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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Classification of roads in the Philippines.....................................................................................3

Highway plan and specifications..................................................................................................5

Identification of Acronyms...........................................................................................................6

Definition of Terms........................................................................................................................6
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Classification of roads in the Philippines

The Executive Order (EO) No. 124, series of 1987, Section 5(i) mandates the DPWH to

classify roads and highways based on objective criteria. The following are the classifications of

roads in the Philippines:

A continuous length of

National significant road sections extending

Primary linearly without any breaks or forks

Roads that connect major cities comprising

the main trunk line or the backbone

of the national road system.

The national primary roads

National are complemented by the secondary

Secondary national roads. With the exception

Roads of urban areas, these connect

important infrastructure, seaports,

terminals, airports, cities, and

province capitals to main roadways.

National These roads are under

Tertiary DPWH which performs a local

Roads function.
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Roadways that bypass

national roads and connect cities

and municipalities. They also

Provincial connect provincial government

Roads facilities to major national roadways

and barangays through rural areas.

The roads that are located

within a Poblacion are called

Municipal and City Roads. These

Municipal give inter-barangay connections to

and City significant municipal and city

Roads facilities and to provincial and

national roadways without using

provincial roads. They also connect

to provincial and national roads.

These are other public roads located

Barangay within a barangay and are not

Roads covered in the above definitions.

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Highways with limited access,

Expressways normally with interchanges. These

may include facilities for levying

tolls for passage in an open or

closed system.

Highway plan and specifications

Plans and specifications are a collection of directive documents that specify how roads

and bridges should be built. The specification, which are considered to be written instructions

and conditions that are thought to be a part of the contract between the contractor and the

highway agency, are recognized as legal documents by law. The project engineering drawings

are included in the plan.

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Identification of Acronyms

AASHTO. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

DOTC. Department of Transportation and Communications.

LRT. Light-Rail Transit

PNR. Philippine National Railways

MRTC. Metro Rail Transit Corporation

AADT. Annual Average Daily Traffic

Definition of Terms

Highway. It refers to any significant public or private land road. a rural or urban road

with limited and controlled points of entry and departure for vehicles to facilitate the transport of

people and commodities.

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Expressway. This major arterial divided highway has two or more lanes of traffic in each

direction, with opposing traffic separated by a median strip; grade crossings have been removed;

controlled entries and exits have been implemented; and cutting-edge designs have eliminated

steep grades, sharp curves, and other driving hazards and inconvenience.

Collector Street. It is a road with a low to moderate traffic volume that directs traffic to

busy parts of a community. It frequently crosses both local and arterial roads.
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Local Road. It is a road or set of streets used mostly for access to nearby buildings like

residences and businesses.

Road Shoulder. It is a section of pavement that is not part of an outer lane; it is there to

serve as a safety buffer between traffic and the pavement's borders in case of an emergency.
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REFERENCE

Department Order 133, series of 2018, Department of Public Works and Highways Fajardo Jr.,

M. (1993). Elements of roads and highways. 5138 Merchandising, 1993