Sayre Highway

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highway_name=Sayre Highway
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length_km=192
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direction_a=North
terminus_a=Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
junction=Aglayan-Miarayon Road (Malaybalay City-Lantapan-Talakag)
Aglayan-Zamboanguita Road (Malaybalay City-Cabanglasan)
Bukidnon-Davao Road
Bukidnon-Wao Road
Don Carlos-Kadingilan Road
Valencia-San Fernando Provincial Road
direction_b=South
terminus_b=Kabacan, Cotabato
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rural_municipalities=Manolo Fortich, Sumilao, Maramag, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, Dangcagan, Kibawe, Damulog, Carmen, Kabacan
cities=Cagayan de Oro City, Malaybalay City, Valencia City
system=National Highway
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Sayre Highway is the portion of the Philippine national highway that starts from Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City to Kabacan, North Cotabato. It traverses the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and North Cotabato. [ [http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/southphil/southphils.htm Southern Philippines:The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II] ]

The highway's name was Route 3 but was changed to Sayre Highway's, in honor of Francis B. Sayre, the U.S. Philippine High Commissioner who spearheaded its construction. [ [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/USA-P-PI-28.html US Army in WWII: The Fall of the Philippines] ] ] It extends southward through central Mindanao for a distance of about 100 miles, linking the northern and southern arms of Route 1 (Digos-Butuan Highway). This section of the Philippine national highway was constructed during the American occupation of the Philippines.

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