R-2 Radial Road 2 | |
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| R-2 Road | |
Taft Avenue, a portion of R-2, in Ermita, Manila
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority[a] | |
| Length | 56.51 km (35.11 mi) |
| Component highways |
 N62 from ParañaquetoBacoor N419 from Bacoor to Dasmariñas N410 from SilangtoTagaytay |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |   N150 / N170 (Padre Burgos Avenue) in Manila |
| South end |  N410 (Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway) / N421 (Tagaytay–Calamba Road) in Tagaytay |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Provinces | Cavite |
| Major cities | Bacoor, Dasmariñas, Imus, Las Piñas, Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, and Tagaytay |
| Towns | Silang |
| Highway system | |
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Radial Road 2 (R-2), informally known as the R-2 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the second arterial roadofMetro Manila in the Philippines.[1] Spanning some 56.51 kilometers (35.11 mi), it connects the cities and municipalities of Bacoor, Dasmariñas, Imus, Las Piñas, Manila, Parañaque, Pasay, Silang, and TagaytayinCavite and Metro Manila.
Between its northern terminus at the Lagusnilad underpass of Padre Burgos Avenue and Redemptorist Road in Pasay, R-2 is known as Taft Avenue. It serves the districts of Ermita and Malate running underneath the Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 (LRT-1) towards Parañaque via Pasay.
Taft Avenue Extension merges with Elpidio Quirino Avenue at the intersection with Redemptorist Road near the Pasay–Parañaque border. This section of R-2 runs the entire length of Parañaque from BaclarantoSan Dionisio.
R-2 is known as Diego Cera Avenue in Las Piñas. It runs between the Parañaque–Las Piñas boundary and Alabang–Zapote Road.
From Alabang–Zapote Road south to Tagaytay, R-2 is known as Aguinaldo Highway. It is the main north-south thoroughfare in the province of Cavite linking Las Piñas, Metro Manila with Cavite, particularly the cities and municipalities of Bacoor, Imus, Dasmariñas, Silang, and Tagaytay. R-2 ends at the Tagaytay Rotunda, providing the famous view of the Taal Lake.
