Legarda Street
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Legarda Street eastbound in Sampaloc | |
The route of Legarda Street in Metro Manila. Legarda Street is highlighted in red. | |
| Former name(s) | Calle Alix Plaza Santa Ana Calle Concordia |
| Part of | |
| Namesake | Benito Legarda José María Alix y Bonache (formerly) |
| Length | 1.4 km (0.87 mi) |
| Location | Manila |
| East end | N140 (Lacson Avenue / Nagtahan Street) / N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard) / Jose P. Laurel Street at Nagtahan Interchange |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | N180 (Nepomuceno Street) in Quiapo |
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Legarda Street is a short street in the Sampaloc district of Manila, Philippines. It crosses through the eastern section of the University Belt area in a generally east–west orientation between the Nagtahan Interchange and the intersection with Nepomuceno Street in Quiapo. Legarda station of the LRTA's Line 2 system serves it.
The street was named after Filipino legislator and resident commissioner to the United States, Benito Legarda y Tuason. Historically, its section in Sampaloc was formerly called Calle Alix (after a Real Audiencia of Manila magistrate of the 1860s, José María Alix y Bonache), while its section in Quiapo was formerly called Plaza Santa Ana and Calle Concordia, respectively.