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 designated as National Route 127 (N127) of the Philippine highway network within the city bounds of Quezon City, Radial Road 7 (R-7),[1] and a spur of Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Metro Manila's arterial road network.

For the roads with similar names, see Quirino Avenue, Elpidio Quirino Avenue, Andaya Highway, and Naguilian Road.


R-7 R-8
Street sign used in Quezon City
Quirino Highway
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Quirino Highway in Quezon City
Route information
Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways
Component
highways
  • R-8 R-8 (spur) from NLEX to Commonwealth Avenue
  • R-7 R-7 from Commonwealth Avenue to Norzagaray
  • N127 in Quezon City
Major junctions
South end AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) in Quezon City
Major intersections
North endVillarama Road / Ipo Road in Norzagaray, Bulacan
Location
CountryPhilippines
Major citiesQuezon City, Caloocan, San Jose del Monte
TownsNorzagaray
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines
← N121→ N128

History

Prior to the construction of the Balintawak Interchange and North Diversion Road, it forms an old road that linked the city of Manila with Novaliches, previously called as the Manila-del Monte Garay Road, Manila-Novaliches Road,[2] Bonifacio-Manila Road,[3] Balintawak-Novaliches Road,[4] and Highway 52.[5][6][7] The portion of the road south of EDSA is presently known as A. Bonifacio Avenue. Circa 1955, the section of the highway from Novaliches to the Caloocan–San Jose del Monte boundary was called Novaliches-San Jose Road.[8]

It was later changed to the Don Tomas Susano Road, after the first officially recognized political leader of the district and municipal president of Caloocan 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 and died at a nearby retreat house in Quezon City. It was the historical reversed widening of a highway, to narrow down for public use.

Route description
Quirino Highway in Tungkong Mangga, San Jose del Monte

Quirino Highway starts from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, near the Balintawak Cloverleaf in Quezon City. It then runs shortly in parallel to North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) carrying one-way northbound traffic and turns northeast towards the northwestern part of Quezon City. It then meets the Old Novaliches and New Novaliches Flyovers, connecting it to NLEX. The highway turns right at the Novaliches proper, approaching the 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. Past the roundabout, it is continued by Ipo Road that leads to Ipo Dam.

The highway is also the alternate route for going to Baliwag 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. 

ProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Quezon City AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)Southern terminus; accessible from EDSA northbound
East Service RoadNorthbound entrance only
106.2 AH 26 (E1) / N160 (NLEX) – ManilaAccess to NLEX southbound and West Service Road and entry from NLEX northbound
Santa Quiteria Street / Howmart RoadAccess to Libis Baesa and Reparo, Caloocan
Mendez Road / Caroline StreetAccess to Bahay Toro, Quezon City
Tandang Sora Avenue / Tullahan RoadAccess to Santa Quiteria, Caloocan
N128 (Mindanao Avenue)Access to C-5 and E5 (NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link)
Franco StreetAccess to Sauyo
Pagkabuhay StreetAccess to Bagbag Cemetery
P. Dela Cruz StreetAccess to San Bartolome, Quezon City
N118 (General Luis Street) / Susano RoadNovaliches Proper; access to Valenzuela and Caloocan
N170 (Commonwealth Avenue)Change from R-8 (spur) to R-7
Zabarte RoadAccess to Camarin and Bagong Silang in Caloocan
Belfast AvenueEastbound vehicles are shifted here as Quirino Highway becomes one-way westbound and access to Mindanao Avenue
Maligaya StreetAccess to Camarin in Caloocan, Fairview Terraces, and Robinsons Novaliches
Regalado HighwayShift from one-way westbound to two-way highway
Ascension AvenueAccess to Greater Lagro
Quezon City – Caloocan boundaryQuezon City 1st District Engineering Office–Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office highway boundary
(Route change from N127 to unnumbered route)
CaloocanAmparo RoadAccess to Amparo
Araneta AvenueAccess to Pangarap Village and Ciudad Real
2817Malaria RoadAccess to Tala, Caloocan
Marilao River28.892–
29.928		17.953–
18.596		Alat–San Jose Bridge
BulacanSan Jose del MonteSanta Maria–Tungkong Mangga Road
Skyline Road
Francisco AvenueAccess to Francisco Homes Subdivision
Kaypian RoadAccess to Bulacan State University and San Jose del Monte city proper
Igay RoadAccess to Rodriguez, Rizal
Del Monte Road
Dr. E. Roquero AvenueAccess to the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project
NorzagarayVillarama Road / Ipo RoadNorthern terminus; roundabout intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. PHIMCOS (August 2020). "Occupation and Victory The Philippines in World War II". The Murillo Bulletin Special World War II Issue. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  3. Manila, Philippines map (Map). American Red Cross Service Bureau. August 1945.
  4. Executive Order No. 483 (November 6, 1951). Establishing the Classification of Roads. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  5. Tan, Michael L. (March 1, 2017). "Promises to keep". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  6. "Map of Manila including Kalookan (Caloocan), Grace Park and Grace Park Airfield". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  7. "Aerial view to the southwest overlooking Grace Park Airfield in northern Manila bordering Manila Bay". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  8. Executive Order No. 113 (May 2, 1955). Establishing the Classification of Roads. Retrieved September 23, 2021. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
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