Quirino Highway
The Quirino Highway, formerly called the El Quirino Express Road or Ipo Road, is a four-to-eight lane, secondary highway that connects Quezon City to the municipality of Norzagaray in Bulacan, Philippines. The road is a designated as National Route 127 (N127) of the Philippine highway network within the city bounds of Quezon City, Radial Road 7 (R-7), and a spur of Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Metro Manila's arterial road network.
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Quirino Highway in Quezon City | ||||
Route information | ||||
Component highways |
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Major junctions | ||||
South end | E1 / AH26 (North Luzon Expressway) in Quezon City | |||
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North end | Villarama Road / Ipo Road in Norzagaray, Bulacan | |||
Location | ||||
Major cities | Quezon City, Caloocan, San Jose del Monte | |||
Towns | Norzagaray | |||
Highway system | ||||
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History
Although originally named as the Manila-del Monte Garay Road, it was later changed to the Don Tomas Susano Road, after the first officially recognized political leader of the district, during the American Occupation of the Philippines. The name changed once more to Quirino Highway, right after the death of Philippine President Elpidio Quirino (1890-1956), who had lived in a nearby retreat house and died in the same residence.
Route description
Quirino Highway starts from the North Luzon Expressway, near the Balintawak Cloverleaf in Quezon City. It then passes through the northwestern part of Quezon City, where the highway turns right at the Novaliches proper, areas of Amparo and Tala in Caloocan, San Jose del Monte, and ends at the roundabout with Villarama Road and Ipo Road in Bigte, Norzagaray, Bulacan. It is also the alternate route for going to Baliuag and up to Cagayan Valley via Cagayan Valley Road.
Intersections
Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero.
Province | City/Municipality | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Quezon City | 10 | 6.2 | E1 / AH26 (NLEX) – Manila | Novaliches Interchange. Southern terminus; access to NLEX southbound and West Service Road and entry from NLEX northbound. | |
N127 (East Service Road) | Northbound entrance and southbound exit | ||||
Santa Quiteria Street / Howmart Road | Access to Libis Baesa and Reparo, Caloocan | ||||
Mendez Road / Caroline Street | Access to Bahay Toro, Quezon City | ||||
Tandang Sora Avenue / Tullahan Road | Access to Santa Quiteria, Caloocan | ||||
N128 (Mindanao Avenue) | Access to C-5 and E5 (NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link) | ||||
Franco Street | Access to Sauyo | ||||
Pagkabuhay Street | Access to Bagbag Cemetery | ||||
P. Dela Cruz Street | Access to San Bartolome, Quezon City | ||||
N118 (General Luis Street) / Susano Road | Novaliches Proper; access to Valenzuela and Caloocan | ||||
N170 (Commonwealth Avenue) | Change from R-8 (spur) to R-7 | ||||
Susano Road | Access to Camarin and Bagong Silang in Caloocan | ||||
Belfast Avenue | Eastbound vehicles are shifted here as Quirino Highway becomes one-way westbound and access to Mindanao Avenue | ||||
Maligaya Street | Access to Camarin in Caloocan, Fairview Terraces, and Robinsons Novaliches | ||||
Regalado Highway | Shift from one-way westbound to two-way highway | ||||
Ascension Avenue | Access to Greater Lagro | ||||
Quezon City – Caloocan boundary | Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office–Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office highway boundary (Route change from N127 to unnumbered route) | ||||
Caloocan | Amparo Road | Access to Amparo | |||
Araneta Avenue | Access to Pangarap Village and Ciudad Real | ||||
28 | 17 | Malaria Road | Access to Tala, Caloocan | ||
Marilao River | 28.892– 29.928 | 17.953– 18.596 | Alat–San Jose Bridge | ||
Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | Santa Maria–Tungkong Mangga Road | |||
Skyline Road | |||||
Francisco Avenue | Access to Francisco Homes Subdivision | ||||
Kaypian Road | Access to Bulacan State University and San Jose del Monte city proper | ||||
Igay Road | Access to Rodriguez, Rizal | ||||
Del Monte Road | |||||
Dr. E. Roquero Avenue | Access to the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project | ||||
Norzagaray | Villarama Road / Ipo Road | Northern terminus; roundabout intersection | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Major roads in Metro Manila
References
- "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quirino Highway. |