<font-size: 85%>C-4 Road | |
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Epifanio de los Santos Avenue EDSA Highway 54 | |
Route information | |
Maintained by Metro Manila Development Authority Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines) | |
Length | 23.8 km (14.8 mi) includes extension in Bay City, Pasay |
Existed | 1940 | –present
Major junctions | |
Beltway around Manila | |
South end | SM Mall of Asia Rotunda in Pasay, 14°32′6.24″N 120°58′55.75″E / 14.5350667°N 120.9821528°E |
North end | Monumento Roundabout in Grace Park, Caloocan, 14°39′14.74″N 120°59′02.06″E / 14.6540944°N 120.9839056°E |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Major cities | Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay |
Highway system | |
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Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, (Tagalog: Abenida Epifanio de los Santos) commonly abbreviated as EDSA, is an important Arterial road and Freeway in Metro Manila, Philippines. EDSA is a divided Carriageway that usually composes of 12 lanes. It is the longest and most important highway and thoroughfare in Metropolitan Manila, stretching some 23.8 kilometres (14.8 mi) as it connects and provides access to the cities of Caloocan, Quezon City, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati and Pasay. Epifanio de los Santos Avenue lies near the borders of several towns and cities in Metro Manila, thus also providing access to Taguig, Pasig, San Juan and Parañaque. The 23.8 kilometres (14.8 mi) portion of the road is designated as a part of the Circumferential Road 4, a network of road that acts as a beltway of the Manila. The Avenue is the most important commuting artery between the northern and southern part of the metropolis, and the most important industrial centers in the Philippines, lies along the sides of the road. Being the most important highway and thoroughfare in the Metropolis, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue handles 316,345 cars per section on average every day,[1] and an average of 2.34 million vehicles go through EDSA every day.[2] EDSA is a partially controlled access Road.[3] EDSA consists mostly 10-lanes, 5 for both direction, although it sometimes widens to 12-14 lanes and sometimes narrows to 2-8 lanes, particularly near full-grade separated intersections.
Route Description
EDSA starts from the Bonifacio Monument (Monumento) Roundabout, the marker of the 1896 Revolution by Andres Bonifacio in Grace Park, Caloocan, wherein it will continue straight eastwards, entering Quezon City through the Balintawak District, after an intersection with the North Luzon Expressway at the Balintawak Cloverleaf Interchange.
Quezon City
EDSA will cross the Northern parts of Quezon City, passing through the Project 6 and Munoz Districts. It will sharply curve southwards after crossing the North Avenue-West Avenue Intersection in the Triangle Business Park. On the north side of EDSA is the SM North EDSA, the biggest mall in the Philippines. In front of it is the TriNoma and the Eton Centris or Centris Walk. EDSA will continue its route southwards, slightly turning westwards slowly until it leaves the Triangle Park after crossing the East Avenue-Timog Avenue Intersection, where the GMA-7 Main Building is located. It will continue on its route and enter the district of Cubao, entering the Araneta Center after crossing the Aurora Boulevard Tunnel. In Cubao, several malls, infrastructure and offices are located, most notably the Araneta Coliseum, the biggest coliseum in South East Asia. The Avenue will curve southwards and enter the Santolan and Socorro Districts, where the military bases Camp Rafael Crame and Camp Aguinaldo are located. The Greenhills Shopping Center and Eastwood City are located nearby. EDSA will then continue on its route and will serve as the boundary of the cities of San Juan, Metro Manila and Quezon City. The People Power Monument can be seen on the north bound of EDSA in the White Plains Avenue junction.
Mandaluyong
EDSA passes through Mandaluyong after crossing the borders of Ortigas Center. In Ortigas Center, some notable buildings around the area are the POEA, Robinson's Galleria, SM Megamall, Forum Robinsons (Robinson's Pioneer) and the bronze EDSA Shrine, a memorial monument for the 1986 Revolution. It will then curve smoothly westwards after it crosses the Pioneer Street, and will cross the Pasig River through the Guadalupe Bridge.
Makati
It will enter Makati after crossing the Pasig River, passing through the districts of Guadalupe, Comembo and Magallanes in Makati. In Guadalupe, EDSA provides access to the Rockwell Center, a major business park in Makati. The highway also provides quick access to Taguig and Bonifacio Global City nearby. After crossing Buendia Avenue, the highway enters the Ayala Center, the most important industrial district in the Philippines, where the malls Greenbelt and Glorietta are located. EDSA will now curve eastwards and continue on a straight route to Pasay.
Pasay
EDSA enters Pasay shortly after crossing the Magallanes Interchange, a turbine interchange in Makati. In Pasay, the highway provides access to the NAIA Domestic Airport via a flyover. EDSA will enter the Baclaran Shopping Center and will continue on following the eastward route until it enters the Bay City, where the famous SM Mall of Asia stands. EDSA will end in a rotunda in front of the Mall of Asia.
Traffic Management
EDSA forms the majority of the Circumferential Road 4 System, forming a semicircle around the Manila. The Avenue have many interchanges along its path, however, most interchanges along EDSA were incomplete, and that is why traffic lights are placed underneath flyovers and over underpasses, letting swerving and weaving cause traffic unto the avenue. Also, the top cause of traffic and accidents in the avenue are swerving buses and jeepneys. The lead agency that manages the flow of traffic along EDSA is the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), an agency that is under the Office of the President and is advised by the Metro Manila Mayors League. One of the MMDA's traffic management schemes that is in effect on EDSA, among other major thoroughfares, is the Uniform Vehicular Volume Reduction Program. Many people observe that the cause of traffic jams on EDSA are erring bus and jeepney drivers especially as a multitude of the public utility vehicles they drive are unlicensed or "colorum". Subsequently, buses have been the target of other traffic management programs, like the MMDA's Organized Bus Route Program.[4][5]Being the most important artery of the metropolis, EDSA handles a significant volume of the traffic that flows through the cities of Metro Manila. An average of 2.34 million vehicles go through EDSA every day.[2] The Average speed on EDSA is 15 kilometres per hour (9.3 mph).
History
Being the longest and busiest highway in the metropolis, EDSA played a significant role in the history of Metro Manila. The Avenue was proposed by President Manuel L. Quezon in 1930.
Construction
Construction of what was then called the "North-South Circumferential Road" started in the 1930's, during the term of President Manuel L. Quezon, with the construction team being led by Engineers Florencio Moreno and Osmundo Monsod.[6] The road, starting from the North Diversion Road (today the North Luzon Expressway) and ending at the current Magallanes Interchange with the South Luzon Expressway, was finished in 1940, shortly before World War II and the subsequent Japanese occupation of the Philippines. After the independence of the Philippines in 1946, the road was renamed Avenida 19 de Junio (June 19 Avenue), after the birthdate of the National Hero José Rizal.
Highway 54 and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
In the 1950s, the avenue was renamed Highway 54, resulting in several disputes on what the name of the avenue should be. Rizalists wanted the avenue's name to be kept as 19 de Junio, while President Ramon Magsaysay wanted the avenue be named after Rizal. Rizal Province residents, however, wanted the avenue to be named after a Rizaleño, a historian, jurist and scholar named Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal. The Philippine Historical Committee (now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines), the Philippine Historical Association, the Philippine Library Association, Association of University and College Professors, the Philippine China Cultural Association, and the Philippine National Historical Society, led by fellow Rizaleños Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. and Juan Sumulong, supported the renaming of Highway 54 to Epifanio de los Santos Avenue. On April 7, 1959, de los Santos' birthday, Republic Act No. 2140 was passed, renaming the avenue to honor him.[7][8] Rapid urbanization in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly during the annexation of several Rizal towns to the newly-formed region of NCR, marked the growth of industrial centers along the road, and several other roads were constructed to connect to the avenue, such as Ayala Avenue in Makati.
Term of President Ferdinand Marcos
During the tenure of President Ferdinand Marcos, traffic jams in the avenue started to build up. Several interchanges were constructed to relieve congestion, including the Balintawak Cloverleaf and the Magallanes Interchange at the ends of the avenue. Later, with the creation of the Metro Manila Arterial Road System in 1965, the Circumferential Road 4 system was created, extending EDSA to Taft Avenue from the South Luzon Expressway (the extension was called F. Rein Avenue), and further to Roxas Boulevard (the extension was called P. Lovina Avenue). EDSA was also extended from its original Balintawak terminus to the Apolonio Samson Road at the site of the Bonifacio Monument in Caloocan, in order to complete the Circumferential Road 4 system.
The EDSA Revolution
In 1986, some of Marcos's Political opponents revolted against his 20-year dictatorial government, seizing the Camp Rafael Crame and Camp Aguinaldo Military bases, which are both in EDSA. On February 25, 1986, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue gained worldwide attention as the site of the peaceful revolution that toppled President Marcos, the People Power Revolution, led by Corazon Aquino. The majority of the demonstrations took place on a long stretch of the avenue, involving over two million Filipino civilians as well as several political, military, and including religious groups led by Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Archbishop of Manila. The protests, fueled by the resistance and opposition from years of corrupt governance by Marcos, culminated with the departure of the dictator from Malacañan Palace to the United States state of Hawaii. It was widely seen as a victory of the people against the 20-year running authoritarian, repressive[9] regime of then president Ferdinand Marcos and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world".[10]Corazon Aquino was proclaimed as the legitimate President of the Philippines after the revolution.[11].
After the People Power, the avenue had been commonly known as EDSA, and the southern extensions were merged into the avenue.
Later History
In 1995, the Manila Metro Rail Transit System began construction, being built over EDSA from North Avenue to Taft Avenue during the presidency of Joseph Estrada.[12][13] In 2001, the Avenue again became the site of the EDSA Revolution of 2001 that toppled President Estrada, and Vice-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was declared President on January 20, 2001, was inaugurated at the EDSA Shrine. In May 2001, the avenue again became the site of a protest that sparked because of the arrest of the late Preident Estrada.
In 2006, the avenue was further extended from Roxas Boulevard to the SM Mall of Asia, where it now ends at the Mall of Asia Globe. In February 22, 2006, just before the EDSA day in February 25, mass arrests and violence occured around the avenue, after a planned coup against the President Arroyo. Also, in 2006, the Avenue was badly damaged in September 2006, when the typhoon Typhoon Milenyo hit Manila. The major causes of death and damage are the poorly built structures and billboards along the avenue.
EDSA later on became the site of the funeral procession of President Corazon Aquino, who died in 2009. In 2010, the Yellow Line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System was extended from Monumento to Roosevelt, ultimately transversing EDSA to end at the site of the current North Avenue MRT Station. In 2011, Bohol Representative Rene Lopez Relampagos filed House Bill (HB) No. 5422, proposing to rename Epifanio de los Santos Avenue as "Corazon Aquino Avenue". The proposal is currently pending in the House of Representatives before the House Committee on Public Works and Highways. According to Relampagos, the idea to rename EDSA after Aquino (who led the 1986 People Power) was conceptualized in the aftermath of her death.
Prior to the Congress hearing of the controversial Reproductive health bill proposal, the Catholic Church assembled a mass rally in EDSA to show opposition to the proposal in August 03, 2012. [14]
Exits and major intersections
This is the list of the intersections, flyovers, underpasses and exits along EDSA. There are no exit number or toll gates along EDSA, since it is not a tolled motorway. Also, unlike U.S. Tollways and the northern roads, intersection are placed in the north to south order.
City | Location[15] | Kilometre | Exit Number | Junction | Destination Northbound | Destination Southbound | Notes |
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Caloocan | Gracepark District | 0 | 1 | Monumento Roundabout | R-9MacArthur Highway Valenzuela Bulacan and Pampanga Provinces |
R-9Rizal Avenue Binondo District of the Manila |
The Northern terminus of EDSA. C-4 Road continues as the Samson Road that heads to Malabon and Navotas Cities. Roundabout is the marker of the 1896 Philippine Revolution headed by Andres Bonifacio |
Borders of Caloocan and Quezon City | Unang Sigaw and Balintawak District | 1.7 km | 2 | Balintawak Cloverleaf Interchange | R-8 ANorth Luzon Expressway or NLEX C-5Mindanao Avenue Bulacan and Pampanga Province |
R-8A. Bonifacio Avenue La Loma Cemetery Divisoria and Binondo Districts of the Manila |
A Service Cloverleaf Interchange between EDSA and the North Luzon Expressway or NLEX. The Balintawak LRT Station is located nearby. |
Quezon City | Balintawak District | 1.7 | 3 | Quirino Highway Access Road from NLEX | R-8 BNLEX-Quirino Highway Exit Ramp Novaliches District Neopolitan Business Park San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan |
Limited Access Y-Interchange at the side of the EDSA-NLEX Cloverleaf. Vehicles from EDSA must take the East Service Road of the Expressway to Access Quirino Highway. | |
Quezon City | Munoz District | 2.9 | 4 | EDSA-Kaingin Intersection | Honnart Road R-8 BQuirino Highway |
Kaingin Road C-3Gregorio Araneta Avenue |
Dual U-turn slots provides access to desired direction of the road. |
Quezon City | Project 6 District | 3.8 | 5 | EDSA-Munoz Intersection | Congressional Avenue C-5 Road Project 6 Tandang Sora District |
Roosevelt Avenue San Francisco Del Monte District R-7Quezon Avenue |
Dual U-turn slots provides access to the desired direction. The Munoz LRT Station is located nearby. |
Quezon City | North Triangle | 5.0 | 6 | North EDSA Intersection | North Avenue Veteran's Memorial Medical Center North Triangle of the Triangle Park CBD |
West Avenue West Triangle of the Triangle Park |
Dual U-Turn slots provides access to the desired direction. The North Avenue LRT Station is located nearby. This is where the LRT Line 1 ends. The MRT-3 line starts here from the North Avenue MRT Station. The largest mall in the Philippines, the SM City North EDSA is located here. |
Quezon City | North Triangle | 5.7 | 7 | Mindanao Avenue Junction Northbound | TriNoMa Malls Veteran's Memorial Medical Center C-5 Road North Luzon Expressway Segment 9.8 and 9.10 Valenzuela Novaliches District |
The North Avenue U-turn slots provide access to this road, which will be a portion of the C-5 Road shortly after crossing EDSA. | |
Quezon City | Triangle Park | 6.5 | 8 | EDSA-Espana Flyover | R-7Northern Quezon Avenue R-7Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City Quezon Memorial Circle Elliptical Road U.P. Ayalaland Technohub |
R-7Southern Quezon Avenue C-3Gregorio Araneta Avenue Mabuhay Rotunda Espana Boulevard Quiapo and Intramuros Districts of the Manila. |
Elliptical Shaped Roundabout Interchange. Keeping right takes you to the interchange, while keeping left takes you to a flyover past Quezon Avenue. The Quezon Avenue MRT Station and the Eton Centris Walk are nearby. |
Quezon City | Triangle Park | 6.8 | 9 | Panay Avenue junction Southbound | Quezon Avenue | No access to NB of from the Quezon Avenue Flyover. | |
Quezon City | Triangle Park | 7.0 | Kamuning Flyovers | The longest flyover in EDSA, which will bypass the next 2 important intersections. The Kamuning MRT Station is located nearby. | |||
Quezon City | Triangle Park | 7.9 | 10 | EDSA-East Triangle Intersection | South Triangle of the Triangle Park Quezon Avenue |
East Avenue Medical Center Central Bank of the Philippines University of the Philippines |
There is no access to this intersection from the Kamuning Flyover. Underneath the flyover are the first traffic lights in EDSA. The GMA network building is near this intersection. |
Quezon City | Kamuning and Kamias District | 8.8 | 11 | EDSA-Kamuning Intersection | Kamuning Road New Manila District Balete Drive |
Kamias Road Xavierville Anonas Road |
No access from the Kamuning Flyover. This is also a 4-way signalized intersection. |
Quezon City | Cubao District | 9.4 | 12 | EDSA-Aurora Intersection Tunnel | R-6Northside Aurora Boulevard Santa Mesa District in the Manila |
R-6Southside Aurora Boulevard Araneta Center C-5 Road Marikina City Rizal Province |
Keeping left takes you to an Underpass bypass Aurora Boulevard. Keeping Right takes you to a 4-way intersection with the Boulevard. The Araneta Center-Cubao MRT Station and the Araneta Center-Cubao LRT Station (The LRT 2 Line is built to follow the route of Aurora Boulevard) are located nearby. |
Quezon City | Cubao District | 9.9 | 13 | EDSA-Tuazon Underpass | Northside Pedro Tuazon Boulevard New Manila District |
Southside Pedro Tuazon Boulevard Araneta Center C-5 |
Keeping left takes you to an Underpass bypass Pedro Tuazon Boulevard. Keeping Right takes you to a 4-way intersection with the Boulevard. |
Quezon City | Santolan District | 10.6 | 14 | EDSA-Santolan flyover | Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue Eastwood City Cyberpark C-5Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue Pasig |
Santolan Road Santolan District |
The Camp Crame and Camp Aguinaldo Military Bases are located here. Keeping left takes you to a flyover bypass the roads. Keeping right takes you to a 4-way signalized intersection. The Santolan MRT Station is nearby. |
Quezon City | Greenhills Shopping Center | 11.8 | 15 | EDSA-Connecticut | Greenhills Shopping Centre, San Juan | No access from Southbound. | |
Quezon City | White Plains District | 12 | 16 | EDSA-Whiteplains | Katipunan Avenue Corinthian Gardens C-5Bonny Serrano Avenue |
The People Power Monument is located here. Dual U-turn slots far off can access the road from both bound of EDSA. | |
Mandaluyong | Ortigas Center | 12.7 | 17 | EDSA-Corinthian | Northern Ortigas Avenue Greenhills Shopping Center |
Southern Ortigas Avenue Ortigas Center Pasig Taytay, Rizal |
Partial Stack Interchange between EDSA and Ortigas Avenue. Lacks 2 ramps to complete the Interchange, that is why a 4-way signalized intersection is underneath it. The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, Robinson's Galleria, Ortigas MRT Station and the EDSA Shrine are located nearby. |
Mandaluyong | Ortigas Center | 13.7 | 18 | EDSA-Megamall | Donya Julia Vargas Avenue SM Megamall |
No access from Southbound or from the Shaw Boulevard Underpass far off. | |
Mandaluyong | Ortigas Center | 14.2 | 19 | EDSA-Crossings Underpass | R-5Southern Shaw Boulevard C-5 Taytay and Angono, Rizal |
R-5Northern Shaw Boulevard Santa Mesa and Paco Districts of the Manila. |
Keeping left takes you to an Underpass bypass Shaw Boulevard, while keeping right takes you to a 4-way intersection with the boulevard. The Shaw Boulevard MRT Station is located under the EDSA Flyover from Shaw Boulevard and just over the Underpass. |
Mandaluyong | Ortigas Center | 14.4 | 19 | EDSA-Guevarra | Guevarra Street Wack Wack Greenhills |
U-turn slots provides access to both sides of the road. | |
Mandaluyong | Ortigas Center | 15.4 | 20 | EDSA-Pioneer | Pioneer Road Shaw Boulevard |
Boni Avenue C-2Tomas Claudio Street C-3Metro Manila Skybridge |
Only right turns are allowed at this intersection, although Boni Avenue have a 2-lane underpass under EDSA. The Boni Avenue MRT Station is located nearby. |
Pasig River Crossing | Guadalupe, Makati | 15.7 | Guadalupe Bridge | EDSA crosses the Pasig River via this bridge. | |||
Makati | Guadalupe District | 15.8 | 21 | EDSA-Guadalupe | R-4 ASouthern J.P. Rizal Street Comembo District C-5 |
R-4 A orthern J.P. Rizal Street Rockwell Center Santa Ana District of Manila |
Partial Cloverleaf Interchange with the J.P. Rizal Street. The Guadalupe MRT Station is located nearby. |
Makati | Guadalupe District | 17.3 | 22 | Richmond Flyover | Flyover to Rockwell Center | Partial Y-Interchange with Estrella Street. The Estrella-EDSA Northbound ramp is the missing ramp. | |
Makati | Guadalupe District | 17.4-17.8 | 23 and 24 | Kalayaan Flyover from Kalayaan Avenue | EDSA Southbound | No access from NB EDSA to the Flyover. | |
Kalayaan Flyover from 32th Street | EDSA Southbound R-4 BKalayaan Avenue Northbound |
Can be accessed by EDSA SB. | |||||
Kalayaan Flyover from EDSA Southbound | Bonifacio Global City Taguig City C-5 |
Direct Access from EDSA Southbound to Kalayaan Avenue. | |||||
Buendia-Kalayaan Flyover | Bonifacio Global City Taguig City C-5 |
Flyover from Buendia (Senator Gil Puyat Avenue) to Kalayaan Avenue. There are ramps from EDSA NB leading to it. | |||||
Senator Gil Puyat (Buendia) Avenue Southbound Junction | Dasmarinas Village | C-3Buendia Avenue Ayala Center Bay City, Metro Manila |
U-Turn slots can access both bounds of Buendia. The Buendia MRT Station is located nearby. | ||||
Makati | Ayala Center | 18.4-19.1 | 25 and 26 | Makati Underpass NB | Keeping right takes you to a 4-way intersection with the Antonio S. Arnaiz Avenue. Keeping in the left leads to an underpass under Arnaiz and Ayala Avenues, although there is a tunnel there leading to Ayala Avenue. | ||
Makati Underpass SB | Unlike the northbound, there is no tunnel leading to Ayala Avenue here. It is a straight underpass that will bypass Ayala Avenue and A. Arnaiz Avenue Intersections. The Ayala MRT Station is located in this Underpass. | ||||||
EDSA-Ayala Intersection | McKinley Road Forbes Park South Bonifacio Global City C-5Carlos P. Garcia Avenue |
Ayala Avenue Ayala Center Makati Central Business District |
There are access ramps from Ayala Avenue leading to the Bonifacio Global City and EDSA Northbound. Northbound EDSA can access this road by the Ayala Tunnel Ramp. | ||||
EDSA-Libertad Intersection | Southern Antonio S. Arnaiz Avenue Pasay |
Northern Antonio S. Arnaiz Avenue | There is no access to this 4-way intersection from the Ayala Avenue Underpass. | ||||
Makati | Magallanes District | 20.4 | 27 and 28 | Magallanes Interchange | This is the tallest interchange in EDSA. SB and NB EDSA will slowly split into 2. Staying Right leads to SLEX and SM Mall of Asia and keeping left leads to Pasong Tamo in SB, while staying right in NB leads to SLEX and staying left stays you on EDSA. The Magallanes MRT Station is located nearby. | ||
EDSA-Chino Roces | Southern Pasong Tamo Dasmarinas Village |
Northern Pasong Tamo Santa Ana, Makati C-3Buendia Avenue Ayala Center |
NB can access Pasong Tamo Road by taking the U-turn slot near Ayala Avenue, since only SB can use the Service Road from EDSA to Pasong Tamo. Pasong Tamo can only access EDSA NB. | ||||
EDSA-Skyway Partial Turbine Interchange | R-3Northern South Luzon Expressway Paco and Pandacan districts in the Manila |
R-3Southern South Luzon Expressway Pasay Laguna and Batangas Provinces |
No Access from EDSA Northbound to SLEX NB. The Metro Manila Skyway, the Freeway over SLEX can be accessed from EDSA by an Entrance Ramp located in SLEX southbound | ||||
Pasay | San Roque District | 21.8 | 29 | EDSA-Tramo Flyover | Aurora Boulevard (Tramo) Manila International Airport Gate 3 |
A partial Y-Interchange with Aurora Boulevard (Tramo). The Ramp or Access from Aurora Boulevard to SB EDSA is the missing movement. | |
Pasay | San Roque District | 22.8 | 30 | EDSA-Rotunda | R-2Southern Taft Avenue Baclaran District Parañaque |
R-2Northern Taft Avenue Ermita and Malate Districts in the Manila |
This used to be a signalized 4-way intersection, but because of the traffic jams it caused, the traffic lights were removed and the Intersection was closed, although U-turn slots far off can access the desired direction with the road. The Taft Avenue MRT Station is the last station of the MRT-3 Line, which ends here. The EDSA LRT Station (The LRT-1 runs over Taft Avenue) is also located here. |
Pasay | Baclaran District | 22.7 | 31 | EDSA-Pasay | AH-26Quirino Avenue Alabang District of Muntinlupa City |
AH-26F.B. Harrison Street Malate District of the Manila |
U-turn slots provide access to the desired direction. |
Pasay | Baclaran District | 23 | 32 | EDSA-Heritage | R-1Southern Roxas Boulevard Las Piñas Cavite |
R-1Northern Roxas Boulevard Malate, Ermita, Luneta and Intramuros districts in the Manila |
This used to be a 4-way signalized intersection with the Roxas Boulevard (which have a 6-lane flyover over EDSA), but because of the traffic jams it caused the median of EDSA was completely closed down. Roxas Boulevard can still be accessed though, via Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard. |
Pasay | Bay City, Metro Manila | 23.4 | 33 | EDSA-MOA | Southern Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard Asia World City R-1Coastal Road |
Northern Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard C-3Buendia Avenue |
This is a 4-way signalized intersection of EDSA and the Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard in the Reclamation Area in Pasay. |
Pasay | Bay City, Metro Manila | 23.8 | 34 | Globe Rotunda | Southern J.W. Diokno Boulevard SM Mall of Asia |
Northern J.W. Diokno Boulevard SM Mall of Asia |
This is the southern terminus of EDSA, a roundabout around the Mall of Asia Globe. |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Intersections
This is a list of the intersections of EDSA, where in the roads indicated by bold are major intersections.
Location | Intersection |
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Caloocan | Rizal Avenue or Abad Santos Avenue Extension SB/Douglas MacArthur Highway NB |
Benin Street NB/General R. Simon Street SB | |
Asuncion Street NB | |
Quezon Boulevard Extension Intersection | |
8th Street SB/General Tinio NB | |
General Conception Street NB | |
Mariano Ponce Street NB | |
Deodato Arellano Street NB | |
U. Plata Street SB | |
Tandang Sora Street NB | |
Biglang Awa Street SB | |
General Tomas Mascarado Street NB | |
General Evangelista Street NB | |
Don V. Ang Street NB | |
General Daniel Tirona Street NB | |
Gregoria De Jesus NB/F. Aguilar SB | |
P. Aguilar NB | |
Katipunan Street NB/V. Mariano SB | |
Quezon City | North Luzon Expressway NB/A. Bonifacio SB |
Elpidio Quirino Highway NB | |
Oliveros Road NB | |
Kaingin Street NB/Gregorio Araneta Extension SB | |
Private Road NB | |
Fema Road NB | |
Seminary Road NB | |
Congressional Avenue NB/Roosevelt Avenue SB | |
Corregidor Street NB/Bansalangin Street SB | |
Bansalangin Street SB | |
Misamis Street NB | |
Bulacan Street SB | |
North Avenue NB/West Avenue SB | |
North Lawin Street SB | |
East Lawin Street SB/Mindanao Avenue NB | |
T. Benitez Street SB | |
Times Road SB | |
Manuel Luis Quezon Avenue Intersection | |
Panay Avenue SB | |
Mother Ignacia Avenue SB | |
Scout Albano Street SB | |
Scout Borromeo Street SB/NIA Road NB | |
GMA Network Drive SB | |
Timog Avenue SB/East Avenue NB | |
Mapagmahal street NB | |
Kamias Street NB/Kamuning Road SB | |
K-3 Street SB/K-10 Street NB | |
E. Garcia Avenue NB | |
New York Avenue Intersection | |
Monte De Piedad SB | |
Donya Aurora Quezon Boulevard Intersection | |
General Roxas NB | |
Arayat NB/Central Avenue SB | |
Banahaw Street NB/General MacArthur Street SB | |
General Pedro Tuazon Boulevard Intersection | |
North Road SB/5th Avenue NB | |
South Road SB/Main Avenue NB | |
Liberty Avenue Intersection | |
Santolan Road SB/Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue NB | |
San Juan | Annapolis Avenue SB |
Connecticut Street SB | |
Quezon City | Katipunan Avenue (Whiteplains Avenue) NB |
Rochester Street SB | |
Don V. Madrigal Avenue NB | |
Mandaluyong | Don Francisco Paco Ortigas Avenue |
Fordham NB/P. Poveda SB | |
Guadix Drive NB | |
Wack-Wack Road NB | |
Princeton Street NB | |
Stanford Street SB/Donya Julia Vargas Avenue NB | |
Cornell Street NB | |
William J. Shaw Boulevard Intersection | |
Sultan Street SB/United Street NB | |
Dr. J. Fabella Street SB | |
Reliance Street NB | |
Madisson Street NB | |
Mayon Street SB | |
Boni Avenue SB/Pioneer Street NB | |
Guadalupe Bridge | |
Makati | J.P. Rizal Street SB/Pasig River Expressway NB |
Padre Burgos street NB/Bernardino Street SB | |
Estrella Street SB | |
Taurus Street NB/Harvard Street SB | |
Pasig Line SB/Kalayaan Avenue NB | |
32nd Street NB | |
Guingua Street NB | |
Nicolas Buendia Avenue NB/Nicolas Buendia Avenue (Senator Gil Puyat Avenue SB) | |
Recoletos Circle SB | |
Zobel Cia Ayala Avenue SB/Nichols-McKinley Road NB | |
East Drive SB | |
South Drive NB | |
Antonio S. Arnaiz Avenue SB/Antonio Arnaiz S. Avenue NB | |
Lippay Street SB | |
Amorsolo Street Intersection | |
Pasong Tamo Avenue/Chino Roces Avenue Intersection | |
South Luzon Expressway | |
Rodriguez Street NB/Lapulapu Street SB | |
Captain P. Apolinario NB/Magallanes Avenue SB | |
Evangelista Street SB | |
Captain Reyes SB/C. Jose Street NB | |
Pasay | E. Rodriguez Street Intersection |
M. Dela Cruz Intersection | |
San Roque Riverside NB | |
Apelo Cruz NB/Cabrera Street SB | |
Tramo Road NB/Aurora Boulevard SB | |
Don Revilla NB/Zamora Street SB | |
President Howard Taft Avenue Intersection | |
Pilapil Street SB | |
Park Avenue Intersection | |
F.B. Harrison Street NB/Quirino Avenue SB | |
Roxas Boulevard Parkway Intersection | |
President Manuel Roxas Boulevard Intersection | |
Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard Intersection | |
J.W. Diokno Boulevard Rotunda |
List of notable incidents and accidents along EDSA
Date | Results |
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December 30, 2000 | On this terrorist attack in Rizal Day, a policeman was killed when a gasoline station exploded in EDSA-Makati. On the same day, a bus plying on EDSA-Cubao exploded, killing one passenger. |
September 28 to October 1, 2006 | Typhoon Milenyo, most notably the ones at the Ortigas Avenue junction in Mandaluyong. After a month, some of the billboards were put up again, while others were confiscated by the Metro Manila Development Authority. |
November 30 to December 1, 2006 | The number of billboard related incidents caused by Typhoon Milenyo led the government to plan the retraction and removal of billboards from Monumento to the SM Mall of Asia, as a precaution to Super Typhoon Reming which was forecast to pass over Metro Manila, potentially causing more damage. However, the typhoon did not directly hit the metropolis, but due to strong rain showers, many of the billboards remained. |
April 2 to 10, 2007 | The billboard advertisements beside the Manila MRT were reported to have black paint thrown at them. On April 9, 2007, the MMDA removed the ads that were affected by the black paint. The government then planned to initiate a campaign to apprehend those who vandalized the billboards by means of advertising the offenses, and posted the advertisements from North Avenue, Quezon City to Taft Avenue in Pasay. It was discovered later on that it was a criminal youth gang that was responsible for the billboard vandalisms. |
Future Developments
EDSA, particularly in Cubao, Kamuning, Santolan and Munoz, is very prone to heavy traffics. That is why it is planned by the DPWH to complete all the interchanges in EDSA and create full Grade Separations along all its intersections with the Radial Roads it crosses, the Quezon Avenue, Aurora Boulevard, Shaw Boulevard, Kalayaan Avenue, Taft Avenue and Roxas Boulevard. The Magallanes Interchange is also being planned to be completed to allow NB EDSA to access NB SLEX. Creating a flyover over the North Avenue-West Avenue Intersection and Mindanao Avenue Junction in the Triangle Park and a Flyover over Congressional Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue Intersection in Munoz are already approved, and may start construction in 2013.[16] The MRT-3, (which currently ends in Taft Avenue) is also being planned to be extended to the SM Mall of Asia. A joint study conducted by the DOTC and Transport and Traffic Planners Incorporated proposes an extension of the line to the Bay City particularly in the SM Mall Of Asia from its current terminus in Taft Avenue. As of the moment 4 proposed stations are in the plans to be constructed namely F.B. Harrison, Roxas Boulevard, Diosdado Macapagal, and J.W. Diokno which will serve passengers going from and to the Bay City and the Coastal Areas.[17]
Due to rebranding issues, they are officially planning to make a new name to rebrand EDSA as Cory Aquino Avenue In honor of the former President Corazon Aquino, Bohol Representative Rene Lopez Relampagos filed House Bill (HB) 5422. The proposal is currently pending in the House of Representatives before the House Committee on Public Works and Highways, but the bill is still pending. The planning of the future name of EDSA is conceptualized in pre-late 2009 few weeks or months after the death of Cory Aquino.
In Popular Culture
EDSA, being an important road in the metropolis, plays an important role in the industry of the Philippines. EDSA is featured in the indie films Darna, Tanging Ina Mo, and several others.
EDSA is also shown in the Hollywood Movie The Bourne Legacy. The portions from the Magallanes Interchange to the Taft Avenue will be a spot of a car chase wherein Aaron Cross, played by Jeremy Renner, the main character, jumped from the Taft Avenue Footbridge to a plying bus.[18]
The song Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo" (lit. "The Gift of the Filipinos to the World") is a 1986 song recorded in Filipino by a supergroup composed of 15 Filipino artists, written by Jim Paredes. The song became the anthem of the bloodless People Power Revolution. The lyrics of the song are inscribed on a wall of Our Lady of EDSA Shrine, the center of the revolution.
Every February 25, the day of the EDSA People Power Revolution, the statues in the People Power Monument in the White Plains junction were repainted and yellow flag are placed on their hands..[19] The segment from White Plains to Shaw Boulevard will be closed to traffic for the yearly celebration of the People Power Day or EDSA day. On 25 February 2012, the Philippines celebrated the 26th anniversary of the People Power Revolution.[20]
EDSA is also continuously used in political campaigns by several politicians, particularly those who had been involved in the EDSA Revolution like Joseph Estrada, Noynoy Aquino, and several others.
Gallery
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See also
- Metro Manila
- Major roads in Metro Manila
- MacArthur Highway
- Quirino Highway
- South Luzon Expressway
- North Luzon Expressway
- C-3 Road
- C-5 Road
- Manila Metro Rail Transit System
References
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