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, The boulevard is an eight-lane major arterial
road in Metro Manila designated as Radial Road 1 (R-1)

Lanes,
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

Median &
Highway 26 (AH26).

Road The arcing road runs in a north-south direction

Alignment of 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

Roxas the Manila-Cavite Expressway, also known as the

Coastal Road, or more recently, CAVITEX.

Boulevard
 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 ■ The design speed of the Roxas Boulevard
before was 60 kilometers per hour but for
today it lowered to 50 kilometers per hour to

Speed 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