Gregorio Araneta Avenue

Gregorio Araneta Avenue is a suburban arterial road in the Santa Mesa Heights area of Quezon City, northeastern Metro Manila, Philippines. It is a 6-8 lane divided avenue designated as part of Circumferential Road 3 (C-3) which travels from Sergeant Rivera Street, at its north end in Balintawak, and meets Nicanor Domingo Street in the south in San Juan near the border with Santa Mesa, City of Manila. En route, it intersects with Del Monte Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Magsaysay-Aurora Boulevard passing through the barangays of Balingasa, Manresa, Masambong, Sienna, Santo Domingo, Talayan, Tatalon, Santol, and Doña Imelda in Quezon City and Progreso in San Juan.


Gregorio Araneta Avenue
Gregorio Araneta Avenue near the Calamba Street intersection, before the construction of the Skyway Stage 3.
Route information
Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways
Length5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Component
highways
  • C-3 C-3
  • N130 in Quezon City
Major junctions
North end N130 (Sergeant Rivera Avenue) / Santo Domingo Avenue in San Francisco del Monte, Quezon City
 
South endNicanor Domingo Street in San Juan
Location
Major citiesQuezon City and San Juan
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The avenue lies in a flood-prone zone in close proximity to the San Francisco del Monte and San Juan Rivers. It was named after lawyer and landowner Gregorio S. Araneta who owned the Santa Mesa Heights Subdivision on which the avenue was built.[1]

A man-made waterway median runs through the middle of the road, that momentarily terminates in the Del Monte Avenue intersection, and continues immediately, terminating before the Quezon Avenue intersection. As a result of the Skyway Stage 3 project, parts of the waterway median will be converted into a closed culvert and will become a part of the passable road.

Gregorio Araneta Avenue with the under-construction Skyway Stage 3 as of September 2019

The Manila Skyway Stage 3 will traverse almost the entire length of the road, starting from Sergeant Rivera Street down to San Juan River.

Funeral row

Gregorio Araneta Avenue is best known as the location of some of the biggest funeral parlors in the metropolis. These are the Arlington Memorial Chapels, La Funeraria Paz, Ascension Columbary, Cosmopolitan, Nacional Memorial Homes, and the Sanctuarium (formerly Capitol Memorial). The oldest is Funeraria Nacional which moved to Gregorio Araneta from its old address in downtown Avenida Rizal in 1968. It was followed by La Funeraria Paz in the 1970s and Arlington, which converted the old Thomas Jefferson Library on the avenue into a funeral facility, in 1985.[2]

Automated Trash Rake

In 2014, the Department of Science and Technology built an automated garbage rake in the intersection of Araneta Avenue and Mauban Street, functioning as a cleaning facility for the river, in response to the perennial flooding and garbage problems in the area. Garbage trucks regularly collected garbages that were captured from the river, as well as those dumped nearby.[3]

Intersections

ProvinceCity/MunicipalitykmmiDestinationsNotes
Quezon CitySanto Domingo AvenueContinues north as N130 (Sergeant Rivera Avenue)
Valentin Ventura StreetNorthbound only
Mauban StreetFormer unsignaled intersection. Temporarily closed off due to Skyway construction.
G. Roxas StreetSouthbound only
Del Monte AvenueTraffic light intersection. Access to Siena College, San Francisco del Monte district, and A. Bonifacio Avenue.
Norberto S. Amoranto Sr. (Retiro) Avenue / C. Adan StreetTraffic light intersection. Access to La Loma district and the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in Manila.
Calamba StreetOpposite segments accessible through nearby roads.
SkywaySkyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Future southbound entrance.
Maria Clara StreetUnsignaled intersection
SkywaySkyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Future northbound exit.
P. Florentino StreetOpposite segments accessible through nearby roads.
N170 (Quezon Avenue)Traffic light intersection. No left turns formerly, until alterations due to the Skyway Stage 3 construction made it necessary; the U-Turn slots far ahead brought more traffic than what it was built to avert.
Agno Street ExtensionOpposite segments accessible through nearby roads.
ROTC Hunters StreetNorthbound only
SkywaySkyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Future southbound entrance and northbound exit.
Kaliraya RoadUnsignaled intersection
Victory AvenueUnsignaled intersection
Kitanlad StreetSouthbound only
E. Rodriguez Sr. AvenueTraffic light intersection, No left turns and no U-turns; U-Turn slot located ahead.
Kapiligan StreetNorthbound only
Tomas Arguelles StreetSouthbound only
SkywaySkyway-E. Rodriguez Exit. Future southbound entrance.
Bayani StreetTraffic light intersection
Baloy StreetUnsignaled intersection
Landargun StreetUnsignaled intersection
Tamar StreetSouthbound only. Fenced-off entry.
Palanza StreetTraffic light intersection
SkywaySkyway-Aurora Avenue on-ramp. Future northbound exit.[4]
N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard/Aurora Boulevard)Southern terminus of N130; change to unnumbered route.[5] No left turns from Magsaysay Boulevard eastbound; instead served by a U-Turn slot.
Quezon CitySan Juan boundarySan Juan-Santa Mesa Bridge over San Juan River
San JuanSkywayFuture northbound exit[6]
Nicanor Domingo StreetSouthern terminus. Access to Santa Mesa in Manila, New Manila and Cubao in Quezon City, and Mandaluyong.
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References

  1. History and Important Events of Sta. Teresita Parish published by the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Quezon City. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  2. QC's Araneta Avenue: Showcase strip for the Filipino 'burol' published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  3. http://quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1501:dost-turns-over-automatic-trash-rake-facility-to-qc-lgu&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=362
  4. Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 update as of March 2020. March 7, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. "NCR". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  6. Pornelos, Vince (September 5, 2019). "Here's your first look at the Quezon City segment of Skyway Stage 3". Autoindustriya.com. Retrieved May 17, 2020.

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