The Manila East Road, also known as National Road and National Highway, is a two-to-four lane primary and secondary highway connecting Metro Manila to the provinces of Rizal and Laguna in the Philippines.
Since 2014, the entire road is a part of the series of national highways by the Department of Public Works and Highways. It is a component of National Route 60 from Pasig to Cainta, National Route 601 (N601) from Cainta to Famy, while the segment from Famy to Pagsanjan is a component of National Route 66 (N66).
Route description
Manila East Road starts in barangay Rosario, Pasig as Ortigas Avenue at its intersection with Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue. It then enters the province of Rizal at Cainta, where it turns south at Cainta Junction towards the poblacion. It enters Taytay, where it meets Taytay Diversion Road near the marketplace. It will then follow a route that circumscribes Laguna de Bay, passing through the coastal municipalities of Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and Pililla in Rizal. It then climbs through a mountainous terrain and enters the province of Laguna, traversing the municipalities of Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, and Pagsanjan.
Alternative names
Manila East Road is also known as National Road or National Highway. Its section from Rosario, Pasig to Cainta Junction is also known as Rosario–Cainta Road and a part of Ortigas Avenue Extension, while its section from Tanay to Pililla is also known as Tanay–Pililla Road and its section from Mabitac to Famy is also known as Mabitac–Famy Road. Its section designated as N602, from Famy to Pagsanjan, forms part of Calamba–Santa Cruz–Famy Junction Road.
The highway is also locally known as the following within respective poblaciones: Bonifacio Avenue in Cainta Rizal Avenue in Taytay M.L. Quezon Avenue in Angono Baltazar Street and J.P. Rizal Avenue in Binangonan San Pedro Street and Rizal Street in Cardona T. Claudio Street in Baras J.P. Rizal Street in Baras and Pililla M.H. Del Pilar Street and F.T. Catapusan Street in Tanay G. Paz Street, M.L. Quezon Street, and M.A. Roxas Street in Pililla Gen. Taiño Street in Pagsanjan
History The highway used to start in or near Manila and took the present-day alignment of J.P. Rizal Avenue in Makati and Taguig (formerly part of Rizal), branching off from Santa Ana, Manila. Its alignment was later passed north of the Pasig River to the present-day P. Sanchez Street in Santa Mesa, Manila, and Shaw Boulevard from Mandaluyong to Pasig (the then-capital of Rizal). Both alignments also converged at the present-day Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue in Pasig before meeting its present-day alignment along Ortigas Avenue up to Cainta. The highway was also designated as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of Manila with the provinces of Rizal and Laguna to the east, especially during the American colonial era. In the 1930s, its Laguna segment formed part of the Calamba–Santa Cruz–Rizal Boundary Road, while the rest of the section in Rizal was already officially known as the Manila East Road.
In 2025, the eastern section of the Manila East Road from Famy to Pagsanjan, initially N602, was upgraded from secondary to primary national road as part of N66. However, N602 still exists as a right-turn slot into the eastbound direction at the Famy Junction.
Intersections
Landmarks This is from its western end in Pasig to the eastern end in Pagsanjan.
Pasig
Santo Rosario de Pasig Church Ortigas Bridge (Manggahan Floodway) SM City East Ortigas Cainta-Buli Bridge (Buli Creek)
Cainta, Rizal
Cainta Brookside Bridge (Cainta River) Mapindan Bridge (Mapindan River) Primark Town Center
Taytay, Rizal
Kaytikling Rotonda SM City Taytay Veterans Memorial Park (Taytay Triangle) National College of Business and Arts
Angono, Rizal
SM Center Angono Angono 2 Bridge (Angono River)
Binangonan, Rizal
Binangonan Public Market Darangan Bridge University of Rizal System Binangonan campus
Cardona, Rizal
Cardona Church Cardona Municipal Hall
Morong, Rizal
Morong Bridge (Morong River) Namay Bridge Rizal Provincial Hospital Morong Municipal Cemetery
Baras, Rizal
Baras New Public Market Baras Bridge (Baras River)
Tanay, Rizal
Tanay Bridge (Tanay River)
Pililla, Rizal
Pililia Bridge I (Pililia River) Pililia Veterans Park
Mabitac, Laguna
Paaghan Bridge Mabitac Municipal Hall Mayputat Bridge
Famy, Laguna
Famy World War II Veterans Monument Liavak Bridge
Siniloan, Laguna
Siniloan Bridge (Siniloan River)
Pangil, Laguna
Pangil Bridge 1 (Pangil River)
Pakil, Laguna
Pakil Bridge
Paete, Laguna
Paete Town Bridge
Kalayaan, Laguna
Longos Bridge Kalayaan Bridge Kalayaan Church
Lumban, Laguna
Lumban Bridge (Pagsanjan River) Balanac Bridge (Pagsanjan River)
Pagsanjan, Laguna
Pagsanjan Church Pagsanjan Town Plaza Liceo de Pagsanjan
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