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R-7 R-8
Street sign used in Quezon City Quirino Highway
The Barangay Talipapa, Quezon City Novaliches 22.jpgQuirino 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

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), and a spur of Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Metro Manila's arterial road network.

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, Bonifacio-Manila Road, Balintawak-Novaliches Road, and Highway 52. 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.

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, who had resided 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 Caloocan, with the under-construction MRT Line 7
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 Novaliches Proper, approaching the area of Fairview, where it becomes a one-way westbound highway between Belfast Street to Regalado Highway, adjacent to Robinsons Novaliches and SM City Fairview. Its length from there to Araneta Avenue in Pangarap Village, Caloocan is followed by the under-construction elevated MRT Line 7 line. The road ends its N127 designation as it enters north Caloocan. Crossing the Marilao River, it then enters the province of Bulacan at San Jose del Monte, straddling along the mountainous terrain, and ends at the roundabout with Villarama Road and Ipo Road in Bigte, Norzagaray. Past the roundabout, it is continued by Ipo Road that leads to Ipo Dam.

The highway is also the alternate route for motorists en route to Baliwag and up to Cagayan Valley via Cagayan Valley Road.

Intersections

Intersection of Quirino Highway and Mindanao Avenue

Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero. 

ProvinceCity/MunicipalitykmmiDestinationsNotes
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 Road — Reparo
Mendez Road / Caroline Street — Bahay Toro
Tandang Sora Avenue / Tullahan Road — Santa Quiteria, Bahay Toro, Culiat
N128 (Mindanao Avenue) – Kaybiga, Valenzuela, North TriangleAccess to C-5 and E5 (NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link)
King Alexander Street, Don Julio Gregorio Street (Sauyo Road) — Sauyo, Fairview, Novaliches Proper
E5 (NLEX Segment 8.2) – Valenzuela, Malabon, BulacanFuture Quirino Highway Interchange of NLEX Segment 8.2 (NLEX–C-5 / NLEX Citi Link)
Pagkabuhay StreetAccess to Bagbag Cemetery.
Pablo Dela Cruz Street — Novaliches Proper, San BartolomeAccess to Holy Cross Memorial Park.
Forest Hill Drive — Santa Monica, Fairview, Lagro
Sarmiento StreetTraffic light intersection. Vehicles approaching Novaliches Proper are not allowed to turn left.
N118 (General Luis Street) / Susano Road – Camarin, Caloocan, ValenzuelaNovaliches Proper.
F. Salvador Street — Fairview, Lagro, DilimanJordan Plains Subdivision Phase 1 & 2. A major backroad to Commonwealth Avenue before its extension to Quirino Highway.
N170 (Commonwealth Avenue) – Diliman, Quezon Memorial Circle, San MateoChange from R-8 (spur) to R-7.
Zabarte Road — Camarin, Bagong Silang
Belfast AvenueEastbound vehicles are shifted here as Quirino Highway becomes one-way westbound. Also accessible westbound. Provides access to Mindanao Avenue.
Maligaya Street — Camarin, Bagong SilangAccess to Fairview Terraces and Robinsons Novaliches.
Regalado HighwayShift from one-way westbound to two-way, four-lane highway.
Ascension Avenue — Greater Lagro
St. James StreetAccess to Sacred Heart Village in Caloocan.
Esperanza StreetAccess to Our Lady of Fatima University Quezon City.
La Mesa RoadControlled access road leading to La Mesa Dam and Reservoir.
Quezon City – Caloocan boundaryQuezon City 1st District Engineering Office–Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office highway boundary
(Route change from N127 to unnumbered route)
CaloocanMakabud Street — Amparo
Malanting Street — Amparo
Crispulo Street — Camarin, Amparo
Araneta AvenueAccess to Pangarap Village and Ciudad Real
2817Malaria Road — Tala
Marilao River28.892–
29.928		17.953–
18.596		Alat–San Jose Bridge
BulacanSan Jose del MonteSanta Maria–Tungkong Mangga Road — Santa Maria, Bocaue, Marilao
Skyline Road
Francisco AvenueAccess to Francisco Homes Subdivision
Kaypian RoadAccess to Bulacan State University and San Jose del Monte city proper
Igay Road — Rodriguez
Del Monte Road
Dr. Eduardo V. Roquero Sr. AvenueAccess to the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project
NorzagarayVillarama Road / Ipo Road — Norzagaray, AngatNorthern 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.
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