N79 highway
Road in the Philippines
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National Route 79 (N79) is a 302-kilometer (188 mi), two-to-four lane national primary road connecting the provinces of Misamis Occidental,[1] Zamboanga del Norte,[2][3][4] and Zamboanga Sibugay.[5] It traverses through many municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental.
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AH26 (Maharlika Highway) in Ipil
N966 (Zamboanga West Coastal Road) in Liloy
N965 (Sindangan–Siayan–Dumingag–Mahayag Road) in Sindangan
N80 (Molave–Dipolog Road) in Katipunan
N961 (Rizal–Dakak–Dapitan Coastal Road) in Dapitan
N960 (Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road) in Calamba- N960 (Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road) in Oroquieta
N959 (Ozamiz Airport Road) in Ozamiz
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 Reassurance marker at Dipolog | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 302 km (188 mi) | |||
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| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | AH26 (Maharlika Highway) in Ipil | |||
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| East end |   N78 (Ozamiz–Aurora Road) / N958 (Ozamiz Port Road) in Ozamiz | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Philippines | |||
| Provinces | Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, Misamis Occidental | |||
| Major cities | Oroquieta, Ozamiz, Dipolog, Dapitan | |||
| Towns | Ipil, Titay, Kalawit, Tampilisan, Liloy, Salug, Bacungan, Sindangan, Jose Dalman, Manukan, Pres. Manuel A. Roxas, Katipunan, Sibutad, Rizal, Sapang Dalaga, Baliangao, Calamba, Plaridel, Lopez Jaena, Aloran, Panaon, Jimenez, Sinacaban, Tudela, Clarin | |||
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Route description
Ipil to Liloy
N79 starts as Ipil–Liloy–Sindangan Road. It traverses to Titay. After reaching the boundary of Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Norte, the road is named Liloy–Ipil Road.
Liloy to Sindangan
N79 continues as Liloy–Ipil Road. After reaching Liloy–Siocon Road (N966), the road is called Sindangan–Liloy Road. After reaching Leon B. Pestigo or Sindangan,[6] the road is called Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road.
Sindangan to Dipolog
Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road continues until reaching the boundary of Katipunan and Dipolog.
Dipolog to Oroquieta
After reaching the boundary of Katipunan and Dipolog thus ending Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road, the road becomes Dipolog–Zamboanga Road. It would then traverse the city's poblacion as Quezon Avenue, continues to downtown Dipolog turning east of Rizal Avenue, south of F. Herrera Street, east of General Luna Street, and heads back north to Dapitan from the roundabout (P'gsalabuk Circle), becoming Dipolog-Oroquieta Road. In Dapitan, the road goes into a roundabout with Polo–Dapitan Park Road (N961). After reaching the boundary of Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental, the road is called Oroquieta–Plaridel–Calamba–Sapang Dalaga Road. After reaching the junction of Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road (N960), the road is now called Ozamiz–Oroquieta Road.
Oroquieta to Ozamiz
Ozamiz–Oroquieta Road continues until reaching the three way intersection with Ozamiz–Pagadian Road (N78) and Ozamiz Port Road (N958), the road ends as well as N79.
Intersections
Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer 0.
| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Zamboanga Sibugay | Ipil | 2,013 | 1,251 | AH26 (Maharlika Highway) | Roundabout and western terminus |
| Zamboanga del Norte | Liloy | 1,965 | 1,221 |  N966 (Zamboanga West Coastal Road) | |
| Sindangan | 1,919 | 1,192 |  N965 (Sindangan–Siayan–Dumingag–Mahayag Road) | ||
| Dipolog | 1,845 | 1,146 |  N80 (Molave–Dipolog Road) | ||
| 1,826 | 1,135 |  N961 (Rizal–Dakak–Dapitan Coastal Road) | |||
| Misamis Occidental | Calamba | 1,824 | 1,133 |  N960 (Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road) | |
| Oroquieta | 1,797 | 1,117 | N960 (Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road) | ||
| Ozamiz | 1,705 | 1,059 |  N959 (Ozamiz Airport Road) | ||
| 1,700 | 1,100 | N78 (Ozamiz-Aurora Road)
N958 (Ozamiz Port Road) | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
