Elpidio Quirino Avenue

Coordinates: 14°29′58″N 120°59′27″E / 14.49944°N 120.99083°E / 14.49944; 120.99083
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Elpidio Quirino Avenue

R-2
Quirino Avenue
View northbound towards the Don Galo bridge in La Huerta
Former name(s)Calle Real / Camino Real
Manila South Road
Cavite-Manila South Road
Mexico Road
Part of
  • R-2 R-2
  • N62
    south of NAIA Road
Namesake
N62 (Diego Cera Avenue) and Villareal Street in San Dionisio

Elpidio Quirino Avenue, also known simply as Quirino Avenue, is a major north-south collector road in

National Route 62 (N62) of the Philippine highway network. It was named after President Elpidio Quirino. The road's name is also applied alternatively to Diego Cera Avenue in Las Piñas
.

Route description

Quirino Avenue in Baclaran

The street starts at the intersection with F.B. Harrison Avenue, Redemptorist Road and Taft Avenue (Taft Avenue Extension) near Baclaran station, the current terminus of the elevated Manila LRT-1. It travels south across the crowded marketplace of Baclaran just behind the popular Baclaran Church and crosses Airport Road into barangay Tambo. The street then runs parallel to the Estero de Tripa de Gallina to the east which serves as Parañaque's border with Pasay and heads for the junction with NAIA Road and the elevated NAIA Expressway. A few hundred meters south, the road enters the barangay Don Galo and crosses the Parañaque River into the old center (poblacion) of Parañaque called La Huerta. It then curves slightly upon reaching the St. Andrew's Cathedral and straightens back as it heads south into barangay San Dionisio. The road intersects with Victor Medina Street near the Kabihasnan Entrance to the Manila-Cavite Expressway and ends just a few hundred meters south as it enters barangay Manuyo Uno in Las Piñas, where it continues as Diego Cera Avenue.

History

Elpidio Quirino Avenue marks the original shoreline of

Ermita to Muntinlupa, Rizal (now Muntinlupa, Metro Manila). Due to its accessibility to Cavite, it was also known as Cavite-Manila South Road, which also includes the present-day Aguinaldo Highway.[2] The road was renamed to Mexico Road in 1964, the year designated as "The Year of Philippine-Mexican Friendship."[3][4] It was the location of Camp Dewey, an early U.S. military installation during the Philippine–American War.[5] This "camp in Tambo" was converted into a Philippine Army camp in 1936.[6] However, by 2003, the military camp known as Camp Claudio has been transformed into a housing and urban development site.[7]

At present, only the Las Piñas and Muntinlupa section are called Calle Real or Real Street as an alternative name for the road. The Parañaque portion is renamed Elpidio Quirino Avenue while those of the City of Manila and Pasay have been renamed to Del Pilar Street and F.B. Harrison Avenue, respectively.

References

  1. ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Manila, Philippines map (Map). American Red Cross Service Bureau. August 1945.
  3. ^ Presidential Decree No. 320 (1964), Naming the Cavite-Manila South Road as Mexico Road, retrieved May 11, 2021
  4. ^ "Rebirth of Taft Avenue". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  5. . Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "Proclamation No. 94, s. 1936". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Proclamation No. 359, s. 2003". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

14°29′58″N 120°59′27″E / 14.49944°N 120.99083°E / 14.49944; 120.99083