Meralco Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare located in

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. It links

Ortigas Avenue Ortigas Avenue is a highway running from eastern Metro Manila to western Rizal in the Philippines. It is one of the busiest highways in Metro Manila, serving as the main thoroughfare of the metro's east–west corridor, catering ...

in the north and

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in the south and borders the western edge of Valle Verde in Ugong. It is named for the

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, also known as Meralco, which is headquartered on the avenue's junction with Ortigas Avenue. Other notable businesses on Meralco Avenue include

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, and the

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called Capitol Commons at the former

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Provincial Capitol lot on Meralco and Shaw Boulevard. Due to the construction of

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, the portion of the avenue from Shaw Boulevard to Anda Road, adjacent to Capitol Commons, is closed since October 3, 2022, until 2028.

Route description

Spanning , the avenue begins at Shaw Boulevard in barangays Oranbo and Kapitolyo in Pasig. It runs between the Capitol Commons development on the east side and a residential village and townhouses of San Antonio to the west. It curves slightly north and intersects with Capt. Henry Javier Street towards the

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complex and

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. A few hundred meters north, the avenue crosses

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via a flyover then passes through the busy Ortigas Center business district on the west side and Ayala Malls The 30th, Metrowalk, and several other retail establishments on the east. The avenue ends at Ortigas Avenue with the Meralco Building as a terminating vista. Prior to August 2012, the approximately segment of the road from Capt. Henry Javier Street to Shaw Boulevard was previously a two-lane road. In anticipation of increased traffic due to the development of Capitol Commons, the segment of the road was widened to a carriageway with three northbound lanes and two southbound lanes, with a lane width of each as a result of a joint effort between Ortigas and Company and the Pasig government.

Intersections

Landmarks

* Capitol Commons *

complex * Estancia Mall *

* Megatent Events Venue *

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Center *

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* St. Paul College Pasig * The Exchange Regency Residence Hotel *

References

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