Gregorio Araneta Avenue
Gregorio Araneta Avenue is a suburban arterial road in the Santa Mesa Heights area of Quezon City, northeastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a 6- to 8-lane divided avenue designated as part of Circumferential Road 3 (C-3) and physical continuation of Sergeant Rivera Street which travels from Santo Domingo Avenue at its north end near Balintawak in Quezon City, and meets N. Domingo Street in the south in San Juan near the border with Santa Mesa, Manila. En route, it intersects with Del Monte Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Magsaysay-Aurora Boulevard passing through barangays Balingasa, Manresa, Masambong, Sienna, Santo Domingo, Talayan, Tatalon, Santol, and Doña Imelda in Quezon City and Progreso in San Juan.
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Gregorio Araneta Avenue near the Calamba Street intersection, before the construction of the Skyway Stage 3. | |
| Namesake | Gregorio S. Araneta |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways |
| Length | 5.3 km (3.3 mi) |
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| Location | Quezon City and San Juan |
| North end | N130 (Sgt. Rivera Avenue) / Santo Domingo Avenue in Quezon City |
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| South end | N. Domingo Street in San Juan |
The avenue lies in a flood-prone zone in close proximity to the San Francisco del Monte and San Juan Rivers. It was named after lawyer and landowner Gregorio S. Araneta who owned the Santa Mesa Heights Subdivision on which the avenue was built.[1]
A man-made waterway median runs through the middle of the road, that momentarily terminates in the Del Monte Avenue intersection, and continues immediately, terminating before the Quezon Avenue intersection. As a result of the Skyway Stage 3 project, parts of the waterway median will be converted into a closed culvert and will become a part of the passable road.
The Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 traverses almost the entire length of the road, starting from Sergeant Rivera Avenue down to San Juan River.
Funeral row
Gregorio Araneta Avenue is best known as the location of some of the biggest funeral parlors in the metropolis. These are the Arlington Memorial Chapels, La Funeraria Paz, Ascension Columbary, Cosmopolitan, Nacional Memorial Homes, and the Sanctuarium (formerly Capitol Memorial). The oldest is Funeraria Nacional which moved to Gregorio Araneta from its old address in downtown Avenida Rizal in 1968. It was followed by La Funeraria Paz in the 1970s and Arlington, which converted the old Thomas Jefferson Library on the avenue into a funeral facility, in 1985.[2]
Automated Trash Rake
In 2014, the Department of Science and Technology built an automated garbage rake in the intersection of Araneta Avenue and Mauban Street, functioning as a cleaning facility for the river, in response to the perennial flooding and garbage problems in the area. Garbage trucks regularly collected garbages that were captured from the river, as well as those dumped nearby.[3]
Intersections
| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Quezon City | 9 | 5.6 | Sergeant Rivera Street (C3) | Continues west as N130 (Sergeant Rivera Street) | |
| Balingasa Creek | |||||
| Quezon City | Valentin Ventura Street | Northbound only | |||
| Mauban Street | Going up to Malasimbo Street. | ||||
| Wayan Street | Northbound only. Going up to Malac Street. | ||||
| G. Roxas Street | Southbound only | ||||
| Northern terminus of Talayan Creek median section | |||||
| 8.5 | 5.3 | Del Monte Avenue | Traffic light intersection. Access to Siena College, San Francisco del Monte district, and A. Bonifacio Avenue. | ||
| 8 | 5.0 | Norberto S. Amoranto Sr. (Retiro) Avenue | Traffic light intersection. Access to La Loma district and the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in Manila. | ||
| Calamba Street | Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads. | ||||
| Skyway | Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Southbound entrance.[4] | ||||
| Maria Clara Street | Unsignaled intersection | ||||
| Southern terminus of Talayan Creek median section | |||||
| Skyway | Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Northbound exit.[4] | ||||
| P. Florentino Street | Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads. | ||||
| 7 | 4.3 | N170 (Quezon Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Quezon Avenue-Araneta Avenue Underpass. | ||
| Agno Street Extension | Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads. | ||||
| ROTC Hunters Street | Northbound only | ||||
| Skyway | Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Southbound exit and northbound entrance.[4] | ||||
| Kaliraya Road | Unsignaled intersection | ||||
| Victory Avenue | Unsignaled intersection | ||||
| Kitanlad Street | Southbound only | ||||
| 7 | 4.3 | E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue | Traffic light intersection, No left turns and no U-turns; U-Turn slot located ahead. | ||
| Kapiligan Street | Northbound only | ||||
| Tomas Arguelles Street | Southbound only | ||||
| Skyway | Skyway-E. Rodriguez off-ramp. Southbound entrance.[5] | ||||
| Bayani Street | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| Baloy Street | Unsignaled intersection | ||||
| 9 | 5.6 | Landargun Street | Unsignaled intersection | ||
| Tamar Street | Southbound only. Fenced-off entry. | ||||
| Skyway | Skyway-G. Araneta on-ramp. Northbound exit.[6] | ||||
| Palanza Street | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| 6 | 3.7 | N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard/Aurora Boulevard) | Southern terminus of N130; change to unnumbered route.[7] No left turns from Magsaysay Boulevard eastbound; instead served by a U-Turn slot. | ||
| Quezon City–San Juan boundary | San Juan-Santa Mesa Bridge over San Juan River | ||||
| San Juan | 6 | 3.7 | Skyway | Skyway-Aurora Boulevard on-ramp. Future northbound exit[8] | |
| Nicanor Domingo Street | Southern terminus. Access to Santa Mesa in Manila, New Manila and Cubao in Quezon City, and Kalentong in Mandaluyong. | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ History and Important Events of Sta. Teresita Parish published by the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Quezon City. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ QC's Araneta Avenue: Showcase strip for the Filipino 'burol' published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
- ^ "Home".
- ^ a b c Grecia, Leandre (December 29, 2020). "Here are all the entry and exit points of the partially opened Skyway Stage 3". TopGear Philippines.
- ^ "San Miguel opens 2 new ramps of Skyway 3". ABS-CBN News. February 11, 2021.
- ^ De Guzman, Marcus (September 29, 2021). "SMC to open three new Skyway 3 on-ramps this Friday". AutoIndustriya.com. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "NCR". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ Pornelos, Vince (September 5, 2019). "Here's your first look at the Quezon City segment of Skyway Stage 3". Autoindustriya.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.