National Route 6 (N6) is a major primary national route that forms part of the
Philippine highway network in the provinces of
Negros Occidental and
Negros Oriental.
History
Route description
Bacolod to Kabankalan
The route starts at the junction of
N7 (
Bacolod South Road / Araneta Avenue) and N69 (
Alijis Road / Bacolod–San Carlos Road) in
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...
as
Bacolod South Road. It continues N7, which terminates in Bacolod.
In
Bago, the road then turns away from the ''poblacion'' and becomes also known as Bacolod South By-Pass Road and locally as R.M. Salas Drive. It then regains the Bacolod South Road name shortly after crossing the Bago River. It continues its course along the western coast of
Negros Occidental up to
Kabankalan, wherein from barangay Binicuil it is locally known as Guanzon Street.
Kabankalan to Bais
In
Kabankalan ''poblacion'', the route turns southeast as
Bais–Kabankalan Road
The Bais–Kabankalan Road or Kabankalan–Bais Road is a two-to-four lane major road that connects the city of Bais in Negros Oriental to the city of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental. In Kabankalan, it is also known in the city proper as Aqui ...
, which is locally known in the city as Aquiles-Zayco Avenue, as Bacolod South Road continues from the junction as
N712. Traversing the mountain range of
Negros
Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of . Negros is one of the many islands of the Visayas, in the central part of the country. The predominant inhabitants of the island region a ...
Island, it then enters
Negros Oriental at
Mabinay
Mabinay, officially the Municipality of Mabinay, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 82,953 people , making it the most-populous municipality in Negros ...
, where the kilometer count changes because of the separate kilometer count among the two provinces. The road finally reaches the southern terminus at
N7 (Dumaguete North Road) in
Bais.
References
{{Philippine highway network
Roads in Negros Occidental
Roads in Negros Oriental