Radial Road 9

Radial Road 9 (R-9), informally known as the R-9 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the ninth arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines.^[1] It is the westernmost of the radial roads north of the Pasig River that lead to the provinces. The road links the city of Manila with Caloocan, Malabon and Valenzuela in the north, leading out of Metro Manila into the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union.

R-9 Radial Road 9
Rizal Avenue as seen from Gonzalo Puyat Street intersection, part of the R-9 Road
Route information
Length	228.0 km (141.7 mi)
Component highways	N150 in Manila and Caloocan N1 from Caloocan to Guiguinto N2 from Guiguinto to Rosario
Major junctions
South end	Pasig River in the City of Manila
North end	N54 (Kennon Road) in Rosario, La Union
Location
Country	Philippines
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

Route description

Rizal Avenue

Main article: Rizal Avenue

Between the Pasig River front of the district of Santa Cruz and the Monumento Roundabout at the intersection with Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Caloocan, R-9 is known as Rizal Avenue. It runs underneath the LRT Line 1.

MacArthur Highway

Main article: MacArthur Highway

MacArthur Highway in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan

R-9 becomes the MacArthur Highway after crossing the intersection of EDSA and Samson Road at the Monumento Roundabout. It connects South Caloocan with Malabon and Valenzuela, running parallel to the North Luzon Expressway (R-8) to the east. The highway crosses into the Central Luzon provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, and La Union, where it is also known as the Manila North Road. The R-9 segment of the road terminates at the junction with Kennon Road in Rosario.

See also

• List of roads in Metro Manila