Davao–Cotabato Road
Road in the Philippines
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The Davao–Cotabato Road is a 205.7-kilometer (127.8 mi), two-to-six lane major national primary road, connecting the provinces of Davao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Cotabato, and Maguindanao del Norte.[1][2][3][4] It runs from Davao City to Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte.
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highways
N920 (Quirino Highway) in Davao City
N921 (Ma-a Road) in Davao City
N916 (Quimpo Boulevard) in Davao City
N1 (Carlos P. Garcia National Highway) in Davao City
AH26 (Davao–Bukidnon Road) in Talomo, Davao City
N923 (Digos Diversion Road) in Digos
AH26 (Digos–Makar Road) in Digos
N76 (Makilala–Allah Valley Road) at Makilala
N942 (Paco–Roxas–Arakan Valley–Junction Davao–Bukidnon Road) at Kidapawan
N943 (Sayre Highway) at Kabacan
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 Reassurance Marker at Pigcawayan, North Cotabato. However, it has been taken away as of 2021. | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways | ||||
| Length | 205.664 km[1] (127.794 mi) | |||
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| Major junctions | ||||
| East end | Bonifacio Rotunda in Davao City | |||
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| West end |  AH26 (Cotabato–Lanao Road) in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Philippines | |||
| Provinces | Davao del Sur, Cotabato, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur | |||
| Major cities | Davao City, Digos, Kidapawan | |||
| Towns | Bansalan, Makilala, Matalam, Kabacan, Datu Montawal, Pagalungan, Pikit, Aleosan, Midsayap, Libungan, Pigcawayan, Santa Cruz | |||
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This road is designated as part of National Route 916-5 (N916-5), National Route 1 (N1) and National Route 75 (N75) of the Philippine highway network and partially Asian Highway 26 (AH26) of the Asian highway network.
Route description
Davao City to Digos
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Starting at the Bonifacio Rotunda in the Davao City proper, the Davao–Cotabato Road begins as the western section of National Route 916-5 (N916-5) and a component of the Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26). It initially runs northwest as A. Pichon Street, a one-way street carrying southeast-bound traffic. The route then turns southwest onto Elpidio Quirino Avenue and becomes MacArthur Highway upon crossing the General Generoso Bridge I over the Davao River.
It then meets Carlos P. Garcia National Highway, where it turns west and becomes part of National Route 1 (N1). It then enters Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur as it traverses its eastern coast. It enters Digos and there it meets Digos–Makar Road, locally known as Rizal Avenue, where N1/AH26 would continue.[1]
Digos to Makilala
N75 commences at the intersection with N1/AH26. It traverses to the west through the municipality of Bansalan onto towards Makilala for 32 kilometers (20 mi). There is a gateway sign when entering Makilala.
Makilala to Matalam
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At Makilala, it connects towards Makilala–Allah Valley Road (N76) which links Makilala to Sultan Kudarat Province. It traverses Kidapawan, where it is locally known as Quezon Boulevard, and connects to Paco–Roxas–Arakan Valley–Junction Davao–Bukidnon Road (N942). The route then traverses into Matalam for 47 kilometers (29 mi). There is a roundabout that connects Davao–Cotabato Road to a national tertiary highway that leads to M'lang and a shortcut for Makilala–Allah Valley Road (N76).
Matalam to Kabacan
Davao–Cotabato Road traverses towards Kabacan and has a crossing that links up with Sayre Highway (N943). It connects North Cotabato to Bukidnon. The total length of this section is at 11 kilometers (6.8 mi).
Kabacan to Midsayap
At Kabacan, the Davao–Cotabato Road traverses towards Maguindanao del Sur into Datu Montawal and Pagalungan. It then enters Cotabato, traversing Pikit and Aleosan onto towards Midsayap for 42 kilometers (26 mi). At Midsayap, it links to N940 that traverses towards Marbel.
Midsayap to Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte
N75 traverses towards into Libungan and links up with Banisilan–Guiling–Alamada–Libungan Road (N944). It finally traverses towards Pigcawayan and Sultan Kudarat into its western section. The western section of Davao–Cotabato Road (N75) links back into the Pan-Philippine Highway in 33 kilometers (21 mi).
History
The highway existed back to the American colonial era as part of Highway 1 in Mindanao that linked Surigao and Davao via Cagayan.[5] The entire highway was once considered part of the Pan-Philippine Highway, until the route was realigned from the section west of Digos (via Koronadal) to the southern roads passing through General Santos.[6] The route markers were added in 2014 (for N1/AH26) and 2017 (for N75), although the look of the N75 route marker is different in Davao del Sur due to the stretched 5.
In the mid-2020s, the section of the road between the Bonifacio Rotunda and Carlos P. Garcia National Highway was redesignated as N916-5, as N1 was redesignated to the latter. Despite this reclassification to a secondary national road, the segment retains its status as part of the Pan-Philippine Highway or Asian Highway 26 (AH26) network.
Intersections
Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with the Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer 0.
| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Davao City | N916-5 (C.M. Recto Avenue) / A. Pichon Street | Roundabout; eastern terminus | |||
| 1,511.8 | 939.4 |  N920 (Quirino Highway) | |||
 N921 (Ma-a Road) | |||||
| 1,515.01 | 941.38 |  N916 (Quimpo Boulevard) | |||
 N1 (Carlos P. Garcia National Highway) | Route number transition from N916-5 to N1 | ||||
| 1,519.00 | 943.86 |  AH26 (Davao–Bukidnon Road) | |||
| Davao del Sur | Digos |  N923 (Digos Diversion Road) | |||
| 1,563.522 | 971.528 | AH26 (Digos–Makar Road / Rizal Avenue) | Route number transition from N1 to N75; end of AH26 concurrency | ||
| 1,565.4 | 972.7 |  N924 (Digos Junction Road) | Locally known as Quezon Avenue | ||
| Cotabato | Makilala | 1,593.193 | 989.964 |  N76 (Makilala–Allah Valley Road) | |
| Kidapawan | 1,625.310 | 1,009.921 |  N942 (Paco–Roxas–Arakan Valley–Junction Davao–Bukidnon Road) | Roundabout. | |
| Kabacan | N943 (Sayre Highway) | ||||
| Midsayap | 1,693.098 | 1,052.042 |  N940 (Makar–Dulawan–Midsayap–Marbel Road) | ||
| Libungan |  N944 (Banisilan–Guiling–Alamada–Libungan Road) | ||||
| Maguindanao del Norte | Sultan Kudarat | 1,715.788 | 1,066.141 | AH26 (Cotabato-Lanao Road) | Western terminus. |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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