Shaw Boulevard

Shaw Boulevard
Shaw Boulevard looking east
Former name(s)Jose Rizal Boulevard
Pasig Boulevard
NamesakeWilliam James Shaw
Maintained byDepartment of Public Works and Highways - Metro Manila 1st District Engineering Office[1]
Length5.27 km (3.27 mi)[1][2]
WidthFull carriageway
10.0 m (32.8 ft) to 17.4 m (57 ft)
Lane width
3.35 m (11.0 ft) to 4.35 m (14.3 ft)[2]
Component
highways
LocationMandaluyong and Pasig
West endSevilla Bridge at ManilaMandaluyong boundary
Major
junctions
East end N141 (Pasig Boulevard) / Hillcrest Drive in Pasig
Construction
Completion1960[2]

Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard;[3] commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, founder of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong. The road is one of the major thoroughfares of the Ortigas Center in Mandaluyong and Pasig, housing many shopping malls like the Starmall shopping center and the posh Shangri-La Plaza at the EDSA-Shaw intersection and The Marketplace, which is visible from the Kalentong-Shaw intersection and Sevilla Bridge.[4][5]

It is served by the Shaw Boulevard station of the MRT-3 along EDSA, often called EDSA-Crossing. Bus and jeepney routes serve the entirety of the road, going to and from Quiapo, Santa Mesa, the José Rizal University, EDSA, Ortigas Center, the Pasig Public Market, and Binangonan, Rizal.

  1. ^ a b "Metro Manila 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Manila, Philippines map (Map). American Red Cross Service Bureau. August 1945. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
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