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 The route of Aurora Boulevard inMetro Manila. Aurora Boulevard is highlighted in red. | |
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| Route information | |
| Component highways | |
| Major junctions | |
| West end |   N130 (Gregorio Araneta Avenue) /N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard) inQuezon City |
| Major intersections | |
| East end |   N11 (Katipunan Avenue) /N59 (Marcos Highway) inQuezon City |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Major cities | Quezon City andSan Juan |
| Highway system | |
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Aurora Boulevard is a four-to-ten-lane major thoroughfare inQuezon City andSan Juan inMetro Manila, Philippines. It is named afterDoñaAurora Quezon, the consort ofCommonwealthPresidentManuel Luis Quezon. It is one of the major roads in the commercial district ofAraneta City inCubao.LRT Line 2 follows the alignment of the boulevard.
Aurora Boulevard is divided into two routes: the segment from G. Araneta Avenue to EDSA and EDSA toKatipunan Avenue (C-5). Most of the road is a 4-lanedual carriageway, withLRT Line 2 having five stations above ground and one (Katipunan station) located underground.
Aurora Boulevard starts as a physical extension ofRamon Magsaysay Boulevard past the intersection withAraneta Avenue near theManila–Quezon City boundary. It then entersSan Juan before crossing Ermitaño Creek nearBroadway Centrum to return to Quezon City, this time at theNew Manila district. It then intersectsGilmore Avenue,Balete Drive, and E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue before it meets EDSA.
Past EDSA, it passes near theAraneta City Complex in Cubao. The road continues eastward through thebarangays of Silangan, Quirino 3-A, and Duyan-Duyan until it ends atKatipunan Avenue (C-5) near the Quezon City–Marikina boundary. It continues eastward toRizal province asMarikina-Infanta Highway (commonly known asMarcos Highway).
The entire road and its continuations have Class II paint-separated one-waybike lanes as part of the national government'sMetropolitan Bike Lane Network.[1] The segments within Quezon City are integrated with the city's bike lane network, with the segment from EDSA to Katipunan Avenue having 0.6-meter (2.0 ft) painted buffer zones on both sides of the bicycle lanes.[2]
The boulevard's origins can be traced back to theCamino de Mariquina (Marikina Road, also called San Juan-Marikina Road), a small road built in 1900[citation needed] to linkManila,San Juan del Monte (San Juan), andMariquina (Marikina). The road, now known as N. Domingo Street, was namedCalle N. Domingo after Nicolas Domingo, arelator (court reporter) of theReal Audiencia of Manila in 1898.[3]: 12
Before 1945,Calle Santa Mesa (Santa Mesa Boulevard, nowMagsaysay Boulevard) was extended eastwards from its intersection with Santol Street, crossing theSan Juan River and absorbing part of a street in San Juan. The extension was classified as part of Highway 53[citation needed] and was named theSanta Mesa Boulevard Extension.[4][5] It was also namedCalle Morales after the name of the street in San Juan that it absorbed. Eventually, the Santa Mesa Boulevard Extension intersects with N. Domingo Street, where the remaining sections of N. Domingo Street from present-dayEDSA to present-dayKatipunan Avenue were absorbed by the extension.[6][7]
By 1955, the Santa Mesa Boulevard Extension was known asMarikina-Ermita Avenue[8] (or theManila Provincial Road).[9] In 1963, the road was renamedAurora Boulevard (as it is known today) to honor the formerFirst LadyAurora Quezon, the assassinated consort of former Philippine presidentManuel L. Quezon. TheMagnolia Ice Cream House ice cream parlor and factory[10] once stood at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and Doña Hemady Street. It is now occupied byRobinsons Magnolia, which got its name from the former ice cream parlor and factory.[11]
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| Province | City/Municipality | km[12] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Quezon City | 6 | 3.7 | N130 (Gregorio Araneta Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. No left turn from westbound. Continues westward to Santa Mesa asN180 (Magsaysay Boulevard). | |
| Quezon City–San Juan boundary | Lambingan Bridge overSan Juan River | ||||
| San Juan | H. Lozada/S. Veloso Streets | Traffic light intersection. | |||
| 7 | 4.3 | J. Ruiz Street | Unsignaled intersection. | ||
| F. Santos Street | Eastbound only. | ||||
| San Juan–Quezon City boundary | Ermitaño Bridge over Ermitaño Creek | ||||
| Quezon City | Broadway Avenue / Valencia Street | Traffic light intersection, no left turn from westbound. Access to Broadway Centrum. | |||
| 8 | 5.0 |  N184 (Gilmore Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Access toGreenhills Shopping Center andSt. Paul University. | ||
| 8 | 5.0 | Doña Hemady Street | Traffic light intersection. | ||
| Robinsons Magnolia Access Road | Eastbound only. Access toRobinsons Magnolia. | ||||
| Balete Drive | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| Seattle Street | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| 9 | 5.6 | Betty Go-Belmonte Street | Unsignaled intersection. | ||
| N. Domingo Street | Eastbound only. Unsignaled intersection. | ||||
| Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue | No eastbound access. | ||||
 AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) | Traffic light intersection. Route number changes from N180 to N59. | ||||
| General Santos Street | Eastbound only. Access toAraneta City. | ||||
| General Araneta Street / Annapolis Street | Unsignaled intersection. Access toAraneta City. | ||||
| 10 | 6.2 | General Aguinaldo Avenue / Imperial Street | Traffic light intersection. Access toAraneta City. | ||
| Times Square Avenue / Cambridge Street | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| Oxford Street | Westbound only. | ||||
| General Romulo Avenue / Yale Street | Traffic light intersection. General Romulo Avenue leads toAraneta City. | ||||
| Stanford Street | Eastbound/westbound access only. Access from opposite directions via U-turn slots. | ||||
| 15th Avenue | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| 11 | 6.8 | 20th Avenue | Eastbound only. Traffic light intersection. | ||
| Ermin Garcia Street | Westbound only. | ||||
| 11.5 | 7.1 | Anonas Street | Westbound only. Traffic light intersection. | ||
| F. Castillo Street | Eastbound only. Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| 12 | 7.5 | Supa Street / J.P. Rizal Street | Traffic light intersection. No traffic lights to and from Supa Street. | ||
| Emerald Street | Eastbound only. Access to Villa Aurora. | ||||
| 13 | 8.1 | N11 (Katipunan Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Continues eastward to Antipolo asN59 (Marcos Highway). | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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