The Manila East Road, also known as National Road and National Highway, is a two-to-four lane primary and secondary highway connecting

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to the provinces of Rizal and Laguna in the

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. Since 2014, the entire road is a part of the series of national highways by the

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. It is a component of National Route 60 from

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Cainta Cainta, officially the Municipality of Cainta ( fil, Bayan ng Cainta, ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 376,933 people. It is one of the oldest municip ...

, National Route 601 (N601) from Cainta to Famy, while the segment from Famy to

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is a component of National Route 602 (N602).

Route description

Manila East Road starts in barangay Rosario,

Ortigas Avenue Ortigas Avenue is a highway running from eastern Metro Manila to western Rizal in the Philippines. It is one of the busiest highways in Metro Manila, serving as the main thoroughfare of the metro's east–west corridor, catering m ...

at its intersection with Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue. It then enters the province of Rizal at

, where it turns south at Cainta Junction towards the ''poblacion''. It enters Taytay, where it meets Taytay Diversion Road near the marketplace. It will then follow a route that circumscribes the Laguna de Bay, passing through the municipalities of Angono,

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 an ...

, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and

Pililla Pililla (), officially the Municipality of Pililla ( tgl, Bayan ng Pililla), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,535 people. It is surrounded by farms, small m ...

in Rizal and Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, and

in Laguna.

Alternative names

Manila East Road is also known as National Road or National Highway. Its section from Rosario, Pasig to Cainta Junction is also known as Rosario–Cainta Road and a part of

Extension, while its section from Tanay to

is also known as Tanay–Pililla Road. Its section designated as N602, from Famy to

, forms part of Calamba–Santa Cruz–Famy Junction Road. The highway is also locally known as the following within respective ''

poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippine city or municipality, which may take up the ...

''s: * Bonifacio Avenue in

* Rizal Avenue in Taytay * M.L. Quezon Avenue in Angono * Baltazar Street and J.P. Rizal Avenue in

* San Pedro Street and Rizal Street in Cardona * T. Claudio Street in Baras * J.P. Rizal Street in Baras and

* M.H. Del Pilar Street and F.T. Catapusan Street in Tanay * G. Paz Street, M.L. Quezon Street, and M.A. Roxas Street in Pililla * Gen. Taino Street in

History

The highway used to start in or near Manila and took the present-day alignment of J.P. Rizal Avenue in

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(formerly part of Rizal), branching off from

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, and later the present-day alignments of P. Sanchez Street in

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and

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. It was also designated as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of

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with the provinces of Rizal and Laguna to the east, especially during the American colonial era.

Intersections

Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with

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designated as

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References

Roads in Rizal Roads in Laguna (province) Laguna de Bay Roads in Metro Manila {{Philippines-transport-stub