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Sumulong Highway
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The highway in Mambugan, Antipolo
Route information
Length12.668 km[1] (7.872 mi)
Component
highways		 N59 in Antipolo
Major junctions
FromAndres Bonifacio Avenue and J.P. Rizal Street in Marikina
Major intersections N59 (Marcos Highway) at Mayamot (Masinag), Antipolo
To N601 (Sen. L. Sumulong Memorial Circle) / J.P. Rizal Street in Antipolo
Location
CountryPhilippines
Major citiesMarikina and Antipolo
TownsCainta
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The Sumulong Highway, constructed in 1960,[2] is the highway in the Philippines that connects Marikina[3] with Antipolo and the municipality of Cainta in the province of Rizal. It was named after Don Juan Sumulong, an Antipolo native who served as the country's senator and founder of the Democrata Party.

Since 2014, with the implementation of the new route numbering system by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), it is a component of National Route 59 (N59) of the highway in the Philippine highway network from its intersection with Marcos Highway at Masinag Junction to Sen. L. Sumulong Memorial Circle, the road's endpoint at the city proper, both in Antipolo.

The highway continues A. Bonifacio Avenue past J.P. Rizal Street at the city proper of Marikina. It then proceeds eastwards, eventually entering the province of Rizal at Cainta. It enters Antipolo, where it veers south to meet the Marcos Highway (Marikina-Infanta Highway) at the Masinag Junction. It then traverses the mountaineous terrain until it meets its terminus at Senator Lorenzo Sumulong Memorial Circle, where it is continued by J.P. Rizal Street towards the city proper of Antipolo. It is sometimes referred in media as the "killer highway" [4] due to the number of accidents that have occurred on it, most especially the area between Sitio Maligaya and Mambugan Barangay Hall.[5][6] The highway's segment between the provincial boundary of Rizal and Don Celso S. Tuason Avenue in Antipolo is also officially known as Marikina-Victoria Valley-Antipolo Road.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ "History". Archived from the original on December 13, 2002.
  3. ↑ D0ctrine (August 20, 2012). "Caught up in traffic blog". Sumulong highway - Marikina to Masinag. Wordpress. Retrieved October 24, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Calleja, Nina (July 1, 2012). "12 hurt as jeepney crashes into cars, garage in Antipolo's 'killer highway'". Philippine Inquirer. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Magunnay, Kristine (December 23, 2011). "Tragedy in Antipolo city". Philippine Inquirer. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ Cinco, Maricar (September 1, 2019). "6 dead in Rizal road accident, truck driver missing". Philippine Inquirer. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

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