title: N79 highway
text: # N79 highway
  
  National Route 79 (N79) is a 302-kilometer (188 mi), two-to-four lane national primary road connecting the provinces of Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga Sibugay. It traverses through many municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental.
  
  ## Route description
  
  ### Ipil to Liloy
  
  N79 starts as Ipil–Liloy–Sindangan Road. It traverses to Titay. After reaching the boundary of Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Norte, the road is named Liloy–Ipil Road.
  
  ### Liloy to Sindangan
  
  N79 continues as Liloy–Ipil Road. After reaching Liloy–Siocon Road (N966), the road is called Sindangan–Liloy Road. After reaching Leon B. Pestigo or Sindangan, the road is called Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road.
  
  ### Sindangan to Dipolog
  
  Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road continues until reaching the boundary of Katipunan and Dipolog.
  
  ### Dipolog to Oroquieta
  
  After reaching the boundary of Katipunan and Dipolog thus ending Dipolog–Sindangan–Liloy Road, the road becomes Dipolog–Oroquieta Road. In Dapitan, the road goes into a roundabout with Polo–Dapitan Park Road (N961). After reaching the boundary of Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis Occidental, the road is called Oroquieta–Plaridel–Calamba–Sapang Dalaga Road. After reaching the junction of Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road (N960), the road is now called Ozamis–Oroquieta Road.
  
  ### Oroquieta to Ozamis
  
  Ozamis–Oroquieta Road continues until reaching the three way intersection with Ozamiz–Pagadian Road (N78) and Ozamis Port Road (N958), the road ends as well as N79.
  
  ## Intersections
  
  Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer 0.
  
  | Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Zamboanga Sibugay | Ipil | 2,013 | 1,251 | AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) | Roundabout and western terminus |
  | Zamboanga del Norte | Liloy | 1,965 | 1,221 | N966 (Zamboanga West Coastal Road) | |
  | Zamboanga del Norte | Sindangan | 1,919 | 1,192 | N965 (Sindangan–Siayan–Dumingag–Mahayag Road) | |
  | Zamboanga del Norte | Dipolog | 1,845 | 1,146 | N80 (Molave–Dipolog Road) | |
  | Zamboanga del Norte | Dipolog | 1,826 | 1,135 | N961 (Rizal–Dakak–Dapitan Coastal Road) | |
  | Misamis Occidental | Calamba | 1,824 | 1,133 | N960 (Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road) | |
  | Misamis Occidental | Oroquieta | 1,797 | 1,117 | N960 (Oroquieta–Calamba Mountain Road) | |
  | Misamis Occidental | Ozamiz | 1,705 | 1,059 | N959 (Ozamiz Airport Road) | |
  | Misamis Occidental | Ozamiz | 1,700 | 1,100 | N78 (Ozamiz-Aurora Road) N958 (Ozamiz Port Road) | Eastern terminus |
  | 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi ||||||
  