Quirino Highway

For the highway also known by this name in northern Luzon, see Naguilian Road.

Quirino Highway
Quirino Highway in Tungkong Mangga, San Jose del Monte near the boundary with North Caloocan
Route information
Component highways:	R-7 R-7
Major junctions
Beltway around Quezon City, North Caloocan, and San Jose del Monte
South end:	North Luzon Expressway, Quezon City
	Regalado Avenue Mindanao Avenue North Luzon Expressway Gen. Luis St. Maligaya Drive Almar-Zabarte Road Commonwealth Avenue Bocaue-San Jose del Monte Road or (Sta.Maria-Tungkong Mangga Road) Igay Road
North end:	Brgy. Bigte, Norzagaray, Bulacan
Location
Major cities:	Quezon City, North Caloocan, San Jose del Monte
Towns:	Norzagaray
Highway system
Highways in the Philippines

Quirino Highway at Tungkong, Manga

Quirino Highway, formerly called the Manila-del Monte Garay Road or Ipo Road, is a highway located in Quezon City, Philippines which spans from 4 to 8 lanes. It is one of the major roads in Metro Manila and is part of Radial Road 7 (R-7).

The highway starts from Norzagaray, Bulacan and passes through the areas of San Jose del Monte, Malaria, Pangarap, and Lagro in Caloocan, Novaliches, C-5 Road, Tandang Sora and ends Balintawak Cloverleaf in North Luzon Expressway in Quezon City. It is also the alternate route for going to Baliuag and up to Cagayan Valley via Cagayan Valley Road.

List of Intersections

Intersection	Jeepney Label	Location	Route Description
NLEX interchange	Balintawak Cloverleaf	Balintawak, Quezon City	This is southern terminus of Quirino Highway. Northbound goes to NLEX in Central Luzon, southbound goes to EDSA.
Sta Quiteria Intersection	Quirino-Tandang Sora	Brgy. Talipapa, Quezon City	Southbound Sta Guitterria goes to Tandang Sora Ave. Northbound goes to MacArthur Highway.
C-5 Road Intersection	Quirino-Mindanao Avenue	Brgy. Sauyo, Quezon City	This is the intersection of Quirino Highway and Mindanao Avenue. North bound goes to NLEX, southbound goes to C-5 and EDSA.
Novaliches Shopping District	Gen. Luis-Susano Road Intersection	Brgy. Santa Monica, Novaliches	Quirino Highway turns westward here. West bound Gen. Luis St. can be accessed by turning left. Continuing straight takes you to the Susano Road. This place is prone to heavy traffic due to the abundance of people here.
Dumalay Street Intersection	San Roque Central		Northside goes to the market places of Novaliches and meets again with Quirino Highway, Southside goes to the San Roque Church.
Dumalay Street Southbound	Novaliches-Glori		Public utility jeepneys take this intersection to access their terminal on that street. This street also holds many marketplaces.
Commonwealth Avenue junction (Northbound)	Quirino-Almar Zabarte	Brgy. Kaligayahan, Novaliches	Quirino Highway becomes a part of Radial Road-7 after passing this intersection. Commonwealth Avenue goes to the Quezon Memorial Circle.
Zabarte Road Junction (Southbound)(Quirino-Zabarte)			Zabarte Road goes to Caloocan.
Belfast Avenue (Northbound)	SM-Robinson Loop	Pasong Putik-Greater Lagro Industrial Center	Belfast Avenue goes to Mindanao Avenue. All north-bounders in Quirino Highway must turn right to this road, leaving all south-bounders in a one way system. Belfast Avenue ends in Mindanao Avenue. In Mindanao Avenue, turning right goes to Commonwealth Avenue, turning right provides access to Regalado Avenue and Quirino Highway. SM City Fairview can be accessed by this route.
Maligaya-Zapote Road (Southbound)			Maligaya can be accessed by turning right in Quirino Highway Southbound. Northbounders in Maligaya must enter the Robinsons Novaliches to access Quirino Highway.
Regalado Avenue (Northbound)			Mindanao Avenue travellers can access Regalado to Quirino by turning left. Turning right goes to Commonwealth Avenue. There is no access to Regalado from southbound. Southbounders must turn left to Belfast to access this road. Regalado travellers can access Quirino Southbound and Maligaya Road by turning left and turning right provides access to Quirino northbound.
Ascension Avenue Intersection	Quirino-Lagro Loob		Ascension Avenue provides access to Brgy. Greater Lagro and Regalado Avenue.
Crispulo Street Intersection	Quirino-Pangarap	Brgy. Pangarap, Caloocan	The street provides access to the Camarin road.
Malaria Road Intersection	Malaria		The road provides access to the Langit Road.
Araneta Avenue Intersection	Quirino-Apitong		This road goes to Pangarap, often closed due to massacres and gunfights occurring at the place for the reclamations of the properties of the Araneta Family.
Marilao Bridge		San Jose del Monte, Bulacan	Quirino Highway left Manila.
Tungkong Mangga Road intersection	Quirino-Tungko		This road leads to the district of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.
San Jose del Monte Road intersection			This road provides access to Marilao.
Dr. Eduardo C. Roquero Avenue Intersection			This road leads to the Sapang Palay District of San Jose Del Monte.
Vilarama Road Intersection		Brgy. Bigte, Norzagaray, Bulacan	This is the northern terminus of Quirino Highway. R-7 continues as Ipo Road. This road leads to Norzagaray town proper and to Cagayan Valley region.

Shopping centers

Currently there are a few shopping centers spanning the highway, the famous mall in the avenue is the SM City Fairview, Robinsons Novaliches (formerly Robinsons Place Novaliches and Robinsons Nova Market), and Ayala Fairview Terraces where it services people along Novaliches, Caloocan and San Jose del Monte, Bulacan areas. Also there are malls serving the Novaliches area namely Novaliches Plaza Mall NovaMall in short, and the SM City Novaliches at Brgy. San Bartolome and Starmall San Jose Del Monte and SM City San Jose Del Monte serving the SJDM Area.

Other buildings and structures

There are a lot of schools located along the highway. Among these are the Our Lady of Fatima University - Quezon City campus, Mater Carmeli School - Novaliches campus, The School of St Anthony-Lagro and the Main Campus of the Local University of Quezon City, the Quezon City Polytechnic University - San Bartolome.

There are also wet and dry markets located along the road like the Novaliches Bayan in Barangay Novaliches Proper and the Tungkong Mangga Market in the San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Also along the La Mesa Watershed Gate area is the La Mesa Dam which supplies water to Metro Manila. The studios and headquarters of TV5 also lies along the highway.

Affordable priced salons also line the road of Quirino Highway. One of which is Fab Forever Salon, near Novaliches Bayan.

Future MRT line

Currently there are no train lines in Quirino Highway, but plans to build one along the highway are there. The MRT-7 is expected to begin construction by 2013. This will also help decongest the highway from further traffic.

Three of the line's proposed stations will lie on the highway. They are Quirino, Sacred Heart, and Tala.

Linking to Commonwealth Avenue

On October 1, 2009, Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. announce 15-year-old dream to link Commonwealth Avenue and Quirino Highway at the cost of P20 million to P140 million, near at Zabarte Road and Metro Manila Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. The project was completed in May 2011 and was already operational to private vehicles.

See also

• EDSA (C-4 Road)
• Quezon Memorial Circle
• Major roads in Metro Manila
• House of Representatives
• Commonwealth Avenue
• Neopolitan Business Park
• Novaliches Plaza Mall

External links

• The official website of San Jose del Monte City
• The official website of Caloocan City
• The official website of Quezon City