Marikina–Infanta Highway

Marcos Highway
Marikina–Infanta Road
View of the eastbound Marcos Highway (Marikina-Infanta Road)
Route information
Length	117.5 km (73.0 mi)
Component highways	R-6 R-6 N59 from Quezon City to Antipolo
Major junctions
West end	N59 (Aurora Boulevard) / N11 (Katipunan Avenue) in Quezon City
Major intersections	N59 (Sumulong Highway) in Antipolo
East end	N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road) in Infanta, Quezon
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Metro Manila Rizal Laguna Quezon
Major cities	Quezon City Marikina Pasig Antipolo
Towns	Cainta Tanay Santa Maria Real Infanta
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

The Marcos Highway, also known as Marikina–Infanta Highway, or Marilaque Road or Marikina-Infanta Road, is a scenic mountain 117.5-kilometer (73.0 mi) highway that connects Metro Manila with Infanta, Quezon in the Philippines.

The Marcos Highway starts at the intersection with Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, near its boundary with Marikina, as a physical continuation of Aurora Boulevard. It traverses the Marikina Valley and passes through Antipolo, where it intersects the Sumulong Highway at the Masinag Junction. After Masinag, the road starts its ascent towards the Sierra Madre passing through Tanay, Rizal, Santa Maria, Laguna, Real, Quezon, and finally to Infanta, Quezon.

Route description

Marikina–Infanta Highway during rush hour

The Marcos Highway starts as a physical continuation of Aurora Boulevard under Katipunan Flyover in Quezon City. Entering Marikina, the highway slightly curves at the intersection with Andres Bonifacio Avenue connecting the Marikina city proper, then crosses the Marikina River. The Diosdado Macapagal Bridge that connects with C-5 merges in front of SM City Marikina. The LRT Line 2 and the Cainta–Marikina subtransmission line of Meralco parallel the highway. The highway makes another slight curve as it enters Pasig. It soon runs over the Cainta-Marikina boundary, and then goes straight towards the Cainta–Antipolo boundary towards the Masinag Junction with Sumulong Highway, where it continues on to Cogeo towards the rest of Rizal, Santa Maria, Laguna, and Infanta, Quezon.

This highway, also commonly called Marcos Highway is a divided road featuring U-turn slots, and bike lanes. Several establishments, like the Riverbanks Center, SM City Marikina, Ayala Malls Feliz, Robinsons Metro East, Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, and SM City Masinag are primary landmarks accessible through the road. Meralco subtransmission lines line the Cainta-Masinag segment of the highway up to Santa Maria, Laguna until Infanta, Quezon.

Marcos Highway's section near Cogeo Village, Antipolo

From Antipolo to Infanta, Marcos Highway is a standard 2-6 lane road divided by lane markings typical of national highways located in the provinces. Road size varies depending on the density of the location as well as the engineering district wherein numerous road widening may occur as determined by the DPWH. The road traverses the provinces of Laguna and Quezon, where it ends and merges with Famy–Real–Infanta Road (N601) in Infanta.

Route numbers

Since 2014, with the implementation of the new route numbering system by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), its section from Katipunan Avenue to Sumulong Highway is a component of National Route 59 (N59) of the Philippine highway network. The rest of road is unnumbered and identified as a tertiary national road.

History

The Highway existed far back to the American colonial era as Highway 55 which included present-day Recto Avenue, Legarda Street, Magsaysay Boulevard and Aurora Boulevard.l

Intersections

Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Quezon City				N11 (Katipunan Avenue (C-5))	Western terminus. Traffic light intersection. Continues westward to as N59 (Aurora Boulevard).
Marikina				A. Bonifacio Avenue	Eastbound ramp, and westbound at-grade intersection. Access to Marikina-Infanta Highway eastbound via U-turn slot.
				FVR Road / Riverbanks Avenue	Modified segregated interchange.
Marikina River				Marcos Bridge
Marikina				SM City Marikina Access Road	Westbound access only. Access to SM City Marikina
				Diosdado Macapagal Bridge / Fernando Avenue	Diosdado Macapagal Bridge - Fernando Avenue Interchange. Towards FVR Road and Fernando Avenue.
Marikina–Pasig boundary
Pasig				Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Avenue / J.P. Rizal Street	Eastbound/westbound access only. Access from opposite direction via U-turn slot.
Pasig–Marikina boundary				Nicanor Roxas Street / Emerald Drive / F. Mariano Avenue	Access from opposite direction via U-turn slot
Pasig				Robinsons Metro East Access Road	Eastbound access only to Robinsons Metro East
				Sta. Lucia East Access Road	Eastbound access to Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall
Metro Manila–Rizal boundary	Marikina–Cainta boundary			Felix Avenue / Gil Fernando Avenue	Access from opposite directions via U-turn slot. Former traffic light intersection.
Rizal	Antipolo			Golden Meadows Avenue	Eastbound access only.
				SM City Masinag Access Road	Westbound access only. Access to SM City Masinag
				N59 (Sumulong Highway)	Traffic light intersection; also known as Masinag Junction. Route number change from N59 to unnumbered.
				Olalia Road
				Bayugo–Buliran Road
				Pinugay Road
	Tanay			J.P. Rizal Avenue (Tanay–Sampaloc Road)
Laguna	Santa Maria				Four unnamed roads toward Santa Maria town proper via Brgys. Matalinting, Paoo, Parang ng Buho, and Cueva
Quezon	Real			No major junctions
	Infanta			N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road)	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition