Macapagal Boulevard, also known as President Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard and Macapagal Avenue, is an eight-lane road in

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, running parallel to

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from the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in

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to Asia World City in Parañaque. It was named after former

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Diosdado Macapagal. This road has three major bridges, crossing the 'channels', of which the largest is the Libertad Channel, where the Libertad Water Pumping Station is situated. Thanks to intersection reconfiguring around EDSA to relieve traffic, Macapagal Boulevard is now often used to access the

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to the north and

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to the south. It is also the main major road in Metro Manila's reclamation area called Bay City.

Route description

Macapagal Boulevard commences at the intersection with Jose W. Diokno Boulevard, the partner highway in Bay City in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay, where

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is located. It serves as the logical continuation of Magdalena Jalandoni Street. It heads south across Financial Center consisting of the

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headquarters and the

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complex, which houses the

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. South of the Libertad channel, the boulevard enters Metropolitan Park and the SM Central Business Park, intersecting with

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(EDSA) before entering the Aseana City development, home of the Department of Foreign Affairs–Office of Consular Affairs Building and Ayala Malls Manila Bay. At Asean Avenue, Macapagal traverses the

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gaming complex with

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and

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(formerly Belle Grande Manila) dominating this stretch up to Seaside Boulevard, an extension of

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. Near the Seaside Boulevard junction are the

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ramps that provide access to the

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and connect it to the Metro Manila Skyway. The Manila Southwest Integrated Bus Terminal is housed within the former Uniwide Coastal Mall grounds at Seaside Boulevard, while the

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is located few meters south. Macapagal's current southern terminus is Pacific Avenue in Marina Baytown East village in Parañaque, where most traffic turns left towards the

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. It also has a short extension towards the southern edge of Asiaworld, with the Las Piñas–Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area as the terminating vista.

Landmarks

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* Ayala Malls Manila Bay * Blue Bay Walk *

* Dampa Seafood Market * Department of Foreign Affairs–Office of Consular Affairs Building * DoubleDragon Plaza * HK Sun Plaza * Hobbies of Asia * Icon Hotel * Manila Tytana Colleges * Marina Bay Village * Met Live Mall (built on the former site of Blue Wave Macapagal) *

Financial Center * Sentosia Condominiums *

* Uniwide Coastal Mall * W Mall *

Notes

References

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