Circumferential Road 1 (C-1), informally known as the C-1 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the first and innermost

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Metro Manila Metropolitan Manila (often shortened as Metro Manila; fil, Kalakhang Maynila), officially the National Capital Region (NCR; fil, link=no, Pambansang Punong Rehiyon), is the capital region, seat of government and one of three List of metrop ...

in the

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. Spanning some , it connects the districts of

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Intramuros Intramuros (Latin for "inside the walls") is the historic walled area within the city of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is administered by the Intramuros Administration with the help of the city government of Manila. Present-day I ...

, San Miguel, Quiapo, Sampaloc, Santa Cruz,

Binondo Binondo () is a district in Manila and is referred to as the city's Chinatown. Its influence extends beyond to the places of Quiapo, Santa Cruz, San Nicolas and Tondo. It is the oldest Chinatown in the world, established in 1594 by the ...

, San Nicolas, and Tondo in

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History

The development of a major road network in Manila was first conceived in the Metropolitan Thoroughfare Plan of 1945, predicting that the metropolis in the 1940s will expand further to the shorelines of

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. The plan proposed the laying of circumferential roads 1 to 6 and radial roads 1 to 10.

Route description

Recto Avenue

Between its northern terminus at the

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and

Mendiola Street Mendiola Street (simply known as "Mendiola") is a short thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines. The street is named after Enrique Mendiola, an educator, textbook author, and member of the first Board of Regents of the University of the Philippi ...

, C-1 is known as Recto Avenue. It begins at the intersection with

Mel Lopez Boulevard Mel Lopez Boulevard is a , six-to-ten lane divided highway in northern Manila, Philippines, connecting Bonifacio Drive in Port Area in the south with Radial Road 10 (R-10) in Navotas in the north. The highway is the main component of the R-10 n ...

(R-10) at the border between Tondo and San Nicolas and runs the entire length of Recto Avenue passing through Binondo, Santa Cruz, Quiapo, and Sampaloc up to the intersection with Mendiola Street and

Legarda Street Legarda Street is a short street located in Sampaloc district in Manila, Philippines. It crosses through the eastern section of the University Belt area in a generally east–west orientation between the Nagtahan Interchange and the intersect ...

(R-6).

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currently runs above the avenue from Alonzo Street eastwards.

Legarda Street

C-1 turns south on Legarda Street in Quiapo by the San Sebastian Church until it meets Nepomuceno Street by the

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Nepomuceno Street

C-1 then merges with Nepomuceno Street briefly until it meets P. Casal Street at the intersection with Arlegui Street.

P. Casal Street

Between Arlegui Street and

Ayala Bridge Ayala Bridge, in Filipino ''"Tulay ng Ayala"'' and in Spanish ''"Puente de Ayala"'', is a steel truss bridge over the Pasig River in Manila, Philippines. It connects the districts of Ermita and San Miguel, passing over the western tip of Isla ...

, which crosses the

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and

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, C-1 is known as P. Casal Street. It passes the

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campus in Quiapo and enters San Miguel after crossing the Estero de San Miguel. It intersects with General Solano Street and Carlos Palanca Sr. Street, which provides access to the

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complex and the commercial area of Quiapo, respectively, before reaching the Ayala Bridge.

Ayala Boulevard

Between the Ayala Bridge and

Taft Avenue Taft Avenue ( fil, Abenida Taft; es, Avenida Taft) is a major road in the south of Metro Manila. It passes through three cities in the metropolis: Manila, Pasay and Parañaque. The road was named after the former Governor-General of the Philippin ...

in Ermita, C-1 is known as Ayala Boulevard. It runs through the Concepcion and Arroceros Streets, passing the

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and the

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campuses before intersecting with Taft Avenue to become Finance Road.

Finance Road

In the northeast section of

Rizal Park Rizal Park ( fil, Liwasang Rizal, es, link=no, Parque Rizal), also known as Luneta Park or simply Luneta, is a historic urban park located in Ermita, Manila. It is considered one of the largest urban parks in the Philippines, covering an area ...

by the National Museum of Fine Arts and

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(the former

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Building), C-1 becomes the short Finance Road until it merges with

Padre Burgos Avenue Padre Burgos Avenue, also known as Padre Burgos Street, is a 14-lane thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines. The road was named after Jose Burgos, one of the martyred priests who were executed at the nearby Bagumbayan Field (present-day Riza ...

near the intersection with Maria Orosa Street.

Padre Burgos Avenue

Padre Burgos Avenue carries C-1 between Rizal Park and Intramuros all the way to its terminus at

Roxas Boulevard Roxas Boulevard is a popular waterfront promenade in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of Manila Bay, is well known for its sunsets and stretch of coconut trees. The divided roadway has become a tradema ...

and

Bonifacio Drive Bonifacio Drive is a road running for approximately in a north-south direction between Intramuros and Port Area in Manila, Philippines. The boulevard is also designated as Radial Road 1 (R-1) of Manila's arterial road network, National Route ...

, both components of R-1.

References

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