E1 expressway (Philippines)
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N213 (Magalang–Concepcion Road) in Concepcion, Tarlac
N2 (MacArthur Highway) in Mabalacat
E1 (North Luzon Expressway) in Mabalacat
N301 (Roman Superhighway) in Dinalupihan, Bataan- E1 (Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway) in Mabalacat
N3 (Jose Abad Santos Avenue) in San Fernando
AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) in Guiguinto
N247 (Plaridel Bypass Road) in Balagtas
E5 (NLEX Harbor Link) in Valenzuela
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Expressway 1 (E1) forms part of the Philippine expressway network.[1] It runs through western Luzon from Quezon City in the south to Rosario in the north.
The southern section of the E1 forms most of the North Luzon Expressway, a four- to eight-lane limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces of the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. It was built in the 1960s and is 84 kilometers (52 mi) long.
The expressway begins in Quezon City at the Balintawak Interchange with EDSA as a continuation of Andres Bonifacio Avenue. It then passes through Caloocan and Valenzuela in Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga in Central Luzon. In Bulacan, the expressway branches off as Tabang Spur Road, which terminates at Tabang Interchange, a partial cloverleaf interchange with MacArthur Highway and Cagayan Valley Road in Guiguinto. The main section of NLEX currently ends at Mabalacat and merges with the MacArthur Highway, which continues northward into the rest of Central and Northern Luzon.
Originally controlled by the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC), operations and maintenance of the NLEX were transferred in 2005 to NLEX Corporation, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (a former subsidiary of the Lopez Group of Companies until 2008). A major upgrade and rehabilitation were completed in February 2005, and the road now resembles a modern French tollway.
It is also a part of the Asian Highway 26 (AH26) from Balintawak to Santa Rita exit, where N1 (Maharlika Highway) continues the AH26 designation.
