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| Quirino Avenue | |
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| Former name(s) | Calle Real /Camino Real Manila South Road Cavite-Manila South Road Mexico Road |
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| Namesake | Elpidio Quirino |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways - Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office[1] |
| Length | 5.6 km (3.5 mi) |
| Location | Parañaque |
| North end | Harrison Street,Taft Avenue Extension, and Redemptorist Road inBaclaran |
| Major junctions |  N192 (Airport Road) N63 (NAIA Road)Victor Medina Street |
| South end |  N62 (Diego Cera Avenue) and Villareal Street inSan Dionisio |
Elpidio Quirino Avenue, also known simply asQuirino Avenue, is a major north-south collector road inParañaque, southernMetro Manila,Philippines. It is a four-lane undivided arterial running parallel toRoxas Boulevard and its extension, theManila–Cavite Expressway, to the west fromBaclaran at Parañaque's border withPasay in the north toSan Dionisio right by the border withLas Piñas in the south. It is a continuation ofF.B. Harrison Street from Pasay and was originally a segment of the coastal highway calledCalle Real. The entire road is a component ofRadial Road 2 (R-2) ofManila's arterial road network, while its segment south ofNAIA Road is a component ofNational Route 62 (N62) of thePhilippine highway network. It was named after PresidentElpidio Quirino. The road's name is also applied alternatively toDiego Cera Avenue inLas Piñas.
The street starts at the intersection withF.B. Harrison Street, Redemptorist Road andTaft Avenue (Taft Avenue Extension) nearBaclaran station, the current terminus of the elevatedManila LRT-1. It travels south across the crowded marketplace of Baclaran, just behind the popularBaclaran Church, and crossesAirport Road intobarangayTambo. 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 withNAIA Road and the elevatedNAIA Expressway. A few hundred meters south, the road enters the barangayDon Galo and crosses theParañaque River into the old center (poblacion) of Parañaque calledLa Huerta. It then curves slightly upon reachingSt. Andrew's Cathedral and straightens back as it heads south into barangaySan 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 asDiego Cera Avenue.
Elpidio Quirino Avenue marks the original shoreline ofManila Bay in Parañaquepueblo as it existed during theSpanish colonial period. It forms part of an old Spanish coastal highway that linked theProvince of Manila toLa Laguna and other southern provinces, with segments later known as Manila South Road. It was called Calle Real or Camino Real (Spanish for "royal street"), which spanned fromErmita toMuntinlupa,Rizal (now part ofMetro Manila). Due to its accessibility toCavite, it was also known as Cavite-Manila South Road, including the present-dayAguinaldo Highway.[2] The road was renamed Mexico Road in 1964, which was designated as "The Year of Philippine-Mexican Friendship."[3][4] It was the location ofCamp Dewey, an early U.S. military installation during thePhilippine–American War.[5] This "camp in Tambo" was converted into aPhilippine 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]
Presently, only the Las Piñas and Muntinlupa sections are called Calle Real or Real Street as an alternative name for the road. The Parañaque portion has been renamed Elpidio Quirino Avenue, while those of theCity of Manila and Pasay have been renamedDel Pilar Street andF.B. Harrison Street, respectively.
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