Quezon Boulevard

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Not to be confused with Quezon Avenue.
This article is about the road in the City of Manila. For the road in Davao City also named Quezon Boulevard, see N916 highway (Philippines).
Quezon Boulevard
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Looking south towards Quezon Bridge
Part of From Lerma to Quezon Bridge:
Namesake Manuel L. Quezon
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways - North Manila Engineering District Office[1]
Length 1.1 km (0.7 mi)
Location Manila
North end N170 (Lerma Street) / Alfonso Mendoza Street in Sampaloc and Santa Cruz
Major
junctions		 N145 (Recto Avenue)
South end Carlos Palanca Sr. Street in Quiapo

Quezon Boulevard is a short stretch of highway in Manila, Philippines running north–south through the district of Quiapo. It is a six- to ten-lane 1.1-kilometer-long (0.68 mi) divided boulevard designated as a component of National Route 170 (N170) of the Philippine highway network, except for its service roads,[2] and Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Manila's arterial road network which links the center of Manila to North Luzon Expressway in Quezon City in the north. The boulevard is the main access to the popular Quiapo Church and is one of the main thoroughfares of the University Belt area.

History[]

Quezon Boulevard was developed as part of a national road plan to connect the government center of Manila in Rizal Park to the proposed new capital on the Diliman estate. It was built in 1939 over the old Calle Regidor, which was widened by demolishing all the buildings and houses on its east side and eventually combined with the old Calle Martin Ocampo.[3] It was also in 1939 when the old Puente Colgante, which connected the boulevard south over the Pasig River to Padre Burgos Avenue in Ermita, was replaced by the modern steel arch bridge, Quezon Bridge. Its northern extension is now called España Boulevard and Quezon Avenue, respectively.[4][5]

During Spanish colonial times, Calle Regidor was called Calle Santa Rosa, and Calle Martin Ocampo was Calle Concepcion. They were renamed in the early 1900s after La Solidaridad writer Antonio Maria Regidor and El Renacimiento and La Vanguardia editor Martin Ocampo, respectively. The new boulevard that replaced them was named after Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon.

Route description[]

Quezon Boulevard north of Recto Avenue
Quezon Boulevard south of Recto Avenue

Quezon Boulevard begins on Carlos Palanca Sr. Street (formerly Calle Echague), by the riverside Quinta Market, as a continuation of Padre Burgos Avenue from Ermita and Intramuros from Quezon Bridge. It intersects with Arlegui Street, which leads to San Miguel district and the Malacañang Palace complex, and Hidalgo Street (former Calle San Sebastian) which leads to San Sebastian Church, before arriving at Plaza Miranda and Quiapo Church, site of the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. The boulevard then runs into a junction with Gonzalo Puyat Street (former Calle Raon), which cuts through the commercial area of Quiapo towards Santa Cruz, and heads for Sampaloc district at the intersection with Recto Avenue. It ends at the junction with Lerma Street where it continues as Alfonso Mendoza Street (formerly Calle Andalucía), which heads north to the San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park.

Intersections[]

The entire route will be located in Manila. Rizal Park is designated as kilometer zero. 

km[2]miDestinationsNotes
N170 (Lerma Street) / Alfonso Mendoza StreetNorthern terminus; continues north as Alfonso Mendoza Street
N145 (Recto Avenue)Diamond interchange; no left turn towards Recto Avenue
31.9Buenviaje StreetNorthbound access only via service road to Recto Avenue
Soler ExtensionNorthbound access only
Porvenir StreetSouthbound access only
Esperanza StreetSouthbound access only
De la Fe StreetSouthbound access only
Gonzalo Puyat StreetNo access from opposite directions; one-way southbound entrance
Paterno StreetSouthbound access only
Escaldo StreetNorthbound access only
Hidalgo StreetNo access from opposite directions; Plaza Miranda on the west
North end of Quezon Bridge
(Route number changes from N170 to unnumbered)[2]
Arlegui StreetNorthbound access only
Norzagaray StreetNorthbound exit only
Globo de Oro StreetOne-way entrance
Carlos Palanca Sr. StreetSouthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Route transition

Landmarks[]

Quinta Market and Quezon Bridge

From north to south:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "North Manila". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Manila Extramuros" (PDF). Philippine Institute for Development Studies. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ^ Batas Pambansa blg. 685 (7 March 1984), An Act Renaming Timog Avenue and East Avenue as Carlos P. Garcia Avenue, retrieved November 8, 2021
  5. ^ Table and Pocket Map Guide City of Manila (Map). J.M. Azucena Publishing. 1960. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

Coordinates: 14°36′11″N 120°59′5″E / 14.60306°N 120.98472°E / 14.60306; 120.98472

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