The Magallanes Interchange is a four-level partial
turbine interchange in
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines.
Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...
,
Metro Manila
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, the
Philippines
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, serving as the junction between the
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 ...
(SLEX),
Osmeña Highway
The President Sergio Osmeña Sr. Highway (often shortened as Osmeña Highway), also known as the South Superhighway, is a major highway that links Quirino Avenue in Paco, Manila, Paco, Manila to EDSA, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and S ...
, and
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, commonly referred to by its acronym EDSA, is a limited-access circumferential highway around Manila, the capital city of the Philippines. It passes through 6 of Metro Manila's 17 local government units or cities, ...
(EDSA).
It is also an interchange between the two train lines of Metro Manila, the
MRT-3
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, which is over EDSA, and the
PNR Metro Commuter, beside SLEX. It is currently one of the busiest intersections in Metro Manila.
History
After the proposal of President
Ferdinand Marcos
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in 1969 of the creation of 6 Circumferential Roads, EDSA, which used to end at
Taft Avenue
Taft Avenue ( fil, Abenida Taft; es, Avenida Taft) is a major road in the south of Metro Manila. It passes through three cities in the metropolis: Manila, Pasay and Parañaque. The road was named after the former Governor-General of the Philippin ...
(Manila South Road), was extended to
Roxas Boulevard
Roxas Boulevard is a popular waterfront promenade in Metro Manila in the Philippines. The boulevard, which runs along the shores of Manila Bay, is well known for its sunsets and stretch of coconut trees. The divided roadway has become a tradema ...
. Thus, an interchange was required to be built between the then newly built
Manila South Diversion Road and EDSA. It opened in 1975 officially as the ''Manila South Diversion Road–EDSA Interchange''.
In 1993, more lighting facilities were installed at the vicinity of the interchange by virtue of an ordinance ratified by the Makati local government. The interchange underwent redevelopment and beautification also by the Makati local government in 2005.
Feared Collapse
The Interchange was poorly designed as it had prior damages on carriageway, particularly cracks and disintegration of concrete, guard rails, and steel expansion joints. Having been repaired in the 1980s, it was one of the most priority structures in Metro Manila that needed retrofitting.
however, and in 2010, several pipe leaks were discovered under the interchange, that is why the
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA; fil, Pangasiwaan sa Pagpapaunlad ng Kalakhang Maynila) is a government agency of the Philippines responsible for constituting the regional government of Metro Manila, comprising the capital ...
closed down its outer lanes. It was reopened in 2011.
The strengthening works at the interchange was completed in 2017.
References
Road interchanges in the Philippines
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