Dimasalang Street is a major road between the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in

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, the capital city of the Philippines. Running in a north–south direction, it connects

Lacson Avenue Lacson Avenue is the principal northwest–southeast artery in the Sampaloc, Manila, Sampaloc district in northern Manila, Philippines. It is a 6-8 lane median divided avenue that runs approximately from Tayuman Street in Santa Cruz, Manila, S ...

and Laon Laan Street in the south to

Blumentritt Road Blumentritt Road is a major road in Manila, Philippines. It runs through the border of the City of Manila with Quezon City from Rizal Avenue in Santa Cruz, Manila, Santa Cruz district to G. Tuazon Street in Sampaloc, Manila, Sampaloc district. ...

, near the city's border with

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, in the north. It also crosses over the

Philippine National Railway The Philippine National Railways (PNR) (; ) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Laguna and Quezon, and local services between Sipocot, Naga and Legazpi in the Bicol Region. It ...

tracks and below the

NLEX Connector NLEX Connector (North Luzon Expressway Connector) is a , four-lane elevated expressway in Metro Manila, Philippines. It connects the NLEX Harbor Link to the Metro Manila Skyway, which connects further to the North Luzon Expressway, North and So ...

at Dimasalang Bridge. It is named after ''Dimasalang'', one of the pen names of the Philippine national hero

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. The entire route is designated as National Route 162 (N162) of the

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and a component of

Radial Road 8 Radial Road 8 (R-8), informally known as the R-8 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the eighth radial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines. It runs north-south through northern Metro Manila, linking the city of Manila with Q ...

of the

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