Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard or commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of

Mandaluyong Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people. Loca ...

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

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. The boulevard is named after

William James Shaw William James Bernard Shaw (September 20, 1877 – March 1, 1939), also known as Bill Shaw, was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist based in the Philippines. Shaw worked as a busboy on a US Army transport ship to pay his passage to Manila ...

, the founder of the

Wack Wack Golf and Country Club Wack Wack Golf and Country Club is a golf course and country club resort complex located in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The complex features two 18-hole championship courses, landscaped terrains, gardens and villas. History Wack Wac ...

in Mandaluyong. The road is one of the major thoroughfares of the

Ortigas Center Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...

in Mandaluyong and Pasig, housing many shopping malls like the

Starmall Starmalls is one of the two retail arms of the Filipino real estate company Vista Land, the other being Vista Malls. Starmalls operates shopping malls and BPO chains in Mega Manila and Cebu. History Starmalls began as Polar Mines and Developm ...

shopping center and the posh

Shangri-La Plaza Shangri-La Plaza is a shopping mall located in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Philippines. It is owned and operated by the Kuok Group of Companies, the owner of the worldwide chain of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. Shangri-La Plaza opened on No ...

at the EDSA-Shaw intersection and The Marketplace, which is visible from the Kalentong-Shaw intersection and Sevilla Bridge.2
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Shaw Boulevard station Shaw Boulevard station (also called Shaw for short) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the stati ...

of the

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along EDSA, often called EDSA-Crossing. The entirety of the road is served by bus and jeepney routes that go to and from Quiapo,

Santa Mesa Santa Mesa is a district in Manila, Philippines. It is surrounded by Pasig River on the southwestern side, and by the San Juan River on its southern and eastern side. Land borders include the districts of San Miguel to the west and Sampaloc to ...

, the

José Rizal University José Rizal University (formerly ''José Rizal College'' or ''JRC''), also referred to by its acronym JRU is a private non-sectarian, non-stock coeducational basic and higher education institution located in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Phili ...

EDSA Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, ...

, the

Public Market, and

Binangonan Binangonan, officially the Municipality of Binangonan ( tgl, Bayan ng Binangonan) is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 313,631 people. A thriving fish port and f ...

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Route description

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Shaw Boulevard starts as a four-lane road at Sevilla Bridge, which crosses the San Juan River, before coming to an intersection past General Kalentong Street. It is the physical continuation of P. Sanchez Street in

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

. It follows a slightly curved route over Mandaluyong before crossing

. The road expands into four lanes per direction, with two lanes going to the flyover, and two lanes passing below. The flyover carries the road over

Shaw Boulevard MRT Station Shaw Boulevard station (also called Shaw for short) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the stat ...

and descends near EDSA Shangri-la. The road becomes a dual six-lane carriageway east of EDSA, and soon enters

. Shaw Boulevard eventually is reduced to a four-lane road and extends to C-5 as Pasig Boulevard. The entire span of the road and its continuations from Sevilla Bridge to Pasig Boulevard have unprotected, painted one-way bike lanes.

Landmarks

Schools

Lourdes School of Mandaluyong Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to ...

Shopping Centers

Capitol Commons Capitol Commons is a mixed-use development in Oranbo, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a redevelopment of the former Rizal Provincial Capitol complex located in the village of Oranbo adjacent to the Ortigas Center financial district. The ...

**Crossings Department Store (now Rustan's) ** Starmall EDSA Shaw **EDSA Central Mall *SM Cherry Shaw Branch *S&R Membership Shopping Shaw *500 Shaw Zentrum **Super8 Grocery Warehouse Shaw *

Puregold Puregold Price Club, Inc. or simply Puregold (stylized as PUREGOLD) is a chain of supermarkets in the Philippines trading goods such as consumer products (canned goods, housewares, toiletries, dry goods, and food products, among others) on a ...

Shaw *Shaw Center Mall **Metro Supermarket Shaw Center *SM Hypermart Mandaluyong *The Marketplace Shopping Mall

Offices

*Worldwide Corporate Center *

Acquire BPO Acquire Business Process Outsourcing (formerly Acquire Asia Pacific) is a global business process outsourcing firm that specializes in back office support, customer acquisition, customer service, technical support, lead generation and software dev ...

*E-Telecare Global Solutions CC7 Shaw Site *ICT *NetCrossing 2 *AMA Bank *

Solar Entertainment Corporation Solar Entertainment Corporation (simply known as Solar or SEC) is a Filipino media company based in Makati, Philippines. Founded and owned by the brothers, Wilson, William and Willy Tieng. Solar Entertainment operates two digital free-to-air c ...

Nine Media Corporation Nine Media Corporation (formerly known as Solar Television Network, Inc. or STVNI) is a Filipino-based media company. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC), a multimedia television and film company of the ...

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Transportation

Transport terminals

* Parklea Jeepney Terminal *

Jeepney Terminal *

UV Express Terminal

Bus routes

* Kalentong - Pasig

Jeepney Routes

* EDSA/Shaw Boulevard - Morong (T256) * EDSA/Shaw Boulevard - Tanay (T257) * EDSA/Shaw Central - Pasig (T295) * EDSA/Shaw Central - Taytay (T297) * EDSA/Shaw Central - San Juan, Taytay via Sandoval (T299) * EDSA/Shaw Central - Kalentong/ JRC (T3147)

UV Express Routes

* Pasig - Quiapo (N63) * Pasig - Quiapo via SM Megamall (N65) * Quiapo - SM Megamall (N69) * Pasig Market - EDSA Central (N64)

Railways

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Shaw Boulevard Station Shaw Boulevard station (also called Shaw for short) is an elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. The station is located in the Mandaluyong portion of Ortigas Center and is named after Shaw Boulevard, since the stati ...

Intersections

References

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