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 The route of Roxas Boulevard within Metro Manila. Roxas Boulevard is highlighted in red. | |
(2019-02-21).JPG) The boulevard in 2019 facing south, to the southeast of the US Embassy | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways[1][2] | |
| Length | 7.6 km (4.7 mi) |
| Existed | 1910s–present |
| Component highways |
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| Major junctions | |
| North end |   AH 26 (N120) (Bonifacio Drive) / N150 (Padre Burgos Avenue) / Katigbak Parkway in Ermita, Manila[3][4] |
| South end |   E3 (Manila–Cavite Expressway) / N63 (MIA Road) / Seaside Drive in Parañaque |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Major cities | Manila, Pasay, and Parañaque |
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Roxas Boulevard is a popular waterfront promenade in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of Manila Bay, is well known for its sunsets and stretch of coconut trees. The divided roadway has become a trademark of Philippine tourism, famed for its yacht club, hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and parks.
The boulevard was completed in the 1910s. Originally called Cavite Boulevard,[5][6] it was renamed Dewey Boulevard in honor of the American admiral George Dewey, whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898, Heiwa Boulevard in late 1941 during the Japanese occupation,[7] and finally Roxas Boulevard in 1963 in honor of Manuel Roxas, the fifth president of the Philippines.[8] It was also designated as a new alignment of the Manila South Road that connects Manila to the southern provinces of Luzon.[9]
The boulevard is also an eight-lane major arterial road in Metro Manila designated as Radial Road 1 (R-1) of Manila's arterial road network, National Route 61 (N61), the shortest primary route in the Philippines, National Route 120 (N120) of the Philippine highway network and a spur of Asian Highway 26 (AH26). The arcing road runs north–south from Luneta in Manila to Parañaque at the intersection of MIA Road and Seaside Drive of the reclaimed area of Entertainment City beneath the elevated NAIA Expressway.[10] Beyond its southern terminus is the Manila–Cavite Expressway (E3), also formerly known as the Coastal Road, and now more popularly, CAVITEX.
- ^ "South Manila". DPWH Road Atlas. Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ^ "Metro Manila 2nd". DPWH Road Atlas. Department of Public Works and Highways.
- ^ "Manila map". University of Texas at Austin Library. Retrieved on June 5, 2011.
- ^ "Rizal Park-Manila Map". Google Maps. Retrieved on June 5, 2011.
- ^ "United States Congressional serial set, Issue 5280 - Act no. 1745, Section 2a", pg. 417. Government Printing Office, Washington.
- ^ Map of city of Manila and vicinity (Map). 1:10560. Manila?: Office of Dept. Engineer, Phil. Dept. 1919. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ Executive Order No. 41, s. 1942 (1942), Changing the name of Dewey Boulevard to Heiwa Boulevard; Taft Avenue to Daitoa Avenue; Harrison Boulevard to Koa Boulevard; Jones Bridge to Banzai Bridge; Harrison Park to Rizal Park; and Wallace Field and Burnham Green to Plaza Bagong Filipinas, retrieved April 26, 2021
- ^ Republic Act No. 3827 (June 22, 1963), "An Act Changing the Name of Dewey Boulevard, Extending from the City of Manila, Through the City of Pasay, to the Municipality of Parañaque, Province of Rizal, and Any Future Extension Thereof Up to Cavite City, to President Roxas Boulevard", Lawphil, retrieved May 18, 2024
- ^ Executive Order No. 483 (November 6, 1951), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved September 23, 2021
- ^ "Intersection of Roxas Blvd. and NAIA Rd". Google Maps. Retrieved on June 5, 2011.