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Meralco Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare located in
Ortigas Center Ortigas Center is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within the Metro Manila region in the Philippines. With an area of more than , it is Metro Manila's second most important bu ...
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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
Shaw Boulevard Shaw Boulevard (formerly known as Jose Rizal Boulevard and Pasig Boulevard or commonly known as Crossing) is a 4-8 lane highway connecting the cities of Mandaluyong and Pasig in the Philippines. The boulevard is named after William James Shaw, ...
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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Marco Polo Ortigas Manila Marco Polo Ortigas Manila () is a hotel at the Ortigas Center in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Construction First SLP Holdings through its unit Xin Tian TI Development Corporation agreed in May 2012 with the Marco Polo Hotels Group to bu ...
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Ayala Malls The 30th Ayala Malls The 30th (formerly Paradigm as working name) is a shopping mall built and managed by Ayala Malls. It is the first Ayala Mall in Ortigas Center as well as in Pasig and the first Ayala Mall to be managed by Mariana Zobel De Ayala. The ...
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Metrowalk Metrowalk is a small but major commercial hub in Pasig in the Philippines. It is located on a parcel of land at the junction of Ortigas and Meralco Avenues in the Ortigas Center central business district of the metro. It occupies a large part ...
, 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
PhilSports Complex The Philippine Institute of Sports Complex (also known as the PhilSports Complex) is a national sports complex of the Philippines. It is located in Meralco Avenue in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is where the offices of the Philippine Sp ...
. A few hundred meters north, the avenue crosses
Julia Vargas Avenue Julia Vargas Avenue is a central east–west arterial road that passes through Ortigas Center in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a four-lane divided road with one-way protected bike lanes that runs parallel to Ortigas Avenue to the north and S ...
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

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Ayala Malls The 30th Ayala Malls The 30th (formerly Paradigm as working name) is a shopping mall built and managed by Ayala Malls. It is the first Ayala Mall in Ortigas Center as well as in Pasig and the first Ayala Mall to be managed by Mariana Zobel De Ayala. The ...
* Capitol Commons *
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complex * Estancia Mall *
Marco Polo Ortigas Manila Marco Polo Ortigas Manila () is a hotel at the Ortigas Center in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Construction First SLP Holdings through its unit Xin Tian TI Development Corporation agreed in May 2012 with the Marco Polo Hotels Group to bu ...
* Megatent Events Venue *
Meralco The Manila Electric Company (), also known as Meralco (, ), is an electric power distribution company in the Philippines. It is Metro Manila's only electric power distributor and holds the power distribution franchise for 22 cities and 89 munic ...
Center *
Meralco Theater Meralco Theater is a theater located at the compound of Meralco, Ortigas Avenue in Pasig, Philippines. It used to be known as the Meralco Auditorium. It seats over 1,000 people and is a popular venue for various concerts, plays, musicals and eve ...
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Metrowalk Metrowalk is a small but major commercial hub in Pasig in the Philippines. It is located on a parcel of land at the junction of Ortigas and Meralco Avenues in the Ortigas Center central business district of the metro. It occupies a large part ...
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One Corporate Centre One Corporate Centre is an office skyscraper in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the 13th-tallest building in the country and Metro Manila as well with a height of 202 metres (662.73 feet) Blu Print Magazine Volume 2 page 18 from ground ...
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PhilSports Complex The Philippine Institute of Sports Complex (also known as the PhilSports Complex) is a national sports complex of the Philippines. It is located in Meralco Avenue in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is where the offices of the Philippine Sp ...
* St. Paul College Pasig * The Exchange Regency Residence Hotel *
UnionBank Plaza UnionBank Plaza is an office skyscraper located in Pasig, Philippines. It rises 206 metres (676 feet) from ground level to roof, and is currently the tallest complete building in Pasig, and the 14th-tallest building in the country and Met ...


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