page_title: Mel Lopez Boulevard
section_title: Route
hierarchical_section_title: Mel Lopez Boulevard / Route
caption_attribution_description: Smokey Mountain in Manila, Philippines
context_page_description: Mel Lopez Boulevard is a 6.2-kilometer, six-to-ten lane divided highway in northern Manila, Philippines, connecting Bonifacio Drive in Port Area in the south with Radial Road 10 in Navotas in the north. The highway is the main component of the R-10 network and is an extension of Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard north of the Anda Circle running north–south through the Manila North Port area serving the coastal Tondo and Navotas communities.
context_section_description: Mel Lopez Boulevard originates at Anda Circle at the intersection of Andres Soriano Avenue, Bonifacio Drive, and Roberto Oca Street as a continuation of Bonifacio Drive (formerly Malecon Drive) in Port Area. It crosses the Pasig River via Roxas Bridge and comes into an intersection with Recto Avenue at the boundaries of San Nicolas and Tondo districts. The boulevard then heads northwest toward Pier 4 of the Manila North Harbor before bending north into the Moriones and Don Bosco villages of Tondo. The road passes east of the entire Manila North Port terminal complex and leaves Barrio Magsaysay for Barrio Vitas past Capulong Street. Continuing north, it soon crosses over the Estero de Vitas (Vitas Creek) and enters the Balut area of Tondo where the old dumpsite of Smokey Mountain is located. The boulevard terminates at the Estero de Marala (Estero de Sunog Apog) bridge.
  North of the estero, Mel Lopez Boulevard extends into the reclaimed fish port complex of Navotas running parallel to North Bay Boulevard as Radial Road 10 (R-10). R-10 terminates at Bangkulasi Bridge over the Bangkulasi Channel before the road turns east as Circumferential Road 4 (C-4), which heads to Malabon and Caloocan.
caption: Housing developments at the former Smokey Mountain landfill
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