Radial Road 9 (R-9), informally known as the R-9 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the ninth arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines.[1] It is the westernmost of the radial roads north of the Pasig River that lead to the provinces. The road links the city of Manila with Caloocan, Malabon and Valenzuela in the north, leading out of Metro Manila into the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union.
R-9
Radial Road 9 | |
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 Rizal Avenue as seen from Gonzalo Puyat Street intersection, part of the R-9 Road | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 228.0 km (141.7 mi) |
| Component highways | |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Pasig River in the City of Manila |
| North end |  N54 (Kennon Road) in Rosario, La Union |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Highway system | |
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Route description
editRizal Avenue
editBetween the Pasig River front of the district of Santa Cruz and the Monumento Roundabout at the intersection with Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Caloocan, R-9 is known as Rizal Avenue. It runs underneath the LRT Line 1.
MacArthur Highway
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R-9 becomes the MacArthur Highway after crossing the intersection of EDSA and Samson Road at the Monumento Roundabout. It connects South Caloocan with Malabon and Valenzuela, running parallel to the North Luzon Expressway (R-8) to the east. The highway crosses into the Central Luzon provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union, where it is also known as the Manila North Road. The R-9 segment of the road terminates at the junction with Kennon Road in Rosario.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Metro Manila Infrastructure Development" (PDF). University of the Philippines Diliman. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2015.