N916 highway

Route 916
Route 916
	Quezon Boulevard, near Bolton Bridge
Route information
	Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways
Length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Major junctions
West end	N916-5 (MacArthur Highway) in Talomo, Davao City
	N919 (Magsaysay Avenue) in Poblacion; N919 (Santa Ana Avenue) in Poblacion; N917 (J.P. Cabaguio Avenue) / N918 (Dacudao Road) in Agdao;
East end	N916-5 (Davao–Agusan National Highway / J.P. Laurel Avenue) in Agdao, Davao City
Location
Country	Philippines
Major cities	Davao City
Highway system
	Roads in the Philippines; Highways; Expressways List; ;

National Route 916 or N916 is a 11-kilometer (6.8 mi), two-to-four lane road that consists of four different major streets and five spur routes in Davao City. It is one of major roads in the city that connects the western and eastern part of Davao.^[1]

Route description

There are nine components of this road, Quimpo Boulevard, Quezon Boulevard, Leon Garcia Street, R. Castillo Street, Davao City Coastal Road (as N916-1), Carlos Villa-Abrille Drive and Tulip Drive (as N916-2), Mintal-Bago Galleria Road and San Francisco Street (as N916-3), Toril-Calinan Road (as N916-4), and the recently reclassified former Daang Maharlika routes (Davao-Agusan National Highway, J.P. Laurel Avenue, C.M. Recto Avenue and the MacArthur Highway as 916-5).^[2]

Quimpo Boulevard

Quimpo Boulevard is a 4-kilometer (2.5 mi) road in Talomo district that links AH26 to Bolton Bridge. It also has an intersection near Bolton Bridge which links to a tertiary road that also serves as a shortcut to AH26.

Quezon Boulevard

Quezon Boulevard is a 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) road that links Bolton Bridge to Magsaysay Avenue (N919), at the vicinity of Magsaysay Park in Poblacion district.

Leon Garcia Street

Leon Garcia Street is a 1-kilometer (0.62 mi) road that connects N919 to the Agdao Flyover. It also links to Santa Ana Avenue, also a part of N919, in Uyanguren.

R. Castillo Street

R. Castillo Street is a 5-kilometer (3.1 mi) that connects the eastern section of N916 to N916-5. It links Agdao to Lanang.

Davao City Coastal Road

Davao City Coastal Road is a 17.8-kilometer (11.1 mi) coastal bypass highway in Davao City that links R. Castillo Street in Agdao to MacArthur Highway in Bago Aplaya. It provides an alternative route to ease congestion in the city’s central districts while running parallel to the Davao Gulf shoreline.

Reclassification of former N1 Routes

Under Department Order No. 150, series of 2025, certain segments of the former N1 route in Davao City were reclassified as part of N916-5, including sections of the Davao–Agusan National Highway, J.P. Laurel Avenue, C.M. Recto Avenue, and the MacArthur Highway. Beginning in August 2025, the N1 designation was reassigned to the Carlos P. Garcia National Highway (Davao City Diversion Road), shifting the primary north–south route away from the city’s traditional urban corridors.^[2]

References

↑ "Davao City". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
1 2 Department of Public Works and Highways (2025). "Department Order No. 150, Series of 2025" (PDF). Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

[1] "Davao City". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

[:0-2] 1 2 Department of Public Works and Highways (2025). "Department Order No. 150, Series of 2025" (PDF). Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved April 16, 2026.

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