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Congressional Avenue

Coordinates: 14°39′22″N 121°3′22″E / 14.65611°N 121.05611°E / 14.65611; 121.05611
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C-5
Congressional Avenue
Congressional Avenue (Quezon City) 31.jpg
The avenue in Bahay Toro, 2023
Route information
Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways – Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office[1]
Length6 km (3.7 mi)
Approximate length, including extension
Component
highways
  • C-5 C-5 from Mindanao Avenue to Luzon Avenue
  • N129
Major junctions
West end AH 26 (N1) (Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue)
Major intersections N128 (Mindanao Avenue)
East end N129 (Luzon Avenue)
Location
CountryPhilippines
Major citiesQuezon City
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

Congressional Avenue (Filipino: Abenida Kongresyonal) is a 6-kilometer (3.7 mi) six-lane highway in Quezon City, Philippines. It is one of the secondary roads in Metro Manila. Part of it is designated as part of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) of the Manila arterial road system and National Route 129 (N129) of the Philippine highway system.

Congressional Avenue starts from the intersection between EDSA and FPJ Avenue (formerly Roosevelt), passes through some of the Project areas, Tandang Sora, Culiat, and Pasong Tamo, and ends at Luzon Avenue at the boundary of Matandang Balara.

The avenue is one of the rising food destinations in Quezon city because many food establishments, such as food parks, have set up shop along Congressional Avenue Extension.

Route description

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Congressional Avenue follows an L route from EDSA to Luzon Avenue. The main segment, west of the intersection with Visayas Avenue, is characterized by numerous intersections. Major intersections are enforced with signal lights, while minor intersections are either unsignaled or use improvised U-turn slots. The extension segment, east of the intersection with Visayas Avenue, is characterized by partial access control, where at-grade intersections are replaced by U-turn slots. The outermost lanes along the entire stretch of the avenue are designated as bicycle lanes.

History

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According to the 1949 Plan of Quezon City, Congressional Avenue was supposed to connect to the National Government Center at Constitution Hills (present-day Batasan Hills),[2] which would house government offices, including the Congress, from which its name is apparently derived. However, this plan was partially materialized as the road did not reach that area.

In the early 2010s, the avenue was envisioned to be extended into Luzon Avenue to complement the completion of the Circumferential Road 5, which includes the widening of the C.P. Garcia (through U.P. Campus) and Luzon Avenues, the Extension of Congressional Avenue, and the construction of the Luzon Avenue Flyover, which aims to divert C-5 and traffic from the narrow Tandang Sora Avenue in going to the Project areas and Mindanao Avenue towards the C-5 segment of North Luzon Expressway.

Intersections

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The entire route is located in Quezon City. This list includes the section of the avenue named Congressional Avenue Extension. Kilometers are measured from Rizal Park, the Kilometer Zero

km[3][4]miDestinationsNotes
AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)Western Terminus. Continues south as Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue which can be accessed by using u-turn slots.
Cagayan Street / S&R Service RoadTraffic light intersection
Shorthorn StreetAccessible from westbound lanes via U-turn slot at Hereford Street Intersection. Access to Project 8.
Spring Drive / Sta. Gertrudes StreetTraffic light intersection
N128 (Mindanao Avenue)Traffic light intersection. C-5 segment of Congressional Avenue starts here.
Jupiter StreetTraffic light intersection
Visayas AvenueTraffic light intersection
Tandang Sora AvenueIntersection closed; Access from opposite directions via U-turn slot.
N129 (Luzon Avenue)Eastern terminus. No left turn allowed from eastbound.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ "Quezon City 1st". Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Bueza, Michael (October 12, 2014). "What Quezon City could have looked like". Rappler. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Quezon City 1st". 2016 DPWH Road Data. Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Quezon City 2nd". 2016 DPWH Road Data. Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

14°39′22″N 121°3′22″E / 14.65611°N 121.05611°E / 14.65611; 121.05611