Manila East Road

R-5
Manila East Road
; R-5 Manila East Road
	Manila East Road in Cardona
Route information
	Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways
Length	100.104 km (62.202 mi)
Component; highways	R-5 R-5; N60 in Pasig and Cainta; N601 from Cainta to Famy; N602 from Famy to Pagsanjan;
Major junctions
North end	N60 (Ortigas Avenue) / Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue in Pasig
	N60 (Ortigas Avenue) / Felix Avenue in Cainta; N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road) in Famy, Laguna;
South end	N66 (Calamba–Pagsanjan Road) / N603 (Pagsanjan–Lucban Road) in Pagsanjan, Laguna
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Rizal and Laguna
Major cities	Pasig
Towns	Cainta, Taytay, Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, Pililla, Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, Pagsanjan
Highway system
	Roads in the Philippines; Highways; Expressways List; ;

The Manila East Road, also known as National Road and National Highway, is a two-to-four lane primary and secondary highway connecting Metro Manila to the provinces of Rizal and Laguna in the Philippines.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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Since 2014, the entire road is a part of the series of national highways by the Department of Public Works and Highways. It is a component of National Route 60 from Pasig to Cainta, National Route 601 (N601) from Cainta to Famy, while the segment from Famy to Pagsanjan is a component of National Route 602 (N602).

Manila East Road starts in barangay Rosario, Pasig as Ortigas Avenue at its intersection with Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue. It then enters the province of Rizal at Cainta, where it turns south at Cainta Junction towards the poblacion. It enters Taytay, where it meets Taytay Diversion Road near the marketplace. It will then follow a route that circumscribes Laguna de Bay, passing through the municipalities of Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and Pililla in Rizal and Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, and Pagsanjan in Laguna.^[1]

Alternative names

Manila East Road is also known as National Road or National Highway. Its section from Rosario, Pasig to Cainta Junction is also known as Rosario–Cainta Road and a part of Ortigas Avenue Extension, while its section from Tanay to Pililla is also known as Tanay–Pililla Road.^[6] Its section designated as N602, from Famy to Pagsanjan, forms part of Calamba–Santa Cruz–Famy Junction Road.

The highway is also locally known as the following within respective poblacions:^[1]

Bonifacio Avenue in Cainta
Rizal Avenue in Taytay
M.L. Quezon Avenue in Angono
Baltazar Street and J.P. Rizal Avenue in Binangonan
San Pedro Street and Rizal Street in Cardona
T. Claudio Street in Baras
J.P. Rizal Street in Baras and Pililla
M.H. Del Pilar Street and F.T. Catapusan Street in Tanay
G. Paz Street, M.L. Quezon Street, and M.A. Roxas Street in Pililla
Gen. Taino Street in Pagsanjan

The highway used to start in or near Manila and took the present-day alignment of J.P. Rizal Avenue in Makati (formerly part of Rizal), branching off from Santa Ana, Manila,^[7]^[8] and later the present-day alignments of P. Sanchez Street in Santa Mesa and Shaw Boulevard.^[9] It was also designated as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of Manila with the provinces of Rizal and Laguna to the east, especially during the American colonial era.^[10]^[11]

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Province	City/Municipality	Destinations	Notes
Pasig		N60 (Ortigas Avenue) / Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue / ROTC Street — Mandaluyong, Quezon City, San Juan	Terminus. Continues westward as N60 (Ortigas Avenue).
		Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Avenue — Manggahan, Circulo Verde, Santolan	Right-in, right out. Left turns via U-turn slots. Alternate access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway).
		Cipriano Raymundo Avenue — Maybunga, Bagong Ilog	Eastbound side only.
Rizal	Cainta	N60 (Ortigas Avenue Extension) / Felix Avenue – Taytay, Marikina, Antipolo	Cainta Crossing. Traffic light intersection. Alternate access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway). Road designation changes to N601 and follows Bonifacio Avenue into Taytay.
	Taytay	Gen. Artemio Ricarte Street / Rizal Avenue	Access to Ortigas Avenue Extension.
		Pulumbarit Street	Access to Kaytikling Junction via Leonard Wood Street.
		P. Ocampo Street	Access to Highway 2000 leading to Taguig & Pasig.
		Taytay Market Road — Taguig, Pasig	Two one-way roads around the New Taytay Public Market. Access to Taguig & Pasig via Highway 2000 & Circumferential Road 6.
		Taytay Diversion Road — Antipolo	South end of diversion road.
	Angono	Angono Diversion Road / Don Mariano Santos Avenue (DOMSA)	Northern end of diversion road. Access to Mahabang Parang in Angono and alternate access to Antipolo via DOMSA.
		Don Mariano Santos Avenue
		Colonel Guido Street	Access to Mahabang Parang & Angono poblacion.
		Angono Diversion Road	Southern end of diversion road.
	Binangonan	Quarry Road	Internal road leading to Barangays Pantok & Palangoy and Mahabang Parang in Angono.
		Binangonan–Angono–Taytay Coastal Road	Under construction.
		Binangonan Diversion Road	Western end of diversion road.
		Osmeña Street / Baltazar Street	Continues through the town as Baltazar Street.
		J.P. Rizal Avenue
		Binangonan Diversion Road	Eastern end of diversion road.
	Cardona	Cardona Diversion Road	South end of the diversion road.
		Rizal Street / San Pedro Street / Pasay Street	Cardona poblacion. All roads are one-way segments due to the width of the road.
		Cardona Diversion Road	North end of the diversion road.
	Morong	Corazon C. Aquino Avenue — Antipolo, Teresa	Eastern end of Corazon Aquino Avenue.
		Sagbat–Pililla Diversion Road — Baras, Tanay, Pililla	Western end of diversion road. Road continues as T. Claudio Street.
		H. Raymundo Street	Brgy. Lagundi internal road leading to Pinugay in Baras. Road continues into Baras poblacion as J.P. Rizal Avenue.
	Baras	Bayani–Ferrera Road (Alejo Street)	Internal road leading to Brgy. Pinugay in Baras.
	Tanay	Tanay–Sampaloc Road — Tanay, Santa Maria	Tanay poblacion. Access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway).
	Pililla	Sagbat–Pililla Diversion Road — Tanay, Pililla	Pililla poblacion. Eastern end of diversion road.
	Pililla	Pililla–Jala-Jala–Pakil Road	Access to the municipalities of Jalajala and Pakil.
Laguna	Mabitac	J.P. Rizal Street — Mabitac, Santa Maria	Northbound leads to Santa Maria poblacion; southbound to Mabitac poblacion.
	Mabitac	Santa Maria Diversion Road — Real, Infanta	Access to N59 (Marikina-Infanta Highway).
	Famy	N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road) – Siniloan, Real, Infanta	Road designation changes to N602.
	Siniloan	Q. Dela Rosa Street	Access to Siniloan poblacion.
	Pakil	Pakil–Pangil–Mabitac Road — Siniloan, Pakil
	Pakil	Tavera Street — Pakil, Paete
	Paete	J.V. Quesada Street	Paete poblacion internal road.
	Paete	J.P. Rizal Street
	Kalayaan	Longos–San Antonio Road	Internal road leading to Brgy. San Antonio in Kalayaan.
	Kalayaan	Kalayaan Poblacion Road	Road to Brgy. San Juan (Kalayaan poblacion).
	Lumban	Lagumbay Road	Internal road to Lumban poblacion.
	Lumban	Lumban–Caliraya–Cavinti Road — Lake Caliraya, Lumot Lake, Cavinti
	Pagsanjan	N66 (Calamba–Pagsanjan Road) / N603 (Pagsanjan–Lucban Road) – Calamba, Batangas, Quezon	Terminus. Pagsanjan segment locally known as General Taino Street.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition Unopened

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[2]
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[9]
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[11]
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"Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

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"Metro Manila 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved September 24, 2021.

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"Laguna 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 19, 2018.

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"Rizal 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 19, 2018.

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"Rizal 2nd". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 19, 2018.

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"Tanay-Pililla Rd" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved October 20, 2021.

[7] [7]
Pante, Michael (July 4, 2020). "Settlements and the Heritage Dilemma in Manila". City & Society. 32 (2): 229–474. doi:10.1111/ciso.12292. S2CID 225550309.

[8] [8]
Complete YMCA 1934 Manila map (Map). 1934. Retrieved November 14, 2021.

[9] [9]
Executive Order No. 113 (May 2, 1955), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved September 28, 2021

[10] [10]
Southern Luzon Western Sheet (Map). 1:200000. Washington D.C.: US Geodetic Survey. 1941. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

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1944 Army Map Service Road Map of Northern Luzon, Philippines (Map). 1:1000000. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service. 1944. Retrieved July 25, 2021.

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