What is North Luzon Expressway?
[[File:NLEX near Malinta tollgate (Paso De Blas, Valenzuela)(2017-05-10).jpg|thumb|The North Luzon Expressway as it passes through the [[city]] of [[Valenzuela]].]] [[File:NLEx Balintawak Barrier.JPG|thumb|A [[toll plaza]] of the expressway.]] The '''North Luzon Expressway''', more commonly known by its abbreviation '''NLEx''' or '''NLEX''', is a [[controlled-access highway]] in the [[Philippines]]. It connects the [[Metro Manila|National Capital Region]] (or Metro Manila) to the [[Provinces of the Philippines|provinces]] of the [[Central Luzon|central part]] of [[Luzon]], the main island in the country. Measuring 84 kilometers long, it starts at a [[Interchange (road)#Cloverleaf Interchange|cloverleaf-shaped interchange]] in [[Quezon City]], where the controlled-access highway, the [[Epifanio de los Santos Avenue]], and the [[Bonifacio Avenue]] meet. It then passes through the settlements of [[Caloocan]] and [[Valenzuela]] in the capital area and the provinces of [[Bulacan]] and [[Pampanga]] in Central Luzon. It ends at an exit in the settlement of [[Mabalacat]] and joins with the [[MacArthur Highway]] with the help of a road, continuing northward into the remaining part of Central Luzon and the Northern Luzon. The whole controlled-access highway has 4 to 8 lanes (with 2 to 4 lanes in each [[direction]]). {{Multistub|transport|Asia}} [[Category:Highways in the Philippines]]