This list of expressways in the Philippines is currently composed of 10

controlled-access highway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...

s that connects

Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

to the provinces located in north and south

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

. While not all expressways are interconnected, there is a plan to connect all expressways to form the

Philippine expressway network The Philippine expressway network, also known as the High Standard Highway Network, is a controlled-access highway network managed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which consists of all expressways and regional high standar ...

. Since 2020, all expressways are connected to at least one other expressway.

Numbered routes

{, class="wikitable sortable" ! Number ! Length (km) ! Length (mi) ! Northern/eastern terminus ! Southern/western terminus ! Local names ! Formed ! Removed ! class="unsortable" , Notes , - ! , 88.4 , 54.9 , Route 213 (Mabalacat–Magalang Road) in Santa Ines,

Mabalacat Mabalacat, officially the City of Mabalacat ( pam, Lakanbalen ning Mabalacat; fil, Lungsod ng Mabalacat), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 293,244 people ...

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga ( pam, Lalawigan ning Pampanga; tl, Lalawigan ng Pampanga ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac ...

, Route 1 (

EDSA Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, ...

)/Route 160 (

Andres Bonifacio Avenue Andres Bonifacio Avenue, also known as A. Bonifacio Avenue, is a national secondary road connecting the North Luzon Expressway and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue at Balintawak Interchange in Quezon City and Blumentritt Road at the city's boun ...

) in Balintawak,

Quezon City Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...

North Luzon Expressway The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160 of the Philippine highway network, and R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects M ...

, 2014 , current ,

Asian Highway 26 The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway ( tl, Daang Maharlika; ceb, Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in t ...

between Santa Rita,

Guiguinto Guiguinto, officially the Municipality of Guiguinto ( tgl, Bayan ng Guiguinto), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 113,415 people. Guiguinto is one of the fa ...

and Balintawak , - ! , 132.5 , 82.3 , Route 2 (

Manila North Road The MacArthur Highway, officially the Manila North Road (MNR or MaNor), is a , two-to-six lane, national primary highway and tertiary highway in Luzon, Philippines, connecting Caloocan in Metro Manila to Aparri in Cagayan. It is the second long ...

) in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...

La Union La Union (), officially the Province of La Union ( ilo, Probinsia ti La Union; Kankanaey'': Probinsyan di La Union;'' Ibaloi'': Probinsya ne La Union;'' pag, Luyag/Probinsia na La Union; Tagalog'': Lalawigan ng La Union),'' is a province in th ...

, E1 (

) in

, , 2014 , current , , - ! , 92 , 57 , Route 1 (

)/Route 145 (

Osmeña Highway The President Sergio Osmeña Sr. Highway (often shortened as Osmeña Highway), also known as the South Superhighway, is a major highway that links Quirino Avenue in Paco, Manila, Paco, Manila to EDSA, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and S ...

) in

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

, Route 4 (

Jose P. Laurel Highway Jose P. Laurel Highway is a , two-to-six lane, major highway running within the province of Batangas. The highway forms part of National Route 4 (N4) of the Philippine highway network. It is also known as Manila–Batangas Diversion Road in Santo T ...

)/Route 434 (Batangas Port Diversion Road) in Balagtas,

Batangas City Batangas City, officially the City of Batangas ( fil, Lungsod ng Batangas), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 351,437 people. Batangas City i ...

, , 2014 , current ,

between Magallanes and Calamba , - ! , 42.79 , 26.59 , E1 (

) in

Caloocan Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan ( fil, Lungsod ng Caloocan; ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most ...

, E2 (

South Luzon Expressway The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon region ...

) in

Muntinlupa Muntinlupa, officially the City of Muntinlupa ( fil, Lungsod ng Muntinlupa), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the ...

Skyway A skyway, skybridge, skywalk, or sky walkway is an elevated type of pedway connecting two or more buildings in an urban area, or connecting elevated points within mountainous recreational zones. Urban skyways very often take the form of enclos ...

, 2014 , current , Partially signed as E2/

between Buendia,

and Alabang,

, - ! , 7.7 , 4.8 , Route 11 (

C-5 Road Circumferential Road 5 (C-5), informally known as the C-5 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the fifth beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some , it connects the cities of Las Piñas, Makati, Parañaque, ...

) in

Taguig Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...

, E3 ( CAVITEX) in San Dionisio,

Parañaque Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to t ...

C-5 Southlink Expressway The C-5 Southlink Expressway, signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network, is a controlled-access toll expressway in Metro Manila connecting the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) to the Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Taguig. The proje ...

, 2019 , current , Partial operation between C-5 and

Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...

(near Merville) , - ! , 2.7 , 1.7 , E2 (

) in

, Daang Hari in

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippines, Philippi ...

Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway The Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway (MCX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network, is a controlled-access toll expressway linking the southern province of Cavite to Muntinlupa in the Philippines. It is currently the shortest expressw ...

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) in

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Batasan Road Batasan Road (formerly and still known as IBP Road), is a six-to-ten lane circumferential highway located in the barangays of Batasan Hills, Bagong Silangan, Payatas, and Commonwealth, which are located all in Quezon City, Philippines. The ro ...

in Batasan Hills,

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Southeast Metro Manila Expressway The Southeast Metro Manila Expressway (SEMME), also known as Skyway Stage 4, C-6 Expressway and formerly as Metro Manila Expressway, is an under construction tolled expressway running across eastern Metro Manila and western Rizal. The expressw ...

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NAIA Expressway The Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway (NAIAX), signed as E6 of the Philippine expressway network, is an elevated expressway in Metro Manila, Philippines, which links the Skyway to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and Enterta ...

)/Route 61 (

Roxas Boulevard Roxas Boulevard is a popular waterfront promenade in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of Manila Bay, is well known for its sunsets and stretch of coconut trees. The divided roadway has become a tradema ...

)/Route 194 (

NAIA Road NAIA Road (Ninoy Aquino International Airport Road), formerly known and still commonly referred to as MIA Road (Manila International Airport Road), is a short 8-10 lane divided highway connecting Roxas Boulevard and the Manila–Cavite Expresswa ...

) in Tambo,

, Route 62 (

Tirona Highway The Tirona Highway is a two-to-four lane, primary highway in Cavite, Philippines. The road was named for Filipino revolutionary leader Daniel Tirona. The road is a component of the National Route 62 (N62) of the Philippine highway network The ...

)/Route 64 ( Centennial Road) in

Kawit Kawit, officially the Municipality of Kawit ( tgl, Bayan ng Kawit), is a first-class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population ...

Cavite Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite ( tl, Lalawigan ng Kabite; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Located on the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest ...

Manila–Cavite Expressway The Manila–Cavite Expressway (more popularly known as CAVITEX), signed as E3 of the Philippine expressway network and R-1 of Metro Manila's arterial road network, is a controlled-access toll expressway linking Manila to the southern prov ...

, 2014 , current , , - ! , 58.7 , 36.5 , E1 in

, Rizal Highway and Maritan Highway in Subic Freeport , , 2014 , current , , - ! , 13.4 , 8.3 , Route 128 (

Mindanao Avenue Mindanao Avenue ( fil, Abenida Mindanao) is an eight-to-ten lane divided avenue connecting EDSA and NLEX and is a part of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of the three parallel roads that connects Tandang S ...

) in Ugong,

Valenzuela Valenzuela may refer to: Places * Valenzuela, Paraguay * Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines * Valenzuela, Spain * Valenzuela de Calatrava, Spain * Valenzuela, Louisiana Other uses * Valenzuela (surname), including a list of people with the n ...

, Route 120 ( R-10) in

Navotas Navotas, officially the City of Navotas ( fil, Lungsod ng Navotas), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 247,543 people. It is known as the ...

, , 2014 , current , , - ! , 11.9 , 7.4 , E2 (

) in

Macapagal Boulevard Macapagal Boulevard, also known as President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard and Macapagal Avenue, is an eight-lane road in Metro Manila, Philippines, running parallel to Roxas Boulevard from the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pas ...

, 2016 , current ,

Unnumbered routes

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San Fernando San Fernando may refer to: People *Ferdinand III of Castile (c. 1200–1252), called ''San Fernando'' (Spanish) or ''Saint Ferdinand'', King of Castile, León, and Galicia Places Argentina *San Fernando de la Buena Vista, city of Greater Buenos ...

Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and ...

, bgcolor=#FFDEAD , Route 1 (Maharlika Highway) in Pili,

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Cavite–Laguna Expressway The Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAX or CALAEX), signed as E3 of the Philippine expressway network, is a partially operational controlled-access toll expressway in the provinces of Cavite and Laguna, Philippines. The construction of the exp ...

, 44.6 , 27.6 , E3 ( CAVITEX) in

, E2 (

SLEX The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon region ...

) in

Biñan Biñan (), officially the City of Biñan ( fil, Lungsod ng Biñan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 407,437 people. Biñan, also known as Biniang, has ...

Laguna Laguna (Italian and Spanish for lagoon) may refer to: People * Abe Laguna (born 1992), American DJ known as Ookay * Andrés Laguna (1499–1559), Spanish physician, pharmacologist, and botanist * Ana Laguna (born 1955), Spanish-Swedish ballet d ...

, 2019 , current , Partial operation between Silang East, Silang and Greenfield City,

, - ! Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway , 8.9 , 5.5 , Route 845 (Manuel L. Quezon National Highway) in Cordova,

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...

, Route 840 ( Cebu South Coastal Road) in

Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...

, 2022 , current , , - !

Central Luzon Link Expressway The Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX), also known as the Central Luzon Link Freeway, is a partially operational Controlled-access highway, expressway in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. It will connect the Subic–Clark–Tarlac ...

, 66 , 41 , E1 ( SCTEX) in

Tarlac City Tarlac City, officially the City of Tarlac ( pam, Lakanbalen ning Tarlac; pag, Siyudad na Tarlac; ilo, Siudad ti Tarlac; fil, Lungsod ng Tarlac ), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to ...

, Route 1 (Maharlika Highway) in San Jose,

Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province i ...

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NLEX Harbor Link Expressway 5 (E5) forms part of the Philippine expressway network. Collectively known as the North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link Project (NLEX Harbor Link Project), it runs from Congressional Avenue and Luzon Avenue, both components of Circumfere ...

) in

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Santa Mesa Santa Mesa is a district in Manila, Philippines. It is surrounded by Pasig River on the southwestern side, and by the San Juan River on its southern and eastern side. Land borders include the districts of San Miguel to the west and Sampaloc to ...

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

, bgcolor=#FFDEAD , proposed , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , — , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , , - !

Metro Cebu Expressway The Metro Cebu Expressway is a expressway in Cebu, Philippines. The expressway, once completed, will connect the Cebu North Road ( N8) in Danao to the Naga–Uling Road ( N81) in Naga. and will serve as an alternative north–south backbone hi ...

, bgcolor=#FFDEAD , 73.7 , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , 45.8 , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , Route 81 (Naga–Uling Road) in

Naga Naga or NAGA may refer to: Mythology * Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions * Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata'' * Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...

, bgcolor=#FFDEAD , Route 8 (Cebu North Road) in Danao,

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North Luzon East Expressway The North Luzon East Expressway (NLEE) is an under-construction four-lane, long limited-access toll expressway in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Project description With a length of 92.1 kilometers, the toll project consists of ...

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, bgcolor=#FFDEAD , CLLEX in

Cabanatuan Cabanatuan, officially the City of Cabanatuan ( fil, Lungsod ng Cabanatuan; ilo, Siudad ti Cabanatuan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 327,325 peop ...

, bgcolor=#FFDEAD , proposed , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , — , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , , - ! South Luzon Expressway (Toll Roads 4 and 5) , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , 484 , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , 300 , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , E2 ( SLEX Toll Road 3) in Calamba, Laguna , bgcolor=#FFDEAD , Route 1 (Maharlika Highway) in

Matnog Matnog, officially the Municipality of Matnog ( Waray Sorsogon: ''Bungto san Matnog''; war, Bungto han Matnog, tl, Bayan ng Matnog), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a po ...

Sorsogon Sorsogon, officially the Province of Sorsogon (Bikol language, Bikol: ''Probinsya kan Sorsogon''; Waray language, Waray: ''Probinsya han Sorsogon''; tl, Lalawigan ng Sorsogon), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines locat ...

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Planned/proposed

Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway The Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network and R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access toll expressway that connects the Central Luzon region with the I ...

Extension * C-5 Expressway * Manila–Taguig Expressway *

Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressway The Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressway (CTBEX) is a proposed expressway that will connect the under-construction Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAX) in the municipality of Silang, Cavite to J.P. Laurel Street ( Ternate–Nasugbu Road) i ...

* Pasig River Expressway * Manila–Quezon Expressway * Manila–Bataan Coastal Road Extension * R-7 Expressway * North Eastern Luzon Expressway (NELEX) *

Calamba–Los Baños Expressway The Calamba–Los Baños Expressway
is a proposed expressway in the

* Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike **Phase 1 **Phase 2 * Cebu Trans-Axial Expressway *

Davao City Expressway The Davao City Expressway is an expressway currently under feasibility study. It was proposed by President Rodrigo Duterte to mitigate the congestion on the Pan-Philippine Highway in Davao City. Project Description The expressway will have an ove ...

* Quezon–Bicol Expressway * Misamis Oriental Expressway (MisOrEx) * Iloilo-Capiz-Aklan Expressway Project (ICAEx)

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