# Aurora Boulevard

Aurora Boulevard is a four-to-ten-lane major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is named after Doña Aurora Quezon, the consort of Commonwealth President Manuel Luis Quezon. It is one of the major roads in the commercial district of Araneta City in Cubao. LRT Line 2 follows the alignment of the boulevard.

## Route description

Aurora Boulevard is divided into two routes: the segment from G. Araneta Avenue to EDSA and EDSA to Katipunan Avenue (C-5). Most of the road is a 4-lane dual carriageway, with LRT Line 2 having five stations above ground and one (Katipunan station) located underground.
Aurora Boulevard starts as a physical extension of Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard past the intersection with Araneta Avenue near the Manila–Quezon City boundary. It then enters San Juan before crossing Ermitaño Creek near Broadway Centrum to return to Quezon City, this time at the New Manila district. It then intersects Gilmore Avenue, Balete Drive, and E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue before it meets EDSA.
Past EDSA, it passes near the Araneta City Complex in Cubao. The road continues eastward through the barangays of Silangan, Quirino 3-A, and Duyan-Duyan until it ends at Katipunan Avenue (C-5) near the Quezon City–Marikina boundary. It continues eastward to Rizal province as Marikina-Infanta Highway (commonly known as Marcos Highway).
The entire road and its continuations have Class II paint-separated one-way bike lanes as part of the national government's Metropolitan Bike Lane Network. The segments within Quezon City are integrated with the city's bike lane network, with the segment from EDSA to Katipunan Avenue having 0.6-meter (2.0 ft) painted buffer zones on both sides of the bicycle lanes.

## History

The boulevard's origins can be traced back to the Camino de Mariquina (Marikina Road, also called San Juan-Marikina Road), a small road built in 1900 to link Manila, San Juan del Monte (San Juan), and Mariquina (Marikina). The road, now known as N. Domingo Street, was named Calle N. Domingo after Nicolas Domingo, a relator (court reporter) of the Real Audiencia of Manila in 1898.$^{:12}$
Before 1945, Calle Santa Mesa (Santa Mesa Boulevard, now Magsaysay Boulevard) was extended eastwards from its intersection with Santol Street, crossing the San Juan River and absorbing part of a street in San Juan. The extension was classified as part of Highway 53 and was named the Santa Mesa Boulevard Extension. It was also named Calle Morales after the name of the street in San Juan that it absorbed. Eventually, the Santa Mesa Boulevard Extension intersects with N. Domingo Street, where the remaining sections of N. Domingo Street from present-day EDSA to present-day Katipunan Avenue were absorbed by the extension.
By 1955, the Santa Mesa Boulevard Extension was known as Marikina-Ermita Avenue (or the Manila Provincial Road). In 1963, the road was renamed Aurora Boulevard (as it is known today) to honor the former First Lady Aurora Quezon, the assassinated consort of former Philippine president Manuel L. Quezon. The Magnolia Ice Cream House ice cream parlor and factory once stood at the corner of Aurora Boulevard and Doña Hemady Street. It is now occupied by Robinsons Magnolia, which got its name from the former ice cream parlor and factory.

## Intersections

| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 6 | 3.7 | N130 (Gregorio Araneta Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. No left turn from westbound. Continues westward to Santa Mesa as N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard). |
| Quezon City–San Juan boundary | Quezon City–San Juan boundary | | | Lambingan Bridge over San Juan River | Lambingan Bridge over San Juan River |
| San Juan | San Juan | | | H. Lozada/S. Veloso Streets | Traffic light intersection. |
| San Juan | San Juan | 7 | 4.3 | J. Ruiz Street | Unsignaled intersection. |
| San Juan | San Juan | | | F. Santos Street | Eastbound only. |
| San Juan–Quezon City boundary | San Juan–Quezon City boundary | | | Ermitaño Bridge over Ermitaño Creek | Ermitaño Bridge over Ermitaño Creek |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Broadway Avenue / Valencia Street | Traffic light intersection, no left turn from westbound. Access to Broadway Centrum. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 8 | 5.0 | N184 (Gilmore Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Access to Greenhills Shopping Center and St. Paul University. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 8 | 5.0 | Doña Hemady Street | Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Robinsons Magnolia Access Road | Eastbound only. Access to Robinsons Magnolia. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Balete Drive | Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Seattle Street | Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 9 | 5.6 | Betty Go-Belmonte Street | Unsignaled intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | N. Domingo Street | Eastbound only. Unsignaled intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue | No eastbound access. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) | Traffic light intersection. Route number changes from N180 to N59. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | General Santos Street | Eastbound only. Access to Araneta City. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | General Araneta Street / Annapolis Street | Unsignaled intersection. Access to Araneta City. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 10 | 6.2 | General Aguinaldo Avenue / Imperial Street | Traffic light intersection. Access to Araneta City. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Times Square Avenue / Cambridge Street | Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Oxford Street | Westbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | General Romulo Avenue / Yale Street | Traffic light intersection. General Romulo Avenue leads to Araneta City. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Stanford Street | Eastbound/westbound access only. Access from opposite directions via U-turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | 15th Avenue | Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 11 | 6.8 | 20th Avenue | Eastbound only. Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Ermin Garcia Street | Westbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 11.5 | 7.1 | Anonas Street | Westbound only. Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | F. Castillo Street | Eastbound only. Traffic light intersection. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 12 | 7.5 | Supa Street / J.P. Rizal Street | Traffic light intersection. No traffic lights to and from Supa Street. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Emerald Street | Eastbound only. Access to Villa Aurora. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 13 | 8.1 | N11 (Katipunan Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Continues eastward to Antipolo as N59 (Marcos Highway). |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access Route transition ||||||

## Landmarks

This is from west to east:

### Quezon City

* Central Colleges of the Philippines
* Immaculate Heart of Mary College
* UERMMMC College of Medicine

### San Juan

* J. Ruiz station

### Quezon City

* Gilmore station
* St. Paul University Quezon City
* Robinsons Magnolia
* Betty Go-Belmonte station
* ACT Theater
* Cubao Elementary School
* Araneta City
** Gateway Mall
* Araneta Center–Cubao LRT station
* World Citi Colleges
* Diocesan Shrine of St. Joseph
* Anonas station
* Anonas City LRT center
* National College of Business and Arts
* Katipunan station