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The avenue is one of the major roads in Metro Manila and is designated as part of Radial Road 7 (R-7) of the older Manila arterial road system and National Route 170 (N170) of the Philippine highway network. Commonwealth Avenue starts at Elliptical Road, which encircles the Quezon Memorial Circle.
The street is within Quezon City's government area, known for national and local government institutions, offices, and hospitals. [2] It is also home to the Quezon City Hall Complex on the avenue's junction with Elliptical Road. The entire avenue is designated National Route 174 (N174) of the Philippine highway network.
The flagpole in front of the Jose Rizal Memorial Monument in Rizal Park is the kilometer zero of all the roads in Luzon and the rest of the Philippines.. The first road numbering system in the Philippines was adapted in 1940 by the administration of President Manuel Quezon, and was very much similar to U.S. Highway numbering system.
The Elliptical Road is a 1.98-kilometer (1.23 mi) roundabout [1] in Quezon City, which circumscribes the Quezon Memorial Circle, a large park. It was named after its elliptical shape. The road is divided into eight lanes: three main lanes, four for exiting vehicles, and one for bicycles and pedicabs. [2]
United Concrete Pipe Corporation was a manufacturing and construction company based in Southern California. It was in the business of constructing and installing concrete water pipes for irrigation, water lines, sewers, and drains, and after 1930 expanded into general construction, building concrete bridges, tunnels, concrete roads, and ...
Radial Road 10 (R-10), informally known as the R-10 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which will comprise the tenth radial road of Manila in the Philippines once completed. [2] It is the westernmost of the radial roads north of the Pasig River , running north–south close to the shoreline of Manila Bay .
The Quezon Memorial Circle, a national park situated in Quezon City, Philippines is a prominent landmark located within a large elliptical traffic circle bounded by the Elliptical Road. Serving as the main park of Quezon City, which was the official capital of the Philippines from 1948 to 1976, the park is renowned for its centerpiece: a 66 ...
It supplies potable water to Metro Manila and powers a hydro-electric power plant. The dam is 131 meters high and impounds water from the Angat River that subsequently created the Angat Lake. Angat Dam has a normal high water level of 210 meters, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).