Osmeña Boulevard
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Osmeña Boulevard is a major arterial thoroughfare in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the city's "main street" which travels in a generally northwest–southeast orientation linking the old downtown district of San Roque near the harbor with the modern uptown Capitol Site district. Beginning at M.J. Cuenco Avenue in the east, the boulevard heads northwest towards Fuente Osmeña circle and ends at Escario Street. At its north end, the Cebu Provincial Capitol serves as a prominent terminating vista. It is the location of many of Cebu's notable institutions such as the Cebu Normal University, Abellana National School and Cebu Doctors' University Hospital; the Basilica of Santo Niño; one of the city's tallest buildings, Crown Regency Hotel; and shopping centers Robinsons Fuente and Gaisano Colon.
Osmeña Boulevard | |
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Jones Avenue | |
Route information | |
Length | 3.2 km (2.0 mi) |
Component highways | N8 from San Antonio to Capitol Site[1] |
Major junctions | |
From | M.J. Cuenco Avenue in San Roque |
Major intersections | Colon Street N8 (Natalio Bacalso Avenue) N8 (Gen. Maxilom Avenue) / Buenaventura Rodriguez Street |
To | N. Escario Street in Capitol Site |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Major cities | Cebu City |
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