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highways: R-7 R-7 Town Norzagaray | Towns: Norzagaray | |
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South end: North Luzon Expressway, Quezon City North end: Brgy. Bigte, Norzagaray, Bulacan Major cities Quezon City, San Jose del Monte, Caloocan | ||
Quirino Highway, formerly called the Manila-del Monte Garay Road or Ipo Road, is a highway located in Quezon City, Philippines which spans from 4 to 8 lanes. It is one of the major roads in Metro Manila and is part of Radial Road 7 (R-7).
Contents
- Map of Quirino Hwy San Jose del Monte City Bulacan Philippines
- Shopping centers
- Other buildings and structures
- Future MRT line
- Linking to Commonwealth Avenue
- References
Map of Quirino Hwy, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan, Philippines
The highway starts from Norzagaray, Bulacan and passes through the areas of San Jose del Monte, Malaria, Pangarap, and Lagro in Caloocan, Novaliches, C-5 Road, Tandang Sora and ends Balintawak Cloverleaf in North Luzon Expressway in Quezon City. It is also the alternate route for going to Baliuag and up to Cagayan Valley via Cagayan Valley Road.
Shopping centers
Currently there are a few shopping centers spanning the highway, the famous mall in the avenue is the SM City Fairview, Robinsons Novaliches (formerly Robinsons Place Novaliches and Robinsons Nova Market), and Ayala Fairview Terraces where it services people along Novaliches, Caloocan and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan areas. Also there are malls serving the Novaliches area namely Novaliches Plaza Mall NovaMall in short, and the SM City Novaliches at Brgy. San Bartolome and Starmall San Jose Del Monte and SM City San Jose Del Monte serving the SJDM Area.
Other buildings and structures
There are a lot of schools located along the highway. Among these are the Our Lady of Fatima University - Quezon City campus, Mater Carmeli School - Novaliches campus, The School of St Anthony-Lagro and the Main Campus of the Local University of Quezon City, the Quezon City Polytechnic University - San Bartolome, and Bestlink College of the Philippines - Kaligayahan.
There are also wet and dry markets located along the road like the Novaliches Bayan in Barangay Novaliches Proper and the Tungkong Mangga Market in the San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Also along the La Mesa Watershed Gate area is the La Mesa Dam which supplies water to Metro Manila. The offices, studios and transmitter of TV5 also lies along the highway but before the end of 2013, the main headquarters of the network moved to its new compound TV5 Media Center at the junction of Sheridan and Reliance Streets in Mandaluyong City.
Affordable priced salons also line the road of Quirino Highway. One of which is Fab Forever Salon, near Novaliches Bayan.
Future MRT line
Currently there are no train lines in Quirino Highway, but plans to build one along the highway are there. The MRT-7 is expected to begin construction by 2013. This will also help decongest the highway from further traffic.
Three of the line's proposed stations will lie on the highway. They are Quirino, Sacred Heart, and Tala.
Linking to Commonwealth Avenue
On October 1, 2009, Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. announce 15-year-old dream to link Commonwealth Avenue and Quirino Highway at the cost of P20 million to P140 million, near at Zabarte Road and Metro Manila Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. The project was completed in May 2011 and was already operational to private vehicles.