Alabang–Zapote Road is a four-lane national road which travels east–west through the southern limits of Metro Manila, Philippines. It runs parallel to Dr. Santos Avenue in the north and is named after the two barangays it links: Alabang, Muntinlupa and Zapote in Bacoor and Las Piñas.
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| Calle Real Real Street Zapote–Alabang Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Department of Public Works and Highways and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority | ||||
| Length | 10.9 km (6.8 mi) Approximate length; including spur in Alabang | |||
| Component highways |  N411 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   E3 (Coastal Road) / N62 (Aguinaldo Boulevard) in Bacoor | |||
| East end |   N1 (Manila South Road) / N143 (Montillano Street) / East Service Road in Muntinlupa | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Philippines | |||
| Regions | Metro Manila, Calabarzon | |||
| Provinces | Cavite | |||
| Major cities | Bacoor, Las Piñas, and Muntinlupa | |||
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From its eastern terminus at an interchange with South Luzon Expressway's Alabang Exit, East Service Road, Manila South Road, and Montillano Street, the road runs westwards for approximately 10.9 kilometers (6.8 mi) to the junction with Diego Cera Avenue. Since 1997, it has also extended further west for several hundred meters, connecting Las Piñas to its present terminus at Coastal Road (R-1) in Bacoor, Cavite.[1]
The road carries more than 70,000 vehicles per day as of 2016 and suffers from traffic jams. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) listed Alabang–Zapote Road as a major traffic bottleneck point or choke point, and the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or "number coding" scheme, is modified for the road to no longer include window hours.
The entire route is designated National Route 411 (N411) of the Philippine highway network.[2]
Route description
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The road begins at the junction of Manila South Road (National Highway), Montillano Street, East Service Road, and South Luzon Expressway's Alabang Exit in Alabang, Muntinlupa, below the Alabang Viaduct and Skyway Extension. A spur carrying southbound traffic also branches the highway to the front of Starmall Alabang at Manila South Road. It then crosses into Filinvest City, Barangay Cupang, and Barangay Ayala Alabang. In Filinvest City, the road is interrupted due to realignment brought out by its development. The gap is filled by a segment of Bridgeway Avenue between West Service Road and Spectrum Midway before resuming as short frontage roads parallel to Skyway's South Station Exit.
West of Investment Drive (the northern extension of Daang Hari Road) at Madrigal Business Park, it enters Las Piñas and goes past the commercial and residential areas of the city. It then crosses the Zapote River and enters the province of Cavite at Bacoor, where the road ends at the Bacoor Interchange of Coastal Road (CAVITEX). Electric power sub-transmission lines by Meralco, placed on tall roadside posts, also shared by distribution lines, line almost the whole length of the road from Zapote in Las Piñas to Alabang in Muntinlupa and the proposed Las Piñas–Muntinlupa Expressway, which is worth ₱2.75 billion.
Traffic
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As of July 2016[update], the Las Piñas Traffic Management Office reported that more than 70,000 vehicles were travelling on Alabang–Zapote Road daily, already reaching above its allowable capacity.[3] The road gained notoriety for its traffic jams, and it is listed by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority as a major traffic bottleneck area in south Metro Manila, along with other major roads leading to Ninoy Aquino International Airport, like Sucat Road, Andrews Avenue, and Domestic Road.[4] The Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), or the "coding" scheme, is modified for Alabang–Zapote Road to have no "window hours".[5]
History
editAlabang–Zapote Road follows an old Spanish coastal trail that linked the Province of Manila to La Laguna and other southern provinces. It was called Calle Real (Spanish for "royal street") or Camino Real (Spanish for "royal way"), which spanned from Ermita to Muntinlupa.[6] It was also designated as part of Highway 1 (especially during the American colonial era)[7][8] and of Manila South Road, which spanned from Manila to the Bicol Region.[9][10] Currently, only the road's section in Las Piñas and Muntinlupa is called Calle Real or Real Street as an alternative name for the road. The rest of the route was renamed to Del Pilar Street in Manila, Harrison Avenue in Pasay, Quirino Avenue in Parañaque, and Diego Cera Avenue in Las Piñas.
The road was extended to the northwest towards Coastal Road in Bacoor in 1997 with the construction of the four-lane Alabang-Zapote Centennial Flyover (now Zapote Flyover) to ease the increasing traffic volume along the road.[1] Its section in Alabang, Muntinlupa, particularly between Filinvest and Bridgeway Avenues, was also realigned between 2006 and 2012 with the development of Filinvest Corporate City.
Intersections
editIntersections in the list below are arranged by kilometer number, based on numbers on kilometer stones from Rizal Park in Manila, the Kilometer Zero.
Mainline
edit| Province | City/Municipality | km[11] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Cavite | Bacoor | E3 (CAVITEX) / N62 (Aguinaldo Boulevard) – Kawit, Manila | Western terminus. Access to Bacoor (Longos) Exit of CAVITEX. No left turn allowed from Alabang–Zapote Road. | ||
| Las Piñas-Talaba Diversion Road | No access from opposite direction | ||||
| West end of Zapote Flyover | |||||
| Zapote River | Zapote Bridge 2 | ||||
| Las Piñas | 14.773 | 9.180 | N62 (Diego Cera Avenue) | ||
| 15.000 | 9.321 | East end of Zapote Flyover | |||
| Fruto Santos Avenue (Tramo Street) | |||||
| 16.400 | 10.190 | Doña Manuela Avenue | |||
| 16.800 | 10.439 | C.V. Starr Avenue | Serves Starmall Las Piñas and BF Resort | ||
| 17.500 | 10.874 | Manila Times Street / Aria Street | Serves University of Perpetual Help System DALTA - Las Piñas | ||
| 18.670 | 11.601 | CAA Road / BF Resort Avenue | Serves BF Resort | ||
| 20.073 | 12.473 | Marcos Alvarez Avenue | |||
| 22.100 | 13.732 | Concha Cruz Drive | Serves BF Homes | ||
| Muntinlupa | 22.386 | 13.910 | Investment Drive – Daang Hari, San Pedro | ||
| 22.550 | 14.012 | Acacia Avenue | Serves Madrigal Business Park and Ayala Alabang Village | ||
| 22.714 | 14.114 | Don Manolo Drive | Serves Alabang Hills and San Beda College Alabang | ||
| 23.048 | 14.321 | Madrigal Avenue | Serves Alabang Town Center and Ayala Alabang Village | ||
| 24.023 | 14.927 | Filinvest Avenue | Left turns allowed from Skyway only | ||
| Skyway | South Station (Alabang-Zapote) exit of Skyway; exit and entrance[12] | ||||
| North Bridgeway | Serves Northgate Cyberzone | ||||
| 24.381 | 15.150 | North Bridgeway / Spectrum Midway | Serves Vivere Hotel Alabang and Festival Alabang | ||
| 24.707 | 15.352 | Corporate Avenue | Serves South Station, Filinvest Corporate City, Crimson Hotel and Festival Alabang | ||
| 24.956 | 15.507 | N411 (Alabang-Zapote Road) / Market Street | No left turns | ||
| 25.099 | 15.596 |  N1 (Manila South Road) / N142 (Montillano Street) / East Service Road | Eastern terminus. Access from Manila South Road only. | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Spur
editThe entire route is located in Muntinlupa. This 258-meter (846 ft) segment[2] in Alabang has no official kilometer count.
| km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| N411 (Alabang-Zapote Road) / Market Street | Western terminus. Connection with main route. No left turns from the westbound lane of Alabang–Zapote Road mainline. | ||||
| N1 (Manila South Road) | Eastern terminus. Access to Manila South Road northbound is closed; accessible via U-turn slot beneath Alabang Viaduct. | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Flyover construction rushed for Christmas". Manila Standard. October 12, 1997. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "Road and Bridge Inventory". www.dpwh.gov.ph. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Las Piñas LGU on traffic problem: moratorium on franchise issuance, Task Force Ayos Trapiko". Government of the Republic of the Philippines. Philippine Information Agency. July 18, 2016. Archived from the original on January 24, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Frialde, Mike (July 7, 2016). "Traffic choke points in Metro Manila identified". The Philippine Star. Philstar. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Ramirez, Robertzon (October 18, 2016). "18 roads added to coding scheme". The Philippine Star. Philstar. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Rebirth of Taft Avenue". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
- ^ Southern Luzon Western Sheet (Map). 1:200000. Washington D.C.: US Geodetic Survey. 1941. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ 1944 Army Map Service Road Map of Northern Luzon, Philippines (Map). 1:500000. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service. 1944. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ "Annex "A" Scope of Work" (PDF). JICA Report PDF. March 12, 1981. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
- ^ Executive Order No. 113, s. 1955 (May 2, 1955), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved June 21, 2022
- ^ Some distances from 2016 DPWH Atlas road data for Las Piñas-Muntinlupa District Engineering Office. Most distances are approximates.
- ^ SKYWAY SOMCO [@SkywaySOMCO] (December 13, 2021). "TEMPORARILY OPEN! Alabang Zapote Northbound Entry. #Skyway" (Tweet). Retrieved December 13, 2021 – via Twitter.
