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unusual facts about Recto Avenue



Legarda Street

It intersects with Recto Avenue–Mendiola Street and Bilibid Viejo Street–San Rafael Street before terminating at the junction with Concepcion Aguila Street and Nepomuceno Street (formerly Tanduay Street) near the Basilica of San Sebastian in Quiapo district.

Marcos Road

Marcos Road, also known as President Ferdinand E. Marcos Highway and by its highway designation Radial Road 10 or R-10, is a 6-10 lane divided highway in northern Manila, Philippines connecting Recto Avenue in San Nicolas district with Circumferential Road 4 in Navotas in the north.


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Rizal Avenue

In 2000, during the mayorship of Lito Atienza, the stretch from C.M. Recto Avenue to Palanca Street was turned into a pedestrian-only thoroughfare by laying bricks on the road, with the buildings and the LRT painted as part of an urban renewal project.