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in the

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. Spanning some , it connects the cities and municipalities of

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, and Taytay in Metro Manila and

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Route description

Pasig Line Street

R-4 begins as Pasig Line Street in San Andres district from the intersection with

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to where it connects to

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at the city's border with

. This segment of R-4 is named for the old Manila Electric Railway line destroyed and abandoned after

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which connected Manila with San Joaquin, Pasig.

Kalayaan Avenue

The segment of R-4 in Makati is known as Kalayaan Avenue. It follows the former Pasig Line of the Manila Electric Railway from Tejeros at the intersection with

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to East Rembo at the intersection with

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Extension. A portion of this segment of R-4 is non-contiguous as part of the former railroad has been converted into a residential street within the

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. East of

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(C-4), it forms the northern boundary of

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and continues east towards Makati's border with

near the Napindan Hydraulic Control Structure.

M. Concepcion Avenue

Between the Buting Bridge over the Taguig River, which serves as the Makati-Pasig boundary, to R. Jabson Street in San Joaquin, R-4 is known as M. Concepcion Avenue. It passes through the San Guillermo Parish Church in Buting and Manggahan Shrine just north of the municipality of

before merging with Elisco Road past the R. Jabson-A. Luna Street junction.

Elisco Road

R-4 is known as Elisco Road in the rest of the Pasig barangays of San Joaquin and Kalawaan. This road turns south upon arriving in Kalawaan and ends at the

–Pateros boundary. It is unknown where R-4 would connect to Pinagbuhatan east of the

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to continue its eastward journey to Taytay in

Highway 2000

R-4 picks up east of the

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in Taytay and continues as Highway 2000 towards the Taytay

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of Dolores at the intersection with Taytay Diversion Road and

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(R-5). It is unknown if R-4 would follow the route of R-5 along Taytay Diversion Road or if R-4 would follow a different alignment or build a new road segment.

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