South Avenue (Makati) Explained

Country:PHL
South Avenue
Maint:Department of Public Works and Highways - Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office
Length M:805
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:North
Terminus A:J.P. Rizal Avenue
Junction:
Direction B:South
Terminus B:Metropolitan Avenue
Location:Makati

South Avenue is a short extension of Ayala Avenue north of Metropolitan Avenue in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It forms the border between the Manila South Cemetery to the east and Barangay Santa Cruz to the west, running for 805m (2,641feet) in a southwest–northeast direction from its southern terminus at Metropolitan Avenue to its intersection with J.P. Rizal Avenue in Barangay Olympia. Since 2017, it carries one-way northbound traffic, implemented as an effort to decongest traffic in and out of the Makati Central Business District.[2] It has a short extension into Barangay Olympia and Circuit Makati (formerly the Santa Ana Race Track) as Taliba Street.[3] [4] It is also the location of the Ecoville Townhouses and F. Benitez Elementary School. It is formerly a component road of Circumferential Road 3.[5]

The avenue originated from an old road linking J.P. Rizal, Makati's main road, to the Manila South Cemetery and eventually to McKinley–Pasay Road near the Nielson Field (now occupied by the Makati Central Business District).[6] [7] [8] The origin of the name of the avenue is unclear, but it may be derived from the cemetery through which it passes.

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14.5675°N 121.0175°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Road and Bridge Inventory. Department of Public Works and Highways. August 5, 2020.
  2. News: Zurbano . Joel . June 22, 2017 . Makati changes CBD traffic route . Manila Standard . May 15, 2020.
  3. http://www.makeitmakati.com/circuit-makati/whats-on/news News - Makati
  4. News: Ayala transforms race track into Broadway, football hub. Aya. Lowe. Rappler. January 11, 2013. October 29, 2013.
  5. Web site: Latest alignment of all radial and circumferential roads in Metro Manila. Freedom of Information Philippines. Department of Public Works and Highways. April 3, 2024.
  6. Web site: Vertical view of Nielson Field in Makati area of southern Manila. September 21, 2021. PacificWrecks.
  7. Manila City Plan . 1943 . March 5, 2022 .
  8. Map of Manila and Suburbs . 1943 . 1:20,000 . The Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C. . March 5, 2022 .