Betty Go-Belmonte Street

Betty Go-Belmonte Street
Location Quezon City
From E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in New Manila, Quezon City
Major
junctions
Poinsettia Street
Ilang-Ilang Street
Cannon Street
Bougainvilla Street
Lantana Street
Acacia Street
Rosal Street
Rosario Drive
Aurora Boulevard
Manggahan Street
To N. Domingo Street in New Manila, Quezon City

Betty Go-Belmonte Street is a street located in New Manila district of Quezon City, Philippines. It is a notable road in a generally northwest-southeast orientation between the junction with E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in New Manila and the junction with N. Domingo Street also in New Manila. It is served by Betty Go-Belmonte Station of the Manila LRT-2.

The street was named after a notable Filipino journalist who was an institution with her contributions in the writing press during the Martial Law period as well as one of the founders of two of the major broadsheet newspaper in the country namely The Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star. She was also the wife of former Quezon City Mayor and now Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, Feliciano Belmonte Jr. [1]

Route

Betty Go-Belmonte Street commences at the intersection with E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue in the north. It heads due southeast, crossing Poinsettia Street and Ilang-Ilang Street. Then it straightens up and crosses Cannon Street and Bougainvilla Street. Then it travels southeast again crossing with Lantana Street and Acacia Street. Then it turns east and crosses Rosal Street and Rosario Drive before turning south again before it crosses Aurora Boulevard. After crossing Aurora Boulevard, Betty Go-Belmonte goes further southeast again crossing with Manggahan Street. It then terminates at the junction with N. Domingo Street wherein a short turn in the southwest it continues further as P. Tuazon Boulevard.

A notable establishment on Betty Go-Belmonte Street is Holy Spirit School Cubao.

See also

References

  1. Betty Go-Belmonte Street published by Historiles.com; accessed 2014-11-19.

Coordinates: 14°37′9″N 121°2′28″E / 14.61917°N 121.04111°E / 14.61917; 121.04111

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