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Rizal Avenue
Rizal Avenue, also known as J. Rizal Avenue, Avenida Rizal or simply Avenida, is one of Manila's main thoroughfares, running with two to six lanes from its Santa Cruz and Quiapo districts to the Bonifacio Monument (Monumento) Circle in Caloocan. Named after the José Rizal, one of the Philippine national heroes, it is a part of Radial Road 9 (R-9). The LRT Line 1 elevated railway is built above the street throughout its entire length, and several jeepneys ply the area, taking passengers from Caloocan, Quezon City, and Valenzuela. Most of the street is within Santa Cruz, Manila. The avenue forms part of National Route 150 (N150) of the Philippine highway network.
At the northern end of the avenue is the Bonifacio Monument roundabout. Vehicles coming from Rizal Avenue's northbound carriageway can turn right into EDSA (Circumferential Road 4); its northern logical extension would be the MacArthur Highway (Manila North Road; continuation of Radial Road 9), which terminates at Aparri, Cagayan. Vehicles from Samson Road (EDSA's logical western extension) enter the avenue to its southbound carriageway.
The avenue also provides access to the entrance and exit gates of the Manila Chinese Cemetery. The San Lazaro Compound (which hosts the San Lazaro Hospital, the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center and the Department of Health) and the Archdiocesan Shrine of Espiritu Santo are the other landmarks along the avenue.
Along the avenue are several shopping malls, including SM City Grand Central, DiviMall Monumento, North Mall, Tayuman Center Mall, Odeon Terminal Mall, Emerald Circle Avenida, Good Earth Plaza, and Isetann Carriedo. In front of Isetann is Plaza Lacson. South of Plaza Lacson is MacArthur Bridge, then Taft Avenue (Radial Road 2). Quiapo Church is an eastbound walk from the square, although this part of the street has been pedestrianized.
Nine LRTA Line 1 stations are located at Rizal Avenue as its main landmarks. They are, from north to south:
In addition, the LRTA Line 2 system crosses the avenue at Recto Avenue, and the Recto station is a short walk away from the avenue. The Philippine National Railways also crosses Rizal Avenue Extension, with Blumentritt railway station a short walk away.
Avenida Rizal was created by Manila city ordinance in 1911 from two parallel streets in the city – Calle Dulumbayan (from Tagalog dulo ng bayan, meaning "the edge of town", and the area of the same name) and Calle Salcedo. It also occupied the old Calle Cervantes, Calzada de San Lazaro, and Camino á Gagalaḡin in Santa Cruz.
Once planned to terminate at the Manila Chinese Cemetery at the north, the road was lengthened in the next two decades up to the adjacent then-municipality of Caloocan, then part of Rizal province, where the then-new monument honoring Andres Bonifacio, now known as Monumento, is located. The extension was originally referred to as Manuguit Extension, and Rizal Avenue Extension's name had also reached further north up to Polo, Bulacan (now Valenzuela, Metro Manila). The avenue was designated Route 3A and a part of Manila North Road (Highway 3 or Route 3) that connects Manila to northern Luzon. It became Manila's longest street during that time. Before and right after World War II, the avenue was center of the city's social life, with the street lined with shops, restaurants and movie theaters. The theaters were designed by the prominent architects of the day, many of whom would become National Artists. Its section between Calle Carriedo and Calle Blumentritt was also one of the routes of tranvia until 1945.
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Rizal Avenue
Rizal Avenue, also known as J. Rizal Avenue, Avenida Rizal or simply Avenida, is one of Manila's main thoroughfares, running with two to six lanes from its Santa Cruz and Quiapo districts to the Bonifacio Monument (Monumento) Circle in Caloocan. Named after the José Rizal, one of the Philippine national heroes, it is a part of Radial Road 9 (R-9). The LRT Line 1 elevated railway is built above the street throughout its entire length, and several jeepneys ply the area, taking passengers from Caloocan, Quezon City, and Valenzuela. Most of the street is within Santa Cruz, Manila. The avenue forms part of National Route 150 (N150) of the Philippine highway network.
At the northern end of the avenue is the Bonifacio Monument roundabout. Vehicles coming from Rizal Avenue's northbound carriageway can turn right into EDSA (Circumferential Road 4); its northern logical extension would be the MacArthur Highway (Manila North Road; continuation of Radial Road 9), which terminates at Aparri, Cagayan. Vehicles from Samson Road (EDSA's logical western extension) enter the avenue to its southbound carriageway.
The avenue also provides access to the entrance and exit gates of the Manila Chinese Cemetery. The San Lazaro Compound (which hosts the San Lazaro Hospital, the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center and the Department of Health) and the Archdiocesan Shrine of Espiritu Santo are the other landmarks along the avenue.
Along the avenue are several shopping malls, including SM City Grand Central, DiviMall Monumento, North Mall, Tayuman Center Mall, Odeon Terminal Mall, Emerald Circle Avenida, Good Earth Plaza, and Isetann Carriedo. In front of Isetann is Plaza Lacson. South of Plaza Lacson is MacArthur Bridge, then Taft Avenue (Radial Road 2). Quiapo Church is an eastbound walk from the square, although this part of the street has been pedestrianized.
Nine LRTA Line 1 stations are located at Rizal Avenue as its main landmarks. They are, from north to south:
In addition, the LRTA Line 2 system crosses the avenue at Recto Avenue, and the Recto station is a short walk away from the avenue. The Philippine National Railways also crosses Rizal Avenue Extension, with Blumentritt railway station a short walk away.
Avenida Rizal was created by Manila city ordinance in 1911 from two parallel streets in the city – Calle Dulumbayan (from Tagalog dulo ng bayan, meaning "the edge of town", and the area of the same name) and Calle Salcedo. It also occupied the old Calle Cervantes, Calzada de San Lazaro, and Camino á Gagalaḡin in Santa Cruz.
Once planned to terminate at the Manila Chinese Cemetery at the north, the road was lengthened in the next two decades up to the adjacent then-municipality of Caloocan, then part of Rizal province, where the then-new monument honoring Andres Bonifacio, now known as Monumento, is located. The extension was originally referred to as Manuguit Extension, and Rizal Avenue Extension's name had also reached further north up to Polo, Bulacan (now Valenzuela, Metro Manila). The avenue was designated Route 3A and a part of Manila North Road (Highway 3 or Route 3) that connects Manila to northern Luzon. It became Manila's longest street during that time. Before and right after World War II, the avenue was center of the city's social life, with the street lined with shops, restaurants and movie theaters. The theaters were designed by the prominent architects of the day, many of whom would become National Artists. Its section between Calle Carriedo and Calle Blumentritt was also one of the routes of tranvia until 1945.
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