
- [[File:Ferry Sign.svg|30px]] Ormoc–Cebu ferry line

;Mindanao

[[File:N10 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N10: Davao City – Cagayan de Oro
- Bukidnon–Davao Road: Davao City – Quezon – Maramag
- Sayre Highway: Maramag – Malaybalay – Cagayan de Oro
[[File:N9 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N9: Cagayan de Oro
[[File:N946 (Philippines).svg|30px]] N946: Cagayan de Oro

Intersections

;Ilocos Norte

in Bacarra

;Cagayan

in Abulug
in Abulug
at Magapit Interchange, Lal-lo
in Tuguegarao
in Tuguegarao
in Tuguegarao
in Tuguegarao

;Isabela

in Cabagan
in Cauayan
in Santiago
in Cordon

;Nueva Vizcaya

in Bagabag
in Aritao

;Nueva Ecija

in San Jose
in Santo Domingo
in Cabanatuan
in Santa Rosa
in Gapan

;Bulacan

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.

in San Rafael
in Pulilan
in Plaridel
in Santa Rita, Guiguinto. Route number change from N1 to E1.
in Balagtas
in Balagtas
in Meycauayan

;Metro Manila

in Valenzuela
at Harbor Link Interchange, Valenzuela
in Unang Sigaw, Quezon City
at Balintawak Interchange, Quezon City. Route number change from E1 to N1.
in Unang Sigaw, Quezon City
in Muñoz, Quezon City
in Diliman, Quezon City
in Diliman, Quezon City
in Diliman, Quezon City
in Cubao, Quezon City
near Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City
at Ortigas Interchange in Quezon City and Mandaluyong
in Mandaluyong
in Makati
in Makati
in Makati
at Magallanes Interchange, Makati. Route number change from N1 to E2.
in Taguig
in Taguig
in Parañaque and Muntinlupa
in Alabang, Muntinlupa
in Muntinlupa

;Cavite

in Carmona

;Laguna (Biñan–Calamba)

in Biñan
in Santa Rosa
in Calamba. Route number change from E2 to N1.

;Batangas

in Santo Tomas
in Santo Tomas

;Laguna (Alaminos–San Pablo)

in Alaminos (western & eastern termini)
in San Pablo (two southern termini)

The intersection of Maharlika Highway (N1/AH26) and Pagbilao–Padre Burgos Road (N610) in [[Pagbilao

;Quezon

in Tiaong (northern terminus)
in Tiaong
in Tiaong (southern terminus)
in Candelaria (western & eastern termini)
in Sariaya
in Isabang, Tayabas
in Isabang, Lucena
in Gulang-Gulang, Lucena
in Talipan, Pagbilao
in Silangang Malicboy, Pagbilao
in Gumaca
in Lopez
in Lopez

;Camarines Norte

in Santa Elena
in Labo
in Daet (northern & southern termini)

;Camarines Sur

in Sipocot
in Pamplona
in Pili
in Pili
in Pili
in Baao
in Nabua
in Bato

;Albay

in Polangui (two northern termini)
in Ligao
in Ligao
in Daraga

;Sorsogon

in Pilar
in Castilla
in Sorsogon City (western terminus)
in Sorsogon City
in Sorsogon City (eastern terminus)
in Bulan

;Northern Samar

in Allen

;Samar

in Calbayog
in Calbayog
in Gandara (northern & southern termini)
in Catbalogan
in Paranas
in Basey
in Santa Rita

;Samar–Leyte boundary

San Juanico Bridge

;Leyte

in Tacloban
in Tacloban
in Palo
in Palo
in Abuyog
in Mahaplag

;Southern Leyte

in Sogod
in Liloan
in Liloan

;Surigao del Norte

in Surigao City
in Placer

;Agusan del Norte

in Butuan

;Agusan del Sur

in Prosperidad
in Prosperidad
in San Francisco
in Trento

;Davao de Oro

in Montevista
in Nabunturan

;Davao del Norte

in Tagum (northern terminus)
in Tagum
in Tagum (southern terminus)
in Carmen
in Panabo

N1/AH26 (Pan-Philippine Highway) as J.P. Laurel Avenue crossing the Bajada Flyover, which carries N918 (Buhangin–Lapanday Road), in [[Davao City

;Davao del Sur

in Panacan, Davao City (eastern terminus)
in Buhangin, Davao City
in Buhangin, Davao City
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
in Talomo, Davao City (western terminus)
in Talomo, Davao City (western terminus)
in Talomo, Davao City
in Bago Aplaya, Davao City
in Digos (northern terminus)
in Digos
in Digos
in Hagonoy (southern terminus)
in Sulop

;South Cotabato

in General Santos (eastern terminus)
in General Santos
in General Santos
in General Santos

;Sultan Kudarat

in Tacurong
in Surallah
in Isulan
in Esperanza

;Maguindanao del Sur

in Datu Saudi Ampatuan

;Maguindanao del Norte

in Sultan Kudarat
in Datu Odin Sinsuat
in Datu Odin Sinsuat
in Sultan Mastura
in Parang
in Parang

;Lanao del Sur

in Malabang

;Zamboanga del Sur

in Tukuran

;Zamboanga Sibugay

in Ipil

;Zamboanga City

. Southern terminus of AH26.

Auxiliary routes

;Metro Manila (western route) – part of and

in Balintawak, Quezon City. Northern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Metro Manila.
in Caloocan. Route number change from N1 to N120.
in Navotas
in Navotas
in Tondo, Manila
in Tondo and San Nicolas, Manila
in Ermita and Intramuros, Manila
in Ermita, Manila
in Ermita, Manila
in Malate, Manila
in Pasay
in Pasay. Route number change from N120 to N1.
in Pasay
in Pasay
at Magallanes Interchange, Makati. Southern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Metro Manila.

;Visayas (western route) – part of

in Palo. Northern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Visayas.
in Capoocan
in Ormoc
in Ormoc
in Ormoc

;Mindanao – part of and

in Davao City. Southern terminus of AH26 auxiliary route in Mindanao.
in Arakan
in Maramag
in Maramag (southern terminus of southern section)
in Valencia
in Valencia (northern terminus of southern section)
in Malaybalay (northern & southern terminus of northern section)
in Cagayan de Oro
in Cagayan de Oro
in Cagayan de Oro
in Cagayan de Oro
in Cagayan de Oro
in Cagayan de Oro

Notes

Alternative names

Pan-Philippine Highway also has alternative names, especially locally within the poblacion of respective town and cities.

References

Cabral, Maria Catalina. "Asian Highway 26 (AH26)". Department of Public Works and Highways.
(March 22, 2009). "Department Order No. 15, series of 2009: Installation of Route Markers & Directional Signs along the Asian Highway - Route AH26 (Daang Maharlika)".
Macapagal, Diosdado. (January 25, 1965). "Fourth State of the Nation Address".
(1941). "Southern Luzon Western Sheet". US Geodetic Survey.
(1944). "1944 Army Map Service Road Map of Northern Luzon, Philippines". Army Maps Service, Corps of Engineers.
(1944). "1944 Army Map Service Road Map of the Central and Southern Philippines". Army Maps Service, Corps of Engineers.
(September 13, 1979). "Changing the Name of the Pan-Philippine Highway into the Maharlika Highway".
(2007). "Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway Rehabilitation Project (I) (II)".
(2009). "Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway (Mindanao Section) Rehabilitation Project, Phase I and II".
(November 17, 2014). "What does AH26 road sign mean?". Rappler.com.
"ROAD AND BRIDGE INFORMATION APPLICATION".
(June 20, 1953). "Philippine Highway Act of 1953".

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