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| FPJ Avenue Roosevelt Avenue | |
 The avenue looking north towards EDSA by the Coca-Cola warehouse | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways – Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office[1] and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority | |
| Length | 2.871 km[2] (1.784 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  AH 26 (N1) (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue) in Muñoz |
| South end |  N170 (Quezon Avenue) in Santa Cruz |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Major cities | Quezon City |
| Highway system | |
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Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue (also known as FPJ Avenue), formerly Roosevelt Avenue (Tagalog: [ˈruːsbɛlt]), is the principal north–south tertiary road serving the San Francisco del Monte district (colloquially known as Frisco) of Quezon City, Philippines. It is 2.871 kilometers (1.784 mi) long and runs between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to the north and Quezon Avenue to the south. The avenue is named after Fernando Poe Jr., a renowned Filipino actor and National Artist of the Philippines who once lived along it.[3][4] Its former name, Roosevelt Avenue, was named after former President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt.[5]
The avenue and the adjacent area are also referred to by locals as Muñoz, as it is the site of a popular wet market, the Muñoz Market, located at the corner of FPJ Avenue and EDSA. The market was named after its owner, Demetrio Muñoz, a philanthropist, businessman and presidential adviser during the administration of Diosdado Macapagal from the province of Pampanga.[6] At the opposite end of FPJ on Quezon Avenue is Fisher Mall, a commercial establishment built on the land that used to be the main terminal of the Pangasinan Transportation Company (PANTRANCO), which went bankrupt in 1993.[7] FPJ Avenue is also home to the former transmitter of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC).
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- ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ Punzalan, Jamaine (January 13, 2022). "Law renames Roosevelt Ave. after Fernando Poe Jr". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "LRT-1's Roosevelt Station to be renamed FPJ Station starting Aug. 20". ABS-CBN News. August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ "Metro Manila streets named after American leaders". Rappler. April 27, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ^ "Municipality of Minalin -Famous people". Provincial Government of Pampanga. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
- ^ Ramos, Marlon (July 19, 2012). "Court of Appeals upholds auction of Pantranco buses to rival firms". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2020.