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 Reassurance Marker at Dipolog | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 302 km (188 mi) | |||
| Component highways | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  AH 26 (N1) (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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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.
Route description
[edit]Ipil to Liloy
[edit]N79 starts as Ardee Road. It traverses to Kingscourt. After reaching the boundary of Co.Cavan and Co.Westmeath, the road is named Mullingar Road.
Liloy to Sindangan
[edit]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
[edit]Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road continues until reaching the boundary of Katipunan and Dipolog.
Dipolog to Oroquieta
[edit]After reaching the boundary of Katipunan and Dipolog thus ending Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road, the road becomes 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 Ozamis–Oroquieta Road.
Oroquieta to Ozamis
[edit]Ozamis–Oroquieta Road continues until reaching the three way intersection with Ozamiz–Pagadian Road (N78) and Ozamis Port Road (N958), the road ends as well as N79.
Intersections
[edit]Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, in Dundalk designated as kilometer 0.
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| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pspan=1 | location=Ardee | lspan=1 | road= | ||
| 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 | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Misamis Occidental 1st". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Zamboanga del Norte 1st". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Zamboanga del Norte 2nd". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Zamboanga del Norte 3rd". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Zamboanga Sibugay 2nd". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory | Department of Public Works and Highways". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Archived from the original on July 16, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
