Padre Burgos Avenue

Padre Burgos Avenue is a 14-lane important thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines. It was named after one of the martyred priests, Jose Burgos. It is a road in the center of the city providing access to several important thoroughfares like Taft Avenue, Rizal Avenue, Roxas Boulevard, and Quezon Boulevard. The avenue is a component of Circumferential Road 1 (C-1) of Manila's highway sysyem. The Manila City Hall can be accessed using this road, and so is the Rizal Park and Intramuros.


C-1

Padre Burgos Avenue
Padre Burgos Avenue with the National Museum (right) and the Manila City Hall (background)
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways - South Manila District Engineering Office[1]
Length1.5 km[2] (0.9 mi)
Component
highways
  • C-1 C-1 from Finance Road to Roxas Boulevard & Bonifacio Drive
  • N150
  • N170 from Taft Avenue to Quezon Bridge
Major junctions
North endJunctions of the MacArthur, Jones, and Quezon Bridges in Ermita
 
South end N120 / AH26 (Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard) in Ermita
Location
Major citiesManila
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The road starts from the southern banks of the Pasig River at Liwasang Bonifacio, where MacArthur Bridge, Jones Bridge, and Quezon Bridge merge. It continues south and it will branch to two, Taft Avenue and itself when it reaches Rizal Park. It will then turn sharply left, intersecting with Finance Drive, the major thoroughfare of Rizal Park which leads to Ayala Boulevard and Mendiola Street, the other parts of the C-1. Padre Burgos Avenue ends with a junction with Roxas Boulevard.

See also

References
  1. "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. "Padre Burgos Avenue southbound". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 13, 2015.


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