Radial Road 9

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R-9
Radial Road 9
Rizal Avenue Manila 2021jwilz.jpg
Rizal Avenue as seen from Gonzalo Puyat Street intersection, part of the R-9 Road
Route information
Length228.0 km (141.7 mi)
Component
highways
Major junctions
South end Pasig River in the City of Manila
North endN54 (Philippines).svg N54 (Kennon Road) in Rosario, La Union
Location
Country Philippines
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

Radial Road 9, more commonly referred to as R-9, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the ninth radial road of Manila in the Philippines. [1] It is the westernmost of the radial roads north of the Pasig River that actually lead to the provinces. The road links the City of Manila with Caloocan, Malabon and Valenzuela in the north, leading out of Metro Manila into the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union.

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Route

The road consists of the following segments:

Rizal Avenue

Between the Pasig River front of the district of Santa Cruz and the Monumento Roundabout at the intersection with Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Caloocan, R-9 is known as Rizal Avenue. It runs underneath the LRT Line 1 (Line 1).

MacArthur Highway

MacArthur Highway in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. FvfPangasinan9639 17.JPG
MacArthur Highway in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan.

R-9 becomes the MacArthur Highway after crossing the intersection of EDSA and Samson Road at the Monumento Roundabout. It connects South Caloocan with Malabon and Valenzuela running parallel to the North Luzon Expressway (R-8) to the east. The highway crosses into the Central Luzon provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union, where it is also known as the Manila North Road. The R-9 segment of the road terminates at the junction with Kennon Road in Rosario.

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References

  1. "Metro Manila Infrastructure Development" (PDF). University of the Philippines Diliman. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2015.