Quezon Boulevard


Quezon Boulevard is a short stretch of highway in Manila, Philippines running north–south through the district of Quiapo. It is a six- to ten-lane long divided boulevard designated as a component of National Route 170 of the Philippine highway network and Radial Road 8 of Manila's arterial road network which links the center of Manila to North Luzon Expressway in Quezon City in the north. The boulevard is the main access to the popular Quiapo Church and is one of the main thoroughfares of the University Belt area.

History

Quezon Boulevard was developed as part of a national road plan to connect the government center of Manila in Rizal Park to the proposed new capital on the Diliman estate. It was built in 1939 over the old Calle Regidor, which was widened by demolishing all the buildings and houses on its east side and eventually combined with the old Calle Martin Ocampo. It was also in 1939 when the old Puente Colgante, which connected the boulevard south over the Pasig River to Padre Burgos Avenue in Ermita, was replaced by the modern steel arch bridge, Quezon Bridge.
During Spanish colonial times, Calle Regidor was called Calle Santa Rosa, and Calle Martin Ocampo was Calle Concepcion. They were renamed in the early 1900s after La Solidaridad writer Antonio Maria Regidor and El Renacimiento and La Vanguardia editor Martin Ocampo, respectively. The new boulevard that replaced them was named after Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon.

Route description

Quezon Boulevard begins at the foot of Quezon Bridge by the riverside Quinta Market on Carlos Palanca Sr. Street as a continuation of Padre Burgos Avenue from Ermita and Intramuros. It intersects with Arlegui Street, which leads to San Miguel district and the Malacañang Palace complex, and Hidalgo Street which leads to San Sebastian Church, before arriving at Plaza Miranda and Quiapo Church, site of the annual Feast of the Black Nazarene. The boulevard then runs into a junction with Gonzalo Puyat Street which leads west to Santa Cruz Church in Santa Cruz, and heads for Sampaloc district at the intersection with Recto Avenue. It ends at the junction with Lerma Street where it continues as Alfonso Mendoza Street, which heads north to the San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park.

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