Philippine highway network

Philippine highway network
Shields for N1 / AH26 (Pan-Philippine Highway), N61 (national primary road), and N120 (national secondary road)
System information
Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Formed	Pre-colonial period
Highway names
National primary roads	Nx, Nxx
National secondary roads	Nxxx
National tertiary roads	Names only (no numbers assigned)
System links
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

The Philippine highway network is a network of national roads owned and maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and organized into three classifications according to their function or purpose: national primary, secondary, and tertiary roads. The national roads connecting major cities are numbered from N1 to N83. They are mostly single and dual carriageways linking two or more cities.^[2]

As of October 15, 2019, it has a total length of 22,337.26 kilometers (13,879.73 mi) of concrete roads, 12,459.96 kilometers (7,742.26 mi) of asphalt roads, 342.02 kilometers (212.52 mi) of gravel roads, and 24.89 kilometers (15.47 mi) of earth roads, with a grand total of 35,164.13 kilometers (21,849.98 mi).^[1] According to a 2011 report from the Asian Development Bank, the extent of the road network in the Philippines is comparable with or better than many neighboring developing countries in Southeast Asia. However, in terms of the quality of the road system, i.e., the percentage of paved roads and the percentage of those in good or fair condition, the country lagged behind its neighbors as of 2012^[update].^[3]