List of expressways in the Philippines

This is a list of the expressways in the Philippines.^[1]

Expressways in the Philippines are composed of 10 controlled-access highways that connect Metro Manila to the provinces in the North Luzon and South Luzon. As of now not all expressways are interconnected, with a plan in the future to connect all of the expressways to form a network.

Operational

Name	Shortened form	Image	Status	Length	Description	Terminus 1	Terminus 2
Manila–Cavite Expressway	Coastal Road/ CAVITEX		Operational	14 km	Links Parañaque, Las Piñas and the province of Cavite	Roxas Boulevard (Parañaque)	Antero Soriano Highway (Kawit, Cavite)
Skyway/Metro Manila Skyway System	MMSWS		Operational (Stage 1 & 2) Under construction (Stage 3)	31.2 km	Elevated tollway over the South Luzon Expressway	Buendia Avenue (Makati)	Alabang-Zapote Road (Alabang, Muntinlupa)
Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway	MCX		Operational	4.0 km	Links Bacoor and Muntinlupa	Daang Hari Road (Bacoor, Cavite)	South Luzon Expressway (Muntinlupa)
NAIA Expressway	NAIAEx		Operational	11.6 km	Elevated airport tollway over Sales Road, Andrews Avenue, Estero de Tripa de Gallina, Electrical Road (west of Domestic Road) and NAIA Road	Metro Manila Skyway (Makati)	Diokno Boulevard (Parañaque)
NLEX-Mindanao Avenue Link (Circumferential Road 5)	NLEX Segment 8.1		Operational	2.7 km	Short expressway linking NLEX with C‑5	Mindanao Avenue (Quezon City)	Smart Connect Interchange (NLEX-C-5 Cloverleaf) (Valenzuela)
NLEX-Karuhatan Link (Circumferential Road 5)	NLEX Segment 9		Operational	2.42 km	Short expressway linking NLEX with MacArthur Highway	Smart Connect Interchange (NLEX-C-5 Cloverleaf) (Valenzuela)	MacArthur Highway (Caloocan)
North Luzon Expressway	NLEX		Operational	84 km	Links Balintawak, Quezon City to the cities of Caloocan, Valenzuela, and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga	EDSA (Quezon City)	SCTEX in Clark Freeport Zone (Pampanga)
South Luzon Expressway	SLEX		Operational	51 km	Links the city of Manila with Makati, Pasay, Taguig, Muntinlupa and the provinces of Laguna, Cavite, and Batangas	Quirino Avenue (Paco, Manila)	STAR Tollway (Santo Tomas, Batangas)
Southern Tagalog Arterial Road	STAR Tollway		Operational	42 km	Extension of SLEX to Batangas City	SLEX (Santo Tomas, Batangas)	Port Rotunda (Batangas City)
Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway	SCTEX		Operational	93.8 km	Links Hermosa, Bataan to Tarlac City	Hermosa (Bataan)	TPLEX (Tarlac City)
Subic–Tipo Expressway	NLEX Segment 7/ STE		Operational	8.8 km	Links SCTEX to Olongapo and Subic Freeport Zone	Hermosa (Bataan)	Olongapo (Zambales)
Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway	TPLEX		Partially Operational	88.85 km	Links Tarlac City to Rosario, La Union	SCTEX (Tarlac City)	Binalonan (temporary)

Under construction

Name	Shortened form	Image	Status	Opening date	Remarks	Terminus 1	Terminus 2
C-6 Expressway			Operational (Taguig only) Under construction (Bulacan Cavite Rizal)	August 2020	Future expressway that will link Bulacan to Rizal, cities of Pasig, Taguig, and Cavite	Marilao (Bulacan)	Noveleta (Cavite)
Cavite–Laguna Expressway	CALAx		Under construction	July 2020	Expressway that would connect the provinces of Cavite and Laguna as well as CAVITEX to SLEX.	Manila–Cavite Expressway (Kawit, Cavite)	South Luzon Expressway (Biñan, Laguna)
Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway	CCLEx		Under construction	2022	First expressway in the Philippines outside Luzon; future expressway that will link Cebu City and Cordova; third bridge that will connect mainland Cebu to Mactan Island.	South Coastal Road (Cebu City)	Cordova
Central Luzon Link Expressway	CLLEx		Under construction	January 2020	Future expressway that will link Nueva Ecija to Tarlac	TPLEX (Tarlac City, Tarlac)	NLEE (Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija)
Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3	SLEX-NLEX Connector		Under construction	January 2019	Stage 3 of the Metro Manila Skyway that will link SLEX to NLEX	Gil Puyat Avenue (Makati)	North Luzon Expressway (Balintawak, Quezon City)
North Luzon Expressway Segment 10.2	NLEX-SLEX Connector Road		Under construction	April 2021	Segment 10.2 of the North Luzon Expressway Phase 2 that will link NLEX to SLEX	North Luzon Expressway (Valenzuela)	Gil Puyat Avenue (Makati)
North Luzon East Expressway	NLEE		Under construction	2022	Future expressway that will link Quezon City to Bulacan and Nueva Ecija	La Mesa Parkway (Quezon City)	Cabanatuan (Nueva Ecija)
North Luzon Expressway Segment 10.1	Harbor Link Expressway		Under construction	May 2018	Connection of the NLEX-Karuhatan Link to C-3 Road and also connects with R-10 Road	MacArthur Highway (Valenzuela)	C-3 Road (Caloocan) R-10 (Navotas)
Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway Phase 3	TPLEX		Under construction	April 2018	Phase 3 of the expressway that will link Pangasinan to La Union	Urdaneta (Pangasinan)	Rosario (La Union)
CAVITEX - C-5 Link Expressway			Under construction	2020	Expressway that will fill the gap on C-5.	Las Piñas	Taguig

Planned/proposed

Major Interchanges

The Balintawak Interchange in 1968

The Magallanes Interchange from Magallanes MRT Station

• Balintawak Interchange is a two-level cloverleaf interchange in Quezon City, Metro Manila, the Philippines which serves as the junction between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx).
• Magallanes Interchange is a four-level partial turbine interchange in Makati, Metro Manila, the Philippines, serving as the junction between the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
• Sales Interchange, also known as the Nichols Interchange, is a hybrid interchange at the boundary of Pasay and Taguig in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is composed of a lower partial cloverleaf interchange serving as the junction between the South Luzon Expressway and Andrews Avenue (formerly Sales Road), and an upper T-bone interchange serving as the junction between the Metro Manila Skyway and the NAIA Expressway.
• Smart Connect Interchange, also known as the Mindanao Avenue Interchange and the North Luzon Expressway–Circumferential Road 5 Interchange, is a two-level cloverleaf interchange in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, the Philippines which serves as the junction between Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx). Built as part of the 2.7-kilometer (1.7 mi) NLEx–Mindanao Avenue Link segment extending the expressway to Mindanao Avenue, which has since been incorporated into the C-5 system, it is the Philippines' largest cloverleaf interchange in terms of land area.

Tolls

Most of the expressways implement tolls, usually of the closed road and barrier toll systems. On expressways roads using closed road tolling, motorists first get a card or ticket at the entry point and surrender them upon exit. On expressways implementing barrier tolling, toll collection are done at toll plazas on a fixed rate. Some expressways employ a hybrid system that includes both, like the North Luzon Expressway, which uses both barrier ("open system") and closed road tolling.

Electronic toll collection (ETC) are first implemented on the Skyway and South Luzon Expressway, using transponder technology branded E-Pass. ETC systems are implemented by some toll road operators, with inter-running support on other connected expressways. Toll plazas or toll gates have ETC lanes on the leftmost lanes or on "mixed" lanes, that allow cash collection, or both. Latest ETC systems use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology over transponder technology for collection. Having differing ETC systems that are not supported on other roads, a plan for a unified ETC system are promoted for motorists' convenience.

As of April 2011, the toll rates by expressway are as follows:

Operators

Notes:

• (♯) Subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
• (°) Subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation

Luzon Spine Expressway Network

Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN) is composed of many expressways connections within the main island of Luzon.

The existing expressways of LSEN are North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), South Luzon Expressway (SLEx - Makati to Santo Tomas, Batangas), Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEx), Skyway (Stage 1 and 2), Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway (NAIAEx), Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway (MCX), Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx), Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway), Subic–Tipo Expressway and Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEx).

The extensions of SLEx (Sto. Tomas, Batangas to Matnog, Sorsogon), TPLEx (Binalonan, Pangasinan to San Fernando City, La Union), Skyway (Makati to Balintawak), C-5 (CAVITEx-C5 South Link) and the proposed expressways such as C-6, North Luzon East Expressway (NLEEx), Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEx), Harbor Link Expressway (NLEx Segment 10), Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAx) and Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressway (CTBEx) are also part of the Luzon Spine Expressway Network.

All LSEN projects are under the "Golden Age of Infrastructure" program and also a part of the "Dutertenomics" agenda of President Rodrigo Duterte.

See also

• Philippine expressway network
• List of toll roads

References