Tandang Sora Avenue
Tandang Sora Avenue, formerly known as Banlat Road,[2] is a major east-west thoroughfare bisecting Quezon City in Metro Manila, the Philippines. It is a two-to-six lane highway and municipal road that runs for 9.6 kilometers (6.0 mi) from its eastern terminus at Magsaysay Avenue in Pansol and U.P. Campus in Diliman to its western terminus at Quirino Highway in Baesa and Talipapa in Novaliches, crossing Barangays Culiat, New Era, Pasong Tamo, Tandang Sora, and Sangandaan.
C-5 | |
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2018 photo of Tandang Sora Avenue just east of Commonwealth Avenue in Matandang Balara | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways - Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office[1] and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority | |
| Length | 9.6 km (6.0 mi) |
| Component highways | From Commonwealth to Magsaysay & Katipunan Avenues: |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | N127 (Quirino Highway) and Tullahan Road in Talipapa and Baesa |
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| East end | N129 (Katipunan Avenue) and Magsaysay Avenue in U.P. Campus and Pansol |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Major cities | Quezon City |
| Highway system | |
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The avenue's segment east of Commonwealth Avenue is a national secondary road with the route designation N129; it also forms part of the Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) network of the Metro Manila arterial road system. Its western segment in Tandang Sora and Culiat west of Commonwealth Avenue is a narrow municipal road classified as a national tertiary road.[3]
Tandang Sora Avenue was named after its location in the barangay of Tandang Sora. The barrio, in turn, was renamed from Talipapa in 1952 in honor of Filipina patriot Melchora Aquino.[4]
A flyover linking Tandang Sora Avenue with Luzon Avenue over Commonwealth Avenue in Culiat was built in 2009 as part of the C-5 Road network project.[5] In February 2019, the Department of Public Works and Highways announced the demolition of a flyover of Commonwealth Avenue at the Tandang Sora junction in New Era to make way for the construction of the Tandang Sora station of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 7 (MRT-7).[6] A Metro Manila Subway station is also planned at the avenue's junction with Mindanao Avenue in Tandang Sora.[7]
Intersections edit
The entire route is located in Quezon City.
| km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N127 (Quirino Highway) / Tullahan Road | Western terminus, traffic light intersection. Continues northwestward to Caloocan as Tullahan Road. | ||||
| Marcel Drive | |||||
| Creekside Drive | Gated road | ||||
| General Avenue | Alternate access to Mindanao and Congressional Avenue via Road 20. | ||||
| Narra Street | |||||
| N128 (Mindanao Avenue) | Former traffic light intersection. Opposite segments accessible via U-turn slots. | ||||
| J. Geronimo Drive | |||||
| D. Geronimo Street | |||||
| Venus Street | |||||
| Banlat Road | |||||
| Doña Sotera Street | |||||
| Don Felipe Street | |||||
| Visayas Avenue | Unsignaled intersection | ||||
| San Miguel Road | |||||
| Himlayan Road / S. Macaya Street | |||||
| Philand Drive | |||||
| N129 (Congressional Avenue Extension) | Opposite segments accessible via U-turn slots | ||||
| Cenacle Drive | Alternate access to Visayas Avenue | ||||
| Glenn Street | |||||
| Allan Bean Street | |||||
| Cassanova Drive | |||||
| Union Avenue | |||||
| Armstrong Street | |||||
| San Ponciano Street | |||||
| D. Reynaldo Street | |||||
| N170 (Commonwealth Avenue) | Former traffic light intersection; closed to give way to the construction of MRT-7 Tandang Sora station. Access to opposite segments via U-turn slots or nearby roads. | ||||
| Road 1 | |||||
| Road 2 | |||||
| Road 3 | |||||
| Peace Valley Street | |||||
| N129 (Luzon Overpass) | C-5 and N129 segments of Tandang Sora Avenue start here. Access to N170 (Commonwealth Avenue) and N129 (Luzon Avenue). | ||||
| Vic Valley Street | |||||
| University Valley Street | |||||
| Capitol Hills Drive | |||||
| N129 (Katipunan Avenue) / Magsaysay Street | Unsignaled intersection. Continues south as Katipunan Avenue. | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References edit
- ^ "Quezon City 1st". Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ PHIMCOS (August 2020). "Occupation and Victory The Philippines in World War II". The Murillo Bulletin Special World War II Issue. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "2017 Road Data: National Capital Region". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ Republic Act No. 727 (June 6, 1952), An Act Changing the Name of the Barrio of Talipapa in Quezon City to Tandang Sora, retrieved March 29, 2019
- ^ Ong, Ghio; Flores, Helen (June 29, 2009). "DPWH: Tandang Sora-Luzon Avenue flyover done by yearend". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ Rey, Aika (February 14, 2019). "Tandang Sora flyover in Quezon City to be demolished for MRT7". Rappler. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ Vera, Ben O. de. "1st 3 Metro Manila subway stations seen operational by 2022". Retrieved March 29, 2019.