N8 highway (Philippines)
National Route 8 (N8) is a , two-six lane north-south major primary national route that forms part of the Philippine Highway Network in the province of Cebu. There are four highways that make up the road: the Cebu North Road, General Maxilom Avenue, Osmeña Boulevard and Natalio Bacalso Avenue. 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. When the national routes were added, four roads (Cebu North  Road; Cebu City to Danao, General Maxilom Avenue, Osmeña Boulevard 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. The route starts at Cebu North Road at the route transition from N810 in Danao. It then makes a junction on the under-construction Metro Cebu Expressway. It 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 as M.J. Cuenco Avenue. Cebu City. In Cebu City, the route turns northwest at a junction from M.C. Briones Street to General Maxilom Avenue. At the latter's western terminus at Fuente Osmeña, the route then turns north and south, thus covering Osmeña Boulevard's section from the Cebu Provincial Capitol to Natalio Bacalso Avenue, where the route turns west locally as P. del Rosario Street and continues as is towards southern Cebu. Cebu to Santander. The route continues as Natalio Bacalso Avenue, traversing Talisay, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Carcar (where the road  continues past the Carcar City Circle), Sibonga, Argao, Dalaguete, Alcoy, Boljoon, Oslob, and Santander. It ends in Santander where the route number transitions to N830. External Links. Department of Public Works and Highways