Epifanio de los Santos Avenue | |
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EDSA Highway 54 |
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EDSA from Boni MRT Station, looking south toward Guadalupe
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Route information | |
Maintained by Metro Manila Development Authority and Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines) | |
Length: | 23.8 km (14.8 mi) includes extension in Bay City, Pasay |
Existed: | 1940 | – present
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Restrictions: | No heavy trucks on whole of EDSA. |
Major junctions | |
Beltway around Manila | |
South end: | SM Mall of Asia Rotunda in Bay City, Pasay, 14°32′6.24″N 120°58′55.75″E / 14.5350667°N 120.9821528°E |
At Pasay: R-1 Roxas Boulevard R-2 Taft Avenue At Makati: R-3 Osmeňa Highway/ South Luzon Expressway Arnaiz Avenue Ayala Avenue/McKinley Road Gil Puyat Avenue R-4 Kalayaan Avenue J.P. Rizal Avenue At Mandaluyong: Boni Avenue/Pioneer Road R-5 Shaw Boulevard Ortigas Avenue At Quezon City: White Plains Avenue R-6 Aurora Boulevard Timog Avenue/East Avenue R-7 Quezon Avenue North Avenue/West Avenue Congressional Avenue/Roosevelt Avenue R-8 Andres Bonifacio Avenue/ North Luzon Expressway |
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North end: | Monumento Roundabout in Grace Park, Caloocan, 14°39′14.74″N 120°59′02.06″E / 14.6540944°N 120.9839056°E |
Location | |
Major cities: | Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, Pasay |
Highway system | |
Highways in the Philippines |
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Filipino: Abenida Epifanio de los Santos), commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital of the Philippines. It is the main thoroughfare in Metro Manila passing through 6 of the capital region's 17 local government units, namely, from north to south, Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati and Pasay. The road links the North Luzon Expressway at the Balintawak Interchange in the north to the South Luzon Expressway at the Magallanes Interchange in the south, as well as the major financial districts of Makati Central Business District, Ortigas Center and Araneta Center. It is the longest and the most congested highway in the metropolis, stretching some 23.8 kilometres (14.8 mi).