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| FPJ Avenue Roosevelt Avenue | |
 The avenue looking north towards EDSA by the Coca-Cola warehouse | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways – Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office[1] and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority | |
| Length | 2.871 km[2] (1.784 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  AH 26 (N1) (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue) in Muñoz |
| South end |  N170 (Quezon Avenue) in Santa Cruz |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Major cities | Quezon City |
| Highway system | |
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Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue (also known as FPJ Avenue), formerly Roosevelt Avenue (Tagalog: [ˈruːsbɛlt]), is the principal north–south tertiary road serving the San Francisco del Monte district (colloquially known as Frisco) of Quezon City, Philippines. It runs with a length of 2.871 kilometers (1.784 mi) between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to the north and Quezon Avenue to the south. The avenue is named after Fernando Poe Jr., a renowned Filipino actor and National Artist of the Philippines who once lived along it.[3][4] As Roosevelt Avenue, it was named after former United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[5]
The avenue and the adjacent area are also referred to by local residents as Muñoz, being the site of a popular wet market, the Muñoz Market, located at the corner of FPJ Avenue and EDSA. The market was named after its owner Demetrio Muñoz, a philanthropist, businessman and a presidential adviser during the administration of Diosdado Macapagal from the province of Pampanga.[6] At the opposite end of FPJ on Quezon Avenue is Fisher Mall, a commercial establishment built on the land that used to be the main terminal of the Pangasinan Transportation Company (PANTRANCO) that went bankrupt in 1993.[7] FPJ Avenue is also home to the former transmitter of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC).
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- ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ Punzalan, Jamaine (January 13, 2022). "Law renames Roosevelt Ave. after Fernando Poe Jr". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "LRT-1's Roosevelt Station to be renamed FPJ Station starting Aug. 20". ABS-CBN News. August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ "Metro Manila streets named after American leaders". Rappler. April 27, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Municipality of Minalin -Famous people". Provincial Government of Pampanga. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ Ramos, Marlon (July 19, 2012). "Court of Appeals upholds auction of Pantranco buses to rival firms". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2020.