Quezon Boulevard

Quezon Boulevard
Quezon Boulevard where it crosses under Recto Avenue
Route information
Length:	1.1 km (0.7 mi)
Component highways:	R-8 R-8 N170
Major junctions
North end:	Lerma Street in Sampaloc
	Recto Avenue (C-1) Gonzalo Puyat Street Hidalgo Street Arlegui Street
South end:	Quezon Bridge and Palanca Street in Quiapo

Quezon Boulevard is a short stretch of highway in Manila, Philippines running north-south through the district of Quiapo. It is a 6-10 lane 1.1-kilometre (0.68 mi) long divided boulevard designated as a component of Radial Road 8 (R-8) which links the center of Manila to North Luzon Expressway in Quezon City in the north. It also connects downtown Manila with Quezon Memorial Circle and the Batasang Pambansa Complex in northeast Quezon City via a tunnel to Lerma Street which leads to España Boulevard and the rest of Radial Road 7 (R-7). The boulevard is the main access to the popular Quiapo Church and is one of the main thoroughfares of the University Belt area.

Quezon Boulevard was developed as part of a national road plan to connect the government center of Manila in Rizal Park to the proposed new capital on the Diliman estate. It was built in 1939 over the old Calle Regidor, which was widened by demolishing all the buildings and houses on its east side and eventually combined with the old Calle Martin Ocampo. It was also in 1939 when the old Puente Colgante, which connected the boulevard south over the Pasig River to Padre Burgos Avenue in Ermita, was replaced by the modern steel arch bridge, Quezon Bridge.