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The Manila-Cavite Expressway, which goes by many other names (such as Aguinaldo Boulevard and Coastal Road), is a major tollway in Metro Manila and is designated as part of the Radial Road 1 route (R-1). This road used to go from Zapote, Bacoor to Tambo, ParaƱaque and functions as a major transit corridor for people who live in western Cavite in going to and from their offices in Metro Manila.

There has been an ongoing project to extend this expressway to Binakayan, Kawit and just last week, the southbound side of the extension was opened to the public. Of course, this was an opportunity for mapping! So yesterday, Good Friday, I went out and took a GPS trace of the extension.

GPS trace containing the R-1 Road Extension

I thought that there would be no traffic since it was the holidays but I didn't expect to encounter so many religious processions on the roads! What would've been a possibly 30-minute trip became an hour and three quarters. At one point, we even had to double back near the Bacoor Church since the procession there had occupied the whole road! (You can easily spot this in the GPS trace. Actually, you can even guess where the traffic was based on the GPS animation.) It was still a net positive since I was able to note down many POIs which I wouldn't if I were going at cruising speeds. :-)

Location: Pulvorista, Kawit, Cavite, Calabarzon, 4104, Philippines

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