Balete Drive 4.19

Balete Drive is a two-lane undivided street and main thoroughfare in the New Manila District, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The road is an undivided carriageway, that is, a road without median. The road is a major route of jeepneys and cabs, serving the New Manila area, connecting Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Nicanor Domingo Street in Quezon City.The road is famous for the antique and century old Spanish houses and Balete trees that line the road. The road is also notable for the haunting legends that it had. One of them is of a white lady trying to hitch a ride, but when someone is helping her, she suddenly disappears. Taxi drivers experience this the most as they are the most active at night. Sometimes the white lady will appear on the road causing the taxi driver to swerve and crash.Route descriptionBalete Drive connects the long span between Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Nicanor Domingo Street in New Manila, Quezon City. The Balete Drive corner at E. Rodriguez is a bustling business area mushroomed with fast foods and other establishments.This north end of the Balete Drive starts at a dead end next to the Diliman Creek, north of Eulogio Rodriguez, Sr. Avenue Running in the NNE to SSE direction, it ends in a T-junction with the Nicanor Domingo Street near the San Juan Reservoir for a total length of. One of its major intersection is with the Aurora Boulevard, a major road which leads to Cubao, a major commercial district in Quezon City. The LRT-2 Betty Go-Belmonte station is located east of this junction.