Mel Lopez Boulevard  Mel Lopez Boulevard is a , six-to-ten lane divided highway in northern Manila, Philippines, connecting Bonifacio Drive in Port Area with Radial Road 10 (R-10) in Navotas in the north. The highway is the main component of the R-10 network and is an extension of Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard (Radial Road 1 or R-1) north of the Anda Circle running north–south through the Manila North Port area serving the coastal Tondo and Navotas communities. Radial Road 10 was built on reclaimed land called Tondo Foreshoreland, reclaimed in the 1950s as part of a government plan to expand and improve port facilities in Manila. It soon became the resettlement site of thousands of urban poor families that turned the area into what was once Southeast Asia's largest squatter colony. The road itself was constructed between 1976 and 1979 as part of the Manila Urban Development Project of the Marcos administration, and was initially named Marcos Road. In January 2017, a bill was filed by Buhay Party-List Representative and former Manila mayor Lito Atienza in the Philippine House of Representatives changing the name of this portion of Radial Road 10 fto Mayor Gemiliano Lopez Boulevard in honor of the late Manila mayor Mel Lopez. In April 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11280 officially renaming the highway to Mel Lopez Boulevard. Mel Lopez Boulevard originates at Anda Circle at the intersection of Andres Soriano Avenue, Bonifacio Drive, and Roberto Oca Street as a continuation of Bonifacio Drive (formerly Malecon Drive) in Port Area. It crosses the Pasig River via Roxas Bridge and comes into an intersection with Recto Avenue at the boundaries of San Nicolas and Tondo districts. The boulevard then heads northwest toward Pier 4 of the Manila North Harbor before bending north into the Moriones and Don Bosco villages of Tondo. The road passes east of the entire Manila North Port terminal complex and leaves Barrio Magsaysay for Barrio Vitas past Capulong Street. Continuing north, it soon crosses over the Estero de Vitas (Vitas Creek) and enters the Balut area of Tondo where the old dumpsite of Smokey Mountain is located. The boulevard terminates at the Estero de Marala (Estero de Sunog Apog) bridge. North of the estero, Mel Lopez Boulevard extends into the reclaimed fish port complex of Navotas running parallel to North Bay Boulevard as Radial Road 10 (R-10).