NLEX Harbor Link | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NLEX Corporation | ||||
Length | 24.85 km (15.44 mi) Segment 8.1 (Mindanao Avenue Link) – 2.7 km (1.7 mi) Segment 9 (Karuhatan Link) – 2.4 km (1.5 mi) Segment 10 (Harbor Link) – 8.25 km (5.13 mi) (including C-3–R-10 section) Segment 8.2 (C-5 Link) – 11.5 km (7.1 mi) (construction pending) | |||
Existed | 2010–present | |||
Component highways | ||||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | AH 26 (N120) (Radial Road 10) in Navotas | |||
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East end | N128 (Mindanao Avenue) in Valenzuela Future: N129 (Katipunan Avenue) / C.P. Garcia Avenue in Quezon City | |||
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Country | Philippines | |||
Major cities | Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Quezon City, Valenzuela | |||
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NLEX Harbor Link (North Luzon Expressway Harbor Link) forms part of the Philippine expressway network. [1] [2] It runs from Congressional Avenue and Luzon Avenue, both components of Circumferential Road 5, in Quezon City to Radial Road 10 in Navotas, linking the North Luzon Expressway to the Port of Manila. Currently, its segment from Mindanao Avenue in Valenzuela to Navotas is operational.
Construction of NLEX Segment 8.1 (Mindanao Avenue Link), the first segment of the Harbor Link project, broke ground on April 2, 2009, [3] with actual construction work beginning on April 21, 2009. [4] It was then opened on June 5, 2010. [5] The spur road became part of the C-5 Road North Extension and is built to provide another entry point to the expressway from Metro Manila and decongest Balintawak Interchange. [6]
In 2013–2014, the construction of NLEX Segments 9 (Karuhatan Link) and 10 (Harbor Link) broke ground. [7] [8] On March 18, 2015, NLEX Segment 9 was opened, providing continuation to Segment 8.1 that runs from the western side of the Harbor Link Interchange to MacArthur Highway in Karuhatan, Valenzuela.
On February 28, 2019, the main stretch of NLEX Segment 10 from MacArthur Highway to C-3 Road in Caloocan was inaugurated and opened to traffic. [9] [10] However, this section of NLEX Segment 10 was supposed to be operational in December 2016, [11] but was delayed repeatedly due to right of way issues and delayed ROW acquisition. On February 21, 2020, its C-3–R-10 section was partially opened up to its Malabon (Dagat-Dagatan) exit ramp. [12] On June 15, its remaining section up to Radial Road 10 was finally opened. [13] This section was originally expected to open in March 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NLEX Harbor Link Project is the extension of the North Luzon Expressway that runs currently from Mindanao Avenue in Valenzuela at the east to Radial Road 10 in Navotas at the west, where an access to the Port of Manila is found. It aims to connect with Port of Manila, while improving cargo movement between NLEX and Radial Road 10. It is divided into four segments, namely: Segment 8.1 (Mindanao Avenue Link), 8.2 (C-5 Link / Citi Link), 9 (Karuhatan Link), and 10 (Harbor Link). [2] It forms part of the expressway's open section. Both Segments 8.1 and 9 are components of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) of Manila's arterial road network.
NLEX Segment 8.1 (Mindanao Avenue Link) is a four-lane, 2.7-kilometer (1.7 mi) expressway that runs from the Harbor Link Interchange to Mindanao Avenue in Valenzuela. Lying on the ground level east of the interchange, it begins at the intersection with Mindanao Avenue in Barangay Ugong and then approaches the Mindanao toll plazas, widening to 6 lanes serving only westbound traffics. It terminates at the Harbor Link Interchange with NLEX Main and continues to the west as Segment 9 (Karuhatan Link).
NLEX Segment 9 (Karuhatan Link) is a four-lane, 2.4-kilometer (1.5 mi) expressway that runs from Harbor Link Interchange to MacArthur Highway in Karuhatan, Valenzuela. It is the first segment of the NLEX Harbor Link project. [14] It begins at the Harbor Link Interchange with NLEX Main, picking-up from where Segment 8.1 (Mindanao Avenue Link) left off. Lying on the ground level west of the interchange, it then traverses Barangays Gen. T. De Leon, Parada, and Maysan, where two exits towards the first two barangays, respectively, are found. It then enters Barangay Karuhatan, where it approaches the Karuhatan toll plaza, widening to 6 lanes serving only eastbound vehicles, and Segment 10 (Harbor Link) and finally terminates at MacArthur Highway.
NLEX Segment 10 (Harbor Link), the second phase of the NLEX Harbor Link project, is a four-lane, 5.65-kilometer (3.51 mi) fully elevated expressway which connects with the Karuhatan Link (Segment 9) in Valenzuela to C-3 Road in Caloocan, where two ramps carry it to the west for another 2.6 kilometers (1.6 mi) up to Radial Road 10 (R-10) in Navotas. [14] It begins at Karuhatan Exit with Segment 9 (Karuhatan Link) and MacArthur Highway. The section near the northern terminus traverses an industrial and residential area, which necessitated the demolition of numerous houses, buildings, and warehouses. It soon follows the railway right-of-way where it rises up to as high as 19 meters (62 ft) to provide necessary ground clearance for the viaduct carrying the future Manila–Clark Railway of the Philippine National Railways (PNR). It then crosses Tullahan River, where it enters Malabon. It then enters Caloocan, where past Samson Road and the PNR rolling stock shops in Caloocan, it shifts east of the railway's right of way, which also necessitated the demolition of a wet market. An exit to C-3 Road could then be found before meeting the Caloocan Interchange, where the expressway veers west as the C3–R10 spur alignment with connection to the under-construction NLEX Connector (NLEX-SLEX Connector Road) that would lead southwards to Manila. The 2.6-kilometer (1.6 mi) C3–R10 section runs above C-3 Road, where a westbound exit ramp towards Dagat-Dagatan Avenue could be found. It then crosses the Navotas River and enters Navotas, where it veers southeast towards R-10 and ends at the Navotas Interchange, which provides access to the Port of Manila via Mel Lopez Boulevard.
At the Navotas Interchange, the expressway has a possible future connection to the proposed NLEX–CAVITEX Port Expressway Link or Harbor Link Port Access Mobility Facility towards Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) or Anda Circle, respectively. [15] [16]
NLEX Segment 8.2, also named NLEX C-5 Link and NLEX Citi Link, [14] [17] will be an 11.5-kilometer (7.1 mi) segment part of the NLEX Harbor Link Project that will connect the existing NLEX Segment 8.1 (Mindanao Avenue Link) to Katipunan Avenue, a part of C-5. It is divided into two sections: the 8.30-kilometer (5.16 mi) Section 1 from Mindanao Avenue to Luzon Avenue and the 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi) Section 2 from Luzon Avenue to C.P. Garcia Avenue. [2] [18] [19] The planned segment will at first run parallel to Republic Avenue before making a southward turn to Luzon Avenue after which it will then cross to Commonwealth Avenue and end at the intersection of C.P. Garcia and Katipunan Avenues. [14] The segment will include five interchanges at Mindanao Avenue, Quirino Highway, Regalado Avenue, Congressional and Luzon Avenues, and Katipunan and C.P. Garcia Avenues, with three local road crossings at Sauyo Road, Chestnut Avenue, and Commonwealth Avenue. [20] [21]
The project implementation has been delayed for years due to right of way issues, [22] [23] as it will affect informal settlers in 8 barangays of Quezon City. [24] Construction of the expressway segment's 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) Section 1A between Mindanao Avenue and Quirino Highway is set to commence in September 2021. [25]
This entire route is located in Metro Manila. Exit numbers are numbered by kilometer posts. The kilometer count, which would be shown here in its approximate values, increments east and west of Harbor Link Interchange as it branches off NLEX Main, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer 0.
Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Quezon City | C.P. Garcia | N129 (Katipunan Avenue) / C.P. Garcia Avenue | Future eastern terminus; [18] C-5 segment of NLEX Harbor Link will start here. Possible link to the proposed C-5 Expressway | ||||
Congressional | N129 (Congressional Avenue Extension, Luzon Avenue) | ||||||
Regalado [26] | Regalado Avenue | ||||||
Quirino Highway | N127 (Quirino Highway) | ||||||
Valenzuela | 15.9 | 9.9 | Mindanao Avenue | N128 (Mindanao Avenue) – Quezon City | Current eastern terminus; C-5 segment of NLEX Harbor Link currently starts here. | ||
15.39 | 9.56 | Mindanao Toll Plaza (westbound only) | |||||
15.29 | 9.50 | Mindanao Toll Plaza expansion (westbound only; exclusively for Class 1) | |||||
13 | 8.1 | Harbor Link Interchange | AH 26 (E1) (NLEX Main) – Balintawak, Tarlac | Cloverleaf interchange with collector lanes; former western terminus (2010-2015) | |||
14.71 | 9.14 | Parada | Parada, Maysan | Westbound exit only | |||
15.00 | 9.32 | Gen. T. De Leon | Gen. T. de Leon | Eastbound exit only | |||
16.15 | 10.04 | Karuhatan Toll Plaza (eastbound only) | |||||
16.2– 17.5 | 10.1– 10.9 | Karuhatan | N1 (MacArthur Highway) – Karuhatan | Diamond interchange. C-5 segment of NLEX Harbor Link ends here. Former western terminus (2015-2019) | |||
Malabon | No major junctions | ||||||
Caloocan | C-3 Road | N130 (C-3 Road) – Caloocan | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; Former western terminus (2019-2020) | ||||
Caloocan Interchange | NLEX Connector | Directional T interchange; veers west to C3–R10 section | |||||
Malabon (Dagat-Dagatan) | Dagat-Dagatan Avenue – Caloocan, Malabon | Westbound exit and future eastbound entrance [27] | |||||
Navotas | AH 26 (N120) (R-10) – Navotas Fish Port Complex | Future westbound exit and eastbound entrance, access to NALEX (Northern Access Link Expressway) [28] | |||||
Navotas Interchange (C-3–R-10 Ramp) [28] | AH 26 (N120) (R-10) – Port of Manila | Western terminus, future connection to Southern Access Link Expressway, NLEX–CAVITEX Port Expressway Link or Harbor Link Port Access Mobility Facility | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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