N6 highway

National Route 6 is a major primary national route that forms part of the Philippine highway network in the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.

History

Route description

Bacolod to Kabankalan

The route starts at the junction of N7 and N69 in Bacolod as Bacolod South Road. It continues N7, which terminates in Bacolod.
In Bago, the road then turns away from the poblacion and becomes also known as Bacolod South By-Pass Road and locally as R.M. Salas Drive. It then regains the Bacolod South Road name shortly after crossing the Bago River. It continues its course along the western coast of Negros Occidental up to Kabankalan, wherein from barangay Binicuil it is locally known as Guanzon Street.

Kabankalan to Bais

In Kabankalan poblacion, the route turns southeast as Bais–Kabankalan Road, which is locally known in the city as Aquiles-Zayco Avenue, as Bacolod South Road continues from the junction as N712. Traversing the mountain range of Negros Island, it then enters Negros Oriental at Mabinay, where the kilometer count changes because of the separate kilometer count among the two provinces. The road finally reaches the southern terminus at N7 in Bais.