The Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. Highway or simply the Sayre Highway is a four-lane, , primary national highway that connects
Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental to
Kabacan, North Cotabato. It traverses the provinces of
Misamis Oriental
Misamis Oriental ( ceb, Sidlakang Misamis; tl, Silangang Misamis), officially the Province of Misamis Oriental, is a province located in the region of Northern Mindanao in the Philippines. Its capital, largest city and provincial center is th ...
,
Bukidnon and
North Cotabato.
The highway's name was Route 3 but was changed to Sayre Highway, in honor of
Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.
Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. (April 30, 1885 – March 29, 1972) was a professor at Harvard Law School, High Commissioner of the Philippines, and a son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson.
Biography
He was born on April 30, 1885. He graduated fro ...
, the U.S. Philippine High Commissioner who spearheaded its construction.
It extends southward through central Mindanao for a distance of about , linking the northern and southern arms of Route 1 (Digos–Butuan Highway). This section of the Philippine national highway was constructed during the
American occupation of the Philippines
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.
The parts of the highway are composed of National Route 10 (N10), a spur route of Asian Highway 26 in the north; and National Route 943 (N943) in the southern portion of the
Philippine highway network.
Route description
Intersections
References
Roads in Misamis Oriental
Roads in Bukidnon
Roads in Cotabato
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