# Quirino Highway

The Quirino Highway, formerly called the El Quirino Express Road or Ipo Road, is a four-to-eight lane, secondary highway that connects Quezon City to the municipality of Norzagaray in Bulacan, Philippines. The road is designated as National Route 127 (N127) of the Philippine highway network within the city bounds of Quezon City, Radial Road 7 (R-7), and a spur of Radial Road 8 (R-8) of Metro Manila's arterial road network.

## History

Prior to the construction of the Balintawak Interchange and North Diversion Road, it forms an old road that linked the city of Manila with Novaliches, previously called as the Manila-del Monte Garay Road, Manila-Novaliches Road, Bonifacio-Manila Road, Balintawak-Novaliches Road, and Highway 52. The portion of the road south of EDSA is presently known as A. Bonifacio Avenue. Circa 1955, the section of the highway from Novaliches to the Caloocan–San Jose del Monte boundary was called Novaliches-San Jose Road.
It was later changed to the Don Tomas Susano Road, after the first officially recognized political leader of the district and municipal president of Caloocan during the American occupation of the Philippines. The name changed once more to Quirino Highway, right after the death of Philippine President Elpidio Quirino, who had resided and died at a nearby retreat house in Quezon City. It was the historical reversed widening of a highway, to narrow down for public use.

## Route description

Quirino Highway starts from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, near the Balintawak Cloverleaf in Quezon City. It then runs shortly in parallel to North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) carrying one-way northbound traffic and turns northeast towards the northwestern part of Quezon City. It then meets the Old Novaliches and New Novaliches Flyovers, connecting it to NLEX. The highway turns right at Novaliches Proper, approaching the area of Fairview, where it becomes a one-way westbound highway between Belfast Street to Regalado Highway, adjacent to Robinsons Novaliches and SM City Fairview. Its length from there to Araneta Avenue in Pangarap Village, Caloocan is followed by the under-construction elevated MRT Line 7 line. The road ends its N127 designation as it enters north Caloocan. Crossing the Marilao River, it then enters the province of Bulacan at San Jose del Monte, straddling along the mountainous terrain, and ends at the roundabout with Villarama Road and Ipo Road in Bigte, Norzagaray. Past the roundabout, it is continued by Ipo Road that leads to Ipo Dam.
The highway is also the alternate route for motorists en route to Baliwag and up to Cagayan Valley via Cagayan Valley Road.

## Intersections

Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero.
| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) | Southern terminus; accessible from EDSA northbound. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | East Service Road | Northbound entrance only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 10 | 6.2 | AH 26 (E1) / N160 (NLEX) – Manila | Access to NLEX southbound and West Service Road and entry from NLEX northbound. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Santa Quiteria Street / Howmart Road — Reparo | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Mendez Road / Caroline Street — Bahay Toro | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Tandang Sora Avenue / Tullahan Road — Santa Quiteria, Bahay Toro, Culiat | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | N128 (Mindanao Avenue) – Kaybiga, Valenzuela, North Triangle | Access to C-5 and E5 (NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link) |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | King Alexander Street, Don Julio Gregorio Street (Sauyo Road) — Sauyo, Fairview, Novaliches Proper | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | E5 (NLEX Segment 8.2) – Valenzuela, Malabon, Bulacan | Future Quirino Highway Interchange of NLEX Segment 8.2 (NLEX–C-5 / NLEX Citi Link) |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Pagkabuhay Street | Access to Bagbag Cemetery. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Pablo Dela Cruz Street — Novaliches Proper, San Bartolome | Access to Holy Cross Memorial Park. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Forest Hill Drive — Santa Monica, Fairview, Lagro | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Sarmiento Street | Traffic light intersection. Vehicles approaching Novaliches Proper are not allowed to turn left. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | N118 (General Luis Street) / Susano Road – Camarin, Caloocan, Valenzuela | Novaliches Proper. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | F. Salvador Street — Fairview, Lagro, Diliman | Jordan Plains Subdivision Phase 1 & 2. A major backroad to Commonwealth Avenue before its extension to Quirino Highway. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | N170 (Commonwealth Avenue) – Diliman, Quezon Memorial Circle, San Mateo | Change from R-8 (spur) to R-7. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Zabarte Road — Camarin, Bagong Silang | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Belfast Avenue | Eastbound vehicles are shifted here as Quirino Highway becomes one-way westbound. Also accessible westbound. Provides access to Mindanao Avenue. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Maligaya Drive — Camarin, Bagong Silang | Access to Fairview Terraces and Robinsons Novaliches. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Regalado Highway | Shift from one-way westbound to two-way, four-lane highway. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Ascension Avenue — Greater Lagro | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | St. James Street | Access to Sacred Heart Village in Caloocan. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Esperanza Street | Access to Our Lady of Fatima University Quezon City. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | La Mesa Road | Controlled access road leading to La Mesa Dam and Reservoir. |
| Quezon City – Caloocan boundary | Quezon City – Caloocan boundary | | | Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office–Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office highway boundary (Route change from N127 to unnumbered route) | Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office–Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office highway boundary (Route change from N127 to unnumbered route) |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | | | Makabud Street — Amparo | |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | | | Malanting Street — Amparo | |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | | | Crispulo Street — Camarin, Amparo | |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | | | Araneta Avenue | Access to Pangarap Village and Ciudad Real |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | 28 | 17 | Malaria Road — Tala | |
| Marilao River | Marilao River | 28.892– 29.928 | 17.953– 18.596 | Alat–San Jose Bridge | Alat–San Jose Bridge |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Santa Maria–Tungkong Mangga Road — Santa Maria, Bocaue, Marilao | |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Skyline Road | |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Francisco Avenue | Access to Francisco Homes Subdivision |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Kaypian Road | Access to Bulacan State University and San Jose del Monte city proper |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Igay Road — Rodriguez | |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Del Monte Road | |
| Bulacan | San Jose del Monte | | | Dr. Eduardo V. Roquero Sr. Avenue | Access to the Sapang Palay Resettlement Project |
| Bulacan | Norzagaray | | | Villarama Road / Ipo Road — Norzagaray, Angat | Northern terminus; roundabout intersection. |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access Route transition Unopened ||||||

## Landmarks

This is from southwest to northeast:

### Quezon City

* Baesa Town Center
* SM Hypermarket Novaliches
* Quezon City University
* Novaliches District Hospital
* San Bartolome de Novaliches Parish
* TV5 complex
* SM City Novaliches
* Nova Plaza Mall
* Robinsons Novaliches
* SM City Fairview
* Ayala Malls Fairview Terraces
* La Mesa Watershed

### Caloocan

* St. Dominic Savio College
* Metroplaza Mall
* Alat San Jose Bridge (Marilao River)

### San Jose del Monte

* SM City San Jose del Monte
* College of Saint Anthony
* San Jose del Monte City Sports Complex
* City College of San Jose del Monte
* Quirino Highwaty Rotonda