The Manila East Road, also known as National Road and National Highway, is a two-to-four lane primary and secondary highway connecting Metro Manila to the provinces of Rizal and Laguna in the Philippines.
Since 2014, the entire road is a part of the series of national highways by the Department of Public Works and Highways. It is a component of National Route 60 from Pasig to Cainta, National Route 601 (N601) from Cainta to Famy, while the segment from Famy to Pagsanjan is a component of National Route 602 (N602).
Manila East Road starts in barangay Rosario, Pasig as Ortigas Avenue at its intersection with Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue. It then enters the province of Rizal at Cainta, where it turns south at Cainta Junction towards the poblacion. It enters Taytay, where it meets Taytay Diversion Road near the marketplace. It will then follow a route that circumscribes Laguna de Bay, passing through the coastal municipalities of Angono, Binangonan, Cardona, Morong, Baras, Tanay, and Pililla in Rizal. It then climbs through a mountainous terrain and enters the province of Laguna, traversing the municipalities of Mabitac, Famy, Siniloan, Pangil, Pakil, Paete, Kalayaan, Lumban, and Pagsanjan.
Manila East Road is also known as National Road or National Highway. Its section from Rosario, Pasig to Cainta Junction is also known as RosarioâÂÂCainta Road and a part of Ortigas Avenue Extension, while its section from Tanay to Pililla is also known as TanayâÂÂPililla Road and its section from Mabitac to Famy is also known as MabitacâÂÂFamy Road. Its section designated as N602, from Famy to Pagsanjan, forms part of CalambaâÂÂSanta CruzâÂÂFamy Junction Road.
The highway is also locally known as the following within respective poblacions:
The highway used to start in or near Manila and took the present-day alignment of J.P. Rizal Avenue in Makati (formerly part of Rizal), branching off from Santa Ana, Manila, and later the present-day alignments of P. Sanchez Street in Santa Mesa and Shaw Boulevard. It was also designated as part of Highway 21 that linked the city of Manila with the provinces of Rizal and Laguna to the east, especially during the American colonial era. In the 1930s, its Laguna segment formed part of the CalambaâÂÂSanta CruzâÂÂRizal Boundary Road, while the rest of the section in Rizal was already officially known as the Manila East Road.
This is from its western end in Pasig to the eastern end in Pagsanjan.