Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue (also known as FPJ Avenue), formerly Roosevelt Avenue (), is the principal north–south tertiary road serving the

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district (colloquially known as Frisco) of

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, Philippines. It is long and runs between

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(EDSA) to the north and

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to the south. The avenue is named after

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, a renowned Filipino actor and

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who once lived along it. Its former name, Roosevelt Avenue, was named after former

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. The avenue and the adjacent area are also referred to by locals as ''

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'', as it is the site of a popular wet market, the Muñoz Market, located at the corner of FPJ Avenue and EDSA. The market was named after its owner, Demetrio Muñoz, a philanthropist, businessman and presidential adviser during the administration of

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from the province of

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. At the opposite end of FPJ on Quezon Avenue is

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, a commercial establishment built on the land that used to be the main terminal of the Pangasinan Transportation Company (PANTRANCO), which went bankrupt in 1993. FPJ Avenue is also home to the former transmitter of

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(IBC).

Renaming proposals

In 2010, Quezon City's 1st district representative

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authored a bill in

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to rename Roosevelt Avenue after his predecessor, former representative Reynaldo Calalay, who died in office in 2003.

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amended House Bill No. 7499, originally to rename the adjacent Del Monte Avenue after the actor

After considering opinions from various religious groups and the

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introduced an amendment to rename Roosevelt Avenue instead. On September 13, 2021, the Senate approved the amendment and the bill. The

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concurred with the Senate amendment on September 28 and transmitted it to

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on November 20 for his signature. On December 10, 2021, President Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11608, renaming the road as Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue. It was published in the Official Gazette on January 13, 2022.

Route description

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FPJ Avenue is located in Quezon City, northeast of

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and runs for roughly along a north–south axis. Starting at its southern terminus at the junction with Quezon Avenue in

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Santa Cruz, the road heads north toward Barangay Paraiso, providing access to Damayan, the site of the old

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church of the former pueblo of San Francisco del Monte built in 1593. It intersects with Del Monte Avenue, from where it continues on a straight path north through the mixed residential and industrial villages of

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and Paltok, where a

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plant stands next to the

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transmitter (now demolished in 2023). The road ends at the intersection with EDSA by the Muñoz Market and

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North Edsa. North of EDSA, FPJ Avenue continues as

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, heading northeast to Project 8 and the Culiat area. It is served by the

Fernando Poe Jr. station Fernando Poe Jr. station, also known in its previous name Roosevelt station, is the current northern terminus of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) system. It opened on October 22, 2010, as part of the LRT-1 North Extension Project, as Roose ...

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References

External links

Amendment to HB 7499, Senate of the Philippines, Third Reading copy
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