Governor Pascual Avenue
| Concepcion–Potrero Road | |
 Governor Pascual Avenue in Catmon | |
| Namesake | Wenceslao Pascual |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways – Malabon-Navotas District Engineering Office [1] |
| Length | 4.43 km (2.75 mi)[2] |
| Location | Malabon |
| West end | General Luna Street in Concepcion and Baritan |
| Major junctions |
|
| East end |  N1 (MacArthur Highway) in Potrero |
Governor Wenceslao Pascual Avenue, commonly known as simply Governor Pascual Avenue, is the principal east–west artery in Malabon in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is an unsigned route in the Philippine highway network classified by the Department of Public Works and Highways as a national tertiary road.[3] The 4.43-kilometer (2.75 mi) two-lane avenue is the longest of the city's national roads.[2] Portions of it are prone to flooding from the Tullahan River, which flows just north of the avenue in east-central Malabon.[4]
History
The avenue was named after Wenceslao Pascual, a Malabon native who served as the governor of Rizal from 1952 to 1955 when the then-municipality was still part of the province. The ancestral house in Hulong Duhat, built in 1930 and designed by Juan Nakpil, where the former governor was born, is preserved by the government through a local ordinance.[5]
Construction of the avenue commenced in September 1954 under the governorship of Wenceslao Pascual. It was completed in August 1970 and inaugurated in December of that year by Governor Isidro Rodriguez and members of the Rizal Provincial Board.[6] The avenue, initially named Concepcion–Potrero Road, Isabel Avenue, and earlier called Bagong Daan by residents, was converted by the Department of Public Works and Highways from a provincial road to a national road in 1984.[7]
Route description
Governor Pascual Avenue forms a major spine of Malabon connecting
From this junction, where the
West of the Lambingan Bridge, the avenue runs along the boundary between Baritan on the north and Concepcion on the south. This section of the avenue north of Malabon's
References
- ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "City Development Plan 2012-2014" (PDF). City Government of Malabon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "2017 Road Data: National Capital Region". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Lazaro, Angel Jr. (11 October 2012). "Cheaper solution to Malabon flooding: new floodgates". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Cayabyab, Marc Jayson (18 March 2018). "Malabon seeks protection of heritage sites". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Cecile M. (7 December 2019). "The Wenceslao Pascual House". My Malabon. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Ministry Order No. 35" (PDF). Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ Ramirez, Robertson (11 March 2018). "Malabon on three wheels". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
