
- Order:
- Duration: 10:07
- Published: 18 Aug 2008
- Uploaded: 22 Jun 2011
- Author: syakmataraki
Country | PHL |
---|---|
Name | Epifanio de los Santos Avenue |
Length km | 23.8 |
Direction a | North |
Terminus a | Monumento Rotonda in Caloocan |
Beltway city | Manila |
Junction | Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard/ in PasayRoxas Blvd in PasayTaft Ave in PasaySLEX at Magallanes in MakatiAyala Avenue in MakatiGil Puyat Ave (Buendia) in MakatiShaw Blvd at Crossing in MandaluyongOrtigas Ave in MandaluyongAurora Blvd at Cubao in Quezon City Kamuning in Quezon City Quezon Ave in Quezon City North Avenue in Quezon City Roosevelt/Congressional in Quezon City NLEX/A. Bonifacio Avenue in Balintawak Quezon City MacArthur Highway/Rizal Avenue Extension in Caloocan City |
Direction b | South |
Terminus b | SM Mall of Asia in Pasay |
Cities | Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay |
EDSA forms the majority portion of the Circumferential Road 4 (C-4) in Metro Manila. Although it never runs within (nor adjacent to) the city limits of Manila proper, it runs in a rough semicircle around Metropolitan Manila and, from the south, passes through the cities of Pasay, Makati, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, and Caloocan. Its southern endpoint is at a roundabout near the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay and its northern terminus is at Monumento, a monument to Andrés Bonifacio, in Caloocan. When the avenue was constructed during the presidency of Manuel L. Quezon, it was named 19 de Junio (June 19), after the birthday of national hero José Rizal. It was later renamed Highway 54, and under Republic Act No. 2140 in 1959 was further renamed in honor of Epifanio de los Santos, a noted Filipino historian.
The Metro Rail Transit (MRT), Line 3 of the metropolis' railway system, runs along most of EDSA, from Taft Avenue in the south to North Avenue near the SM City North EDSA Mall in northern EDSA. The Light Rail Transit (LRT), Line 1, runs from the EDSA - North Ave. intersection in Quezon City to the Monumento roundabout in Caloocan City where the rail line turns left to Rizal Avenue Extension. The Light Rail Transit (LRT), Line 2 can be seen along the intersection EDSA and the rail line's path, Aurora Boulevard.
EDSA also figures prominently in the recent history of the Philippines for being the site of two peaceful demonstrations that toppled the administration of two Filipino presidents—the People Power Revolution of 1986 against Ferdinand Marcos and the EDSA Revolution of 2001 against Joseph Estrada.
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 Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program, commonly known as the Number Coding Scheme. 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.
A list of exits, flyovers, underpasses, and major intersections along EDSA. There are no exit numbers along EDSA, as it is not an expressway.
Category:Roads in the Philippines Category:Metro Manila Category:Quezon City
This text is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA License. This text was originally published on Wikipedia and was developed by the Wikipedia community.