Radial Road 5, more commonly referred to as R-5, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the fifth

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in the

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. The road links the City of Manila with

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and

Pasig Pasig, officially the City of Pasig ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people. It is located along the ...

in the east, leading out of

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into the province of

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and south towards

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. It is the only arterial road traversing the east side of the

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Route

The road consists of the following segments:

Victorino Mapa Street

R-5 begins as Victorino Mapa Street in

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from the intersection with

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to where it connects to P. Sanchez Street at a junction with Victorino Mapa Street Extension. It is the main north-south road of Santa Mesa.

P. Sanchez Street

R-5 is known as P. Sanchez Street along the rest of the route in Santa Mesa. Named after Francisco de Paula Sanchez, a

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priest from the

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, it links Santa Mesa to

east of the San Juan River.

Shaw Boulevard

The main segment of R-5 in Mandaluyong and

is known as Shaw Boulevard. Padre Sanchez Street merges with Shaw Boulevard at the intersection with General Kalentong Street. It travels east-southeast near the border with

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and passes through the

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before arriving at the intersection with

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(C-4). East of EDSA, R-5 forms the southern boundary of the

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business district and quickly enters the city of Pasig after crossing

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. It passes through the

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development at the former Rizal Provincial Capitol complex before turning south on Pasig Boulevard at the junction with Hillcrest Drive in Bagong Ilog, Pasig.

Pasig Boulevard

Between Shaw Boulevard and Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C-5), R-5 is known as Pasig Boulevard. It marks the boundary between barangays Kapitolyo and Bagong Ilog running north-south towards the

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before turning east towards C-5 by the Rizal Medical Center.

Ortigas Avenue

The area of the old city proper of Pasig (Malinao, etc.) east of Bagong Ilog from Pasig Boulevard has a short and narrow street layout. Hence, R-5 follows C-5 northbound and continues its eastward route instead along Ortigas Avenue towards

. From Rosario, Pasig, R-5 passes through the municipalities of

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and Taytay turning south on Taytay Diversion Road at the Tikling Junction.

Taytay Diversion Road

Between Ortigas Avenue Extension and the

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, R-5 is known as the Taytay Diversion Road. It runs north-south traversing the Taytay

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of Dolores where SM City Taytay is located.

Manila East Road

R-5 in the rest of southern Rizal and eastern

province is known as the Manila East Road. It travels east-southeast mostly along the shore of the

from

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. It crosses the

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border between Rizal and Laguna and continues along the lakeshore from

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south towards

Pagsanjan Pagsanjan (pronounced ''PAG-sang-han''), officially the Municipality of Pagsanjan ( tgl, Bayan ng Pagsanjan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Laguna, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,327 peop ...

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