E1 expressway (Philippines)


The E1 expressway forms part of the Philippine expressway network. It runs through western Luzon from Quezon City in the south to Pozorrubio in the north, with an extension to Rosario planned.

Quezon City to Mabalacat

The southern section of the E1 forms most of the North Luzon Expressway, a 4- to 8-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 has a length of.
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. It 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, operation and maintenance of the NLEx was transferred in 2005 to NLEX Corporation, a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation. A major upgrade and rehabilitation was completed in February 2005, with the road now having similar qualities to a modern French tollway.
It is also a part of the Asian Highway 26 from Balintawak to Santa Rita exit, which continues the AH26 designation via N1.

Mabalacat to Tarlac City

The central section of the E1 forms part of the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway, a four-lane expressway built by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority, a government owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Philippines. Started on April 5, 2005, the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway is the country’s longest expressway at. Commercial operations started on April 28, 2008, with the opening of the Subic-Clark Segment and Zone A of the portion of Clark-Tarlac Segment. The opening of Zones B and C of the remaining Clark-Tarlac Segment on July 25, 2008 signaled the full operations of the SCTEX.

Tarlac City to Rosario

The northern section of the E1 forms the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway, a four-lane expressway currently under construction north of Manila, in the Philippines. It connects central to northern Luzon, with its southernmost terminal located in Tarlac City, Tarlac and its planned northernmost terminus currently slated to be at Rosario, La Union.
The first section of the project, from Tarlac City to Pura, Tarlac, has been operating on a "soft opening" basis since October 31, 2013, and was ready for full operation in November 2013.
Part of the second segment, which will take motorists up to Ramos, Tarlac, opened on December 23, 2013. The remaining section from Anao, Tarlac up to Rosales, Pangasinan, is projected for a mid-2014 opening, and the final section ending in Rosario, La Union, is slated for completion in June 2019.
Proposals have also been raised for extending the project to Laoag in Ilocos Norte.