Shaw Boulevard

Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard; commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, founder of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong. The road is one of the major thoroughfares of the Ortigas Center in Mandaluyong and Pasig, housing many shopping malls like the Starmall shopping center and the posh Shangri-La Plaza at the EDSA-Shaw intersection and The Marketplace, which is visible from the Kalentong-Shaw intersection and Sevilla Bridge.

It is served by the Shaw Boulevard station of the MRT-3 along EDSA, often called EDSA-Crossing. Bus and jeepney routes serve the entirety of the road, going to and from Quiapo, Santa Mesa, the José Rizal University, EDSA, Ortigas Center, the Pasig Public Market, and Binangonan, Rizal.

Route description

Shaw Boulevard starts as a four-lane road at Sevilla Bridge, which crosses the San Juan River, before coming to an intersection past General Kalentong Street. It is the physical continuation of P. Sanchez Street in Manila. It follows a slightly curved route over Mandaluyong before crossing EDSA. The road expands into four lanes per direction, with two lanes going to the flyover and two lanes passing below. The flyover carries the road over Shaw Boulevard MRT station and descends near EDSA Shangri-La. The road becomes a dual six-lane carriageway east of EDSA and soon enters Pasig. Shaw Boulevard is eventually reduced to a four-lane road, extending to C-5 as Pasig Boulevard.

The entire span of the road and its continuations from Sevilla Bridge to Pasig Boulevard have Class II paint-separated one-way bike lanes on both sides as part of the Metropolitan Bike Lane Network. The intersection of Shaw Boulevard, West Capitol Drive, and Camino Verde Road has dedicated bike boxes, which were introduced in September 2021.

Proposal for the elevated expressway

In 2014, under the Roadmap for Transport Infrastructure Development for Metro Manila and Its Surrounding Areas ( Region III & Region IV-A; also known as the Metro Manila Dream Plan), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) study proposes a dual 2-lane elevated expressway from NLEX-SLEX Connector Road (later renamed as NLEX Connector during construction) near Santa Mesa over this highway (R-5) through Pasig to connect with C-5. It was mentioned again in the 2019 follow-up report.

Landmarks

Landmarks are listed from west to east.

Mandaluyong

* José Rizal University (formerly José Rizal College)
* SM Hypermarket Mandaluyong (formerly Makro Mandaluyong)
* Shaw Center Mall
* Saint John Paul II Mission Station
* SM Center Shaw (formerly Cherry Foodarama Shaw)
* Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
* Worldwide Corporate Center
** Nine Media Corporation
** Southern Broadcasting Network
* Starmall EDSA Shaw (formerly Manuela Complex)
* Shaw Boulevard station ( MRT-3)
* Shangri-La Plaza
** Rustan's (formerly known as Crossings Department Store)
* Greenfield District
* Lourdes School of Mandaluyong

Pasig

* Shaw Boulevard station ( MMS, future)
* Capitol Commons
* Ynares Sports Arena
* Citystate Centre
** Aliw Broadcasting Corporation

Public transportation

Jeepney routes

* Pasig - Quiapo (T205)
* EDSA/Shaw - Morong (T256)
* EDSA/Shaw - Tanay (T257)
* EDSA/Shaw - Binangonan (T258)
* EDSA/Shaw - Pasig (T295)
* EDSA/Shaw - Taytay (T297)
* EDSA/Shaw - Antipolo (T298)
* EDSA/Shaw - Kalentong/JRU (T347)

UV Express routes

* Pasig - Quiapo (N63)
* Quiapo - SM Megamall (N65)
* Binangonan - Starmall Shaw (N72)
* Taytay - Starmall Shaw (N74)

Rail stations

* Shaw Boulevard station ( MRT Line 3)
* Shaw Boulevard station (Metro Manila Subway, under construction)

Intersections

References

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Streets in Metro Manila
Boulevards
Bike lanes in Metro Manila