Tomas Claudio Street
Tomas Claudio Street, also called Tomas Claudio Boulevard, Paco–Santa Mesa Road, and Nagtahan Link Road,[1] is a thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines, that passes through the district of Pandacan. It connects Valenzuela Street in Santa Mesa to the north and Quirino Avenue (C-2) in Pandacan to the south. It crosses the Pasig River via Pandacan Bridge (also known as Padre Jacinto Zamora Bridge).[3] It was constructed in the late 1920s, under the United States' Insular Government, and is named after the Filipino World War I hero, Tomas Mateo Claudio.[4]
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| Paco–Santa Mesa Road Tomas Claudio Boulevard Nagtahan Link Road[1] | |
 Tomas Claudio Street (above) in Pandacan, taken in 2016 | |
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| Namesake | Tomas Claudio |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways - South Manila District Engineering Office[2] |
| Location | Manila |
| Northeast end | N141 (Valenzuela Street) in Santa Mesa |
| Southwest end | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} N140 (Quirino Avenue) in Pandacan |
A major landmark along the road is the Pandacan station of the Philippine National Railways (PNR).
See also
References
- "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- "South Manila". Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- Metro Manila Citiatlas. Asiatype, Inc. 2006. p. 70. ISBN 971-9171-96-0.
- Briones, A.G. (1955). AB Commercial Directory of the Philippines. University of California. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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