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'''Roxas Boulevard''' is a popular waterfront [[promenade]] in [[Metro Manila]] in the [[Philippines]]. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of [[Manila Bay]], is well known for its sunsets and stretch of [[coconut]] trees. The [[divided roadway]] has become a trademark of [[Tourism in the Philippines|Philippine tourism]], famed for its [[Manila Yacht Club|yacht club]], hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and parks.
'''Roxas Boulevard''' is a popular waterfront [[promenade]] in [[Metro Manila]] in the [[Philippines]]. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of [[Manila Bay]], is well known for its sunsets and stretch of [[coconut]] trees. The [[divided roadway]] has become a trademark of [[Tourism in the Philippines|Philippine tourism]], famed for its [[Manila Yacht Club|yacht club]], hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and parks.


The boulevard was completed in the 1910s. Originally called ''Cavite Boulevard'',<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KfM3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA417 "United States Congressional serial set, Issue 5280 - Act no. 1745, Section 2a"], pg. 417. Government Printing Office, Washington.</ref><ref>{{cite map |author = |title = Map of city of Manila and vicinity |trans-title = |map = |url = https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8064m.ct003078/?r=0.171,0.631,0.266,0.109,0 |date = |year = 1919 |scale = 1:10560 |series = |publisher = Office of Dept. Engineer, Phil. Dept. |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = Manila? |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = October 10, 2021 |archive-url = |archive-date =}}</ref> it was renamed ''Dewey Boulevard'' in honor of the American admiral [[George Dewey]], whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] in 1898, ''Heiwa Boulevard'' in late 1941 during the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation]],<ref>{{cite PH act|url=http://malacanang.gov.ph/6371-executive-order-no-41-s-1942/|chamber=EO|number=41, s. 1942|year=1942|title=Changing the name of Dewey Boulevard to Heiwa Boulevard; Taft Avenue to Daitoa Avenue; Harrison Boulevard to Koa Boulevard; Jones Bridge to Banzai Bridge; Harrison Park to Rizal Park; and Wallace Field and Burnham Green to Plaza Bagong Filipinas|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> and finally Roxas Boulevard in the 1960s in honor of President [[Manuel Roxas]], the [[List of presidents of the Philippines|fifth president of the Philippines]]. It was also designated as a new alignment of the Manila South Road that connects Manila to the southern provinces of [[Luzon]].<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1951/11/06/executive-order-no-483-s-1951/|title=Establishing the Classification of Roads|chamber=EO|number=483|date=November 6, 1951|access-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref>
The boulevard was completed in the 1910s. Originally called ''Cavite Boulevard'',<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=KfM3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA417 "United States Congressional serial set, Issue 5280 - Act no. 1745, Section 2a"], pg. 417. Government Printing Office, Washington.</ref><ref>{{cite map |author = |title = Map of city of Manila and vicinity |trans-title = |map = |url = https://www.loc.gov/resource/g8064m.ct003078/?r=0.171,0.631,0.266,0.109,0 |date = |year = 1919 |scale = 1:10560 |series = |publisher = Office of Dept. Engineer, Phil. Dept. |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = Manila? |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = October 10, 2021 |archive-url = |archive-date =}}</ref> it was renamed ''Dewey Boulevard'' in honor of the American admiral [[George Dewey]], whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] in 1898, ''Heiwa Boulevard'' in late 1941 during the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|Japanese occupation]],<ref>{{cite PH act|url=http://malacanang.gov.ph/6371-executive-order-no-41-s-1942/|chamber=EO|number=41, s. 1942|year=1942|title=Changing the name of Dewey Boulevard to Heiwa Boulevard; Taft Avenue to Daitoa Avenue; Harrison Boulevard to Koa Boulevard; Jones Bridge to Banzai Bridge; Harrison Park to Rizal Park; and Wallace Field and Burnham Green to Plaza Bagong Filipinas|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> and finally Roxas Boulevard in the 1963 in honor of [[Manuel Roxas]], the [[List of presidents of the Philippines|fifth president of the Philippines]].<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=3827|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1963/ra_3827_1963.html|title=An Act Changing the Name of Dewey Boulevard, Extending from the City of Manila, Through the City of Pasay, to the Municipality of Parañaque, Province of Rizal, and Any Future Extension Thereof Up to Cavite City, to President Roxas Boulevard
|date=June 22, 1963|accessdate=May 18, 2024|website=Lawphil}}</ref> It was also designated as a new alignment of the Manila South Road that connects Manila to the southern provinces of [[Luzon]].<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1951/11/06/executive-order-no-483-s-1951/|title=Establishing the Classification of Roads|chamber=EO|number=483|date=November 6, 1951|access-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref>


The boulevard is also an eight-lane major [[arterial road]] in [[Metro Manila]] designated as '''[[Radial Road 1]]''' ('''R-1''') of [[Manila's arterial road network]], '''National Route 61''' ('''N61'''), the shortest primary route in the Philippines, '''National Route 120''' ('''N120''') of the [[Philippine highway network]] and a spur of '''Asian Highway 26''' ('''AH26'''). The arcing road runs in a north–south direction from [[Rizal Park|Luneta]] in Manila and ends in Parañaque at the intersection of [[MIA Road]] and Seaside Drive, beneath the elevated [[NAIA Expressway]].<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rizal+Park,+Manila,+Philippines&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.226656,64.072266&ie=UTF8&hq=Rizal+Park,+Manila,+Philippines&ll=14.519884,120.998311&spn=0.013357,0.023839&z=16 "Intersection of Roxas Blvd. and NAIA Rd"]. Google Maps. Retrieved on June 5, 2011.</ref> Beyond its southern terminus, starts the [[Manila–Cavite Expressway]] (E3), also known as the Coastal Road, or more recently, CAVITEX.
The boulevard is also an eight-lane major [[arterial road]] in [[Metro Manila]] designated as '''[[Radial Road 1]]''' ('''R-1''') of [[Manila's arterial road network]], '''National Route 61''' ('''N61'''), the shortest primary route in the Philippines, '''National Route 120''' ('''N120''') of the [[Philippine highway network]] and a spur of '''Asian Highway 26''' ('''AH26'''). The arcing road runs in a north–south direction from [[Rizal Park|Luneta]] in Manila and ends in Parañaque at the intersection of [[MIA Road]] and Seaside Drive, beneath the elevated [[NAIA Expressway]].<ref>[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rizal+Park,+Manila,+Philippines&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.226656,64.072266&ie=UTF8&hq=Rizal+Park,+Manila,+Philippines&ll=14.519884,120.998311&spn=0.013357,0.023839&z=16 "Intersection of Roxas Blvd. and NAIA Rd"]. Google Maps. Retrieved on June 5, 2011.</ref> Beyond its southern terminus, starts the [[Manila–Cavite Expressway]] (E3), also known as the Coastal Road, or more recently, CAVITEX.
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"In order to make the boulevard presentable and useful as soon as possible, a quick-growing tree like the [[acacia]] might be planted, alternating with the trees of slower growth, and be replaced after the latter attain their growth. The boulevard's seaward side should be planted so as to interrupt occasionally the view of the sea and, by thus adding somewhat of mystery, enhance the value of the stretch of ocean and sky. The boulevard would be on [[reclaimed land]] to about as far south as the old [[Fort San Antonio Abad]] in [[Malate, Manila|Malate]], beyond which it strikes the beach and follows the shoreline to Cavite. The possible extension of the ocean boulevard along the north shore would naturally depend upon the development of the town in that direction and upon the question of additional harbor works north of the [[Pasig River]]."<ref name="CBM"/>
"In order to make the boulevard presentable and useful as soon as possible, a quick-growing tree like the [[acacia]] might be planted, alternating with the trees of slower growth, and be replaced after the latter attain their growth. The boulevard's seaward side should be planted so as to interrupt occasionally the view of the sea and, by thus adding somewhat of mystery, enhance the value of the stretch of ocean and sky. The boulevard would be on [[reclaimed land]] to about as far south as the old [[Fort San Antonio Abad]] in [[Malate, Manila|Malate]], beyond which it strikes the beach and follows the shoreline to Cavite. The possible extension of the ocean boulevard along the north shore would naturally depend upon the development of the town in that direction and upon the question of additional harbor works north of the [[Pasig River]]."<ref name="CBM"/>


During [[World War II]], the boulevard served as a runway of its namesake airfield.<ref>{{cite map |author = |title =Manila and Suburbs, (Japanese Airfields) Philippines|date =July 25, 1944 |year = |url =https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/41878456482 |scale = |series = |publisher = |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date =June 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/philippines/dewey/index.html|title=https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/philippines/dewey/index.html|accessdate=June 17, 2024|website=Pacific Wrecks}}</ref> During the [[Battle of Manila (1945)|1945 Battle of Manila]], however, the Japanese forces cut down palm trees along the boulevard to convert it to an improvised runway.


===Contemporary history===
During the [Battle_of_Manila_(1945)|battle of Manila], the Japanese forces cut down palm trees along the boulevard to convert it to an improvised runway.
In 1992, flyovers crossing intersecting roads along the boulevard, such as the Roxas Boulevard–Gil Puyat Flyover and Roxas Boulevard–EDSA Flyover, were opened.<ref name="dashboard">{{Cite web|url=https://dpwh.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=4e07d41a7b4b47a4a08e03caa8b3eafa|title=ROAD AND BRIDGE INFORMATION APPLICATION|website=[[Department of Public Works and Highways]]|access-date=May 18, 2024}}</ref>

On May 13, 2024, [[Mayor of Manila|Manila Mayor]] [[Honey Lacuna]] signed Ordinance No. 9047 to make Roxas Boulevard's Manila section partly car-free every early Sunday morning starting May 26.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://manila.gov.ph/manila-to-make-roxas-boulevard-walkable-bikeable-on-car-free-sundays-starting-may-26/|title=MANILA TO MAKE ROXAS BOULEVARD WALKABLE, BIKEABLE ON ‘CAR-FREE SUNDAYS’ STARTING MAY 26|date=May 13, 2024|accessdate=May 18, 2024|website=Lungsod ng Manila}}</ref>


==Route description==
==Route description==
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[[File:WTMP Team Waka Waka A-29.JPG|thumb|Manila's [[Baywalk]] along Roxas Boulevard]]
[[File:WTMP Team Waka Waka A-29.JPG|thumb|Manila's [[Baywalk]] along Roxas Boulevard]]


====Parks====
====Churches====
* [[Baywalk]]
* [[Baclaran Church]]

====Urban parks====
* [[Manila Baywalk]]
* [[Rizal Park]]
* [[Rizal Park]]

====Entertainment parks====


* [[Star City (amusement park)|Star City]]

====Plazas====
* Plaza Nuestra Señora de Guia
* [[Plaza Rajah Sulayman]]


====CCP Complex====
====CCP Complex====
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* [[Cultural Center of the Philippines]]
* [[Cultural Center of the Philippines]]
* [[Manila Film Center]]
* [[Manila Film Center]]
* [[Star City (amusement park)|Star City]]

====Convention and trade center====
* [[Philippine International Convention Center]]
* [[Philippine International Convention Center]]
* [[World Trade Center Metro Manila]]


====Government buildings====
====Government buildings====
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* [[Department of Finance (Philippines)|Department of Finance]]
* [[Department of Finance (Philippines)|Department of Finance]]
* [[Philippine Navy]]
* [[Philippine Navy]]
* [[Philippine Trade Training Center]]
* [[GSIS Building]]


====Foreign embassies====
====Foreign embassies====
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====Museums====
====Museums====
* [[Manila Ocean Park]]
* [[Manila Ocean Park]]
* [[Metropolitan Museum of Manila]]
* [[Museo Pambata]]
* [[Museo Pambata]]
* [[Palacio de Memoria]]
* [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]] Money Museum
* [[Asian Institute of Maritime Studies]] Museo Maritimo


====Hospitals====
====Hospitals====
* [[San Juan de Dios Hospital]]
* [[Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center]]
* [[San Juan de Dios Educational Foundation|San Juan de Dios Hospital]]


====Hotels====
====Hotels====
* [[Manila Hotel]]
* [[Manila Hotel]]
* Diamond Hotel
* Diamond Hotel Manila
* [[Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila]]
* [[Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila]]
* Heritage Hotel Manila
* Heritage Hotel Manila
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==Intersections==
==Intersections==
[[File:Roxas Boulevard Aerial.jpg|thumb|Roxas Boulevard facing south, showing the [[Manila Yacht Club]] and the [[Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex]].]]
[[File:Roxas Boulevard Aerial.jpg|thumb|Roxas Boulevard facing south, showing the [[Manila Yacht Club]] and the [[Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex]].]]
[[File:Pasay-roxas-baclaran-2012-01.JPG|thumb|Roxas Boulevard facing north from Baclaran area, Pasay.]]
[[File:Pasay-roxas-baclaran-2012-01.JPG|thumb|Roxas Boulevard facing north from Baclaran area, Pasay]]


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[[Category:Malate, Manila]]
[[Category:Bike lanes in Metro Manila]]

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Roxas Boulevard street sign in Manila
Roxas Boulevard
The route of Roxas Boulevard within Metro Manila. Roxas Boulevard is highlighted in red.
Roxas Boulevard traffic (Manila)(2019-02-21).JPG
The boulevard in 2019
Route information
Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways[1][2]
Length7.6 km (4.7 mi)
Existed1910s–present
Component
highways
Major junctions
North end AH 26 (N120) (Bonifacio Drive) / N150 (Padre Burgos Avenue) / Katigbak Parkway in Ermita, Manila[3][4]
Major intersections
South end E3 (Manila–Cavite Expressway) / N63 (MIA Road) / Seaside Drive in Parañaque
Location
CountryPhilippines
Major citiesManila, Pasay, and Parañaque
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

Roxas Boulevard is a popular waterfront promenade in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of Manila Bay, is well known for its sunsets and stretch of coconut trees. The divided roadway has become a trademark of Philippine tourism, famed for its yacht club, hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and parks.

The boulevard was completed in the 1910s. Originally called Cavite Boulevard,[5][6] it was renamed Dewey Boulevard in honor of the American admiral George Dewey, whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, Heiwa Boulevard in late 1941 during the Japanese occupation,[7] and finally Roxas Boulevard in the 1963 in honor of Manuel Roxas, the fifth president of the Philippines.[8] It was also designated as a new alignment of the Manila South Road that connects Manila to the southern provinces of Luzon.[9]

The boulevard is also an eight-lane major arterial road in Metro Manila designated as Radial Road 1 (R-1) of Manila's arterial road network, National Route 61 (N61), the shortest primary route in the Philippines, National Route 120 (N120) of the Philippine highway network and a spur of Asian Highway 26 (AH26). The arcing road runs in a north–south direction from Luneta in Manila and ends in Parañaque at the intersection of MIA Road and Seaside Drive, beneath the elevated NAIA Expressway.[10] Beyond its southern terminus, starts the Manila–Cavite Expressway (E3), also known as the Coastal Road, or more recently, CAVITEX.

History

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Daniel Burnham's plan of the sea boulevard from Manila to Cavite

City Beautiful movement

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The Cavite Boulevard was part of Architect Daniel Burnham's plan for beautifying the city of Manila.[11] At the request of Commissioner William Cameron Forbes, Burnham visited the country in 1905 at the height of the City Beautiful movement, a trend in the early 1900s in America for making cities beautiful along scientific lines, for the future urban development of Manila and Baguio.[12]

Original concept

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Construction of Cavite Boulevard, 1912
Aerial view of Dewey Boulevard, 1931

According to Burnham's original concept of the Cavite Boulevard, the bayfront from the Luneta southward should be a continuous parkway, extending in the course of time all the way to the Cavite Navy Yard about 20 miles (32 km) away. This boulevard, about 250 ft (76 m) in width, with roadways, tramways, bridle path, rich plantations, and broad sidewalks, should be available for all classes of people in all sorts of conveyances, and so well shaded with coconut palms, bamboo, and mangoes as to furnish protection from the elements at all times.

"In order to make the boulevard presentable and useful as soon as possible, a quick-growing tree like the acacia might be planted, alternating with the trees of slower growth, and be replaced after the latter attain their growth. The boulevard's seaward side should be planted so as to interrupt occasionally the view of the sea and, by thus adding somewhat of mystery, enhance the value of the stretch of ocean and sky. The boulevard would be on reclaimed land to about as far south as the old Fort San Antonio Abad in Malate, beyond which it strikes the beach and follows the shoreline to Cavite. The possible extension of the ocean boulevard along the north shore would naturally depend upon the development of the town in that direction and upon the question of additional harbor works north of the Pasig River."[12]

During World War II, the boulevard served as a runway of its namesake airfield.[13][14] During the 1945 Battle of Manila, however, the Japanese forces cut down palm trees along the boulevard to convert it to an improvised runway.

Contemporary history

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In 1992, flyovers crossing intersecting roads along the boulevard, such as the Roxas Boulevard–Gil Puyat Flyover and Roxas Boulevard–EDSA Flyover, were opened.[15]

On May 13, 2024, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna signed Ordinance No. 9047 to make Roxas Boulevard's Manila section partly car-free every early Sunday morning starting May 26.[16]

Route description

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Roxas Boulevard starts at Rizal Park in Manila as a physical continuation of Bonifacio Drive. The road passes through many tall buildings, restaurants, banks, monuments, and other establishments as it curves along Manila Bay. The United States Embassy is located in the vicinity of Rizal Park; a kilometer south, the headquarters of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Philippine Navy are located within the Malate district of Manila. After the BSP building, the boulevard enters Pasay, passing through the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP Complex) and Star City. It then intersects with Gil Puyat Avenue and Jose W. Diokno Boulevard, where it ascends through the Gil Puyat Flyover. It then parallels Macapagal Boulevard. It ascends again to intersect Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) through the flyover of the same name; there, the route number transitions from N120/AH26, a secondary road, to N61, a primary road. A few meters after passing EDSA, it enters Parañaque, continues into a straight route until it ends on an intersection with MIA Road and Seaside Drive, where the road continues south as Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX/E3), which is also known as Coastal Road.

Landmarks

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The historic Rizal Park marks the northern end of the boulevard
The Malate section of Roxas Boulevard is famous for Baywalk and Plaza Rajah Sulayman
Manila's Baywalk along Roxas Boulevard

Churches

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Urban parks

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Entertainment parks

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Plazas

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CCP Complex

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Government buildings

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Foreign embassies

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Museums

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Hospitals

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Hotels

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Yacht club

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Educational Institutions

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Intersections

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Roxas Boulevard facing south, showing the Manila Yacht Club and the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex.
Roxas Boulevard facing north from Baclaran area, Pasay

Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer 0. The kilometer count is discontinuous. 

ProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[1][2]miDestinationsNotes
Parañaque7.4444.625 N194 (NAIA Road) / Seaside Drive – AirportSouthern terminus; continues south as E3 (CAVITEx)
6.5464.067Asean Avenue (Aseana Avenue)Southbound access only; northbound access via U-turn slot under EDSA Flyover
6.3483.944 N192 (Airport Road)No left turn allowed from southbound
6.0993.790Bradco AvenueSouthbound access only; northbound access via U-turn slot under EDSA Flyover
5.8113.611Redemptorist RoadNorthbound access only
PasaySouth end of EDSA Flyover
5.2563.266 AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)End of AH26 overlap; route number change from N61 to N120
North end of EDSA Flyover
4.1912.604Arnaiz AvenueNorthbound access only; southbound access via U-turn slot under Buendia/Gil Puyat Flyover
South end of Gil Puyat Flyover
4.4692.777 N190 (Gil Puyat Avenue)
North end of Gil Puyat Flyover
Manila2.5811.604Pablo Ocampo Street / Pedro Bukaneg StreetNo left turn allowed from northbound and southbound
2.1211.318 N140 (Quirino Avenue)
2.3491.460San Andres StreetNorthbound access only
Remedios StreetNorthbound access only
1.0620.660Pedro Gil Street
Padre Faura StreetNorthbound access only
N156 (United Nations Avenue)
N155 (Kalaw Avenue) / South Drive
0.0000.000Kilometer zero (Kilometer count reverses)
0.2050.127 N150 (Padre Burgos Avenue) / Katigbak ParkwayNorthern terminus; continues north as AH 26 (N120) (Bonifacio Drive)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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