The Kalayaan Flyover, also known as the EDSA–Kalayaan Flyover, is a four-lane
flyover connecting
Gil Puyat Avenue
Senator Gil J. Puyat Avenue, also known simply as Gil Puyat Avenue and formerly and still referred to as Buendia Avenue, is a major arterial thoroughfare which travels east–west through the cities of Makati and Pasay in western Metro Manila, P ...
,
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA),
Kalayaan Avenue, and 32nd Street in
Metro Manila, the
Philippines. Located primarily in
Makati with a short portion in
Taguig, it facilitates access from the
Makati Central Business District to the
Bonifacio Global City
Bonifacio may refer to:
Places
* Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, a town in Corsica, France
* Strait of Bonifacio, separating Corsica from Sardinia
* Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental, a municipality in the Philippines
* Bonifacio Global City, a central bu ...
and, ultimately, to
Circumferential Road 5
Circumferential Road 5 (C-5), informally known as the C-5 Road, is a network of roads and bridges that all together form the fifth beltway of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Spanning some , it connects the cities of Las Piñas, Makati, Parañaque, ...
(C-5).
Preparation work for the flyover began in 1997, when the
Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) announced the construction of two new primary access points to the Bonifacio Global City, with the flyover serving as the main western access point to the area. Designed by Katahira & Engineers Asia,
actual construction of the flyover began in late 1997 with the construction of the segment between Gil Puyat Avenue and EDSA, contracted to the Uy-Pajara Construction Company.
Work on the segment between Kalayaan Avenue and the Bonifacio Global City meanwhile began in April 1999, with the work being contracted to F.F. Cruz and Co.,
one of the Philippines' largest construction companies. Capable of holding up to 4,000 vehicles at one time,
the flyover would reduce travel times between Makati and the Bonifacio Global City to five minutes by providing a direct connection between the two business districts instead of needing to route vehicles through EDSA.
The flyover was inaugurated by President
Joseph Estrada and other government officials on January 25, 2000.
Although promoted as a public project, it has been rumored that the
₱
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950 million spent for the flyover's construction did not come from public funds, but rather was underwritten by the
First Pacific group through their local subsidiary,
Metro Pacific.
Gallery
File:08829jfUrdaneta Makati Central District Buendia Gil Puyat Avenue Flyover Bel-Airfvf 38.jpg, Kalayaan Flyover ramp at Gil Puyat Avenue
File:08783jfUrdaneta Makati Central District Buendia Gil Puyat Avenue Bel-Air MRT Stationfvf 14.jpg, Kalayaan Flyover above Gil Puyat Avenue
File:08734jfForbes Park Makati Central District Buendia MRT Station EDSA Roadfvf 36.jpg, View from Buendia MRT Station
Buendia station is an underground Manila Metro Rail Transit (MRT) station situated on Line 3. It is one of two underground stations that can be found on the line, the other being Ayala. The station lies near the EDSA–Kalayaan Flyover and Gi ...
File:0164jfKalayaan Flyover EDSA Fort Bonifacio Buendia Flyover Makati Cityfvf 09.jpg, Load limit sign
File:0128jfKalayaan Flyover EDSA Fort Bonifacio Buendia Flyover Makati Cityfvf 10.jpg, Kalayaan Flyover above the intersection of Kalayaan Avenue and 32nd Street in Makati
File:0164jfKalayaan Flyover EDSA Fort Bonifacio Buendia Flyover Makati Cityfvf 10.jpg, Kalayaan Flyover on-ramp at Kalayaan Avenue
File:Kalayaan Flyover, to BGC, COVID-19 banners (Makati; 06-06-2021).jpg, Kalayaan Flyover eastbound facing BGC
References
{{Road infrastructure in Manila
Road interchanges in the Philippines