Radial Road 2 | |
Alternate Name: | R-2 Road |
Country: | PHL |
Image Notes: | Taft Avenue, a portion of R-2, in Ermita, Manila |
Maint: | the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
Length Km: | 56.51 |
Allocation: | |
Direction A: | North |
Terminus A: | in Manila |
Direction B: | South |
Terminus B: | in Tagaytay |
Provinces: | Cavite |
Cities: | Bacoor, Dasmariñas, Imus, Las Piñas, Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, and Tagaytay |
Towns: | Silang |
Radial Road 2 (R-2), informally known as the R-2 Road, is a network of roads and bridges which comprise the second arterial road of Metro Manila in the Philippines.[1] Spanning some 56.51km (35.11miles), it connects the cities and municipalities of Bacoor, Dasmariñas, Imus, Las Piñas, Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, Silang, and Tagaytay in Cavite and Metro Manila.
See main article: Taft Avenue. Between its northern terminus at the Lagusnilad underpass of Padre Burgos Avenue and Redemptorist Road in Pasay, R-2 is known as Taft Avenue. It serves the districts of Ermita and Malate, running underneath the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 (LRT-1) towards Parañaque via Pasay.
See main article: Elpidio Quirino Avenue. Taft Avenue Extension merges with Elpidio Quirino Avenue at the intersection with Redemptorist Road near the Pasay–Parañaque border. This section of R-2 runs the entire length of Parañaque from Baclaran to San Dionisio.
See main article: Diego Cera Avenue. R-2 is known as Diego Cera Avenue in Las Piñas. It runs between the Parañaque–Las Piñas boundary and Alabang–Zapote Road.
See main article: Aguinaldo Highway. From Alabang–Zapote Road south to Tagaytay, R-2 is known as Aguinaldo Highway. It is the main north-south thoroughfare in the province of Cavite, linking Las Piñas in Metro Manila with Cavite, particularly the cities and municipalities of Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, Silang, and Tagaytay. R-2 ends at the Tagaytay Rotunda, which provides the famous view of the Taal Lake.