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beltway
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of
Metro Manila
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in the
Philippines
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once it is completed.
The road would link
Metro Manila
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with the provinces of
Bulacan
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in the north,
Rizal
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in the east, and
Cavite
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in the south, passing through the cities of
Pasig
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It is located along the ...
,
Taguig
Taguig (), officially the City of Taguig ( fil, Lungsod ng Taguig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 886,722 people. Located in the northwestern shores of ...
, and
Muntinlupa
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.
Conceived of during the
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administration, was originally intended to be a long circumferential expressway linking the
North Luzon Expressway
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in
San Jose del Monte
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and the
South Luzon Expressway
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in
Muntinlupa
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passing through
Rodriguez,
San Mateo,
Antipolo
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and
Taytay in Rizal, and extending to
Bacoor
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,
Imus
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,
Kawit
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and
Noveleta
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in Cavite.
Route description
Taguig
C-6 in Taguig is a four-lane road which was built in 2009 along the shore of the
Laguna de Bay
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. It was constructed as a two-lane road which runs for approximately from M.L. Quezon Street at Lower Bicutan, Taguig to the Napindan Bridge over the
Pasig River
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on the city's border with the municipality of
Taytay,
Rizal
Rizal, officially the Province of Rizal ( fil, Lalawigan ng Rizal), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region in Luzon. Its capital is the city of Antipolo. It is about east of Manila. The p ...
. The road project was approved in 2002 as the Taguig Road Dike intended to run for from the
South Luzon Expressway
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towards Rizal and also to serve as a flood control for the city. In February 2017, the road was widened to four lanes and has been renamed by the
Department of Public Works and Highways
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as the Laguna Lake Highway.
The road is planned to link to the proposed Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike.
See also
*
List of roads in Metro Manila
This list of roads in Metro Manila summarizes the major thoroughfares and the numbering system currently being implemented in Metro Manila, the Philippines.
Metro Manila's arterial road network comprises six circumferential roads and ten rad ...
References
{{Major roads in Cavite
Proposed roads in the Philippines
Roads in Bulacan
Roads in Cavite
Roads in Rizal
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