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Radial Road 9 (R-9), informally known as the R-9 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the ninth
arterial road An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights o ...
of
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in the
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. It is the westernmost of the radial roads north of the
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that lead to the provinces. The road links the city of Manila with
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and Valenzuela in the north, leading out of Metro Manila into the provinces of
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, and
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Route description


Rizal Avenue

Between the
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front of the district of Santa Cruz and the Monumento Roundabout at the intersection with
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA (), is a major circumferential road around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, namel ...
(EDSA) in
Caloocan Caloocan, officially the City of Caloocan (; ), is a highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 1,661,584 people making it the fourth-most populous city in the Philippines. Caloo ...
, R-9 is known as Rizal Avenue. It runs underneath the LRT Line 1.


MacArthur Highway

R-9 becomes the MacArthur Highway after crossing the intersection of EDSA and Samson Road at the
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Roundabout. It connects South Caloocan with
Malabon Malabon, officially the City of Malabon (), is a highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 380,522 people. Located just north of the city of Manila, Malabon is ...
and Valenzuela, running parallel to the North Luzon Expressway (R-8) to the east. The highway crosses into the
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provinces of
Bulacan Bulacan, officially the Province of Bulacan (; ; ; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region. Its capital is the city of Malolos. Bulacan was established on ...
,
Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga (; ; ), is a province in Central Luzon in the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac to the north, Nueva Ecija to the northeast, Bulacan to the east, ...
,
Tarlac Tarlac, officially the Province of Tarlac (; ; ; ; ), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon Regions of the Philippines, region. It had a population of 1,503,456 people according to ...
,
Pangasinan Pangasinan, officially the Province of Pangasinan (, ; ; ), is a coastal Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region of Luzon. Its capital is Lingayen, Pangasinan, Lingayen while San Carlos, Pangasi ...
, and
La Union La Union (), officially the Province of La Union (; ; ; ; ; ), is a coastal province in the Philippines situated in the Ilocos Region on the island of Luzon. The province's capital, the San Fernando, La Union, City of San Fernando, is the most ...
, where it is also known as the Manila North Road. The R-9 segment of the road terminates at the junction with
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in
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.


See also

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List of roads in Metro Manila This list of roads in Metro Manila summarizes the major thoroughfares and the numbering system currently being implemented in Metro Manila, Philippines. Metro Manila's major road network comprises six Ring road, circumferential roads and ten Art ...


References

{{Road infrastructure in Manila Routes in Metro Manila