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 .

PAN-PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY
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.[1] 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.

TOLLWAYS AND EXPRESSWAYS

In the Philippines, there are seven controlled-access highways, all located on Luzon island:

Expressway Location Notes

North Luzon Region 3 and National Capital The North Luzon Expressway (NLE or NLEx), formerly called
Expressway Region in Luzon North Diversion Road, is a 4 to 8-lane limited-access toll
(R-8) expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of
the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. It is one of the two
branches of the Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Metro Manila (Quirino
Highway is the other).

The expressway begins in Quezon City at a cloverleaf

interchange with EDSA: a logical continuation of Andres Bonifacio
Avenue. It then passes through Quezon City, Caloocan,
and Valenzuela in Metro
Manila. Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas, Guiguinto, Malol
os, Plaridel, and Pulilan in Bulacan. San Simon, San
Fernando, Mexico and Angeles in Pampanga. The expressway
currently ends in Mabalacat and merges with the MacArthur
Highway, which continues northward into the rest of Central and
Northern Luzon. A planned spur route from the San Simon
interchange connecting to the existing Subic-Tipo Highway has
been temporarily postponed[citation needed], because the Spur/NLE
exit currently serves as the connection between the expressway
and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway and there is a proposed
direct interchange between the North Luzon Expressway and the
Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, the latter serving as a direct link
between Subic and Clark. The interchange is located at least
3 km north of Sta. Ines Exit. The expressway, including Andres
Bonifacio Avenue, has total length of 88 kilometers. The
expressway segment has a length of 84 kilometres. Originally
controlled by the Philippine National Construction Corporation or
PNCC, operation and maintenance of the NLEx was transferred in
 2005 to the Manila North Tollways Corporation, a subsidiary of
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (formerly, it was the
subsidiary of the Lopez Group of Companies). A major upgrade
and rehabilitation has been completed in February 2005 and the
road has now similar qualities as a modern French tollway. The
main contractor of the rehabilitation work was Leighton
Contractors Pty. Ltd (Australia) with Egis Projects, a company
belonging to the French Groupe Egis as the main subcontractor
for the toll, telecommunication and traffic management systems.
To help maintain the safety and quality of the expressway, various
rules are in effect, such as restricting the left lane to passing
vehicles only and banning overloaded trucks. The tollway has two
sections: an open section and a closed section. The open section
(within Metro Manila) charges a flat toll based on vehicle class
and is employed to reduce the number of toll barriers (and
associated bottlenecks) within the metropolis. The closed section
is distance-based, charging based on the class of vehicle and
distance traveled. Class 1 vehicles can use an electronic toll
collection system (called EC Tag) to reduce wait times and
congestion at toll barriers. A prepaid magnetic card (the NLE
Badge) is provided as an alternative payment for class 2 and 3
vehicles. Both systems connect to accounts that can be
replenished in various ways.

South Luzon CALABARZON and NCR in The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), also nicknamed South
Expressway Luzon Superhighway (SSH), and officially known as Radial Road 3 or R-
(R-3) 3, is a network of two expressways that connects Metro Manila to
the provinces of the CALABARZON region in the Philippines. The
first expressway is the Metro Manila Skyway System, operated
jointly by the Skyway Operation and Management Corporation
(SomCo) and Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC).
The second expressway, the South Luzon Tollway or Alabang-
Calamba-Sto.Tomas Expressway (ACTEx), is jointly operated by
the South Luzon Tollway Corporation, a joint venture of the PNCC
and the Malaysian company MTD Capital Berhad and the Manila
Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES).
The expressway starts in Manila's Paco District at Quirino
Avenue and passes through the following cities and
municipalities: Manila, Makati, Pasay, Paraaque, Taguig and Mu
ntinlupa in Metro Manila, San Pedro, Bian, Carmona in Cavite,
the transverses again to Bian, Santa
Rosa, Cabuyao and Calamba in Laguna it ends in Santo Tomas,
Batangas. In 2006, the South Luzon Tollway segment underwent
rehabilitation through the SLEX Upgrading and Rehabilitation
Project, which rehabilitates and expands the Alabang Viaduct as
well as the road from Alabang to Calamba, and eventually
connect the expressway to the Southern Tagalog Arterial
Road to Santo Tomas, Batangas.

Metro Manila Metro Manila The Metro Manila Skyway is a 6-lane expressway on the top of
Skyway SLEX connecting Makati and Muntinlupa. It starts from the SLEX-
(R-3) Gil Puyat Avenue Interchange, and it passes through the cities
of Makati, Taguig and Pasay, and ends in the Alabang
Interchange in Muntinlupa.
Subic-Clark- Region 3 The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway, or SCTEX, is a 2-4 lane
Tarlac highway connecting the Subic Bay Freeport Zone with Tarlac City,
Expressway passing through the heart of the Hacienda Luisita, the biggest
(R-8) farmland in the Philippines. The Road is the continuation of the
Radial Road 8 from the terminus of NLEX to Tarlac.
 Southern Batangas The Apolinario Mabini Superhighway, or the STAR Tollway, is a
Tagalog 2-4 lane expressway connecting Santo Tomas,
Arterial Road Batangas to Batangas City, letting the vehicles from
(R-3) the SLEX access the Batangas Port. It is the extension of the
Radial Road 3 in CALABARZON.
Manila- NCR and CALABARZON The Manila-Cavite Expressway, also known as the Coastal Road,
Cavite Aguinaldo Boulevard and CAVITEX is an 8-16 lane highway
Expressway connecting the Metro Manila to Cavite, passing through the coast
(R-1) of the Manila Bay. The Road will then follow a reclamated route
over the bay as a 4-lane expressway, eventually ending in the
covelandia resort in Kawit, Cavite.
Bataan Bataan Province The Bataan Provincial Expressway, also known as the Death
Provincial March Memorial Road, Roman Superhighway and BPEX, is the
Expressway main thoroughfare of the Bataan Province.

NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

Manila Arterial Road Network

Metro Manila's arterial road network consists of the national roads, the six circumferential roads, and the ten radial
roads, as well as the other major roads connecting the cities of Manila, Quezon City, North and
South Caloocan, Valenzuela, Malabon, Navotas, Pasay, Paraaque, Las
Pias, Taguig, Muntinlupa, Marikina, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pateros, and San Juan as well as the surrounding
provinces.

Metro Cebu and Province Highways

The following are some major roads and streets in Cebu:

Cebu South Coastal Road (Cebu City and Talisay City)

Sergio Osmea Boulevard (Cebu City)
General Maxilom Avenue (Cebu City)
Gov. M. Cuenco Avenue (Cebu City)
M.J. Cuenco Avenue (Cebu City)
Gorordo Avenue (Cebu City)
Pope John Paul II Avenue (formerly known as Juan Luna Avenue and San Jose dela Montana Avenue) (Cebu
City)
Manuel L. Quezon National Highway (Lapu-Lapu)
Maximo V. Patalinghug Jr. Avenue (Lapu-Lapu)
General Aviation Road (Lapu-Lapu)
Mactan Circumferential Road (Lapu-Lapu and Cordova)
Ouano Avenue (Mandaue)
United Nations Avenue (Mandaue)
A.C. Cortes Avenue (Mandaue)
Manuel L. Quezon Avenue (Mandaue)
Diosdado Macapagal Highway (Toledo)
A.S. Fortuna Street (Cebu City and Mandaue)
Cebu Transcentral Highway (Cebu City and Balamban)
Toledo-Tabunok Road (Talisay City and Toledo)
Naga-Uling Road (Naga and Toledo)
Central Nautical Highway (also known as Cebu North Road, part of Strong Republic Nautical Highway)
(Mandaue to Bogo)
Natalio B. Bacalso South National Highway (formerly known as Cebu South Road including Acacia Highway)
(Cebu City to Santander)
 Cebu North Coastal Road (Consolacion to Liloan)

Provincial highways
Here are some examples of toll-free provincial highways in the Philippines. These are highways which travels in three
or more towns or cities in a particular province.
In Luzon

Kennon Road (Benguet and La Union)

Aspiras-Palispis Highway (Benguet and La Union)
Naguilian Road (Benguet and La Union)
Halsema Highway (Benguet and Mountain Province)
Quezon Highway (Pangasinan and La Union)
PugoRosario Road (Rosario,La Union and Pugo,La Union)
Romulo Highway (Tarlac and Pangasinan)
Dalton Pass (Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya)
Quirino Highway (Manila and Bulacan)
Fortunato F. Halili Avenue (Bulacan)
Del Monte-Norzagaray Road (Bulacan)
Doa Remedios Trinidad Road or DRT Highway (Bulacan)
MacArthur Highway (Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan and La Union)
Cagayan Valley Road (Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Isabela and Cagayan
Jose Abad Santos Avenue, formerly Olongapo-Gapan Road (Nueva Ecija, Pampanga and Zambales)
Olongapo-Bugallon Road (Zambales and Pangasinan)
Kalayaan Avenue (Manila and Rizal)
Marikina-Infanta Highway (Manila, Rizal and Quezon)
Manila East Road (Manila, Rizal, Quezon and Laguna)
Antero Soriano Highway (Cavite)
Aguinaldo Highway (Cavite and Batangas)
Batangas-Quezon Road (Batangas and Quezon)
Siniloan-Real Road (Laguna and Quezon)
Governor's Drive (Laguna and Cavite)
Batasan-San Mateo Road (Manila and Rizal)
Suarez Highway (Bondoc Peninsula, Quezon)
Andaya Highway (Quezon and Camarines Sur)
Naga-Calabanga-Siruma-Garchitorena-Partido North Road (Camarines Sur)
Partido Highway (Camarines Sur)
Cabusao Road (Camarines Sur)
Peafrancia Avenue (Camarines Sur)
East Bicol Coastal Highway (Camarines Sur and Albay)
Marinduque Circumferential Road (Marinduque)
Catanduanes Circumferential Road (Catanduanes)

In the Visayas

Pres. Corazon Aquino Avenue (Iloilo)

Benigno Aquino Avenue (Iloilo)
Iloilo-Antique Highway (Iloilo/Antique)
Burgos Avenue (Bacolod)
Tagbilaran North Road (Bohol)
 Tagbilaran East Road (Bohol)
Negros North Road (Negros)
Negros South Road (Negros)
Guimaras Circumferential Road (Guimaras)
Siquijor Circumferential Road (Siquijor)
Loay Interior Road (Bohol)
Batuan-Hanopol-Balilihan Road (Bohol)

In Mindanao

Iligan-Butuan Road (Northern Mindanao)

Maria Clara L. Lobregat National Highway (Zamboanga City)
Zamboanga City - Zamboanga Del Norte Highway (Zamboanga City to Siocon, Zamboanga Del Norte)
Basilan Circumferential Road (Basilan)
Davao-Surigao Road (Caraga and Davao Regions)
Davao-Bukidnon Road (Davao City and Bukidnon)
Davao-Cotabato Road (Whole Central Mindanao)
Sayre Highway (Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon and North Cotabato)
Digos-Makar Highway (General Santos, Sarangani Province and Davao del Sur)
GenSan Drive (Whole South Cotabato)

Notable highways and bridges in the Philippines

Longest bridge: San Juanico Bridge

Tallest bridge: Atugan Bridge 64.5 metres (212 feet)
Widest bridge: Nagtahan Bridge (C-2), Guadalupe Bridge (C-4)
Longest highway: Pan-Philippine Highway
Longest viaduct: Candaba Viaduct (5,000 metres or 16,000 feet)
Widest highway: Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City (R-7) (18 lanes)
Busiest highway: Epifanio De los Santos Avenue (C-4) (2.35 Million Vehicles per day)
Longest expressway: Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway
Highest Altitude Highway: Halsema Highway (7,400 feet (2,300 metres) above sea level)

Highways in the Philippines

Bonifacio Drive
Radial Road 1 Roxas Boulevard
Manila-Cavite Expressway
Antero Soriano Highway

Taft Avenue
Radial Road 2 E. Quirino Avenue
Diego Cera Avenue
Aguinaldo Highway

Metro Manila Skyway

Radial Road 3
SLEX
Southern Tagalog Arterial Road

Radial Road 4 Pasig Line Street

Kalayaan Avenue
 M. Concepcion Avenue
Elisco Road
Highway 2000

Victorino Mapa Street

P. Sanchez Street
Shaw Boulevard
Radial Road 5
Pasig Boulevard
Ortigas Avenue
Taytay Diversion Road
Manila East Road

Legarda Street
Radial Road 6 Magsaysay Boulevard
Aurora Boulevard
MarikinaInfanta Highway

Lerma Avenue
Espaa Boulevard
Quezon Avenue
Radial Road 7 Elliptical Road
Commonwealth Avenue
Quirino Highway
San Jose del MonteNorzagaray Road
North Luzon East Expressway

Quezon Boulevard
Alfonso Mendoza Street
Dimasalang Street
Radial Road 8
A. Bonifacio Avenue
NLEX
SubicClarkTarlac Expressway
TarlacPangasinanLa Union Expressway

Rizal Avenue
Radial Road 9
MacArthur Highway
PugoRosario Road

Radial Road 10 Marcos Road

ManilaBataan Coastal Road

Recto Avenue
Pedro Casal Street
Circumferential Road 1
Ayala Boulevard
Finance Drive
Padre Burgos Avenue

Tayuman Street
Circumferential Road 2
Lacson Avenue
Quirino Avenue

C-3 Road
5th Avenue
Circumferential Road 3
Sgt. Emilio Rivera Avenue
Gregorio Araneta Avenue
Metro Manila Skybridge
 South Avenue
Ayala Avenue
Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia)

C-4 Road
Circumferential Road 4 Letre Road
Samson Road
EDSA

NLEX-Karuhatan connector link

NLEX-Mindanao Avenue connector link
Mindanao Avenue
Congressional Avenue
Luzon Avenue
Circumferential Road 5
Tandang Sora Avenue
Katipunan Avenue
Bonny Serrano Avenue
Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue
Carlos P. Garcia Avenue
C-5 South Extension
Circumferential Road 6
Bulacan-Rizal-Manila-Cavite Regional Expressway