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40-654: National Route 435 (N435) or the Batangas–Quezon Road is a 39.81-kilometer (24.74 mi), two-to-four lane, secondary national road that forms part of the Philippine highway network . The route starts at the junction with Pres. Jose P. Laurel Highway in Batangas City , just south of the STAR Tollway terminus. The road crosses Tinga River and meets with Pinamucan Bypass Road where a future exit of

80-461: A blue French shield with three white stylised trees across the top. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] In mainland China, highway shields use specific letter designations to indicate the administrative level of the road, as outlined by the "Highway Route Signage Rules and National Road Numbering" (GB/T 917-2017). The designations are: For general roads (like general national and provincial roads, county, village, and special-use roads),

120-659: A blue oval, and local route shields are a yellow square. The national highway shields are in the shape of the Prunus mume , the national flower of Taiwan . Provincial highways have triangular shields similar in shape to that of the national highways of Japan , with different colored backgrounds to distinguish between ordinary roads and expressways. The county and city highways have a square shield, while its spur roads as well as township and district roads have rectangular ones. The United States' Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) gives standard designs for highways in

160-569: A circle (like squares in Illinois and Indiana , and diamonds in Michigan and North Carolina ), or a design representing the state (like Pennsylvania 's keystone design, Utah 's beehive, Kansas ' sunflower , and New Hampshire 's Old Man of the Mountain ). Washington uses a silhouette of George Washington 's bust. New Mexico uses the default circle but adds a Zia sun symbol inside

200-496: A custom design. Oklahoma used the default until 2006, when it changed to a state outline. Maryland uses the default sporadically for locally maintained sections of state-numbered highways, most often in Baltimore , but otherwise uses a different design. Virginia and West Virginia use the default for their secondary state routes but different designs for their primary state routes. There are several additional designs used in

240-440: A four-digit number. National expressways (国道) feature a red background at the top of their shields, indicating their status as national routes. Provincial expressways (省道) have a yellow background at the top. All other road categories use a white background for their shields. German Autobahns as the nation's federal controlled-access highway system use a blue shield with slanted edges and white lettering. Other federal highways use

280-605: A grand total of 35,164.13 kilometers (21,849.98 mi). According to a 2011 report from the Asian Development Bank , the extent of the road network in the Philippines is comparable with or better than many neighboring developing countries in Southeast Asia . However, in terms of the quality of the road system, i.e., the percentage of paved roads and the percentage of those in good or fair condition,

320-526: A hexagonal blue shield with a white route number, letter, or combination of both. According to the Manual on Traffic Control Devices Standard Traffic Signs archived by Malaysian Public Works Department , a standard Malaysian highway shield consists of a yellow hexagon shield with black border line which resembles the Public Works Department's logo itself. The highway shield standard

360-476: A population of at least 100,000. They are further classified into the north–south backbone, east–west lateral, and other roads of strategic importance. The north–south backbone refers to the main trunkline, the Pan-Philippine Highway ( N1 , also designated as Asian Highway 26 ), which runs from Laoag in the northernmost parts of Luzon to Zamboanga City in western Mindanao , interconnecting

400-495: A triangular blue shield with a white route number. The expressways use a rectangular green shield with a white letter and number combination with the name of the route written in Japanese and English. Routes on urban expressways are signed with a green shield with white numbers. The Shuto Expressway system also uses this sign but with the route name written in kanji-characters above the number. Prefecture-maintained routes use

440-512: A white bullet, with the provincial shield of arms placed at the top. Certain highways (e.g. Crowsnest Highway , Southern Yellowhead Highway and Nisga'a Highway ) use their own variations on the default provincial highway shield. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Major or 400-series highways in Ontario have different kinds of shields depending on usage: The exception is the private 407 Express Toll Route , which uses black route number on

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480-727: A white oval marker for both purposes. Secondary provincial highways use an isosceles trapezoid as markers, while tertiary provincial highway markers use a rectangle with rounded corners. Numbered roads maintained by Ontario's counties, regional municipalities and single-tier municipalities use an inverted isosceles trapezoid as markers. The default colour scheme is black text on a white background, although certain jurisdictions use their own colour combinations (e.g. white on blue in Niagara , gold on black in Peel , and gold on green in Halton ). On

520-482: A yellow shield with black lettering. The color schemes mirror the country's directional signage coloring system on these two types of roads. The Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System states that the standard shield should consist of a yellow, bullet-shaped shield with the route number in black color. It is used on all numbered routes in Hong Kong . [REDACTED] The national highways of Japan use

560-453: Is pentagonal, the provincial route marker is diamond-shaped, and the regional and metropolitan route markers are rectangular. The background is blue when used on a freeway and green for other roads. There is a white border and the lettering is yellow. The expressway shields are shaped like U.S. Highway shields and colored like Interstate shields with red, white and blue, the colors of the flag of South Korea . The national route shields are

600-718: Is used for all expressways , federal and state roads in Malaysia, which can be distinguished through the numbering scheme used (please refer to the Road signs in Malaysia article for details) . New Zealand shields are similar to the bullet-shaped markers used in Hong Kong, but are red rather than yellow. [REDACTED] The Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual specifies designs for "confirmation route markers" for numbered national, provincial, regional and metropolitan routes. The national route marker

640-669: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and organized into three classifications according to their function or purpose: national primary, secondary, and tertiary roads. The national roads connecting major cities are numbered from N1 to N83. They are mostly single and dual carriageways linking two or more cities. As of October 16, 2023, it has a total length of 22,337.26 kilometers (13,879.73 mi) of concrete roads, 12,459.96 kilometers (7,742.26 mi) of asphalt roads, 342.02 kilometers (212.52 mi) of gravel roads, and 24.89 kilometers (15.47 mi) of earth roads, with

680-614: The Interstate Highway System and U.S. Route system. The Interstate shield is the only trademarked highway marker in use in the United States (being registered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials , the trade association of the states' departments of transportation and also a standards organization for highway engineering), and the U.S. Route shield

720-474: The 1970s, and was introduced in the mainland states from 1996, with the state of Victoria being the first to implement the policy on the mainland. Prior to this conversion and concurrently, Federal Highway (gold-on-green squared-off bullet), National Highway (black-on-white squared-off bullet), State Highway (blue bullet) and Tourist Route (white-on-brown rounded pentagon) shields existed. In Victoria Freeway shields were used (white-on-green with 'F' prefix) until

760-697: The MUTCD default. Many countries worldwide, such as the United Kingdom and France , do not use shields, instead relying on text representations of highway numbers. Road numbers (the term "highway" is not in general use in the UK) are prefixed by a letter indicating the type of road, for example M1, A1, B123 in the UK ; A1 , N1 , D1 in France. These are sometimes highlighted with a different background color, depending on

800-599: The National Transit Department (DENATRAN), but implementation is not always consistent nor even existent. In many states, highway names appear on highway location markers and guide signs with no highway shield. Each province dictates the type of shields used as highway transportation is a provincial responsibility. However, the green and white signage for the Trans-Canada Highway is used nationwide. Each province has their own shape for

840-505: The STAR Tollway is being constructed. It continues to Ibaan , passing two triangle junctions and turns east towards the town of Rosario . From the town proper, motorists can opt to go south towards Taysan , or east towards San Juan and Candelaria . The route continues north from the junction to the town of Padre Garcia where it intersects with another secondary national road going to Lipa City, and turns east again, passing through

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880-458: The circle around the number. Every state but California uses a square or rectangular sign for its state highways, mainly to save money on both custom cutting and to be contained on a rectangular sign with other route markers. Wisconsin 's symbol is a nod to its former triangular shields, while utilizing a second rectangular outline to better fit a number at full-height. Some U.S. counties and townships also have unique shield designs, though most use

920-1794: The city of Manila and are numbered in a counter-clockwise pattern, and 6 circumferential roads that serve as the beltways of the city. The Philippine highway network consists of the following routes, as of 2021: General Malvar Avenue (Santo Tomas) Bais–Kabankalan Road Bacolod North Road Dumaguete North Road Dumaguete South Road Natalio Bacalso Avenue (south of Cebu City) Sayre Highway (Maramag–Cagayan de Oro) Kennon Road Pangasinan–Zambales Road (Dagupan-Lingayen) Romulo Highway (Lingayen–Tarlac City) Lupao–Umingan Road Umingan–Rosales Road Carmen–Rosales Road Marikina–Infanta Highway Aurora Boulevard Corazon C. Aquino Avenue (Taytay to Antipolo) Diego Cera Avenue Aguinaldo Highway (Bacoor to Tirona Highway) Tirona Highway Magdiwang Highway Manila–Cavite Road Tanza–Trece Martires Road General Malvar Street (Biñan) Calauan–San Pablo Road Ormoc–Baybay–Southern Leyte Boundary Road (Ormoc–Baybay) Tacloban–Baybay Road (Baybay–Mahaplag) Narciso Ramos Highway (Marawi–Malabang segment) Oroquieta–Dipolog Road Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road Liloy–Ipil Road Cebu–Toledo Wharf Road Naga–Uling Road Mandaue–Mactan Road Pajo–Basak–Marigondon Road (Lapu-Lapu) Notes (Camalaniugan–Santa Ana Road) Gen. San Miguel Street C-4 Road Mel Lopez Boulevard Bonifacio Drive Roxas Boulevard (Padre Burgos Avenue to EDSA) (Gurel–Bokod–Kabayan–Buguias–Abatan Road) Calbayog–Catarman Road 8th Street Salinas Drive Juan Luna Avenue Connects to Sayak/Siargao Airport Capitol Circumferential Road Ozamiz Cotta Road Isabela-Maluso-Sumisip Road Isabela-Lamitan Wharf Road Highway shield There are several distinct uses for

960-613: The country lagged behind its neighbors as of 2012 . The national roads in the Philippines are classified into three types by the Department of Public Works and Highways under the Philippine Highway Act of 1953 ( Republic Act No. 917 ) and the series of memorandums issued by the department between 2009 and 2014. The national primary roads are roads which form parts of the main trunkline system and directly connect three or more major cities and metropolitan areas with

1000-507: The country's major islands. The east–west lateral roads are roads that traverse this backbone and runs east–west across the different islands. Other roads of strategic importance provide access to other areas vital for regional development and infrastructure. The national secondary roads are roads that complement the primary roads and provide access to other major population centers. They directly link smaller cities and provincial capitals, airports, seaports, military bases and tourist centers to

1040-504: The gold inner disc. The city's other roads, such as Allen Road , do not have their own shields. Shields for controlled-access autoroutes in Quebec use white route number on a blue bullet, with a white stylised drawing of a dual carriageway and an overpass on red across the top. Other provincial routes use white route number on a green French shield with three white fleur-de-lys across the top, while forest routes use white route number on

1080-507: The highway shield: International (style may vary according to local country): National: Outside the table, some countries also have dedicated shields for municipal-level highways : Australia has maintained distinctly different trends pertaining to highway shields in the past and will continue in this vein somewhat, despite the conversion to alpha-numeric routes and shields. Alpha-numeric route numbering has been in use in Tasmania since

1120-456: The introduction of the alpha-numeric system, roads that are federally funded (or Federal Highways) have a squared-off bullet encompassing the alpha-numeric designation. Freeways and dual-carriageway roads often use an 'M' prefix, particularly in Victoria. In addition, trapezoidal signs are placed every 5 km on major regional highways and freeways indicating the distance to the post office of

1160-458: The late 1980s, while during the 1990s Queensland and New South Wales implemented a hexagonal blue-on-white Metroad system of urban arterial routes. The Western Ring Road (now M80 ) in Melbourne initially used a shield quite similar to the U.S. Interstate shield, albeit with 'Ring Road' written instead of 'Interstate' and with 2 peaks rather than 3. To further complicate matters, with

1200-402: The main routes or priority corridors, such as the national primary roads that connect three or more cities. The other primary roads that link two cities and municipalities with 100,000 people or less are numbered N51 to N83. The national secondary roads are assigned with three-digit numbers where the first digit usually corresponds to the number of the primary road it links to. In the case where

1240-510: The next city or major town on the route. These signs usually only have the first letter of the destination; two or three letters are used if there is ambiguity between nearby towns or when the place name consists of two words. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Federal and state highways shields are standardized in Brazil by

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1280-540: The other hand, instead of an inverted trapezoid, the single-tier city of Toronto uses a roundel for its municipally-maintained freeways, the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway . The design is two-tone gold-on-green, with the road name in white on the green outer ring, and either the cardinal direction (for reassurance markers) or an arrow (for guidance to the freeway) in black on

1320-588: The other states and territories. State outlines are used for primary numbered routes in Alabama , Arizona , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia , Idaho , Louisiana , Missouri , Nevada , new signs in North Dakota , Ohio , and Oklahoma, and for secondary numbered routes in Texas . Tennessee and South Carolina also incorporate state outlines into their shields. Other options include basic geometric shapes besides

1360-467: The primary roads. The third classification was introduced in 2014 known as national tertiary roads. They include other existing roads administered by the DPWH which perform a local function. The national roads in the Philippines are labelled with pentagonal black-on-white highway shields . Under the route numbering system of the Department of Public Works and Highways, highways numbered from N1 to N11 are

1400-509: The secondary road connects to more than one primary road, its first digit is the lower numbered primary route. In Metro Manila , an older route numbering system is also being implemented alongside the National Route Numbering System of the Department of Public Works and Highways. Created in 1945, Manila's arterial road network consists of 10 radial roads which serve the purpose of conveying traffic in and out of

1440-677: The shield combines the "G" designation with a two-digit main line number, a type identifier, and a sequence number. Provincial expressways start with the letter "S". The main arteries and city bypass/connecting road shields display the "S" followed by up to two or two digits, respectively. These provincial expressway shields typically have a yellow background with black characters, showing the province's abbreviation followed by "Expressway", like "Su Expressway" for Jiangsu or "Zhe Expressway" for Zhejiang. In provinces with dense provincial expressway networks, like Guangdong, where S1-S99 cannot cover all roads, shorter connecting roads may use an "S" followed by

1480-411: The shield displays the administrative letter "G(S/X/Y/C/Z)" followed by a three-digit number. National expressways specifically have shields that begin with the letter "G". For main arteries like radial roads from the capital, north-south vertical roads, east-west horizontal roads, and regional ring roads, the shield shows "G" followed by up to two digits. For bypasses, connecting roads, and parallel roads,

1520-561: The sign, though. [REDACTED] Shields for core highways in Alberta use black route number on a white squared-off bullet, while shields for local highways (500-986) use black route number on a white oval. Both variants feature the provincial wordmark across the top, although it may be omitted on certain guide signs. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Standard shields for highways in British Columbia use blue route number on

1560-465: The town of San Antonio which serves as the gateway to Quezon in this route, and ends in the town proper of Tiaong , where it meets with Maharlika Highway . Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero .  Philippine highway network The Philippine highway network is a network of national roads owned and maintained by

1600-491: Was inspired by the Great Seal of the United States . The MUTCD also provides default designs for state highways (the circular highway shield) and county highways (a blue pentagon with yellow text). However, states are free to use any design for their numbered routes; as of 2021 only five states ( Delaware , Iowa , Kentucky , Mississippi , and New Jersey ) use the default shield on their primary systems, and all others use

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