North Bay Boulevard

North Bay Boulevard is a 2.34-kilometer-long (1.45 mi) two- to four-lane access road in the Navotas Fish Port Complex of northern Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of the main roads in Navotas which travels north-south through the southern parts of the city running parallel to Radial Road 10 (R-10) to the west. The road links the Balut area of Tondo in Manila and San Rafael Village in the south to the central Navotas barangay of Bagumbayan South in the north. It was named after its location in Manila Bay north of the Manila North Harbor complex.

North Bay Boulevard
View of North Bay Boulevard south towards Tondo
Maintained byDepartment of Public Works and Highways - Malabon-Navotas District Engineering Office
Length2.34 km[1] (1.45 mi)
LocationNavotas
North endC-4 Road and Mariano Naval Street in Bagumbayan South & Bagumbayan North
Major
junctions		Lapu-Lapu Avenue
Circumferential Road 3 (C-3)
South endHonorio Lopez Boulevard in San Rafael Village

History

The road was built on an artificial island called the Navotas Fish Port Complex, the biggest and oldest fish port in the Philippines which was reclaimed in 1977 during the Marcos administration.[2] The island is bounded on the north by the Bangkulasi Channel, on the east by the Malabon Channel, on the south by Estero de Sunog Apog (Sunog Apog Creek), and on the west by Manila Bay. The 47.5-hectare (117-acre) land became a resettlement site for many urban poor families from Tondo and is now administratively divided into three barangays namely, Bangkulasi, Northbay Boulevard North and Northbay Boulevard South, the city's largest with a population in 2010 of 68,375.[3]

Route description

North Bay Boulevard is the continuation of Honorio Lopez Boulevard in Balut, Tondo and San Rafael Village. From the Balut–Navotas Bridge south over the Estero de Sunog Apog, it travels northwest and upon crossing Circumferential Road 3 (C-3), it curves north-northwest and continues in that direction until it reaches Pescador II Street in Bangkulasi village. Between C-3 Road and Pescador II Street, the road serves as the boundary between the villages of Northbay Blvd. North and Northbay Blvd. South. The road continues for a few hundred meters through Bangkulasi until it terminates at the Bagumbayan Bridge over the Bangkulasi Channel.

North of the Bangkulasi Channel, the road continues as Mariano Naval Street which heads to San Jose (poblacion) and through the remaining parts of northern Navotas.

A notable site along the boulevard is the Navotas Agora Complex, a popular marketplace. The road is also the location of many shipping line warehouses, including those of Sulpicio Lines and Solid Shipping Lines Corp.

References
  1. "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. "Navotas fishport to be modernized, worth P2.7B". Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. "City of Navotas". National Statistical Coordination Board. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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