Ortigas Avenue
Ortigas Avenue is a 15.5 km (9.6 mi) highway running from eastern Metro Manila to western Rizal in the Philippines. It is one of the busiest highways in Metro Manila, serving as the main thoroughfare of the metro's east–west corridor, catering mainly to the traffic to and from Rizal.
R-5 | |
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Looking west towards Ortigas Center from IPI | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways | |
| Length | 15.5 km (9.6 mi) Including extension from Pasig to Antipolo |
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| Major junctions | |
| West end | N184 (Granada Street) / Bonny Serrano Avenue at the Quezon City–San Juan boundary |
| East end | N600 (Sen. L. Sumulong Memorial Circle) / N60 (P. Oliveros Street) in Antipolo |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Regions | Metro Manila, Calabarzon |
| Provinces | Rizal |
| Major cities | San Juan, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Pasig, Antipolo |
| Towns | Cainta, Taytay |
| Highway system | |
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The western terminus of the highway is at the boundary of San Juan and Quezon City. The highway then traverses through Ortigas Center and along the cities of Mandaluyong, Quezon City, and Pasig, followed by the municipalities of Cainta and Taytay, and finally ending in the city of Antipolo.
The portion of Ortigas Avenue from Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C-5) in Pasig to Taytay Diversion Road in Taytay is designated as a component of Radial Road 5 (R-5). The highway is also designated as National Route 60 (N60) and National Route 184 (N184) of the Philippine highway network, respectively.
Name
The highway is named after Filipino lawyer and businessman Don Francisco Emilio Barcinas Ortigas Sr. (1875–1935), who was popularly known as "Don Paco", or simply as Francisco Ortigas. Ortigas is known for establishing a partnership between him and several businessmen (now Ortigas & Company) to purchase the 4,033 hectares (40.33 km2) Hacienda de Mandaluyon from the Augustinian Order in 1931, which now spans the cities of San Juan, Mandaluyong, Pasig, and Quezon City.[1][2][3]
The segment of Ortigas Avenue from Kaytikling Junction to its terminus in Antipolo is part of Corazon C. Aquino Avenue, named in honor of Corazon Aquino, the 11th President of the Philippines.[4]
Route description
Ortigas Avenue cuts eastwards from the city boundary of San Juan and Quezon City in Metro Manila to Antipolo in Rizal, passing through residential, industrial, and commercial areas, including Ortigas Center, its namesake central business district. Its section from Bonny Serrano Avenue to EDSA forms part of National Route 184 (N184), a secondary national road under the Philippine highway network. Meanwhile, the rest of the route east of EDSA forms part of National Route 60 (N60), a primary national road, except for the splitting westbound sections in Antipolo classified as tertiary national roads. These tertiary roads, from west to east, are officially known as Antipolo Diversion Road 1 and Antipolo Diversion Road 2, respectively. Eastwards past the C5–Ortigas Interchange in Pasig, the avenue is called Ortigas Avenue Extension. Its section from Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue in Pasig to Felix Avenue at the Cainta Junction is officially known as Pasig–Cainta Road and forms part of the Manila East Road. From Cainta Junction to Kaytikling Rotunda in Taytay, it is alternatively known as Cainta-Kayticling-Antipolo-Teresa-Morong Road. Its remaining section eastwards from Kaytikling forms part of Corazon C. Aquino Avenue, formerly known as the Kay Tikling-Antipolo-Teresa-Morong National Road until 2018.[4][5]
Ortigas Avenue starts as a physical continuation of Granada Street past Bonny Serrano Avenue at the boundary of San Juan and Quezon City. It then cuts through Greenhills, San Juan and northeast of Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Mandaluyong. It crosses EDSA at the EDSA–Ortigas Interchange at the boundary of Mandaluyong and Quezon City, and runs through Ortigas Center, making a slight curve on Meralco Avenue. The avenue soon cuts through Ugong, enters Pasig, and crosses Circumferential Road 5 at the C5–Ortigas Interchange where the Bridgetowne is located. It soon crosses Marikina River and Manggahan Floodway, partially becomes a single carriageway and changing back into a dual carriageway, and then enters the province of Rizal at Cainta, past SM City East Ortigas (formerly Ever Gotesco Ortigas).
It crosses Bonifacio and Felix Avenues at Cainta Junction. It then continues to Antipolo and passes over the Kaytikling Rotunda with Taytay Diversion Road in Taytay, Rizal before continuing as Manila East Road. Past Kaytikling, it follows winding route to Antipolo, passing through some residential subdivisions before it ends at its intersection with L. Sumulong Memorial Circle and P. Oliveros Street fronting the Hamaka Park near the Rizal Provincial Capitol. It then continues to downtown Antipolo as P. Oliveros Street, which ends near the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage and another component of Corazon C. Aquino Avenue that leads to Morong.
Intersections
| Province | City/Municipality | km[5] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Quezon City–San Juan boundary | 9 | 5.6 | Bonny Serrano Avenue | Traffic light intersection. Continues west as Granada Street. | |
| San Juan | Xavier Street | Former eastbound access for North Greenhills and former westbound access for heavy traffic in the Xavier School vicinity. | |||
| 9 | 5.6 | Madison Street | Traffic light intersection. Access for North Greenhills and the Xavier School-ICA vicinity. | ||
| Roosevelt Street | Traffic light intersection. Access for North Greenhills and West Greenhills. | ||||
| Club Filipino Drive | Traffic light intersection. Provides access to the Greenhills Shopping Center. | ||||
| 10 | 6.2 | Wilson Street | Traffic light intersection. Provides access to the Greenhills Shopping Center. | ||
| San Juan–Mandaluyong boundary | Connecticut Street | Traffic light intersection. Access for West Greenhills and the Greenhills Shopping Center. | |||
| Mandaluyong | 11 | 6.8 | Notre Dame Street | Eastbound only. Access for Wack-Wack Village. | |
| Columbia Street | Westbound access only. Access for Greenhills East. | ||||
| Mandaluyong–Quezon City boundary | Epifanio De los Santos Avenue | EDSA–Ortigas Interchange. Traffic light intersection below interchange. Route number change from N184 to N60. | |||
| Quezon City | Arcadia Avenue | Westbound access only. Access for Arcadia Village. | |||
| ADB Avenue | Traffic light intersection on the eastbound side. | ||||
| Zalameda Street | Westbound access only. Access for Corinthian Gardens. | ||||
| Pasig | E. Abello Street | Westbound access only. | |||
| 12.1 | 7.5 | Emerald Avenue | Eastbound access only. | ||
| Meralco Avenue | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| Gardner Street | Westbound access only. Access for Meralco Sports Club. | ||||
| 13 | 8.1 | Royal Palm Street | Eastbound access only. Access for Valle Verde IV. | ||
| M. D. Camacho Road | Westbound access only. | ||||
| Lanuza Avenue | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| Green Meadows Avenue | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| Central Avenue | Eastbound access only. | ||||
| 14 | 8.7 | Circumferential Road 5 | Traffic light intersection under interchange. Western end of R-5 concurrency. | ||
| Rosario Bridge over Marikina River | |||||
| Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue | Left turns from westbound provided by U-turn under Rosario Bridge. Start of Manila East Road. | ||||
| Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Avenue | Right-in, right out. Left turns via U-turn slots. | ||||
| 15 | 9.3 | C. Raymundo Avenue / Tramo Street | Left turns provided by U-turn locations | ||
| 15.5 | 9.6 | West Bank Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance. U-turn location used for left turns from Sixto Antonio and C. Raymundo intersections. | ||
| Ortigas Bridge over Manggahan Floodway | |||||
| East Bank Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance. | ||||
| President Quezon Street | Westbound access only. | ||||
| De Castro Avenue | Eastbound access only. | ||||
| Pearl Street | Access to Doña Juliana Village. | ||||
| Melbourne Street | Access to Ciudad Grande Executive Village. | ||||
| Riverside Drive | Access to Riverside Village. | ||||
| Saint Joseph Drive | Access to Saint Joseph Subdivision. | ||||
| Kamagong Sur Street | Westbound access only. Access to Villarica Subdivision. | ||||
| 5th Avenue | Access to Riverside Village. | ||||
| Buli Creek | Cainta-Buli Bridge | ||||
| Rizal | Cainta | 18 | 11 | N601 (Bonifacio Avenue) / Felix Avenue | Cainta Crossing. Traffic light intersection. End of Manila East Road (Rosario–Cainta Road) segment. |
| Sunset Drive | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| 20 | 12 | Hunters ROTC Guerilla Street | |||
| Cainta–Taytay boundary | General A. Ricarte Street / Don Celso Tuason Street | Traffic light intersection | |||
| Taytay | E. Rodriguez Avenue | Traffic light intersection | |||
| 21 | 13 | Taytay Diversion Road / L. Wood Street | Roundabout (Kaytiking Rotunda). Eastern end of R-5 concurrency. | ||
| Antipolo | N600 (Sen. L. Sumulong Memorial Circle) / N60 (P. Oliveros Street) | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ . Geni.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022.
- ^ . Town and Country Magazine. November 24, 2016. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ Calero, Javier (June 9, 2016). "The men behind Heneral Luna". Business World Online.
- ^ a b Republic Act No. 11045 (June 29, 2018), An Act Renaming the Kay Tikling-Antipolo-Teresa-Morong National Road in the Province of Rizal, Traversing Through Barangay Dolores in the Municipality of Taytay up to Barangay Maybancal in the Municipality of Morong, as Corazon C. Aquino Avenue
- ^ a b "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 31, 2020.