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. It is a component of National Route 60 from

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, National Route 601 (N601) from Cainta to

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, 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,

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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

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, passing through the municipalities of

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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 fi ...

, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and

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in Rizal and

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, Kalayaan,

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, 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

, 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 a ...

''s: * Bonifacio Avenue in

* Rizal Avenue in Taytay * M.L. Quezon Avenue in

* 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 J. P. Rizal Avenue, also known as J. P. Rizal Street, is a major local avenue in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a contour collector road on the south bank of the Pasig River that runs east–west from Pateros Bridge at the Makati–Pat ...

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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 Manila with the provinces of Rizal and Laguna to the east, especially during the

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Intersections

Intersections are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero.

References

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