Ortigas Avenue

Ortigas Avenue is a 15.5 km (9.6 mi) highway running from eastern Metro Manila to western Rizal. 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 coming to and from the Rizal province.


R-5
Ortigas Avenue
Corazon C. Aquino Avenue[1]
Looking west towards Ortigas Center from IPI
Route information
Length15.5 km (9.6 mi)
Including extension from Pasig to Antipolo
Component
highways
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) in Antipolo
Location
Major citiesSan Juan, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Pasig, Antipolo
TownsCainta, Taytay
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

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.

Route description
View of the avenue east towards Cainta from Rosario pedestrian overpass
View of Ortigas Avenue Extension eastward in Taytay

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 passes Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan and the back 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. Past C-5-Ortigas Interchange, it is called Ortigas Avenue Extension. It soon crosses Marikina River and Manggahan Floodway, partially becomes a single carriageway and changing back into a dual carriageway, and then enters Cainta, Rizal past SM City East Ortigas (formerly Ever Gotesco Ortigas). It crosses Bonifacio and Imelda Avenues at Cainta Junction, the original starting point of Manila East Road. It then continues to Antipolo and passes over the Kaytikling Junction with Taytay Diversion Road (towards Manila East Road) in Taytay, Rizal. Past Kaytikling, it becomes the Corazon C. Aquino Avenue,[2] following a winding route to Antipolo, passing through some residential subdivisions before it ends at L. Sumulong Memorial Circle near 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.

Intersections
ProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Quezon City–San Juan boundary95.6Bonny Serrano AvenueTraffic light intersection. Continues west as Granada Street.
San JuanXavier StreetEastbound access only
95.6Madison StreetTraffic light intersection
106.2Roosevelt StreetTraffic light intersection
Club Filipino DriveTraffic light intersection
Wilson StreetTraffic light intersection
San Juan–Mandaluyong boundaryConnecticut StreetTraffic light intersection
Mandaluyong116.8Notre Dame StreetEastbound only
Holy Cross StreetWestbound only
Columbia StreetNo access from opposite directions
Mandaluyong–Quezon City boundary N1 / AH26 (EDSA)EDSA–Ortigas Interchange. Traffic light intersection below interchange. Route number change from N184 to N60.
Quezon CityADB AvenueTraffic light intersection
PasigMeralco AvenueTraffic light intersection
Lanuza StreetTraffic light intersection
Green Meadows AvenueTraffic light intersection
148.7 N11 (E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue)C5–Ortigas Interchange. Traffic light intersection under interchange. Western end of R-5 concurrency.
Rosario Bridge over Marikina River
Dr. Sixto Antonio AvenueLeft turns from westbound provided by U-turn under Rosario Bridge.
Amang Rodriguez AvenueRight-in, right out. Left turns via U-turn slots.
159.3C. Raymundo Avenue / Tramo StreetLeft turns provided by U-turn locations
15.59.6West Bank RoadEastbound 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 RoadWestbound exit and eastbound entrance.
Buli CreekCainta-Buli Bridge
RizalCainta1811 N601 (Bonifacio Avenue) / Felix AvenueCainta Crossing. Traffic light intersection.
Sunset DriveTraffic light intersection
2012Hunters ROTC Guerilla Street
Cainta–Taytay boundaryGeneral A. Ricarte Street / Don Celso Tuason StreetTraffic light intersection
TaytayE. Rodriguez AvenueTraffic light intersection
2113Taytay Diversion Road / L. Wood StreetRoundabout (Kaytiking Rotunda). Eastern end of R-5 concurrency.
Antipolo N600 (Sen. L. Sumulong Memorial Circle)Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Name

The road is named after the prominent lawyer and businessman during the American Era, Don Francisco Emilio Barcinas Ortigas Sr. (1875–1935), who was popularly known as "Don Paco".[3][4][5] Its segment 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.[2]

References
  1. "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. Republic Act No. 11045 (29 June 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
  3. "Francisco Emilio Barcinas Ortigas (b. - 1935)". Genealogy.
  4. https://www.townandcountry.ph/people/heritage/who-are-the-most-generous-enduring-families-of-the-philippines-a1590-20161104-lfrm2
  5. Calero, Javier (June 9, 2016). "The men behind Heneral Luna". Business World Online.

See also

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