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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 71

ESTABLISHING A CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS


  • 1. For the purpose of classifying and establishing the limits of public roads and fixing the responsibilities for the proper maintenance of the roads built or to be built, and upon the recommendation of the National Transportation Board created by Executive Order Numbered Forty-five, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby establish the following classification of roads:

    • I. NATIONAL ROADS:

      • All roads now classified as Insular roads; main traffic routes connecting provincial capitals with important commercial centers, national airports, national seaports, and national parks and roads of military importance, which may be so designated by the President upon favorable recommendation of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications. National roads shall have a right-of-way of not less than twenty (20) meters.

    • II. PROVINCIAL ROADS:

      • All roads connecting one municipality with another municipality, the termini to be the public plazas; all roads extending from a municipality, or from a provincial or national road to a public wharf or railway station; and any other road which may be so designated by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications upon request of the Provincial Board concerned and upon favorable recommendation of the Director of Public Works. Provincial roads shall have a right-of-way of not less than fifteen meters.

    • III. MUNICIPAL ROADS:

      • All highways not included in the above classifications. Municipal roads shall have a right-of-way of not less than ten (10) meters.


  • 2. Pursuant to the above classification, the following roads and streets are hereby designated as:


I.NATIONAL ROADS:


From Km.

To Km.

Length Km.

ABRA--

(1) Abra-Ilocos Sur Interprovincial Road

404.40

426.70

22.30

(2) Abra-Kalinga Interprovincial Road

426.70

498.00

71.20

(3) Abra-Ilocos Norte Interprovincial Road

426.70

492.70

66.00

AGUSAN--




(1) Agusan-Misamis Oriental Interprovincial Road

0.0

39.70

39.70

(2) Agusan-Surigao Interprovincial Road

0.0

74.00

74.00

(3) Agusan-Davao Interprovincial Road

0.0

160.00

160.00

(4) Butuan-Airport Road

0.25

0.25

—–

(5) Butuan-Lianga Interprovincial Road

0.0

78.00

78.00

ALBAY--

(1) Manila-South Road

517.70

578.40

60.70

(2) Daraga-Legaspi-Tiwi-Camarines Sur Boundary Road

563.20

625.30

62.10

(3) Legaspi Airport Road

571.50

574.50

3.00

(4) Ligao-Tabaco Road

548.20

575.50

27.30

(5) Mount Mayon Park Road

562.50

581.10

18.60

CATANDUANES--

(1) Viga-Calolbon-Bato Road

———

———

91.00

ANTIQUE--

(1) Antique-Capiz Interprovincial Road

0.0

134.20

134.20

(2) Antique-Iloilo Interprovincial Road

0.0

24.50

24.50

(3) San Jose Airport Road

3.00

5.00

2.00

BATAAN--

(1) Bataan-Pampanga Interprovincial Road

102.07

128.80

26.72

(2) Bataan-Zambales Interprovincial Road

105.40

125.20

19.80

(3) Balanga-Mariveles Road

128.80

171.05

42.25

BATANES--

(1) Basco-Mahatao-Ivana-Uyugan Road

0.0

19.00

19.00

(2) Basco Airport Road

0.0

3.00

3.00

BATANGAS--

(1) Manila-South Road

63.50

76.74

13.24

(2) Batangas-Lemery-Tagaytay Road

114.70

164.60

49.90

(3) Batangas-Tayabas Interprovincial Road

96.70


100.10

103.60


117.20

24.00

(4) Manila-Batangas Road

67.50

117.20

49.70

(5) Cavite-Tuy-Nasugbu Fort

88.40

121.08

32.68

(6) Batangas Airport Road

112.70

112.70

——–

(7) Nasugbu-Calatagan Road

180.50

207.00

26.50

(8) Santo Tomas-Tagaytay Interprovincial Road

67.10

96.70

29.50

(9) Banaybanay-Majon Junction Road

93.90

111.50

17.60

BUNGUET--

(1) Kennon Road

223.80

249.60

25.80

(2) Baguio-Bauang Road

268.00

286.90

18.90

(3) Baguio-Bontoc Road

263.90

348.00

84.10

(4) Baguio-Itogon Road

263.30

278.80

15.00

BOHOL--

(1) Tagbilaran-Loay-Talibon Road

0.0

109.20

109.20

(2) Tabilaran Airport Road

0.0

2.50

2.50

(3) Tabilaran-North Road

0.0

112.70

112.70

BUKIDNON--

(1) Bukidnon-Misamis Oriental Interprovincial Road

28.00

109.00

81.00

(2) Malaybalay-Maramag Road

106.00

158.00

52.00

(3) Del Monte Airport Road

33.70

40.70

7.00

(4) Malaybalay Airport Road

106.00

106.00

0.0

BULACAN--

(1) Manila-North Road

10.40

56.50

46.10

(2) Cagayan Valley Road

42.60

85.90

43.30

(3) Quingua Airport Road

53.00

56.00

3.00

(4) Pulilan-Calumpit Road

45.50

56.50

11.00

CAGAYAN--

(1) Cagayan Valley Road

464.40

582.60

118.20

(2) Cagayan-Ilocos Norte Interprovincial Road

609.50

718.30

108.80

(3) Cagayan-Bontoc Interprovincial Road

477.80

522.00

44.20

(4) Cagayan-Apayao Interprovincial road

515.90

550.90

35.00

(5) Tuguegarao Airport Road

478.80

481.80

3.00

(6) Aparri Airport Road

582.00

583.00

1.00

CAMARINES SUR--

(1) Manila-Sourth Road

392.50

518.00

125.50

(2) Pili-Tigaon-Albay Boundary Road

481.2.00

520.3.00

39.1.00

(3) Sagnay-Nato Port Road

525.20

531.60

6.40

CAMARINES SUR--

(1) Manila-Sourth Road

392.50

518.00

125.50

(2) Pili-Tigaon-Albay Boundary Road

481.20

520.30

39.10

(3) Sagnay-Nato Port Road

525.20

531.60

6.40

(4) Naga Airport Road (Km. 11 from Naga)

475.50

476.50

1.00

CAPIZ--

(1) Capiz-Iloilo Interprovincial Road

0.0

65.50

65.50

(2) Capiz-East Road

7.40

54.60

47.20

(3) Capiz-Antique Interprovincial Road

15.60

133.20

117.60

(4) Capiz-Kolasi Road

0.0

7.80

7.80

(5) Kalibo-New Washington Road

84.30

93.94

9.64

(6) Capiz Airport Road

8.00

8.00

0.0

CAVITE--

(1) Manila-Cavite Road

14.90

35.50

20.60

(2) Cavite-Batangas Interprovincial Road

19.70

67.40

47.70

(3) Noveleta-Naic-Tagaytay Road

26.00

78.50

52.50

(4) Tagaytay-Santo Tomas Road

67.40

69.40

2.00

CEBU--

(1) Cebu-North Road

0.0

110.90

110.90

(2) Cebu-South-San Sebastian Wharf Road

0.0

140.80

140.80

(3) Cebu-Toledo Wharf Road

8.80

49.80

41.00

(4) Cebu Airport Road (Banilad Heights)

2.85

5.85

3.00

(5) Cebu Marginal Wharf Road

0.0

2.30

2.30

(6) Bogo-Polambato Wharf Road

103.00

105.00

2.00

COTABATO--

(1) Cotabato-Davao Interprovincial Road

12.70

155.80

143.10

(2) Cotabato-Lanao Interprovincial Road

0.0

56.92

56.92

(3) Makar-Malalag Road

206.80

241.80

35.00

(4) Midsayap-Reina Regente-Makar Road

46.80

206.80

160.00

(5) Cotabato Airport Road

0.0

4.00

4.00

DAVAO--

(1) Davao-Cotabato Interprovincial Road

0.0

87.00

87.00

(2) Davao-Agusan Interprovincial Road

0.0

144.00

144.00

(3) Digos-Malalag-Makar Road

58.80

113.80

55.00

(4) Davao Airport Road

5.00

5.00

0.0

ILOCOS NORTE--

(1) Manila-North Road

462.60

582.90

120.30

(2) Ilocos Norte-Apayao Interprovincial Road

501.90

569.70

67.80

(3) Ilocos Norte-Abra Interprovincial Road

521.90

551.70

29.80

(4) Laoag Airport Road (Barrio Gabu)

503.60

509.60

6.00

(5) Currimao Port Road

476.28

476.65

0.37

ILOCOS SUR--

(1) Manila-North Road

330.00

462.60

132.60

(2) Tagudin-Bontoc Interprovincial Road

337.70

405.60

67.90

(3) Ilocos Sur-Abra Interprovincial Road

395.80

404.40

3.60

(4) Vigan Airport Road

425

428.50

3.50

(5) San Ildefonso Port Road

429

433.50

4.50

ILOILO--

(1) Iloilo-Capiz Interprovincial Road

0.0

71.70

71.70

(2) Iloilo-Antique Interprovincial Road

0.0

72.30

72.30

(3) Jaro-Balasan-Capiz Boundary Road

3.00

136.00

133.00

(4) Iloilo Marginal Wharf

0.0

4.13

4.13

(5) Iloilo Airport Road

0.0

0.0

0.0

ISABELA--

(1) Cagayan Valley Road

314.20

463.20

148.80

(2) Ilagan Airport Road

401.00

401.00

0.0

LAGUNA--

(1) Manila-South Road

30.8


75.90

62.8


98.70

54.80

(2) Calamba-Santa Cruz-Rizal Boundary Road

54.60

136.90

82.30

(3) Pagsanjan-Lucena Interprovincial Road

104.03

126.65

22.62

(4) Siniloan-Puerto Real Road

123.30

139.15

15.95

LANAO--

(1) Lanao-Cotabato Interprovincial Road

0.0

102.70

102.70

(2) Lanao-Zamboanga Interprovincial Road

0.0

123.00

123.00

(3) Lanao-Misamis Oriental Interprovincial Road

31

49.70

18.70

(4) Dansalan-Tamparan-Ganassi Road

0.0

56.00

56.00

(5) Camp Keithley Airport Road

0.0

0.0

0.0

(6) Malabang Airport Road

68.50

68.50

0.0

LA UNION--

(1) Manila-North Road

225.50

330.00

104.50

(2) La Union-Pangasinan Interprovincial Road

233.20

237.60

4.40

(3) Bauang-North Road

276.00

299.30

23.30

(4) San Fernando-Poro Port Road

283.80

286.70

2.90

LEYTE--

(1) Tacloban-Baybay Road

0.0

111.20

111.20

(2) Palo-Carigara-Ormoc Road

11.50

109.80

98.30

(3) Leyte-Samar Interprovincial Road

0.0

25.50

52.50

(4) Libungao-Palompon Road

89.30

125

35.70

(5) Tacloban Airport Road

0.0

2.00

2.00

MARINDUQUE--

(1) Boac-Santa Cruz-Buyabud Port Road

0.0

32.50

32.50

(2) Mogpog-Balanacan Port Road

4.50

15.00

10.50

(3) Boac-Buenavista Road

0.0

31.00

31.00

MASBATE--

(1) Masbate-Milagros-Aroroy Road

0.0

77.00

77.00

(2) Masbate-Dimasalang Road

0.0

47.30

47.30

(3) Masbate Airport Road

1.00

1.00

0.0

MINDORO--

(1) Calapan-Pinamalayan (Boٌgabon) Road

0.0

102.00

102.00

(2) Calapan Junction-Puerto Galera Road

4.80

48.00

43.20

(3) Calapan Airport Road

0.0

2.00

2.00

MOUNTAIN PROVINCE--

(1) Bontoc-Baguio Road

348.00

392.40

44.40

(2) Bontoc-Tagudin Interprovincial Road

405.50

454.80

49.30

(3) Mountain Province-Cagayan Interprovincial Road

454.80

608.80

154.00

(4) Kalinga-Abra Interprovincial Road

530.60

598.20

67.60

(5) Mountain Province-Nueva Vizcaya Interprovincial Road

293.00

408.70

115.70

(6) Apayao-Cagayan Interprovincial Road

550.90

600.40

49.50

(7) Apayao-Ilocos Norte Interprovincial Road

569.70

642.70

73.00

NUEVA ECIJA--

(1) Cagayan Valley Road

85.90

214.90

129.00

(2) Nueva Ecija-Tayabas Interprovincial Road

120.00

177.00

57.00

(3) Nueva Ecija-Tarlac Interprovincial Road

120

156

36

(4) Nueva Ecija-Pampanga Interprovincial Road

95.50

116.00

20.50

(5) Nueva Ecija-Pangasinan Interprovincial Road

143.30

180.60

37.30

(6) Cabanatuan-Airport Road

132.00

135.00

3.00

NUEVA VIZCAYA--

(1) Cagayan Valley Road

215.00

317.82

102.82

(2) Nueva Vizcaya-Mountain Province Interprovincial Road

289.60

298.00

8.40

(3) Nueva Vizcaya-Pangasinan Interprovincial Road

221.40

240.60

19.20

(4) Bagabag Airport Road

295.00

295.00

0.0

OCCIDENTAL MISAMIS--

(1) Oroquieta-Pagadian Interprovincial Road

0.0

88.00

88.00

(2) Oroquieta-Dipolog Interprovincial Road

0.0

47.40

47.40

(3) Jiminez Port Road

19

19.80

0.80

ORIENTAL MISAMIS--

(1) Oriental Misamis-Agusan Interprovincial Road

0.0

170.60

170.60

(2) Oriental Misamis-Bukidnon Interprovincial Road

14.40

27.90

13.50

(3) Oriental Misamis-Lanao Interprovincial Road

0.0

75.80

75.80

(4) Cagayan Port Road

1.60

4.00

2.40

(5) Cagayan Airport Road

3.00

3.00

0.0

OCCIDENTAL NEGROS--

(1) Bacolod-Kabankalan Road

0.0

94.70

94.70

(2) Bacolod-North Road

0.0

162.20

162.20

(3)Bagonawa-LaCastellana-Vallehermoso Interprovincial Road

42.00

123.00

81.00

(4) Banga-Pulupandan Road

26.50

31.20

4.70

(5) Bacolod Airport Road

4.20

4.20

0.0

ORIENTAL NEGROS--

(1) Dumaguete-North Road

0.0

150.80

150.80

(2) Vallehermoso-La Castellana Interprovincial Road

147.60

165.00

17.40

(3) Dumaguete Airport Road

2.20

3.20

1.00

(4) Larena-San Juan-Maria Road (Siquijor Island)

0.0

58.90

58.90

PALAWAN--

(1) Puerto Princesa-North Road

0.0

275.00

275.00

(2) Puerto Princesa-South Road

0.0

202.00

202.00

(3) Puerto Princesa Airport Road

1.80

2.80

1.00

PAMPANGA--

(1) Manila-North Road

56.50

102.50

46.00

(2) Pampanga-Nueva Ecija Interprovincial Road

71.20

99.30

28.10

(3) Pampanga-Bataan Interprovincial Road

71.20

102.10

30.90

PANGASINAN--

(1) Manila-North Road

175.00

223.30

48.30

(2) Pangasinan-Tarlac Interprovincial Road

173.40

235.00

61.60

(3) Pangasinan-La Union Interprovincial Road

235.00

272.90

37.90

(4) Pangasinan-Zambales International Road

235.00

297.70

62.70

(5) Pangasinan-Nueva Vizcaya Interprovincial Road

188.40

247.70

59.30

(6) Urdaneta-Dagupan Road

188.40

217.00

28.60

RIZAL--

(1) Manila-South Road

3.07

30.77

27.70

(2) Manila-North Road

6.75

13.88

7.13

(3) Manila-East Road

4.36

69.23

64.87

(4) Manila-Marikina-Pasig Junction Road

15.79


6.38

69.23


21.39


15.52

14.74

(5) Pasay-Fort McKinley Road

4.59

69.23


13.54

8.95

(6) Circumferential Road (Camp Murphy-San Pedro Makati Section)

13.13

69.23


21.63

8.50

(7) Manila-Espaٌa Junction

6.90

11.20

4.30

ROMBLON--

(1) Carmen-Odiongan-Looc-Alcantara Road

7.00

87.00

80.00

(2) Romblon-Sablayan Road

0.0

19.40

19.40

(3) San Fernando-Cajidiocan Road

0.0

17.00

17.00

SAMAR--

(1) Catbalogan-North Road

0.0

151.00

151.00

(2) Catbalogan-Taft-Borongan Road

0.0

146.50

146.50

(3) Samar-Leyte Interprovincial Road

29.60

88.00

58.40

(4) Catarman-Maoo Road

0.0

57.40

57.40

SORSOGON--

(1) Manila-South Road

578.40

688.50

110.10

(2) Cate-Bulan Road

671.10

684.40

13.30

(3) Abuyog-Barcelona-Irosin Road

628.10

677.60

49.50

(4) Sorsogon Airport Road

621.82

622.17

0.35

SULU--

(1) Jolo-Tandu Batu Road

0.0

55.20

55.20

(2) Jolo Airport Road

0.0

2.50

2.50

SURIGAO--

(1) Surigao-Agusan Interprovincial Road

0.0

49.00

49.00

(2) Badas-Carrascal Road

27.00

115.20

88.20

(3) Surigao Airport Road

26.00

26.00

0.0

(4) Lianga-Butuan Interprovincial Road

0.0

10.00

10.00

TARLAC--

(1) Manila-North Road

102.48

175.00

72.52

(2) Tarlac-Nueva Ecija Interprovincial Road

132.06

152.26

20.20

(3) Tarlac-Pangasinan Interprovincial Road

130.97

173.42

42.45

(4) Tarlac Airport Road

131.73

132.73

1.00

(5) Tarlac-Zambales Interprovincial Road

116.54

153.41

36.87

TAYABAS--

(1) Manila-South Road

98.73

270.10

171.37

(2) Tayabas-Nueva Ecija Interprovincial Road

177.20

234.50

57.30

(3) Puerto Real-Siniloan Road

139.15

176.15

37.00

(4) Lucena-Pagsanjan Interprovincial Road

138.70

168.90

30.20

(5) Tayabas-Batangas Interprovincial Road

102.60

114.10

11.50

(6) Hondagua Port Road

226.00

228.50

2.50

ZAMBALES--

(1) Zambales-Pangasinan Interprovincial Road

218.20

281.35

63.15

(2) Zambales-Bataan Interprovincial Road

125.14

212.70

87.56

(3) Zambales-Tarlac Interprovincial Road

211.65

252.61

40.96

ZAMBOANGA—

(1) Zamboanga-Naga Road

0.0

160.00

160.00

(2) Pagadian-Oroquieta Interprovincial Road

0.0

70.00

70.00

(3) Dipolog-Oroquieta Interprovincial Road

0.0

45.16

45.16

(4) Isabela-Lamitan Port Road

0.0

31.60

31.60

(5) Palawan Port Road

3.30

7.30

2.00

GENERAL PROVISIONS


  • 3. The construction, maintenance and improvement of national roads shall be accomplished by district and city engineers under the supervision of the Director of Public Works, and shall be financed from such appropriations as may be authorized by the Commonwealth Government in annual or special appropriation acts. The Secretry of Public Works and Communications shall also allot all funds collected under the provisions of section one thousand four hundred ninety-five of the Revised Administrative Code and Act Numbered Three thousand nine hundred ninety-two, as amended, with the exception of the twenty (20) per centum of said funds that accrue to the road and bridge funds of provinces and chartered cities, for the maintenance and improvement of national roads and whenever practicable or funds are not needed for maintenance purposes, for their construction.

  • 4. The construction, maintenance, and improvement of provincial roads shall be accomplished by district engineers under the supervision of the Director of Public Works subject to existing laws, and shall be financed with provincial funds and such aid as may be authorized by the Commonwealth Government in annual appropriation acts.

  • 5. The construction, maintenance, and improvement of municipal roads shall be accomplished by the municipal governments concerned subject to existing laws, and shall be financed with municipal funds: Provided, however, That any municipal road of great importance to the province may, on request of the provincial board and upon favorable recommendation of the Director of Public Works, be classified as a provincial road by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications.

  • 6. The Secretary of the Public Works and Communications shall cause the Director of Public Works to prepare from time to time a map showing the proposed system of national and provincial roads, which, upon approval by the President shall constitute the Official Road Map of thePhilippines.

  • 7. Executive Order Numbered One, series of nineteen hundred and ten, Executive Order Numbered One hundred eighty-four, series of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, and Executive Order Numbered Six hundred twenty-five, series of nineteen hundred and thirty-five, are hereby revoked.


This Order shall become effective on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.


Done at the City of Manila, this third day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.


MANUEL L. QUEZON

President of the Philippines


By the President:

ELPIDIO QUIRINO

Secretary of the Interior


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