User:TagaSanPedroAko/Philippine road article guidelines

With problems on structure and content of Philippine road articles floated to the Tambayan Philippines, guidelines, to be used also by the planned Roads task force, are laid out to ensure good quality of Philippine road articles. This is based on the Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Standards, but with a few refinements or differences.

Names

Articles

Numbered expressway routes should be named E[route number] highway (Philippines), and numbered national roads should be named N[route number] highway (Philippines). This should apply to numbered routes that span multiple named roads.

This naming scheme does not apply to routes with a named road completely following the numbered route, and a redirect must be used to the named road. For example, N68 highway (Philippines) must be redirected to Andaya Highway

Names in prose

Names of numbered highways when used in the article body should be simply the route number used on official signage. For national roads, the lead sentence must be like this. "The N1, signed as 1, is ....." .Numbered expressway routes must be referred with the number plus the E prefix.

For named roads that form one part of a numbered route, the sentence "It is designated as part of [route number] of the Philippine highway network" must be added after the first paragraph of the lead. A different case applies for for named roads that constitute one complete numbered route, where the route number (in boldface) must be added after the names and alternate names/nicknames of the named route.

Redirects

Redirects must be used for numbered routes that constitute one whole named route, for example, N172 which is wholly named Timog Avenue. A redirect to the named route must be created for the numbered route. Redirects should be replaced by a standalone article with a mention of the named road in the route description, when the numbered route is soon assigned to more than one named roads, like an expressways route that once composed only one named expressway, are extended to included a new named expressway.

Article layout

This page discusses the standard sections of a road article. Some sections can be omitted, but most are standard and must be added mandatorily, like the lead.

Lead

Every article should have a lead, that summarizes the main points of the article. Wikipedia guidelines still apply on the lead. The lead may be simple or detailed, depending on the article content. Citations are not required on the lead, but may be added in some occasions. The official route name, and common names, should be boldface. For named roads, the name, alternate names, and the route number assigned wholly or partially on the route are boldfaced.

Infobox

An infobox must be included in all road articles. {{infobox road}} should be used at most cases. {{Infobox road small}} are better used for diversion or spur routes of any route, usually unnumbered, or sometimes numbered.

For named junctions, use {{infobox road junction}}.

Maps

Articles should have a map of the route of the road. It should be a SVG map, and show the provinces, highly urbanized cities/independent component cities, and regions where the road runs. PNG or JPEG maps should be replaced if possible

Major intersections/exits

The infobox summarizes the key information of the article. The infobox should be not too long. At least 15 junctions can be listed, and must be of high importance. Use the {{plainlist}} template for the list, and use the {{Jct}} template for rendering of highway shields and links to the highway articles. Jct should not be used for junctions with unnumbered roads (like tertiary national roads, or a major city road)

By default, include the city/municipality, and province, on the junction location after the shields and articles of the numbered routes.

• N224 in Ramon, Isabela
• N53 in Cabatuan, Isabela
• N220 in Santa Maria, Isabela
• N52 in Enrile, Cagayan

If two major junction occurs in one location, add the barangay (or city district name, or "Poblacion" for poblacion areas composed of small barangays) before the city/municipality name, see example below

• N421 (Tanauan–Talisay Road) in Tanauan
• N431 (General Luna Street) in Marawoy, Lipa
• N431 (Morada Avenue) in Mataas Na Lupa, Lipa
• E2 (STAR Tollway) in Tambo, Lipa
• N433 in Banaybanay, Lipa
• E2 (STAR Tollway) / N434 (Diversion Road) in Balagtas, Batangas City

The province should be omitted if the city is a highly urbanized city or independent component city, the road is within one province, or the city has the same name as the province (e.g. Cebu City, Davao City, Iloilo City, Batangas City, Surigao City)

• N407 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) in Nasugbu
• N409 in Balayan
• N433 in Santa Teresita
• Bauan–Mabini Road in Bauan
• N434 in Bolbok, Batangas City

• N951 (Lemon Road) in Lemon, Butuan
• N951 (Mayor Democrito Plaza II Avenue) in Bancasi, Butuan
• N955 in Gingoog, Misamis Oriental
• N955 in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental
• AH 26 (N10) in Puerto, Cagayan de Oro
• N945 (R.N. Pelaez Boulevard) in Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro
• N77 (Iligan–Marawi Road) in Iligan

The city or municipality, including highly urbanized cities or independent component cities, should not be used for routes if it is within their boundary, and use the barangays or named city districts instead as location of intersections. Landmarks or named interchanges may be used to supplement the location.

• N170 (Taft Avenue) in Malate
• N145 (Osmeña Highway) in Paco
• Pedro Gil Street in Paco
• N156 (Quirino Avenue Extension) in Plaza Dilao, Paco
• N141 (Tomas Claudio Street) in Pandacan
• Paz Mendoza Street and Jesus Street in Pandacan

Component highways

This should be used with named highways that follow route numbers, including those that constitute the whole route (e.g. Andaya Highway, or N68; Domestic Road, or N193). Use the {{Jct}} template to render the shields and add the links to the numbered routes. Like the major intersection list, use the {{plainlist}} template for lists of route numbers. The old Circumferential and Radial Road numbers, though some remain in use as road names (e.g. C-5 Road, C-6 Road, C-2 Road, C-3 Road, [Radial] Road 10), however, should be replaced with the new route numbers at most cases.

Cities and municipalities

A list of cities and municipalities can be provided on the infobox, except for the articles for N1 and the Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26), where provinces should be listed. Use the {{hlist}} to create a list of cities and municipalities served.

Examples

Infobox road

Numbered routes:

Route 1
Route information
Length	3,517 km (2,185 mi)
Laoag-Metro Manila
North end	N2 (Manila North Road) in Laoag, Ilocos Norte
Major intersections	N101 (Cagayan Valley Road) / N119 in Lal-lo, Cagayan N51 (Santiago-Tuguegarao Road) in Tuguegarao N51 (Santiago-Tuguegarao Road) in Santiago N56 in San Jose, Nueva Ecija N114 in Santo Domingo, Nueva Ecija N58 (Santa Rosa-Tarlac Road) in Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija N3 (Jose Abad Santos Avenue) in Gapan, Nueva Ecija AH 26 (E1) (NLEX) in Guiguinto, Bulacan AH 26 (N120) (Samson Road) / N150 in Caloocan
South end	AH 26 (N120) / N61 in Pasay
Muntinlupa-Matnog
North end	AH 26 (E2) / N411 (South Luzon Expressway) in Alabang, Muntinlupa
Major intersections	N66 in Poblacion, Calamba, Laguna AH 26 (E2) (South Luzon Expressway) in Turbina, Calamba, Laguna N4 (Jose P. Laurel Highway) in Santo Tomas, Batangas N610 in Pagbilao, Quezon N68 (Quirino Highway) in Tagkawayan, Quezon N68 (Andaya Highway) in Sipocot, Camarines Sur N630 in Legazpi, Albay
South end	Matnog Ferry Port in Matnog, Sorsogon
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Ilocos Norte, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Metro Manila, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List
← E1 → E2

Route description

Articles should have a prose description of the route. The description will usually be based on the road direction from Kilometer Zero, which will usually be in Rizal Park for Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao, but on other islands, it will be different, for example, Cebu has its Kilometer Zero in front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol in Cebu City.

History/Future

If applicable, a history section can be included to describe past and present affairs on the road.

The future section should be verifiable, based on reliable sources, and not speculation, per WP:NOTCRYSTAL.

Other sections

Other sections, like sections for notable landmarks, are tolerable, but this is preferable to be merged to the route description, if possible.

Intersection or Exit list

Each road should have a list of junctions. List of exits or intersection must follow MOS:RJL. The {{PHLinttop}} and {{PHLint}} are developed to produce a MOS-compliant table, and any table that still do not comply should be transitioned. For expressways, the list should include all exits, toll plazas, and service areas, with the exception of Manila-Cavite Expressway, which has one traffic light intersection. For national roads, it should include intersections/interchanges with expressways and other national roads, and other important intersections with roads not designated as a national road.

A MOS:RJL-compliant table would look like this:

Expressway

Region	Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Metro Manila	Quezon City		9	5.6		Balintawak Cloverleaf	AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) – Cubao	South end of AH26 concurrency. Southern terminus. Continues south as Bonifacio Avenue (N160).
			9	5.6			N127 (Quirino Highway)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
	Caloocan		10	6.2		Libis Baesa Exit	Libis, Baesa	Southbound exit only.
			10	6.2	Balintawak toll plaza (E-Tap, Easydrive, cash payments)
	Valenzuela		11	6.8	11	Smart Connect Interchange	E5 (NLEX Mindanao Avenue/Karuhatan Link) – Mindanao Avenue, Valenzuela	Cloverleaf interchange
			15	9.3	15	Paso de Blas Exit (Valenzuela Exit)	Paso de Blas, Valenzuela	Diamond interchange
			16	9.9	Petron (Valenzuela NLEX southbound) service area
			17	11	17	Lawang Bato Exit	Lawang Bato	Northbound exit only
Central Luzon	Bulacan	Meycauayan	20	12	20	Meycauayan Exit	Meycauayan	Folded diamond interchange
		Marilao	23	14	23	Marilao Exit	Marilao	Folded diamond / Four ramp parclo interchange
		Bocaue	26	16				Northbound exit only. Temporarily used exit to Ciudad de Victoria
			28	17	Bocaue toll plaza (E-Tap, Easydrive, cash payments). North end of barrier toll system. Start of closed road toll system.
			28	17	28	Bocaue Exit	Bocaue, Santa Maria	Folded diamond interchange
			30	19	Petron (Bocaue NLEX southbound)
		Balagtas	31	19	Shell (Balagtas NLEX northbound)
			32	20	32	Tabang Exit	Tabang, Guiguinto, Malolos	Half-Y interchange. Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
			33	21	33	Balagtas Exit	Balagtas	Half-Y interchange. Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		Guiguinto	37	23	Shell of Asia (northbound) service area
			38	24	38	Santa Rita Exit	Plaridel, Baliuag, Cabanatuan	Folded diamond interchange. North end of AH26 concurrency.
		Pulilan	45	28	45	Pulilan Exit	Pulilan, Calumpit,	Diamond interchange.
	Candaba Swamp				Candaba Viaduct
	Pampanga	San Simon	56	35	56	San Simon Exit	San Simon, Santo Tomas	Diamond interchange
		San Fernando	62	39	Caltex (San Fernando NLEX southbound) service area
			65	40	65	San Fernando Exit	San Fernando, Olongapo, Mexico, Gapan	Half-partial cloverleaf and half-diamond interchange. Access to SM City Pampanga and Sky Ranch Pampanga.
		Mexico	71	44	Petron (Mexico NLEX northbound) service area
			72	45	72	Mexico Exit	Mexico	Trumpet interchange.
	Angeles		81	50	81	Angeles Exit	Angeles, Magalang	Trumpet interchange. Access to Marquee Mall.
			82	51	Angeles toll barrier (demolished)
	Pampanga	Mabalacat	83	52	83	Dau Exit	Dau, Mabalacat	Trumpet interchange
			85	53	85	SCTEX Exit	E1 / E4 (SCTEX) – Clark Airport, Tarlac City, Baguio, Subic	Half-T interchange. Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
			85– 88	53– 55	Change to two-lane expressway.
			88	55	88	Santa Ines Exit	Clark Airport, Baguio (via Concepcion), Luisita	Northern end of expressway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access       Invalid type        Tolled

National road

Commonwealth Avenue

The entire route is located in Quezon City. 

km	mi	Destinations	Notes
12.491	7.762	N170 (Elliptical Road)	Roundabout. Continues to Manila as Quezon Avenue
12.879– 13.051	8.003– 8.110	N175 (University Avenue)	Accessible from southbound lanes via U-turn slot. Access to University of the Philippines Diliman.
		Central Avenue	Accessible from northbound lanes via U-turn slot. Access to New Era University and Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Temple
		N129 (Tandang Sora Avenue)	Traffic light intersection with flyover
		N129 (Luzon Avenue/C-5 Road)
		Zuzuaregui Street	Accessible from southbound lanes via U-turn slot. Access to Broadcast City.
		Holy Spirit Street, Capitol Homes Drive	Holy Spirit Street intersection accessible from northbound lanes via U-turn slot. Capitol Homes Drive intersection accessible from southbound lanes via U-turn slot. Access to Ever Gotesco Commonwealth.
19.255	11.965	IBP Road	No access from southbound lanes. Access to Batasan Pambansa.
		IBP Road	Accessible from southbound lanes via U-turn slot.
20.382– 20.682	12.665– 12.851	Doña Carmen Street	Roundabout. Access to Don Jose Heights. Name change from Commonwealth Avenue to Fairview Avenue. Change from 18-lane road to 6-lane road.
22.041	13.696	Regalado Avenue	Traffic light intersection.
23.242	14.442	Regalado Highway	Traffic light intersection. No left turns from southbound lanes. Access to SM City Fairview.
		Mindanao Avenue	Traffic light intersection
25.203	15.660	N127 (Quirino Highway)	Northern terminus .
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

N436

The entire route is located in Batangas. 

City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Tuy			N407 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Road) – Nasugbu	Palico Rotunda. Northern terminus.
			Tuy Diversion Road – Balayan
			Tuy Diversion Road – Nasugbu
Balayan			N409 (Balayan–Balibago Road) – Calatagan Paz Street	Balayan Rotunda.
			Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road (Diversion Road) – Lemery, Batangas City
			Palico–Balayan–Batangas Road (Diversion Road) – Balayan
Calaca			Marasigan Street
Lemery			N410 (Diokno Highway) – Tagaytay
			Lemery–Agoncillo–Laurel–Talisay Road – Agoncillo
			Taal Diversion Road – Batangas City
Lemery–Taal boundary			Pansipit Bridge over Pansipit River
Taal			Calle Ramon Diokno
			Calle Vicente Noble
			Calle Jose Rizal
			Taal Diversion Road – Balayan
Santa Teresita			Tawilisan–San Nicolas Road – San Nicolas
			Muzon Road – Cuenca, Lipa City
			N433 – Cuenca, Lipa City Santa Teresita–San Luis Road – San Luis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi