Magsaysay Boulevard

Magsaysay Boulevard
Radial Road 6
Route information
Length: 2.2 km (1.4 mi)
Major junctions
West end: Lacson Avenue and Legarda Street
  Pureza Street
Old Santa Mesa Road
Victorino Mapa Street
East end: Gregorio Araneta Avenue and Aurora Boulevard
Highway system
Highways in the Philippines

President Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard, more commonly known as simply Magsaysay Boulevard, is the principal artery of Santa Mesa in northeastern Manila, Philippines. It is a six-lane divided roadway that travels east-west from Gregorio Araneta Avenue near the city's border with Quezon City and San Juan to Lacson Avenue and Nagtahan flyover close to the district of San Miguel. The entire length of the boulevard serves as the boundary between Sampaloc in the north and Santa Mesa in the south with the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 2 running along its median. East of Gregorio Araneta, the road continues as Aurora Boulevard while west of Lacson, it extends as Legarda Street via a flyover into San Miguel and Quiapo.

The Manila LRT Line 2 has two stations along Magsaysay, namely Pureza and V. Mapa. It is also served by the Santa Mesa railway station near the Polytechnic University of the Philippines campus on Hipodromo and Anonas Streets.

The boulevard was named after the seventh president of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay. It was formerly called Santa Mesa Boulevard.[1]

Landmarks

SM City Santa Mesa

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sta. Mesa: Manila's northeastern edge published by the Philippine Star; accessed 2013-10-10.