Aurora Boulevard

This article is about a major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan. For the road in Pasay also named as Aurora Boulevard, see Tramo Street.

Not to be confused with a street in Santa Cruz, Manila also called Aurora Boulevard.

R-6 Aurora Boulevard
Calle Quezon San Juan Road Marikina–Ermita Avenue Highway 55
The route of Aurora Boulevard in Metro Manila. Aurora Boulevard is highlighted in red.
Aurora Boulevard in Araneta City, Cubao, Quezon City
Route information
Component highways	R-6 R-6 N59 from Katipunan Avenue to EDSA N180 from EDSA to Araneta Avenue
Major junctions
West end	N130 (Gregorio Araneta Avenue) / N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard) in Quezon City
Major intersections	N184 (Gilmore Avenue) N1 / AH 26 (26) (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue)
East end	N11 (Katipunan Avenue) / N59 (Marcos Highway) in Quezon City
Location
Country	Philippines
Major cities	Quezon City, San Juan
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

Aurora Boulevard is a four-to-ten lane major thoroughfare in Quezon City and San Juan in Metro Manila, Philippines. It was 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. Line 2 follows the alignment of this road.

Route description

Cubao and Loyola Heights

EDSA and Aurora Boulevard Intersection

Aurora Boulevard is divided into two routes, the Araneta Avenue to EDSA, and EDSA to Katipunan Avenue (C-5). Most of the road is a 4-lane dual carriageway, with Line 2 having five stations above ground, while one (Katipunan station) is located underground.

Aurora Boulevard starts as a physical extension of Ramon Magsaysay Boulevard past 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 in Cubao. The road continues eastward through barangays 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 Marcos Highway.

History

Eastbound lane of Aurora Boulevard in northern San Juan

A road from Katipunan Avenue to EDSA (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue), called Calle Quezon, was built in 1900. The section from EDSA to Gilmore Avenue had been renamed San Juan Road or Highway 55. In 1910, the boulevard was extended to Infanta, Quezon as the Marikina–Infanta Highway. The portion from Gilmore to Dewey Boulevard, named Marikina-Ermita Avenue in 1955, was later reclaimed as Legarda Street, Recto Avenue, and Magsaysay Boulevard.

The western terminus was extended to Gregorio Araneta Avenue and the highway was renamed Aurora Boulevard in 1963 to honor former First Lady Aurora Quezon, the assassinated consort of President Manuel Quezon. Magnolia Ice Cream House ice cream parlor and factory, was located at the corner of Aurora boulevard and Hemady street (now occupied by Robinsons Magnolia).

Intersections

Westbound lane of Aurora Boulevard, at its intersection with Balete Drive in New Manila, Quezon City.

Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Quezon City				N130 (Gregorio Araneta Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Continues westward to Santa Mesa as N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard).
Quezon City–San Juan boundary				Lambingan Bridge over San Juan River
San Juan				H. Lozada Street	Traffic light intersection.
				J. Ruiz Street	Unsignaled intersection.
				F. Santos Street.	Eastbound only.
San Juan–Quezon City boundary				Ermitaño Bridge over Ermitaño Creek
Quezon City				Broadway Avenue / Valencia Street	Traffic light intersection. Access to Broadway Centrum.
				N184 (Gilmore Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Access to Greenhills Shopping Center and St. Paul University.
				Doña Hemady Street	Traffic light intersection.
				Robinsons Magnolia Access Road	Eastbound only. Access to Robinsons Magnolia.
				Balete Drive	Traffic light intersection.
				Seattle Street	Traffic light intersection.
				Betty Go-Belmonte Street	Unsignaled intersection.
				N. Domingo Street	Eastbound only. Unsignaled intersection.
				West end of E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue Interchange
				Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue	No eastbound access.
				East end of E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue Interchange
				N1 / AH 26 (26) (EDSA)	Traffic light intersection. Route number changes from N180 to N59.
				General Santos Street	Eastbound only. Access to Araneta City.
				General Araneta Street / Annapolis Street	Unsignaled intersection. Access to Araneta City.
				General Aguinaldo Avenue / Imperial Street	Traffic light intersection. Access to Araneta City.
				Times Square Avenue / Cambridge Street	Traffic light intersection.
				Oxford Street	Westbound only.
				General Romulo Avenue / Yale Street	Traffic light intersection. General Romulo Avenue leads to Araneta City.
				Stanford Street	Eastbound/westbound access only. Access from opposite directions via U-turn slots.
				15th Avenue	Traffic light intersection.
				20th Avenue	Eastbound only. Traffic light intersection.
				Ermin Garcia Street	Westbound only.
				Anonas Street	Westbound only. Traffic light intersection.
				F. Castillo Street	Eastbound only. Traffic light intersection.
				Supa Street / J.P. Rizal Street	Traffic light intersection. No traffic lights to and from Supa Street.
				Emerald Street	Eastbound only. Access to Villa Aurora.
				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