Roxas (Dewey) Boulevard in Manila City

ROXAS BOULEVARD Presented by: ENCONADO, PATRICK FUNTILAR, JOSHUA LASQUETY, JOHNRICK RACELIS, NICCOLO VALERIO, REGINA GRACE Presented to: Dr. Tomas U. Ganiron Jr

Brief History of Roxas Boulevard ■ It was renamed Dewey Boulevard in honor of the American Admiral George Dewey, whose forces defeated the Spanish navy in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 ■ The boulevard was again renamed to Heiwa Boulevard in late 1941 during Japanese Home Rule and Roxas Boulevard in the 1960s to honor President Manuel Roxas, the fifth president of the Republic of Philippines.

■ The divided roadway has become a trademark of Philippine tourism, famed for its yacht club, hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings and parks.

■ It was originally called Cavite Boulevard

Design Speed, Lanes, Median & Road Alignment of Roxas Boulevard

The boulevard is an eight-lane major arterial road in Metro Manila designated as Radial Road 1 (R-1) of Manila's arterial road network, National Route 61 (N61) and National Route 120 (N120) of the Philippine highway network and a spur of Asian Highway 26 (AH26).

The arcing road runs in a north-south direction from Luneta in Manila and ends in Parañaque at the intersection of NAIA Road and the elevated NAIA Expressway.[6] Beyond its southern terminus, starts the Manila-Cavite Expressway, also known as the Coastal Road, or more recently, CAVITEX.

ROXAS BOULEVARD 1967

ROXAS BOULEVARD 2019

Road Description ■ Roxas Boulevard starts at Rizal Park as a physical continuation of Bonifacio Drive.

The road passes through many tall buildings, restaurants, banks, monuments, and other establishments. The United States Embassy is in the Luneta area; a kilometer south the headquarters of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Philippine Navy are located within the Malate district of Manila. After the BSP building, the boulevard enters Pasay, passing through the CCP Complex and Star City. It then intersects with Gil Puyat Avenue, where it ascends through the Gil Puyat flyover. It then parallels Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. It ascends again to intersect EDSA through the flyover of the same name. A few meters after passing EDSA, it enters Paranaque, continues into a straight route until it ends on an intersection with NAIA Expressway, where the road continues south as Manila-Cavite Expressway(CAVITEX) which is also known as Coastal Road.

■ The type of road alignment of the Roxas Boulevard is vertical alignment.

■ The length of the Roxas Boulevard is 7.6 km or 4.72242 miles.

Roxas Boulevard Flyover

Design Speed

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The design speed of the Roxas Boulevard before was 60 kilometers per hour but for today it lowered to 50 kilometers per hour to minimize the accidents caused by the cars especially the trucks.

MEDIAN The median of the Roxas Boulevard is filled with plants, trees and street post lights.

NEWS ABOUT THE ROXAS BOULEVARD ROAD