Marikina–Infanta Highway

Marcos Highway(MIR)(Marikina-Infanta Road/MIR)(Marikina–Infanta Highway)
View of the eastbound Marcos Highway(MIR)/ (Marikina- Infanta Highway) near Calumpang in Marikina
Route information
Length	117.5 km (73.0 mi)
Component highways	R-6 R-6 N59 (from Quezon City-Marikina boundary to Masinag Junction)
Major junctions
West end	N59 (Aurora Boulevard) / N11 (Katipunan Avenue) at Marikina
Major intersections	N59 (Sumulong Highway) at Masinag (Mayamot), Antipolo
East end	N601 (Famy–Real–Infanta Road) at Infanta, Quezon
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Metro Manila, Rizal, Laguna, Quezon
Major cities	Pasig, Marikina, Antipolo
Towns	Cainta, Tanay, Santa Maria, Infanta
Highway system
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The Marcos Highway, also known as the Marikina- Infanta highway, is a scenic mountain 117.5-kilometer highway that connects Metro Manila with Infanta, Quezon in the Philippines.

The Marcos Highway(MIR) starts in Quezon City in Katipunan Avenue- Marikina boundary from Kilometre Post 13 to Infanta, Quezon Kilometre Post 130. The Loyola Heights segment of Circumferential Road 5, in Quezon City. It traverses the Marikina Valley and passes through Antipolo, where it intersects the Sumulong Highway (at Masinag). After Masinag the road starts its ascent towards the Sierra Madre passing through Tanay, Rizal, Santa Maria, Laguna, finally to Infanta, Quezon.

Route description

Greater Manila Area Segment (Until Rizal Province, Sta. Maria, Laguna to Infanta, Quezon)

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

This Highway, also commonly called Marcos Highway(MIR)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 in the of Infanta, Quezon Junction

Rizal-Laguna-Quezon Segment

This stretch of the Marcos Highway(MIR) 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 ends and merges with Famy–Real–Infanta Road (Route 601).

Route numbers

Since 2014 with the implementation of the new route numbering system by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), it is the component of National Route 59 (N59) of Marcos Highway(MIR) (Marikina- Infanta Highway) in the Philippine highway network in the Greater Manila Area. From Rizal to Quezon, the road remains unnumbered and identified as a tertiary national road.

History

—Marcos Highway (Marikina- Infanta Highway) existed far back to the American colonial era as Highway 55 and Manila-Infanta Highway, which included present-day Recto Avenue, Legarda Street, Magsaysay Boulevard and Aurora Boulevard.

Intersections

Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Marikina				N11 (C.P. Garcia Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Continues westward to Quezon City as Aurora Boulevard
				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	Eastbound/westbound access only. Access from opposite direction via U-turn slot.
Pasig				Robinsons Metro East Access Road	Eastbound access only. Access to Robinsons Metro East.
Metro Manila–Rizal boundary	Pasig–Cainta boundary
Rizal	Cainta			Sta. Lucia East Access Road	Eastbound access only. 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	Cainta–Antipolo boundary
	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
Quezon	Infanta			N601 (Real–Infanta Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access