Kalayaan Avenue

Kalayaan Avenue
Kalayaan Avenue looking west from C-5 Road
Route information
Length:	6.3 km (3.9 mi)
Component highways:	N190 from EDSA to C-5
Major junctions
West end:	Zobel Roxas Street in Singkamas
	Chino Roces Avenue South Avenue Nicanor Garcia Street Makati Avenue Rockwell Drive in Población – – Bel-Air Village – – EDSA in Pinagkaisahan 32nd Street Eighth Avenue Circumferential Road 5
East end:	J.P. Rizal Avenue Extension in East Rembo
Highway system
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Kalayaan Avenue is a major east–west route in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. For most of its length, it runs parallel to J.P. Rizal Avenue to the north from East Rembo near Fort Bonifacio to Singkamas Village by the border with Santa Ana, Manila. It is interrupted by Bel-Air Village between Amapola Street and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). The avenue is designated as a component of Radial Road 4 (R-4) of the Metro Manila Arterial Road System.

Kalayaan Avenue was formerly called Pasig Line Street. Santa Ana district in Manila still bears that name for the street. It followed the defunct tram line of the Manila Electric Railway (operated by Meralco) for most of its length. The line was built in 1908 but was heavily damaged during World War II. Subsequent development of the Bel-Air Village by Ayala Corporation in 1957 has led to the closure of a segment of Pasig Line west of EDSA. During the term of President Ferdinand Marcos, the road was improved and was renamed to Imelda Avenue after his wife and first lady, Imelda Marcos. Following the overthrow of the Marcos regime, the Makati government renamed the avenue to Kalayaan (Filipino word for "Freedom").

Kalayaan Avenue is split into two non-contiguous sections by Bel-Air Village.

The western section begins as a four-lane road from the intersection with Zobel Roxas Street next to Puregold Makati as a continuation of Pasig Line Street in Santa Ana district. It cuts across the northern portion of the city passing the residential and commercial villages of Tejeros, Santa Cruz, Olympia, Valenzuela, Bel-Air and Makati Población. Between South Avenue and Nicanor Garcia Street (formerly Calle Reposo), Kalayaan bounds the Manila South Cemetery to the south. It crosses into the western edge of Bel-Air and Población where Saint Andrew the Apostle Church is located on Kalayaan and Reposo. East towards the intersection with Makati Avenue, Kalayaan is dominated by the Century City and Picar Place developments on the northern side where the city's next supertalls are being (or have been) constructed, such as The Stratford Residences, Trump Tower Manila and The Gramercy Residences. At Makati Avenue, the road traverses a major entertainment and hotel district, with many nightclubs, bars and mid to low range hotels in the immediate vicinity. The section of Kalayaan east of P. Burgos Street is home to many sports pubs. It ends at a merge with Rockwell Drive by the entrance to the gated Bel-Air Village where it continues as Mercedes Street.