Marikina–Infanta Highway

The Marcos Highway, also known as Marikina–Infanta Highway, or Marilaque Road or Marikina-Infanta Road, is a scenic mountain 117.5-kilometer (73.0 mi) highway that connects Metro Manila with Infanta, Quezon in the Philippines.

Marcos Highway
Marikina–Infanta Road
View of the eastbound Marcos Highway (Marikina–Infanta Road) near Calumpang in Marikina
Route information
Length117.5 km (73.0 mi)
Component
highways
Major junctions
West end N59 (Aurora Boulevard) / N11 (Katipunan Avenue) in Quezon City
  N59 (Sumulong Highway) in Antipolo
East end N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road) in Infanta, Quezon
Location
Provinces
Major cities
Towns
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The Marcos Highway starts at the intersection with Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, near its boundary with Marikina, as a physical continuation of Aurora Boulevard. It traverses the Marikina Valley and passes through Antipolo, where it intersects the Sumulong Highway at the Masinag Junction. After Masinag, the road starts its ascent towards the Sierra Madre passing through Tanay, Rizal, Santa Maria, Laguna, Real, Quezon, and finally to Infanta, Quezon.

Route description

Greater Manila Area Segment (Quezon City to Rizal)

The Marcos Highway starts as a physical continuation of Aurora Boulevard under Katipunan Flyover. The highway slightly curves at the intersection with A. Bonifacio Avenue connecting the Marikina city proper, then crosses the Marikina River. The Diosdado Macapagal Bridge that connects with C-5 merges in front of SM City Marikina. The Manila Line 2 and the Cainta - Marikina subtransmission line of Meralco parallel the highway. The highway makes another slight curve at the approach to Cainta. It soon runs over the Cainta-Marikina boundary, and then goes straight towards the Cainta-Antipolo boundary towards the Masinag Junction with Sumulong Highway, where it continues on to Cogeo towards the rest of the Rizal, Santa Maria, Laguna to Infanta, Quezon

Marikina–Infanta Highway in Cainta

This highway, also commonly called Marcos Highway is a divided road featuring U-turn slots, and bike lanes. Several establishments, like the Riverbanks Center, SM City Marikina, Ayala Malls Feliz, Robinsons Metro East, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, and SM City Masinag are primary landmarks accessible through the road. Meralco subtransmission lines line the Cainta-Masinag segment of the highway up to Santa Maria, Laguna until the Infanta, Quezon Junction

Rizal-Laguna-Quezon Segment

This stretch of the Marcos Highway is a standard 2-6 lane road divided by lane markings typical of national highways located in the provinces. Road size varies depending on the density of the location as well as the engineering district wherein numerous road widening may occur as determined by the DPWH. The road ends and merges with Famy–Real–Infanta Road (N601).

Route numbers

Since 2014 with the implementation of the new route numbering system by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), it is a component of National Route 59 (N59) of the Philippine highway network. From Antipolo to Real, Quezon, the road remains unnumbered and identified as a tertiary national road.

History

The Highway existed far back to the American colonial era as Highway 55 which included present-day Recto Avenue, Legarda Street, Magsaysay Boulevard and Aurora Boulevard.l

Intersections

ProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Quezon City N11 (Katipunan Avenue (C-5))Western terminus. Traffic light intersection. Continues westward to as N59 (Aurora Boulevard).
MarikinaA. Bonifacio AvenueEastbound ramp, and westbound at-grade intersection. Access to Marikina-Infanta Highway eastbound via U-turn slot.
FVR Road / Riverbanks AvenueModified segregated interchange.
Marikina RiverMarcos Bridge
MarikinaSM City Marikina Access RoadWestbound access only. Access to SM City Marikina
Diosdado Macapagal Bridge / Fernando AvenueDiosdado Macapagal Bridge - Fernando Avenue Interchange. Towards FVR Road and Fernando Avenue.
MarikinaPasig boundary
PasigEulogio Amang Rodriguez Avenue / J.P. Rizal StreetEastbound/westbound access only. Access from opposite direction via U-turn slot.
PasigMarikina boundaryNicanor Roxas Street / Emerald Drive / F. Mariano AvenueAccess from opposite direction via U-turn slot
PasigRobinsons Metro East Access RoadEastbound access only to Robinsons Metro East
Sta. Lucia East Access RoadEastbound access to Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall
Metro ManilaRizal boundaryMarikinaCainta boundaryFelix Avenue / Gil Fernando AvenueAccess from opposite directions via U-turn slot. Former traffic light intersection.
RizalAntipoloGolden Meadows AvenueEastbound access only.
SM City Masinag Access RoadWestbound access only. Access to SM City Masinag
N59 (Sumulong Highway)Traffic light intersection; also known as Masinag Junction. Route number change from N59 to unnumbered.
Olalia Road
Bayugo–Buliran Road
Pinugay Road
TanayJ.P. Rizal Avenue (Tanay–Sampaloc Road)
LagunaSanta MariaUnnamed road towards Santa Maria town proper
QuezonRealNo major junctions
Infanta N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "North Manila". 2016 DPWH data. Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.

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