This list of roads in Metro Manila summarizes the major thoroughfares and the numbering system currently being implemented in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Metro Manila's major road network comprises six circumferential roads and ten radial roads connecting the cities of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Manila, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Pasig, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, and Valenzuela, and the municipality of Pateros.
Route classification This list only covers roads that are listed on the Department of Public Works and Highways's Infrastructure Atlas, as well as the previous circumferential and radial road system prior to 2014, and other notable roads in the metro. These road classifications are defined as follows: National Primary Roads – Contiguous road sections extending that connect major cities. Primary roads make up the main trunk line or backbone of the national road system. National secondary roads – Roads that directly connect major ports, major ferry terminals, major airports, tourist service centers, and major government infrastructure to national primary roads.
Both primary and secondary roads may be designated as bypass or diversion roads, which divert through traffic away from city or municipal business centers with affirmative feasibility studies, or roads that would connect or fill the gap between adjoining national roads.
National tertiary roads – Other existing roads under the Department of Public Works and Highways that perform a local function.
Any roads not classified as national primary, national secondary, or national tertiary may be classified as follows:
Expressways – Controlled-access highways or limited-access roads, normally with interchanges that may include facilities for levying tolls for passage in an open or closed system. Provincial roads – Roads that connect barangays through rural areas, major provincial government infrastructure, and/or cities and municipalities without traversing any national roads. Municipal and city roads – Roads within a poblacion or roads that connect provincial and national roads or provide inter-barangay connections to major municipal and city infrastructure without traversing provincial roads Barangay roads – Any other public roads within a barangay not covered by other classifications.
Additional classifications are unclassified roads, road not yet given official classification, and private roads, roads that are maintained by private entities and may have access restrictions.
Numbered routes Circumferential and radial roads
The first road numbering system in the Philippines was adapted in 1940 by the administration of President Manuel Quezon, and was very much similar to U.S. Highway numbering system. Portions of it are 70 roads labeled Highway 1 to Highway 60. Some parts of the numbering system are Admiral Dewey Boulevard (Highway 1), Calle Manila (Highway 50) and 19 de Junio (Highway 54).
In 1945, the Metropolitan Thoroughfare Plan was submitted by Quezon City planners Louis Croft and Antonio Kayanan which proposed the laying of 10 radial roads, which purposes in conveying traffic in and out of the city of Manila to the surrounding cities and provinces, and the completion of six Circumferential Roads, that will act as beltways of the city, forming altogether a web-like arterial road system. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is the government agency that deals with these projects.
The road numbering for radial roads are R-1 up to R-10. The radial roads never intersect one another and they do not intersect circumferential roads twice; hence they continue straight routes leading out from the city of Manila to the provinces. The numbering is arranged in a counter-clockwise pattern, wherein the southernmost is R-1 and the northernmost is R-10. Circumferential roads are numbered C-1 to C-6, the innermost beltway is C-1, while the outermost is C-6.
Radial roads There are ten radial roads that serves the purpose of conveying traffic in and out of the city of Manila to the surrounding cities of the metropolis and to the provinces, numbered in a counter clockwise pattern. All radial roads starts at Kilometer Zero, demarked by a marble marker across from the Rizal Monument in Rizal Park along Roxas Boulevard.
Radial roads of Metro Manila Name Image Route Major cities Component highways Length Radial Road 1 Manila–Parañaque Bonifacio Drive Roxas Boulevard Radial Road 1 connects the City of Manila to the province of Cavite, officially starting at Bonifacio Drive after Anda Circle. The road skirts the coastline of Manila Bay entering Roxas Boulevard and reaching its southern terminus after crossing NAIA Road, as the Manila–Cavite Expressway (E3). from Rizal Park to Parañaque. Radial Road 2 Manila–Parañaque Taft Avenue The road lies parallel to Radial Road 1, connecting the City of Manila to Cavite and Batangas. The road starts from the Lagusnilad Underpass in front of the National Museum in Ermita. The road, as Taft Avenue, will follow a straight route, and ends at the junction with Redemptorist Road, Harrison Street, and Elpidio Quirino Avenue. Radial Road 3 Manila–Muntinlupa Osmeña Highway South Luzon Expressway The entire road is an expressway, except for its northern end starting from its junction with Sales Interchange. It is jointly operated by the Skyway Operation and Management Corporation (SomCo) and the Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC). Although the kilometer zero of the road is at Rizal Park, the road officially starts from the junction of South Luzon Expressway and Quirino Avenue. The road will follow a straight route starting from Paco, Manila and R-3 ends at the Muntinlupa-San Pedro boundary. Radial Road 4 Manila–Taguig Tejeron Street Jose P. Rizal Avenue The road starts from the junction of Pedro Gil Street in Santa Ana, Manila, and it enters Makati after passing Tejeron Street before ending in Pateros bridge in Pateros–Taguig boundary. Radial Road 5 Pasig–Quezon City Ortigas Avenue Radial Road 5 starts at the intersection of EDSA and follows the alignment of Ortigas Avenue, and then ends at the Pasig–Cainta boundary. Radial Road 6 Manila–Marikina Legarda Street Magsaysay Boulevard Aurora Boulevard Marikina–Infanta Highway Marcos Highway, Retrieved June 2012 Radial Road 6 starts from the junction of Mendiola Street, Recto Avenue, and Legarda Street. The road will serve as an important thoroughfare in Santa Mesa, Manila, and enters Quezon City before crossing G. Araneta Avenue to become Aurora Boulevard. The boulevard then enters the city of San Juan and the districts of New Manila and Cubao in Quezon City and serves as the main thoroughfare in Araneta Center. The road becomes Marikina–Infanta Highway (Marcos Highway) after crossing Katipunan Avenue. The highway then passes through the cities of Marikina then in Pasig. R-6 ends at the Marikina–Cainta boundary. Radial Road 7 Manila–Quezon City Lerma Street España Boulevard Quezon Avenue Elliptical Road Commonwealth Avenue Radial Road 7 starts from Sampaloc, Manila. The road follows a direct route towards Quezon City. After crossing the Quezon City Memorial Circle, it becomes Commonwealth Avenue, the widest road in the Philippines. It ends at an intersection with Quirino Highway. Radial Road 8 Manila–Quezon City Quezon Boulevard Andalucia Street Dimasalang Street Andres Bonifacio Avenue Quirino Highway Marciano R. de Borja, Basques in the Philippines, University of Nevada Press, 2005, p. 132, accessed January 20, 2011 Radial Road 8 starts from Quezon Bridge in Quiapo, Manila. The road will follow a direct route northwards, becoming the North Luzon Expressway after crossing EDSA. The road turns in Quirino Highway and ends in Quezon City-north Caloocan boundary Radial Road 9 Manila–Valenzuela Rizal Avenue MacArthur Highway The Radial Road 9 consists of the northern portion of the Pan-Philippine Highway or AH-26.(R-2 takes the southern portion) The LRT Line 1 follows the route of R-9 from Manila to Monumento, Caloocan. R-9 starts as the Rizal Bridge from Padre Burgos Avenue. It follows a straight northward route parallel to R-8. The road becomes MacArthur Highway after crossing the Monumento Roundabout in Caloocan. The road officially ends at Valenzuela–Meycauayan boundary. Radial Road 10 Manila–Navotas Radial Road 10 Mel Lopez Boulevard The Radial Road 10 is currently a highway from Anda Circle in Manila to C-4 Road in Navotas.
Circumferential roads There are six circumferential roads around the City of Manila that acts as beltways for the city. The first two runs inside the City of Manila, while the next three runs outside the City of Manila. All are beltways around Intramuros.
Circumferential roads of Metro Manila Name Image Route Major cities Component highways Length Circumferential Road 1 Manila Recto Avenue Legarda Street Nepomuceno Street P. Casal Street Ayala Boulevard Finance Drive Padre Burgos Avenue Circumferential Road 1 or C-1 is a route that runs inside the Manila city proper, passing through the city districts of Tondo, San Nicolas, Binondo, Santa Cruz, Quiapo, Sampaloc, San Miguel, and Ermita. It starts from the North Port as Recto Avenue and becomes Legarda Street after crossing R-6. It then becomes Nepomuceno and P. Casal Streets in Quiapo. The road then crosses the Pasig River as Ayala Boulevard, which ends in Taft Avenue and enters Rizal Park as Finance Drive, which merges into the southern part of Padre Burgos Avenue, which ends in a junction with Roxas Boulevard. Circumferential Road 2 Manila Capulong Street Tayuman Street Lacson Avenue Nagtahan Street Quirino Avenue The C-2 Road starts from Tondo, Manila, passing through the Manila city districts of Santa Cruz, Sampaloc, Santa Mesa, Pandacan, Paco, and Malate. It starts from R-10 (Mel Lopez Boulevard) as Capulong Street, becomes Tayuman Street past Juan Luna Street, then continues on as Arsenio H. Lacson Avenue in Santa Cruz district and becomes Nagtahan Street past Nagtahan Interchange. It then crosses the Pasig River, then becomes President Quirino Avenue, which continues on until it reaches R-1 (Roxas Boulevard), passing through the Paco and Malate districts. Circumferential Road 3 Navotas–San Juan C-3 Road 5th Avenue Sergeant Rivera Avenue Gregorio Araneta Avenue The C-3 Road is a route that lies outside the City of Manila. It starts from Mel Lopez Boulevard as the C-3 Road in Navotas, and becomes 5th Avenue after entering Caloocan. It becomes Sgt. Rivera Avenue after crossing A. Bonifacio Avenue, and becomes G. Araneta Avenue after crossing Sto. Domingo Avenue in Quezon City. The road ends after entering San Juan at N. Domingo Street. Circumferential Road 4 Navotas–Pasay C-4 Road Samson Road Epifanio de los Santos Avenue The C-4 Road starts from Navotas. It becomes Paterio Aquino Avenue, then becomes Gen. San Miguel Street and then Samson Road after entering Caloocan. After crossing the Monumento Roundabout, C-4 becomes EDSA, a major thoroughfare in the metropolis. With 2.34 million vehicles and almost 314,354 cars passing through it and its segments every day, the road is also the busiest highway and most congested in the metropolis. C-4 ends at the intersection of Roxas Boulevard in Pasay. Circumferential Road 5 Valenzuela–Las Piñas NLEX Harbor Link Mindanao Avenue Congressional Avenue Luzon Avenue Tandang Sora Avenue Katipunan Avenue Bonny Serrano Avenue Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue Carlos P. Garcia Avenue