The national roads of Cebu in 1955
President Ramon Magsaysay on May 2, 1955 issued Executive Order No. 113, simply entitled as "Establishing the Classification of Roads."
Upon the recommendation of the National Transportation Board created under Executive Order No. 45 dated July 6, 1936 (under President Manuel Quezon) established the national primary and national secondary and national aid provincial and city roads.
The Executive Order was in pursuance to Republic Act 916 or the Philippine Highway Act of 1953. For Cebu, the following national primary roads were established: Cebu-North-Hagnaya Wharf Road with 106.70 kilometer in length and Cebu South-San Sebastian Wharf Road with a total length of 134 kilometers.
The national secondary roads were Cebu-Toledo Wharf Road with a length of 40 kilometers, Opon-Mactan Road with a length of 7.60 kilometers, Bogo-Polambato Wharf Road with a length of 2.20 kilometers, Dalaguete-Badian with a length of 33.90 kilometers, Pinamungajan-Aloguinsan-Mantalongon with a length of 24.60 kilometers, Bogo-Medellin Cadre Road with a length of 16.70 kilometers, Carcar-Barili-Mantayupan Waterfalls Road with a length of 24.90 kilometers.
The "national aid" provincial roads included Balamban-Talamban Road consisting of 26.50 kilometers, Talamban-Balamban with a length of 45.80 kilometers, Tabuelan-San Remegio Road with a length of 32.50 kilometers, Sogod-Borbon Road with a length of 7.40 kilometers and Borbon-Tabogon Road with a length of 14.40 kilometers. The national aid roads had a total length of 126.60 kilometers in length.
The National Primary Road within Cebu City are: Cebu North Road, Cebu South Road, while the National Secondary Roads were: Colon Street, A. Borromeo Stree (Sanciangco-Magallanes), Calderon Street, Gorordo Avenue, Martires Street, Capitol Road, Rafael Palma Street, Wharf Roads composed of the Marginal Wharf Road, Waterfront Road, MagallanesTupas Road, Cebu-Guadalupe Road, Juan Luna Street, San Jose dela Montana Street, Cebu-Banilad Height Beach Road, Cebu (Banilad) Height Airport, Sanciangco Street, Carlock Street, Morga-Comercio Road, D. Jakosalem St. and Extension to Airport, R.R. Landon & Extension Road, F. Gonzales Street, Burgos Street, Lapulapu Street, Civic Center Road (back of Capitol Building), Civic Center Road (Side of Circular Road), Legaspi Extension Road, Calles Mabini & Lopez, the Wharf Roads composed of the following: Mandaue Boulevard, Martires St. to Pier 2, Martires to Pier 3, Waterfront (near Madrigal Mills Road), B. Rodriguez & Extension Roads, Cebu Cadre Road and Calamba-Tres de Abril Street.
The National Aid City Roads and Street in Cebu City were: Spolarium Street, P. del Rosario Street, Cadre-Talamban-Pit-os Road, F. Llamas St. and Manalili Street.
The Executive Order defines what National Roads are, and it has two classes, namely national primary and national secondary. National Primary roads form parts of the main trunk-line system continuous in extent, roads, which are now declared national roads except those not forming parts of the continuous system, such as roads leading to national airports, seaports and parks, or coast to coast roads not forming continous part of the trun-line system. While National Secondary Roads include all access roads, national, provincial and city roads and streets forming the secondary trunk-line system not classified as primary roads but shall exclude feeder roads. All national roads shall have a right of way of 20 meters, provided that a right of way of at least 60 meters shall be reserved for roads constructed through unpatented public land and at least 120 meters reserved through naturally forested areas of easthetic or scientific value.
"National Aid" roads are those provincial and city roads of sufficient importance which may be incorporated eventually into the national system of highways and are so declared as such by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications upon the recommendation of the Provincial and City Board and the Commissioner of Public Highways.