What is Quezon Avenue?
[[File:Quezon-city-q-ave-2010-01.JPG|thumb|Quezon Avenue]] '''Quezon Avenue''' is an important [[road]] in the area of [[Metro Manila]] in the [[Philippines]]. With 6 to 14 lanes (3 to 7 lanes for each [[direction]]), it measures 7.1 kilometers (4.4 miles) long. It starts at the [[ellipse]]-shaped Quezon Memorial Circle in [[Quezon City]] and ends at the circle-shaped Welcome Rotunda at the [[border]] between Quezon City and [[Manila]], the capital of the Philippines. Along the way, it meets [[Epifanio de los Santos Avenue]] and [[Gregorio Araneta Avenue]]. It is considered by most [[driver]]s as one of the most comfortable roads of Quezon City. ==Name== Quezon Avenue is named after [[Manuel L. Quezon]], the second [[president of the Philippines]]. It was formerly known as '''Don Mariano Marcos Avenue''', after Mariano Marcos, the father of former dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]]. The road was built in the mid-1970s, during Marcos' time as the president of the country. Its name was changed to '''Quezon Avenue''' shortly after Marcos's presidency. {{Multistub|transport|Asia}} [[Category:Streets in Metro Manila]]