Radial Road 6

R-6
Radial Road 6
R-6 Radial Road 6
	The route of Radial Road 6 in Metro Manila. Radial Road 6 is highlighted in red.
	Magsaysay Boulevard, part of the R-6 Road
Route information
	Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways (entire route) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (Metro Manila only)
Length	121.6 km (75.6 mi)
Component; highways	N180 from Manila to Quezon City; N59 from Quezon City to Antipolo;
Major junctions
West end	N145 (Recto Avenue) and Mendiola Street in Manila
East end	N601 (Famy-Real-Infanta Road) in Infanta, Quezon
Location
Country	Philippines
Regions	Calabarzon and Metro Manila
Provinces	Rizal; Laguna; Quezon;
Municipalities	Cainta; Tanay; Santa Maria; Real; Infanta;
Major cities	Manila; San Juan; Quezon City; Marikina; Pasig; Antipolo;
Highway system
	Roads in the Philippines; Highways; Expressways List; ;

Radial Road 6 (R-6), informally known as the R-6 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the sixth arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines.^[1] It passes through the cities of Manila, Quezon City, San Juan, Pasig, and Marikina, as well as Cainta and Antipolo in the province of Rizal, up to Santa Maria, Laguna and Infanta, Quezon.

Route description

Legarda Street

R-6 includes the segment of Legarda Street from its intersection with Recto Avenue (C-1) and Mendiola Street to the Nagtahan Interchange.

Magsaysay Boulevard

Magsaysay Boulevard is a 6-8-lane main road in Manila. It starts at the Nagtahan Interchange in Manila and ends at the intersection with Gregorio Araneta Avenue (C-3) in Quezon City. It was formerly part of the Manila Provincial Road and called Santa Mesa Boulevard.

Aurora Boulevard

Aurora Boulevard is a 4-6-lane avenue in Quezon City and San Juan. Aurora Boulevard is one of the two roads that form the majority portion of the Radial Road 6 (R-6) in Metro Manila, passing through Quezon City and San Juan. Its western endpoint is at the border between Manila and Quezon City, and its northern terminus is at the intersection with Katipunan Avenue or C-5 Road. The avenue was a former portion of a highway connecting Manila to Infanta in Quezon, which was called the Manila Provincial Road and subsequently upgraded into one of Metro Manila's major thoroughfares and renamed after President Manuel L. Quezon's wife and former First Lady Aurora Quezon.

Marcos Highway (Marikina-Infanta Highway)

After crossing Katipunan Avenue (C-5), the road becomes the Marcos Highway (Marikina–Infanta Highway). The portion of Marcos Highway that is part of Radial Road 6 is from Katipunan Avenue up to Famy-Real-Infanta Road in Infanta, Quezon.

References

^ "Metro Manila Infrastructure Development" (PDF). University of the Philippines Diliman. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

[1] "Metro Manila Infrastructure Development" (PDF). University of the Philippines Diliman. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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