Radial Road 10 (R-10), informally known as the R-10 Road, and commonly Road 10, is a network of roads and bridges which will comprise the tenth radial road of

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in the

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once completed. It is the westernmost of the radial roads north of the

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, running north–south close to the shoreline of

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. When completed, the road would link the city of Manila with

Navotas Navotas, officially the City of Navotas (), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Philippine census, 2020 census, it ha ...

and the northern coastal provinces of

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, and

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. At present, only the Manila–Navotas segment of the road is complete.

Route description

Mel Lopez Boulevard

Between Anda Circle and the Maralla Bridge over Marala Creek (Sunog Apog Creek), R-10 is known as

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, formerly Marcos Road. It is the only segment of R-10 in the city of Manila that passes through the

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complex in Tondo before arriving in the city of

, where it continues simply as R-10.

Radial Road 10

North of the Estero de Marala, R-10 serves the Navotas Fish Port Complex and terminates at the Bangkulasi Bridge over the

Tullahan River The Tullahan River is a river in the Philippines. It is located to the north of Manila and has an approximate length of . It starts at the La Mesa Reservoir in Quezon City and flows through Caloocan, Malabon, Valenzuela, and Navotas and emptie ...

, where it continues towards South

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and

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Circumferential Road 4 Circumferential Road 4 (C-4), informally known as the C-4 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the fourth beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some , it connects the cities of Caloocan, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyon ...

(C-4).

Manila–Bataan Coastal Road

A highway linking Manila and the province of

has been proposed as an extension of R-10. The plan was conceptualized during the

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. Like

Radial Road 1 Radial Road 1 (R-1), informally known as the R-1 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the first arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some , it connects the cities and municipalities of Bacoor, General Tria ...

and its segments,

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and the Manila–Cavite Expressway, the highway would run along the coast of

north of the Pasig River. From the current terminus of R-10 in Navotas, Phase 1 will travel north along the coastal

municipalities and end at the proposed

North Luzon Expressway The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), signed as E1 of the Philippine expressway network, partially as N160 of the Philippine highway network, and partially as R-8 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access highway that ...

(NLEX) Phase 3 in

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, while Phase 2 will travel south from NLEX Phase 3 in

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, Pampanga to Balanga,

. The proposed highway would be built over fishponds and serve as flood barriers for the coastal provinces.

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