Francis Burton Harrison Street, commonly known as F. B. Harrison Street or simply Harrison Street, is a major north-south collector road in Pasay, western Metro Manila, Philippines.[1] It is a four-lane undivided arterial running parallel to Roxas Boulevard to the west and Taft Avenue to the east, from Pasay's border with Malate district in the north to Baclaran in Parañaque in the south. The street is named for U.S. Governor-General of the Philippines Francis Burton Harrison.
| F.B. Harrison Street | |
 Harrison Avenue near the Church of God | |
| Former name(s) | Calle Real Calle San Lucas |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Francis Burton Harrison |
| Length | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) |
| Location | Manila, Parañaque, and Pasay |
| North end | Pablo Ocampo Street and Mabini Street in Malate, Manila |
| Major junctions |  N190 (Gil Puyat Avenue)Arnaiz Avenue  AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) |
| South end | Taft Avenue Extension, Redemptorist Road, and Elpidio Quirino Avenue in Baclaran, Parañaque |
Street description
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Harrison Street has a right-of-way width of approximately 25 meters (82 ft). It is a public transportation or medium-occupancy vehicle corridor frequented by intra-metropolitan jeepneys and mega-taxis. This condition gives Harrison Street its relatively slow-moving, congested, and highly pedestrian character.
History
editHarrison Street forms part of an old Spanish coastal highway that linked the Province of Manila to La Laguna and other southern provinces. It was called Calle Real or Camino Real (Spanish for "royal street") and spanned from Ermita to Muntinlupa. Presently, only the Las Piñas and Muntinlupa section is called Calle Real or Real Street as an alternative name for the road. The Pasay portion, also historically known as Calle San Lucas,[2] is renamed Calle F.B. Harrison,[3] while those of the City of Manila and Parañaque have been renamed to Del Pilar Street and Quirino Avenue, respectively. It was also one of the right-of-way alignments of tranvía that existed until 1945.[4]
Intersections
edit| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parañaque |  N145 (Taft Avenue)R-2 / Redemptorist Road | Southern terminus; continues south as Elpidio Quirino Avenue. | |||
| Pasay | Aguarra Street | ||||
| Russel Avenue | |||||
| Ortigas Street | |||||
| Cuneta Avenue | |||||
 AH 26 (26) (EDSA)C-4 | Access to opposite direction via u-turn slot | ||||
| Ignacio Street | One-way road | ||||
| Galvez Street | |||||
| Arnaiz Avenue | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| Villaruel Street | One-way entrance and exit | ||||
| N190 (Gil Puyat Avenue) | Access to opposite direction via u-turn slot | ||||
| San Juan Street | |||||
| Dapitan Street / Suerte Street | |||||
| Manila | Pablo Ocampo Street | Traffic light intersection, southern terminus. Continues north as Mabini Street | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ "Roads and Transport" (PDF). Pasay City Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
- ^ Map of the City of Manila and vicinity (Map). United States. War Department. General Staff. 1907. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
- ^ Buenaventura, Fidel (1946). "Municipality of Pasay" (Map). Municipality of Pasay. 1:8000. National Library of the Philippines. NLP00CG0000000204. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ "Map of city of Manila and vicinity". Library of Congress.