Cebu North Road

The Cebu North Road, also known as the Cebu North Hagnaya Wharf Road, is a road, the major thoroughfare that connects the city of Cebu to the Port of Hagnaya in the municipality of San Remigio in Cebu, Philippines.

The road is a component of National Route 8 (N8) and the lone highway of National Route 810 (N810) of the Philippine highway network. It also forms part of the Central Nautical Highway of the Philippine Nautical Highway System.

Route description

True to its name, Cebu North Road connects the capital Cebu City to the northern cities and municipalities of Cebu province. Outside Cebu City, it is alternatively called Cebu North Hagnaya Wharf Road.

Cebu City to Danao

Cebu North Road begins at its intersection with N. Escario Street as Osmeña Boulevard, fronting the Cebu Provincial Capitol, in Cebu City. It then turns south towards the Fuente Osmeña Circle, where it turns west as General Maxilom Avenue until the road's intersection with M.J. Cuenco Avenue and Imus Avenue, where the road turns northeast toward the former. It then crosses an intersection with Pope John Paul II Avenue/Juan Luna Avenue ( N815).

As the road enters Mandaue, it continues as Lopez-Jaena Street. After going underneath the Subangdaku flyover at an intersection with Hernan Cortes Street, it continues as M.C. Briones Street. It then passes a junction with A.C. Cortes Avenue ( N82) with a flyover carrying two-way through-traffic above it. After passing a junction with the United Nations Avenue ( N841), it continues as the Cebu North Road. It then traverses the municipalities Consolacion, Liloan (where it begins to follow along the western coast of Cebu), and Compostela and the city of Danao.

Danao to San Remigio

At the vicinity of the D.T. Durano Memorial Integrated School past the Danao city proper, the route transitions from N8 to N810. The road then passes through the towns of Carmen, Catmon, Sogod (where it veers away from the western coast to cut through the mountains of Cebu), Borbon, and Tabogon before entering the city Bogo. In Bogo, the road turns west towards San Remigio. At a junction with the Antonio y De Pio Highway (N820) in San Remigio proper, the roads turns north, initially following the northeastern coast of Cebu. It terminates at the Port of Hagnaya, which has ferries linking Cebu island with Santa Fe in Bantayan Island and Cawayan in Masbate.

History

The entire road historically forms part of Cebu Island's Highway 1 or Route 1 during the 20th century.

The road's eastern section in Cebu City was historically known as ''Calle Enrile'' (in honor of Governor-General Pasqual Enrile y Alcedo) and later ''Calle de los Martires'' (for being the site where Katipuneros and civilians were ordered killed after the Battle of Tres de Abril in 1898). On March 23, 1964, it was renamed to M.J. Cuenco Avenue after Cebuano politician Mariano Jesús Cuenco, by virtue of City Ordinance No. 462.

Intersections

References

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Roads in Cebu