List of Roads edit

Radial Roads edit

 
The Jose Rizal Memorial Monument in Rizal Park is the Kilometer Zero of all the roads in the City of Manila.

There are the ten (10) radial roads that serves the purpose of conveying traffic in and out of the city of Manila to the surrounding cities of the metropolis and to the provinces, numbered in a counter clockwise pattern.[1] All radial roads starts at kilometre zero, which is, the Jose Rizal Memorial Monument in Rizal Park.[2][3]

Radial roads of Metro Manila
Name Image Route City(s) Road(s) Length Description Refs
Radial Road 1   City of ManilaCavite Makati City
Pasay City
Las Pinas City
Bacoor City, Cavite
Kawit City, Cavite
Rosario City, Cavite
Tanza, Cavite
Naic, Cavite
41.5 kilometres or 25.8 miles Radial road 1 connects the City of Manila to the province of Cavite, officially starting at the junction of Padre Burgos Street and Bonifacio Drive, just in front of the Rizal Park. The road skirts the coastline of the Manila Bay as the Roxas Boulevard and later, after crossing the MIA Road, as the Manila-Cavite Expressway. The Road will keep skirting the coastline until it end in a junction with the Governor's Drive in Naic, Cavite, spanning 41.5 kilometres (25.8 mi) from the Rizal Park to Cavite. [4]
Radial Road 2   City of ManilaBatangas Pasay City
Las Pinas City
Bacoor City, Cavite
Imus, Cavite
Dasmarinas, Cavite
Silang, Cavite
Tagaytay, Cavite
64.2 kilometres or 39.9 miles The road lies parallel to Radial road 1, connecting the City of Manila to Cavite and Batangas. The road starts from the Lagusnilad Underpass in front of the National Museum in Ermita, Manila. The road, as Taft Avenue, will follow a straight route, and after crossing EDSA in Pasay City, becomes Quirino Avenue. Quirino Avenue serves as the main road in the suburbs of Las Pinas and Paranaque, until it becomes the Aguinaldo Highway after crossing the Molino Boulevard in Bacoor, Cavite. Aguinaldo Highway serves as the main thoroughfare in the Province of Cavite, ending in the Tagaytay Rotunda, and becoming the Tagaytay-Talisay Road, which ends in the front of the Taal Lake. The Manila LRT Yellow Line follows the route of R-2 from Padre Burgos Street to EDSA. [5]
Radial Road 3   City of ManilaBatangas Pasay City
Makati City
Taguig City
Las Pinas City
San Pedro, Laguna
Calamba, Laguna
Tanauan, Laguna
Carmona, Cavite
Sto. Tomas, Batangas
City of Batangas, Batangas
96 kilometres or 60 miles The entire road is an expressway. It is jointly operated by the Skyway Operation and Management Corporation (SomCo) and the Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC). Although the kilometer zero of the road is at the Rizal Park, the road officially starts from the junction of South Luzon Expressway and Quirino Avenue. The road will follow a straight route from Paco, Manila, to Sto. Tomas, Batangas, wherein it becomes the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road or the STAR Tollway. The STAR Tollway connects Sto. Tomas to the Batangas Port in Batangas City. [6]
Radial Road 4
City of ManilaRizal Makati City
Pateros
Taytay, Rizal
  • Pasig Line
  • Kalayaan Avenue
  • Elisco Road
  • Highway 2000 Phase 1
  • Taytay Diversion Road
23.5 kilometres or 14.6 miles The road itself is incomplete. It starts from the junction of Pedro Gil street and Quirino Avenue in Santa Ana, Manila, and it will enter Makati City before ending in a junction with Zodiac Street. A logical continuation of the road starts from the junction of EDSA and Buendia Avenue. The road again ends in a dead end in Kalawaan, Pateros. The continuation of the road starts from the East Bank of the Manggahan Floodway, as the Highway 2000. Highway 2000 becomes the Taytay Diversion Road after crossing Road 1 in Taytay, Rizal. The proposed Pasig River Expressway is also labeled R-4. The road currently spans 23.5 kilometres (14.6 mi). [7]
Radial Road 5   City of ManilaRizal Mandaluyong City
Pasig City
Cainta, Rizal
Antipolo, Rizal
70.1 kilometres or 43.6 miles Radial Road 5 starts from the upper banks of the Pasig River, parallel to Radial Road 4 on the lower banks. The road will enter Mandaluyong City and will become an important thoroughfare in the industrial downtown of Pasig and the Ortigas Center. The road will eventually become the Manila East Road, the main transportation corridor of the Province of Rizal. [8]
Radial Road 6
City of ManilaQuezon Quezon City
Marikina City
Cainta, Rizal
Antipolo, Rizal
San Jose, Rizal
Tanay, Rizal
Infanta, Quezon
88.6 kilometres or 55.1 miles Radial road 6 starts from the junction of Mendiola Street and Ayala Boulevard. The will serve as an important thoroughfare in Santa Mesa, Manila, and will enter the New Manila District of Quezon City after crossing G. Araneta Avenue and becomes the Aurora Boulevard. The boulevard will enter the Dictrict of Cubao in Quezon City and will serve as the main thoroughfare in the Araneta Center. The road becomes Marcos Highway after crossing Katipunan Avenue. Marcos Highway will transverse through the province of Rizal and will end in a dead end in Infanta, Quezon. The Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 follows the route of R-6 from Sta. Mesa to Katipunan Avenue. The road spans 88.6 kilometres (55.1 mi) long. [9]
Radial Road 7   City of ManilaBulacan Quezon City
Caloocan City
San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan
Norzagaray, Bulacan
53.6 kilometres or 33.3 miles Radial Road 7 starts from Quiapo, Manila. The road will follow a direct route to Quezon City. After crossing the Quezon City Memorial Circle, it becomes the Commonwealth Avenue, the widest road in the Philippines. The route will then follow Regalado Highway in Fairview, Quezon City, and it ends in a junction with Quirino Highway in the Neopolitan Business Park in Lagro. The road will drive north to Bulacan, until it end with a junction with Fortunato Halili Avenue. The currently under construction North Luzon East Expressway or the R-7 Expressway is a continuation of this road. [10]Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Radial Road 8   City of ManilaTarlac Quezon City
Caloocan City
Meycauayan, Bulacan
Bocaue, Bulacan
Balagtas, Bulacan
Sta. Rita, Bulacan
San Fernando, Pampanga
Subic, Pamapanga
Tarlac City, Tarlac
122.0 kilometres or 75.8 miles Radial Road 8 starts from the Puente Colgante in Quiapo, Manila. The road will follow a direct route to northwards, becoming the North Luzon Expressway after crossing EDSA. The road becomes SCTEX after crossing MacArthur Highway in the Paradise Ranch in Clark, Pamapanga. [11][12]
Radial Road 9   City of ManilaBenguet 24 Town and Cities, between the City of Manila and Baguio City. For the complete list, see Maharlika Highway. 213.0 kilometres or 132.4 miles The Radial Road 9 consists of the northern portion of the Pan-Philippine Highway or AH-26.(R-2 takes the southern portion) The LRT-2 follows the route of R-9 from Manila to Gracepark, Caloocan. R-9 starts as the Rizal Bridge from the Padre Burgos Street. It continues a continuous straight northward route parallel to R-8. The road becomes Macarthur Highway after crossing the Monumento Roundabout in Gracepark, Caloocan. The road officially ends in the road diversion in the Baguio City, where it diverges into the Kennon Road, Marcos Highway/Aspiras-Palispis Highway and the Pan-Philippine Highway [13]
Radial Road 10   City of ManilaBataan Quezon City
Malabon City
Navotas City
Obando, Bulacan
Malolos, Bulacan
Macabebe, Pampanga
Lubao, Pampanga
Bagac, Bataan
Balanga, Bataan
  • Radial Road 10
  • Ferdinand E. Marcos Highway
  • Manila-Bataan Coastal Road
105.0 kilometres or 65.2 miles The Radial Road 10 is currently a 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) long highway from Tondo, Manila to the C-4 Road. There was a proposed project of extending it to Bataan, as the Manila-Bataan Coastal Road. The project has long since died, but the top local government chiefs of Central Luzon led by RDC Chair and San Fernando City Mayor Oscar Rodriquez, and Zambales Governor Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. revived the project and approved the CLIP for 2011 to 2016 in the recent 6th RDC meeting at Balanga City. [14]

Circumferential roads edit

There are six (6) Circumferential Roads around the city of Manila that acts as beltways for the city. Two runs inside the City of Manila Proper, while three runs outside the City of Manila. Another circumferential road, the C-6, will run outside the NCR and is under construction.

Circumferential roads of Metro Manila
Name Image Route City(s) Road(s) Length Description Refs
Circumferential Road 1 City of Manila 5.9 kilometres or 3.7 miles The circumferential road 1 or C-1 is a route that runs inside the City of Manila proper, passing through the Tondo, Binondo, Quiapo and Ermita districts. It starts from the North Port as the C.M. Recto avenue and becomes the P. Casal Street after crossing R-6. The road crosses the Pasig River as the Ayala Boulevard, which ends in Taft Avenue and enters the Rizal Park as the Finance Drive, which merges into the southern part of the P. Burgos Street, which ends in a junction with Roxas Boulevard.
Circumferential Road 2   City of Manila
  • C-2 Road
  • Tayuman Street
  • A. Lacson Avenue
  • Nagtahan Boulevard
  • Pres. Quirino Avenue
10.0 kilometres or 6.2 miles The C-2 Road starts from Tondo, Manila, passing through Binondo, Sampaloc, Pandacan and Paco Districts. It starts as the C-2 road from R-10, becomes Tayuman Street in the Sampaloc district, then continues on as Arsenio H. Lacson Avenue after passing A. Mendoza Street. It becomes the Nagtahan Boulevard after crossing Legarda Street in the Malate Interchange. Nagtahan Boulevard crosses the Pasig River, then becomes President Quirino Avenue, which continues on until it reaches R-1 (Roxas Boulevard), passing through the Paco and Malate districts. [15]
Circumferential Road 3   Navotas CityPasay City Navotas City
Caloocan CityQuezon City
San Juan, Metro Manila
Makati City
Pasay City
21.7 kilometres or 13.5 miles The C-3 Road is a route that lies outside the City of Manila. It starts as the C-3 Road in Navotas City, and becomes the 5th Avenue after entering Caloocan City. It becomes the Sergeant E. Rivera Avenue after crossing A. Bonifacio Street, and becomes the G. Araneta Avenue after crossing the Kaingin Road in Quezon City. The road ends shortly after entering the City of San Juan, only resumed at the junction of J.P. Rizal Street and South Avenue. South Avenue becomes Ayala Avenue after crossing Pasong Tamo. The route is rerouted to Buendia Avenue after Ayala Avenue enter the Ayala Triangle, an important industrial landmark in the City of Makati. The proposed Metro Manila Skybridge will bridge the missing segment of the road. [16]
Circumferential Road 4   Malabon CityPasay City Malabon City
Caloocan City
Quezon City
Mandaluyong City
Makati City
Pasay City
28.1 kilometres or 17.5 miles The C-4 Road starts from Malabon City. It becomes Letre Road, then becomes Samson Road after entering Caloocan City. After crossing the Monumento Roundabout, the C-4 Road becomes EDSA, the by then most important thoroughfare in the Metropolis. With 2.34 Million vehicles and almost 314,354 cars passing through it and its segments everyday, the road is also the most congested and busiest highway in the Metropolis. The road ends in the Globe Rotunda in the Mall of Asia in Pasay City. The MRT-3 follows the route of C-4, from North Avenue to Taft Avenue. [17][18]
Circumferential Road 5   Malabon City-Paranaque City Malabon City
Valenzuela City
Quezon City
Marikina City
Pasig City
Taguig City
Paranaque City
  • Mindanao Avenue
  • Congressional Avenue
  • Luzon Avenue
  • Tandang Sora Avenue
  • Katipunan Avenue
  • Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue
  • E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue
  • Carlos P. Garcia Avenue
  • C-5 Road Extension
55.0 kilometres or 34.2 miles Several arising controversies regarding an expressway MCTEP, properties of Sen. Manny Villar, and the constant squatter demolishing issues in Quezon City causes the C-5 Road, although complete, have less than half of the length, only 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi), be functional. The road officially starts from Letre Road, but it only start from the NLEX Segment that crosses the North Luzon Expressway and becomes the Mindanao Avenue. The road will follow the route of Congressional Avenue and Luzon Avenue, crossing the Commonwealth Avenue and becoming the Tandang Sora Avenue, which becomes the Katipunan Avenue after crossing C.P. Garcia Avenue in the University of the Philippines campus. The road will follow the route of Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue in Marikina, which becomes the C.P. Garcia Avenue after entering Pasig. The road ends in the South Luzon Expressway. A continuation of the road currently provides no access, which starts from Merville, Paranaque, to the Coastal Road in Las Pinas City. [19]
Circumferential Road 6
Marilao, Bulacan-Bacoor, Cavite Marilao, Bulacan
Meycauayan, Bulacan
San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
Cainta, Rizal
Antipolo, Rizal
Taytay, Rizal
San Pedro, Laguna
Paliparan, Cavite
Bacoor, Cavite
49.1 kilometres or 30.5 miles The Bulacan-Rizal-Manila-Cavite Regional Expressway is a superhighway currently under construction. It will act as a beltway of Metro Manila, so that buses and other transportation vehicles coming from the southern provinces to the northern provinces does not need to pass through Metro Manila, thus lessening traffic in the metropolis. Its northern terminus is the MacArthur Highway and the southern terminus is in Bacoor, Cavite. [20]
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