Andres Bonifacio Avenue, also known as A. Bonifacio Avenue, is a national secondary road connecting the North Luzon Expressway and

Epifanio de los Santos Avenue Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA (), is a major circumferential road around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, namel ...

at Balintawak Interchange in

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and Blumentritt Road at the city's boundary with

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in a north–south direction.

Etymology

The road is named after the Filipino

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and ''Supremo'' of the

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, alongside other similarly named roads in

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, like those in Marikina and

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Route description

The road starts at the Balintawak Interchange in

and continues until the intersection with Del Monte Avenue and Mayon Street, where it makes a westward turn. It continues until arriving at the intersection with Blumentritt Road at the city's boundary with

. A segment of

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Stage 3 currently runs above the avenue's segment from Sgt. Rivera and 5th Avenues ( C-3) to the Balintawak Interchange. Adjacent to the Balintawak Interchange is Ayala Land's Cloverleaf complex and its shopping mall, Ayala Malls Cloverleaf. It also forms the eastern perimeter of the

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from past Tagaytay Street up to Blumentritt Road.

History

Andres Bonifacio Avenue forms part of an old road that linked the city of

with

Novaliches Novaliches is a place that forms the northern areas of Quezon City, and encompasses the whole area of Caloocan, North Caloocan. Etymology The name Novaliches came from the name of the small village of Novaliches in the town of Jérica in Spai ...

, historically called ''Bonifacio-Manila Road'', ''Manila–Novaliches Road'', and ''La Loma-Balintawak Road''. It historically formed part of Route 52 or Highway 52. The portion of the road north of the present-day EDSA is presently known as Quirino Highway. The northern end of the avenue was involved in the construction of Balintawak Interchange in 1966–1968, wherein the Manila North Diversion Road was built as its new continuation to the north.

Intersections

Landmarks

This is listed from north to south: * Balintawak Interchange * Balintawak Market * Ayala Malls Cloverleaf * Bonifacio Market *

References

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