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Padre Burgos Avenue

Street in Manila, Philippines

Field	Value
country	PHL
marker_image	[[File:N150 (Philippines).svg	75px]] [[File:N170 (Philippines).svg	75px]]

name	Padre Burgos Avenue
alternate_name	Padre Burgos Street
namesake	Jose Burgos
Sebastián Vidal y Soler (formerly)
former_names	Paseo/Calzada de las Aguadas
Paseo/Calzada de Sebastián Vidal
Paseo/Calzada de Bagumbayan
maint	Department of Public Works and Highways - South Manila District Engineering Office
length_km	1.7
length_notes	Approximate length
length_ref
image	National Museum, Manila City Hall clock tower (Padre Burgos Avenue, Manila; 06-24-2023).jpg
caption	Padre Burgos Avenue with the National Museum of Fine Arts (foreground) and the Manila City Hall (background)
part_of	{{plainlist
* {{jct	country	PHL	N	150}} from Roxas Boulevard & Bonifacio Drive to MacArthur Bridge
* {{jct	country	PHL	N	170}} from Quezon Bridge to Liwasang Bonifacio (southbound only)
junction
* {{jct	country	PHL	N	170	name1=Taft Avenue}}
* {{jct	country	PHL	N	180	name1=Finance Road}}
direction_a	North
direction_b	South
terminus_a	Near Liwasang Bonifacio in Ermita
terminus_b	in Ermita and Intramuros
location	Manila

Sebastián Vidal y Soler (formerly) Paseo/Calzada de Sebastián Vidal Paseo/Calzada de Bagumbayan

C-1 from Finance Road to Roxas Boulevard & Bonifacio Drive
from Roxas Boulevard & Bonifacio Drive to MacArthur Bridge
from Quezon Bridge to Liwasang Bonifacio (southbound only)

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Padre Burgos Avenue, also known as Padre Burgos Street, is a 14-lane thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines.

The road was named after Jose Burgos, one of the martyred Gomburza priests who were executed at the nearby Bagumbayan Field (present-day Rizal Park) in 1872. It is a road in the city center, providing access to important thoroughfares like Taft Avenue, Rizal Avenue, Roxas Boulevard, and Quezon Boulevard. The avenue is a component of Circumferential Road 1 (C-1) of Metro Manila's arterial road network and National Route 150 (N150) and National Route 170 (N170) of the Philippine highway network. The Manila City Hall can be accessed using this road, as can the Rizal Park and Intramuros.

Route description

Padre Burgos Avenue starts at the end of Jones Bridge, MacArthur Bridge, and Quezon Bridge, respectively, at the southern bank of the Pasig River near Liwasang Bonifacio. It then merges near Mehan Garden and continues south until it branches to two – Taft Avenue and itself – when it reaches the National Museum of Fine Arts at Rizal Park. It will then turn sharply right, intersecting with Finance Drive, the major thoroughfare of Rizal Park, which leads to Ayala Boulevard and Ayala Bridge, and, after that, the other parts of C-1. Padre Burgos Avenue ends with a junction with Roxas Boulevard, Bonifacio Drive, and Katigbak Drive, its logical continuation towards Quirino Grandstand.

The avenue is a component of National Route 150 (N150), except for its southbound segment between Quezon Bridge and Liwasang Bonifacio Overpass, which is a component of National Route 170 (N170). Its segment from its southern end at Roxas Boulevard and Bonifacio Drive, both components of Radial Road 1, to Finance Drive, is a component of Circumferential Road 1 (C-1).

History

The origin of Padre Burgos Avenue could be traced back to a street running in parallel along the moat surrounding the walled area of Intramuros, called Paseo de las Aguadas or Calzada de las Aguadas, Calzada de Vidal or Paseo de Sebastián Vidal (apparently named after Spanish botanist Sebastián Vidal y Soler, director of the nearby Botanical Garden of Manila), and Calzada de Bagumbayan or Paseo de Bagumbayan (for being the street that leads to Bagumbayan Field). It used to end at Plaza Lawton on the north. It was also one of the right-of-way alignments of tranvía that existed until 1945. The avenue's present-day section near Quezon Bridge occupies what was known as Calle Colgante, which provided access to the bridge's predecessor, Puente Colgante.

Landmarks

Starting from the northern terminus, the road passes the following:

Manila Central Post Office
Metropolitan Theater
Liwasang Bonifacio
Mehan Garden
Universidad de Manila
Bonifacio Shrine
Manila City Hall
Lagusnilad
National Museum of Fine Arts
National Museum of Anthropology
Rizal Park
Roundtable
National Planetarium
Club Intramuros Golf Course
Manila Hotel

References

"Road and Bridge Inventory".
"Padre Burgos Avenue southbound".
de Gamoneda, Francisco J.. (1898). "Plano de Manila y sus Arrables".
(1907). "Map of the City of Manila and vicinity". United States. War Department. General Staff.
"Paseo de Sebastián Vidal (previously known as Paseo de las Aguadas). This was later renamed Calzada de Bagumbayan and is today known as Padre Burgos Ave. (source: Paquito dela Cruz)".
(November 12, 1901). "Map of the City of Manila and Vicinity". Office of Chief Engineers, Division of the Philippines.
(1920). "City of Manila, Philippine Island". John Bach.
(June 1915). "Map of city of Manila and vicinity". Office of Dept. Engineer, Phil. Dept..

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