Davao–Cotabato Road

Davao City to Digos . This section forms part of N916-5. Starting at the Bonifacio Rotunda in the Davao City proper, the Davao–Cotabato Road begins as the western section of National Route 916-5 (N916-5) and a component of the Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26). It initially runs northwest as A. Pichon Street, a one-way street carrying southeast-bound traffic. The route then turns southwest onto Elpidio Quirino Avenue and becomes MacArthur Highway upon crossing the General Generoso Bridge I over the Davao River. It then meets Carlos P. Garcia National Highway, where it turns west and becomes part of National Route 1 (N1). It then enters Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur as it traverses its eastern coast. It enters Digos and there it meets Digos–Makar Road, locally known as Rizal Avenue, where N1/AH26 would continue. Digos to Makilala . N75 commences at the intersection with N1/AH26. It traverses to the west through the municipality of Bansalan onto towards Makilala for . There is a gateway sign when entering Makilala. Makilala to Matalam . At Makilala, it connects towards Makilala–Allah Valley Road (N76) which links Makilala to Sultan Kudarat Province. It traverses Kidapawan, where it is locally known as Quezon Boulevard, and connects to Paco–Roxas–Arakan Valley–Junction Davao–Bukidnon Road (N942). The route then traverses into Matalam for . There is a roundabout that connects Davao–Cotabato Road to a national tertiary highway that leads to M'lang and a shortcut for Makilala–Allah Valley Road (N76). Matalam to Kabacan Davao–Cotabato Road traverses towards Kabacan and has a crossing that links up with Sayre Highway (N943). It connects North Cotabato to Bukidnon. The total length of this section is at . Kabacan to Midsayap At Kabacan, the Davao–Cotabato Road traverses towards Maguindanao del Sur into Datu Montawal and Pagalungan. It then enters Cotabato, traversing Pikit and Aleosan onto towards Midsayap for . At Midsayap, it links to N940 that traverses towards Marbel. Midsayap to Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte N75 traverses towards into Libungan and links up with Banisilan–Guiling–Alamada–Libungan Road (N944). It finally traverses towards Pigcawayan and Sultan Kudarat into its western section. The western section of Davao–Cotabato Road (N75) links back into the Pan-Philippine Highway in . == History ==

The highway existed back to the American colonial era as part of Highway 1 in Mindanao that linked Surigao and Davao via Cagayan. The route markers were added in 2014 (for N1/AH26) and 2017 (for N75), although the look of the N75 route marker is different in Davao del Sur due to the stretched 5. In the mid-2020s, the section of the road between the Bonifacio Rotunda and Carlos P. Garcia National Highway was redesignated as N916-5, as N1 was redesignated to the latter. Despite this reclassification to a secondary national road, the segment retains its status as part of the Pan-Philippine Highway or Asian Highway 26 (AH26) network. == Intersections ==