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 to and from Rizal.


R-5
Ortigas Avenue
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
Major intersections
East end N600 (Sen. L. Sumulong Memorial Circle) / N60 (P. Oliveros Street) 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
Ortigas Avenue Extension eastward entering Antipolo. This segment is part of Corazon C. Aquino Avenue, which runs from Taytay to Morong.

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 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. 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). At its intersection with Dr. Sixto Antonio Avenue between the Marikina River and Manggahan Floodway in Rosario, the Manila East Road begins as the Pasig–Cainta Road segment.

It crosses Bonifacio and Felix Avenues at Cainta Junction, where the Manila East Road (Pasig–Cainta Road) segment ends. 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 a component of Corazon C. Aquino Avenue,[1] following a 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
ProvinceCity/Municipalitykm[2]miDestinationsNotes
Quezon City–San Juan boundary95.6Bonny Serrano AvenueTraffic light intersection. Continues west as Granada Street.
San JuanXavier StreetFormer eastbound access for North Greenhills and former westbound access for heavy traffic in the Xavier School vicinity.
95.6Madison StreetTraffic light intersection. Access for North Greenhills and the Xavier School-ICA vicinity.
Roosevelt StreetTraffic light intersection. Access for North Greenhills and West Greenhills.
Club Filipino DriveTraffic light intersection. Provides access to the Greenhills mixed-use development.
106.2Wilson StreetTraffic light intersection. Provides access to the Greenhills mixed-use development.
San Juan–Mandaluyong boundaryConnecticut StreetTraffic light intersection. Access for West Greenhills and the Greenhills mixed-use development.
Mandaluyong116.8Notre Dame Street.Eastbound only. Access for Wack-Wack Village.
Holy Cross Street.Westbound only. Access for Greenhills East.
Columbia Street.Westbound access only. Access for Greenhills East.
Mandaluyong–Quezon City boundary AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)EDSA–Ortigas Interchange. Traffic light intersection below interchange. Route number change from N184 to N60.
Quezon CityArcadia Avenue.Westbound access only. Access for Arcadia Village.
ADB AvenueTraffic light intersection on the eastbound side.
Zalameda StreetWestbound access only. Access for Corinthian Gardens.
PasigMeralco AvenueTraffic light intersection.
138.1Royal Palm StreetEastbound access only. Access for Valle Verde 4.
Lanuza AvenueTraffic 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. Start of Manila East Road.
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. End of Manila East Road (Rosario–Cainta Road) segment.
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) / N60 (P. Oliveros Street)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.[1]

References
  1. 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
  2. "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  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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