Manila East Road | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways | |
Length | 100.104 km [1] (62.202 mi) |
Component highways | |
Major junctions | |
North end | N60 (Ortigas Avenue) / Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue in Pasig |
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South end | N66 (Calamba–Pagsanjan Road) / N603 (Pagsanjan–Lucban Road) in Pagsanjan, Laguna |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Provinces | Rizal and Laguna |
Major cities | Pasig |
Towns | Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Pagsanjan |
Highway system | |
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The Manila East Road, also known as National Road and National Highway, is a two-to-four lane primary and secondary highway connecting Metro Manila to the provinces of Rizal and Laguna in the Philippines. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Since 2014, the entire road is a part of the series of national highways by the Department of Public Works and Highways. It is a component of National Route 60 from Pasig to Cainta, National Route 601 (N601) from Cainta to Famy, while the segment from Famy to Pagsanjan is a component of National Route 602 (N602).
Manila East Road starts in barangay Rosario, Pasig as Ortigas Avenue at its intersection with Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue. It then enters the province of Rizal at Cainta, where it turns south at Cainta Junction towards the poblacion. It enters Taytay, where it meets Taytay Diversion Road near the marketplace. It will then follow a route that circumscribes Laguna de Bay, passing through the municipalities of Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and Pililla in Rizal and Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, and Pagsanjan in Laguna. [1]
Manila East Road is also known as National Road or National Highway. Its section from Rosario, Pasig to Cainta Junction is also known as Rosario–Cainta Road and a part of Ortigas Avenue Extension, while its section from Tanay to Pililla is also known as Tanay–Pililla Road. [6] Its section designated as N602, from Famy to Pagsanjan, forms part of Calamba–Santa Cruz–Famy Junction Road.
The highway is also locally known as the following within respective poblacion s: [1]
The highway used to start in or near Manila and took the present-day alignment of J.P. Rizal Avenue in Makati (formerly part of Rizal), branching off from Santa Ana, Manila, [7] [8] and later the present-day alignments of P. Sanchez Street in Santa Mesa and Shaw Boulevard. [9] It was also designated as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of Manila with the provinces of Rizal and Laguna to the east, especially during the American colonial era. [10] [11]
Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Pasig | N60 (Ortigas Avenue) / Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue / ROTC Street — Mandaluyong, Quezon City, San Juan | Terminus. Continues westward as N60 (Ortigas Avenue). | |||
Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Avenue — Manggahan, Circulo Verde, Santolan | Right-in, right out. Left turns via U-turn slots. Alternate access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway). | ||||
Cipriano Raymundo Avenue — Maybunga, Bagong Ilog | Eastbound side only. | ||||
Rizal | Cainta | N60 (Ortigas Avenue Extension) / Felix Avenue – Taytay, Marikina, Antipolo | Cainta Crossing. Traffic light intersection. Alternate access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway). Road designation changes to N601 and follows Bonifacio Avenue into Taytay. | ||
Taytay | Gen. Artemio Ricarte Street / Rizal Avenue | Access to Ortigas Avenue Extension. | |||
Pulumbarit Street | Access to Kaytikling Junction via Leonard Wood Street. | ||||
P. Ocampo Street | Access to Highway 2000 leading to Taguig & Pasig. | ||||
Taytay Market Road — Taguig, Pasig | Two one-way roads around the New Taytay Public Market. Access to Taguig & Pasig via Highway 2000 & Circumferential Road 6. | ||||
Taytay Diversion Road — Antipolo | South end of diversion road. | ||||
Angono | Angono Diversion Road / Don Mariano Santos Avenue (DOMSA) | Northern end of diversion road. Access to Mahabang Parang in Angono and alternate access to Antipolo via DOMSA. | |||
Don Mariano Santos Avenue | |||||
Colonel Guido Street | Access to Mahabang Parang & Angono poblacion. | ||||
Angono Diversion Road | Southern end of diversion road. | ||||
Binangonan | Quarry Road | Internal road leading to Barangays Pantok & Palangoy and Mahabang Parang in Angono. | |||
Binangonan–Angono–Taytay Coastal Road | Under construction. | ||||
Binangonan Diversion Road | Western end of diversion road. | ||||
Osmeña Street / Baltazar Street | Continues through the town as Baltazar Street. | ||||
J.P. Rizal Avenue | |||||
Binangonan Diversion Road | Eastern end of diversion road. | ||||
Cardona | Cardona Diversion Road | South end of the diversion road. | |||
Rizal Street / San Pedro Street / Pasay Street | Cardona poblacion. All roads are one-way segments due to the width of the road. | ||||
Cardona Diversion Road | North end of the diversion road. | ||||
Morong | Corazon C. Aquino Avenue — Antipolo, Teresa | Eastern end of Corazon Aquino Avenue. | |||
Sagbat–Pililla Diversion Road — Baras, Tanay, Pililla | Western end of diversion road. Road continues as T. Claudio Street. | ||||
H. Raymundo Street | Brgy. Lagundi internal road leading to Pinugay in Baras. Road continues into Baras poblacion as J.P. Rizal Avenue. | ||||
Baras | Bayani–Ferrera Road (Alejo Street) | Internal road leading to Brgy. Pinugay in Baras. | |||
Tanay | Tanay–Sampaloc Road — Tanay, Santa Maria | Tanay poblacion. Access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway). | |||
Pililla | Sagbat–Pililla Diversion Road — Tanay, Pililla | Pililla poblacion. Eastern end of diversion road. | |||
Pililla–Jala-Jala–Pakil Road | Access to the municipalities of Jalajala and Pakil. | ||||
Laguna | Mabitac | J.P. Rizal Street — Mabitac, Santa Maria | Northbound leads to Santa Maria poblacion; southbound to Mabitac poblacion. | ||
Santa Maria Diversion Road — Real, Infanta | Access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway). | ||||
Famy | N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road) – Siniloan, Real, Infanta | Road designation changes to N602. | |||
Siniloan | Q. Dela Rosa Street | Access to Siniloan poblacion. | |||
Pakil | Pakil–Pangil–Mabitac Road — Siniloan, Pakil | ||||
Tavera Street — Pakil, Paete | |||||
Paete | J.V. Quesada Street | Paete poblacion internal road. | |||
J.P. Rizal Street | |||||
Kalayaan | Longos–San Antonio Road | Internal road leading to Brgy. San Antonio in Kalayaan. | |||
Kalayaan Poblacion Road | Road to Brgy. San Juan (Kalayaan poblacion). | ||||
Lumban | Lagumbay Road | Internal road to Lumban poblacion. | |||
Lumban–Caliraya–Cavinti Road — Lake Caliraya, Lumot Lake, Cavinti | |||||
Pagsanjan | N66 (Calamba–Pagsanjan Road) / N603 (Pagsanjan–Lucban Road) – Calamba, Batangas, Quezon | Terminus. Pagsanjan segment locally known as General Taino Street. | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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