Expressway 2 (E2) forms part of the

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. Its main route runs from

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South Luzon Expressway The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon region ...

and from Santo Tomas to

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as STAR Tollway. It also has spurs signed as E2 as well. South Luzon Expressway's section from Makati to Calamba, apparently as well as

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from Makati to Muntinlupa, is also part of

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Route description

Main route

South Luzon Expressway

E2 starts at

Magallanes Interchange The Magallanes Interchange is a four-level partial turbine interchange in Makati, Metro Manila, the Philippines, serving as the junction between the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Osmeña Highway, and Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA). It is a ...

as South Luzon Expressway. From Makati to Calamba, it is a part of

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(AH26). It carries

until it reaches

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, where it ends as SLEX still continues. Differing in concession holders, its section between Magallanes and Alabang Exit is also known as ''Skyway At-Grade'', while the rest of the section takes the South Luzon Expressway concession branding. It parallels Manila South Road ( N1) from Muntinlupa to Calamba until it reaches Calamba Exit, a partial cloverleaf interchange in Calamba where N1 takes the AH26 concurrency. It continues until it reaches

, which ends and becomes the STAR Tollway although a

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of SLEX will continue but is currently unnumbered.

Skyway

The extent of E2/AH26 on the Skyway is unknown since the

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app does not show any route designation for the elevated tollway, although there were some E2/AH26 markers seen exclusively on Skyway Stages 1 and 2, between Buendia Exit in Makati and South Station (Alabang–Zapote) Exit in Muntinlupa, until they were dismantled together with the center barriers in 2020.

STAR Tollway

E2 continues as STAR Tollway at Santo Tomas Exit, an interchange with Maharlika Highway (N1) and SLEX in Santo Tomas, Batangas. It traverses from Santo Tomas to Batangas City, where it ends at a roundabout and four-way interchange with

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(N4) and Batangas Port Diversion Road (N434).

Spur routes

Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway

Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway is a expressway in

that connects SLEX and

Daang Hari Road Daang Hari (literally the "Road f theKing"), also known as the Las Piñas–Muntinlupa–Laguna–Cavite Link Road (LPMLC Link Road), is a collector road that links southern Metro Manila to the province of Cavite in the Philippines. It begins as ...

near

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. It is currently the shortest expressway in the Philippines.

C-5 Southlink Expressway

C-5 Southlink Expressway is a spur of E2 connecting Circumferential Road 5 (N11) in

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to its future end at

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(E3) in

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, with a flyover crossing above E2's main section, especially the South Luzon Expressway.

Southeast Metro Manila Expressway

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, connecting Skyway near Arca South to the

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References

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