MacArthur Highway


The MacArthur Highway, officially the Manila North Road, is a, two-to-six lane, national primary highway in Luzon, Philippines, it connects Caloocan in Metro Manila to the Laoag City in Ilocos Norte. It is the second longest road in the Philippines, after Maharlika Highway.

History

MacArthur Highway was built in sections beginning in 1928 during the American colonial period. It followed much of the route of the old Manila Railroad line from Manila to Dagupan. It was named Highway 3 and was also called Route 3 in early U.S. military records. The highway eventually reached the Ilocos provinces in the north and became known as the Manila North Road spanning a distance of over.
On June 17, 1961, the section of the Manila North Road between Manila and Pangasinan was renamed in honor of the Liberator of the Philippines during World War II, General Douglas MacArthur.

Route description

MacArthur Highway is a toll-free, two- to eight-lane national road that stretches for from the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan to the northern province of Ilocos Norte, passing through three cities in Metro Manila, three provinces of Central Luzon, and four provinces of the Ilocos Region.
The highway parallels the North Luzon Expressway from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue to Mabalacat, the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway from Mabalacat to Tarlac City, and the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway from Tarlac City to Rosario.
The entire road consists of series of the new route numbering system by the Department of Public Works and Highways. From Caloocan to Guiguinto, it is the component of National Route 1 and the rest of the route up to Laoag is entirely designated as the National Route 2 of the Philippine highway network. It is also a component of R-9 of Manila's arterial road network.

Intersections

Ilocos Region