# N8 highway

National Route 8 (N8) is a 174-kilometer (108 mi) north-south major primary national route that forms part of the Philippine highway network in the province of Cebu. There are two highways that make up the road: the Cebu North Road and Natalio Bacalso Avenue (also known as the Cebu South Road). It runs from Danao to Santander. The highway also forms part of the Philippine Nautical Highway System, particularly the Central Nautical Highway from Danao to Cebu City and Western Nautical Highway from Cebu City to Santander.

## History

The highways of N8 were possibly constructed during the American period. The route's direct predecessor is Cebu Island's Highway 1 that existed during the 20th century.
Around 2014–2017 national routes were added, two roads (Cebu North Road; Cebu City to Danao and Natalio Bacalso Avenue; Cebu City to Santander) assigned as National Route 8 (N8) by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

## Route description
### Danao to Cebu City

N8 begins at Cebu North Road at the route transitioning from N810 in Danao. It then passes the future terminus of the Metro Cebu Expressway. The route then traverses the towns of Compostela and Liloan, where it veers away from the eastern coast of Cebu towards Consolacion and Mandaue. In Mandaue, it is locally known as M.C. Briones Street and Lopez-Jaena Street. It then enters Cebu City, locally known as M.J. Cuenco Avenue.

### Cebu City

In Cebu City, the route turns northwest at a junction from M.J. Cuenco Avenue to General Maxilom Avenue. At the latter's western terminus at the Fuente Osmeña Circle, the route then turns north and south, thus covering Osmeña Boulevard's section from the Cebu Provincial Capitol to Natalio Bacalso Avenue/P. Del Rosario Street, where the route turns west at a junction with the latter and continues towards southern Cebu.

### Cebu City to Santander

The route continues as Natalio Bacalso Avenue, traversing the southeastern coastal communities of Talisay, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Carcar (where the road continues around the Carcar City Circle), Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, Santander, and Samboan. In Samboan, it terminates at its transition with N830.

## Intersections

Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Cebu Provincial Capitol in Cebu City designated as kilometer 0.
| Region | Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Danao | 33 | 21 | N810 (Cebu North Road) | Northern terminus from a route change. |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Danao | 32 | 20 | Metro Cebu Expressway | Under construction. Serves as a major metropolitan diversion route upon completion. |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Liloan | 18 | 11 | N840 (S.A. Lauron Avenue/Cansaga–Tayud Road) | Serves as diversion road. |
| Central Visayas | Mandaue | Mandaue | 8 | 5.0 | N841 (United Nations Avenue) | |
| Central Visayas | Mandaue | Mandaue | 7 | 4.3 | N82 (A.C. Cortes Avenue) | |
| Central Visayas | Cebu City | Cebu City | 3 | 1.9 | N815 (Juan Luna Avenue/Pope John Paul II Avenue) | |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Talisay | 9 | 5.6 | N825 (Rafael Rabaya Street/Toledo–Tabunok Road) | |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Talisay | 11 | 6.8 | N840 (Cebu South Coastal Road) | Serves as diversion road. |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Naga | 21 | 13 | N81 (Naga–Toledo Road) | |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Carcar | 39 | 24 | N830 (Carcar–Barili Road) | roundabout |
| Central Visayas | Cebu | Santander–Samboan boundary | 141 | 88 | N830 (Natalio Bacalso Avenue) | Southern terminus in a route change. |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Route transition Unopened |||||||