List of expressways in the Philippines

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

Expressways in the Philippines are currently composed of 10 controlled-access highways that connect Metro Manila to provinces located in North and South Luzon. While not all expressways are interconnected, there is a plan to connect all of the expressways to form the Philippine expressway network.

Operational

Expressways that are in Italic are ongoing projects.

Route number	Name	Shortened form	Image	Status	Length	Description	From	To
	Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway	TPLEx		Operational	89.21 km	Links Tarlac City to Rosario, La Union	SCTEx (Tarlac City)	MacArthur Highway (Rosario, La Union)
	North Luzon Expressway	NLEx		Operational	84 km	Links Northern Metro Manila to the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga	EDSA (Quezon City)	Mabalacat–Magalang Road (Mabalacat, Pampanga)
	Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway	SCTEx		Operational	93.8 km	Links Hermosa, Bataan to Tarlac City	Subic-Tipo Expressway (Hermosa, Bataan)	TPLEx (Tarlac City)
	Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway	MCX		Operational	4.0 km	Links Bacoor and Muntinlupa	Daang Hari Road (Muntinlupa)	SLEx (Muntinlupa)
	Skyway/Metro Manila Skyway System	MMSWS		Operational (Stage 1 & 2) Under construction (Stage 3 & Extension Project)	40.84 km	Elevated expressway over the South Luzon Expressway	Gil Puyat Avenue (Makati)	Alabang–Zapote Road (Alabang, Muntinlupa)
	South Luzon Expressway	SLEx		Operational	51 km	Links Southern Metro Manila to 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	Tollway to Batangas City	SLEx (Santo Tomas, Batangas)	Port Rotunda (Batangas City)
	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) (current) CALAx (Kawit, Cavite) (future)
To be determined	Cavite–Laguna Expressway	CALAx/ CALAEx		Partially operational (Mamplasan to Santa Rosa only)	47 km	Links the provinces of Cavite and Laguna	Santa Rosa–Tagaytay Road (Santa Rosa, Laguna) (temporary) CAVITEx (Kawit, Cavite) (future)	SLEx (Biñan, Laguna)
	Subic–Tipo Expressway	NLEx Segment 7/ STE		Operational	8.8 km	Links SCTEx to Olongapo and Subic Freeport Zone	Jose Abad Santos Avenue (Dinalupihan, Bataan)	Olongapo (Zambales)
	NLEx-Mindanao Avenue Link (Circumferential Road 5)	NLEx Segment 8.1		Operational	2.7 km	Short expressway linking NLEx with C‑5	Mindanao Avenue (Valenzuela)	Smart Connect Interchange (Valenzuela)
	NLEx-Karuhatan Link (NLEx-MacArthur Highway Link)	NLEx Segment 9		Operational	2.4 km	Short expressway linking NLEx to MacArthur Highway	Smart Connect Interchange (Valenzuela)	MacArthur Highway (Valenzuela)
	NLEx-Harbor Link	NLEx Segment 10		Operational	8.25 km	Elevated expressway linking NLEx to Port of Manila	MacArthur Highway (Valenzuela)	Radial Road 10 (Navotas)
	NAIA Expressway	NAIAEx or NAIAx		Operational	11.6 km	Elevated airport tollway to Ninoy Aquino International Airport	Skyway (Taguig)	New Seaside Boulevard (Parañaque)

Under construction

Name	Shortened form	Image	Status	Opening date	Description	From	To	References
C-5 South Link Expressway			Operational (from C-5 to Merville only) Under construction	2021	Links Circumferential Road 5 to CAVITEX	Las Piñas	Taguig	[2]
Cavite–Laguna Expressway	CALAEX CALAX		Partially operational (Mamplasan to Santa Rosa only) Under construction	2021	Expressway that would connect the provinces of Cavite and Laguna. It will also connect CAVITEx to SLEx.	Manila–Cavite Expressway (Kawit, Cavite)	South Luzon Expressway (Biñan, Laguna)	[3][4][5]
Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway	CCLEX		Under construction	2021	First expressway in the Philippines outside Luzon; Will link Cebu City and Cordova; third bridge that will connect mainland Cebu to Mactan Island.	Cebu South Road (Cebu City)	Cordova	[6][7][8]
Central Luzon Link Expressway	CLLEX		Under construction	2021	Future expressway that will link Nueva Ecija to Tarlac	TPLEx (Tarlac City, Tarlac)	NLEE (Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija)	[9][10][11][12]
Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3	SLEX–NLEX Connector		Partially operational (Buendia to Plaza Dilao only) Under construction	Spring 2021	Stage 3 of the Metro Manila Skyway that will link SLEx to NLEX	Gil Puyat Avenue (Makati)	North Luzon Expressway (Caloocan)	[13][14][15]
North Luzon Expressway Segments 8.1, 8.2, 9, 10 & 10.1	NLEX Harbor Link		Operational (Segments 8.1, 9, and 10) Pending (Segments 8.2)	2021	The 21.65-km extension of the NLEX from Mindanao Avenue to Circumferential Road 3 in Caloocan City and to Commonwealth Avenue.	MacArthur Highway (Valenzuela)	C-3 Road (Caloocan) R-10 (Navotas)	[16][17]
North Luzon Expressway Segment 10.2	NLEX–SLEX Connector Road		Under construction	2022	Segment 10.2 of the North Luzon Expressway Phase 2 that will link NLEX to SLEx	NLEx-Harbor Link (Caloocan)	Skyway (Manila)	[18][19]
North Luzon East Expressway	NLEE		Under construction	2020	Future expressway that will link Quezon City to Bulacan and Nueva Ecija	La Mesa Parkway (Quezon City)	Cabanatuan (Nueva Ecija)	[20][21]
Southeast Metro Manila Expressway	SEMME		Under construction	2022	Future expressway that will link Rizal, cities of Pasig, Taguig, and Quezon City. Groundbreaking was held on January 8, 2018.[22]	Skyway (Taguig)	Batasang Pambansa Complex (Quezon City)	[23][24][25]

Planned/proposed

North Luzon Expressway Segment 8.2 (NLEx Segment 8.1 to Luzon Avenue, Quezon City) Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway Extension (Rosario to San Juan, La Union) C-5 Expressway (Taguig to Luzon Avenue in Quezon City) Manila–Taguig Expressway (Manila to Taguig via Pasig River) Cavite–Tagaytay–Batangas Expressway (Silang, Cavite to Nasugbu, Batangas) South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 4 (Calamba, Laguna to Lucena City, Quezon) Pasig River Expressway (J.P. Rizal Avenue in Guadalupe, Makati - C-6 in Rizal) Metro Manila Skybridge (San Juan River Expressway is shortcut to EDSA) Manila–Quezon Expressway (Pasig to Candelaria, Quezon) Manila–Bataan Coastal Road Extension (Navotas-Bataan Boundary Bridge) R-7 Expressway (España Boulevard in Manila - C-6 in Rizal) North Eastern Luzon Expressway (NELEX) (San Jose Nueva Ecija to Cabbaroguis, Quirino or Santiago City Isabela) [26]

Calamba–Los Baños Expressway (Calamba City to Los Baños) Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike Phase 1 (Taguig to Cabuyao) Phase 2 (Cabuyao City to Los Baños) Cebu Trans-Axial Expressway (Santander, Cebu to Daanbantayan, Cebu) Metro Cebu Expressway (Naga, Cebu to Danao, Cebu) Davao City Expressway Quezon–Bicol Expressway (Pagbilao, Quezon to San Fernando, Camarines Sur) Misamis Oriental Expressway (MisOrEx) (Tubod, Lanao del Norte to Don Carlos, Bukidnon or Butuan, Agusan del Norte)[27]

Major interchanges

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 Harbor Link 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

Bocaue Toll Barrier of the North Luzon Expressway

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 is 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) is 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 July 2020, the toll rates by expressway are as follows:

Name	Class 1 (Cars, Motorcycles, SUVs, Jeepneys)	Class 2 (Buses, Light Trucks)	Class 3 (Heavy Trucks)
Cavite–Laguna Expressway	₱47.00 (Mamplasan–Santa Rosa)	₱95.00 (Mamplasan–Santa Rosa)	₱193.00 (Mamplasan–Santa Rosa)
C-5 South Link Expressway	₱22.00	₱44.00	₱66.00
Manila–Cavite Expressway	₱8.00 (Kabihasnan) ₱25.00 (Parañaque) ₱64.00 (Kawit)	₱50.00 (Parañaque) ₱129.00 (Kawit)	₱75.00 (Parañaque) ₱194.00 (Kawit)
Metro Manila Skyway	₱164.00 (to & from Alabang/SLEx) ₱118.00 (to & from Sucat/Dr. A. Santos Ave.) ₱72.00 (to & from Bicutan/Doña Soledad)	₱329.00 (to & from Alabang/SLEx) ₱237.00 (to & from Sucat/Dr. A. Santos Ave.) ₱145.00 (to & from Bicutan/Doña Soledad)	₱493.00 (to & from Alabang/SLEx) ₱356.00 (to & from Sucat/Dr. A. Santos Ave.) ₱218.00 (to & from Bicutan/Doña Soledad)
Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway	₱17.00	₱35.00	₱52.00
NAIA Expressway	₱35.00 (Short Segment) ₱45.00 (Full Route)	₱69.00 (Short Segment) ₱90.00 (Full Route)	₱104.00 (Short Segment) ₱134.00 (Full Route)
North Luzon Expressway	₱45.00 [Open System (Balintawak–Marilao)] ₱2.66/km [Closed System (Bocaue–Sta.Ines)]	₱114.00 [Open System (Balintawak–Marilao)] ₱6.66/km [Closed System (Bocaue–Sta.Ines)]	₱136.00 [Open System (Balintawak–Marilao)] ₱8.00/km [Closed System (Bocaue–Sta.Ines)]
South Luzon Expressway	₱3.37/km	₱6.74/km	₱10.11/km
STAR Tollway	₱1.016/km	₱2.032/km	₱3.048/km
Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway	₱2.67/km	₱5.35/km	₱8.03/km
Subic–Tipo Expressway	₱27.00	₱67.00	₱80.00
Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway	₱3.50/km	₱8.70/km	₱10.50/km

Operators

Name	Operator	Concession holder	Concession starting date	Concession ending date
North Luzon Expressway	NLEX Corporation[lower-alpha 1]		February 10, 2005	December 31, 2037
Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway			Q3 2008	October 31, 2043
Subic–Tipo Expressway			1996	December 31, 2037
Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway	Private Infra Dev Corporation[lower-alpha 2]		October 2013	February 2044
Manila–Cavite Expressway	CAVITEX Infrastructure Corporation[lower-alpha 1]		October 1, 1998	September 30, 2033
Cavite–Laguna Expressway	MPCALA Holdings Incorporated[lower-alpha 1]		2017	2052
NAIA Expressway	Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation (SOMCo.)[lower-alpha 2]	Vertex Tollways Development, Inc.[lower-alpha 2]	2013	2043
Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway	MCX Tollway Inc.[lower-alpha 3]	Ayala Corporation	November 2015	November 2045
Metro Manila Skyway	Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation (SOMCo.)[lower-alpha 2]	Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation[lower-alpha 2]	August 24, 1995	2010
South Luzon Expressway	Manila Toll Expressway Systems[lower-alpha 2] (Alabang–Sto. Tomas)	South Luzon Tollway Corporation[lower-alpha 2] (Alabang–Sto. Tomas)	August 2006	March 2038
STAR Tollway	STAR Tollway Corporation[lower-alpha 2]	STAR Infrastructure Development Corporation[lower-alpha 2]	2002	2029

Notes

1. Subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
2. Subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
3. Subsidiary of AC Infra

Luzon Spine Expressway Network

The Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN) is a planned network of interconnecting expressways within the main island of Luzon. It is part of the Build! Build! Build! Infrastructure Plan of DuterteNomics.

In addition to the following expressways:

• Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEx)
• Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx)
• Subic–Tipo Expressway
• North Luzon Expressway (NLEx)
• NLEx Harbor Link
• Metro Manila Skyway
• South Luzon Expressway (SLEx)
• Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway (MCX)
• Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway)
• Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEx)
• NAIA Expressway (NAIAx)

New expressways will be built as well, such as:

• Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAEx)
• North Luzon East Expressway (NLEE)[28]
• NLEx Harbor Link (segments 8.2, 10.1, and 11)[28]
• Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEx) extension[28]
• Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEx)[28]
• Plaridel Bypass Road Phase II[28]
• Southeast Metro Manila Expressway[29][28]
• Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3[28]
• NLEx–SLEx Connector Road[28]
• SLEx Toll Road 4[28] and SLEx Toll Road 5 (QUEBEx)[28]

See also

• Philippine expressway network
• List of toll roads

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