Tayuman Street is a four-lane east-west street in northern Manila, Philippines. It stretches 1.6 kilometers (0.99 mi) from the former San Lazaro Hippodrome in Santa Cruz to Barrio Pritil in Tondo district. The street is designated as part of Circumferential Road 2.
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|---|---|
 Tayuman Street view from Tayuman LRT Station | |
| Type | National Road |
| Length | 1.59 km (0.99 mi) 1 km round |
| Component highways | |
| Location | Manila |
| East end |  N140 (Lacson Avenue) in Santa Cruz |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | N140 (Capulong Street) / Juan Luna Street in Tondo |
Tayuman begins at an intersection with Lacson Avenue in the Santa Cruz district, fronting SM City San Lazaro. It crosses Rizal Avenue, passing underneath the Tayuman LRT Station, where it continues past the headquarters of the Department of Health into the residential areas of Santa Cruz and Tondo. The street ends at Juan Luna Street, near Puregold Tayuman supermarket, and extends west towards Manila North Harbor in Tondo as Capulong Street.
The street was named after the tayum, a type of indigo plant.[1]
Route description
editTayuman Street is designated a national secondary road with route number N140. The road has four lanes, two per direction, and is mostly lined with side streets and local businesses.
Numerous establishments line the road, like the Department of Health Central Office, Puregold Tayuman branch, Sentro ng Karunungan Library,[2] Archdiocesan Shrine of Espiritu Santo, Immaculate Conception Parish Church, and Tayuman Commercial Center. San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park and SM City San Lazaro, which stand on the former location of the San Lazaro Racetrack (which moved to Carmona, Cavite), lie on the east end of the street. Schools also line the street, like the Andres Bonifacio Elementary School (Tayuman cor Ipil Street), Espiritu Santo Parochial School, Manila Cathedral School, and Rizal Elementary School.
Jeepney routes
editTayuman Street
- Tayuman - Pritil
- Tayuman - Lardizabal
- Blumentritt - Divisoria
Intersections Jeepney Route
- Gasak - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
- Navotas - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
- MCU - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
- Malanday - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
- MCU - Divisoria (Abad Santos Avenue)
- Malanday - Divisoria (Abad Santos Avenue)
Intersections
editThe entire route is located in Manila.
| km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.006 | 4.975 | N140 (Lacson Avenue) | SM City San Lazaro | ||
| Pedro Guevarra Street | |||||
| Sulu Street | |||||
| Felix Huertas Street | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| Manuel Hizon Street | |||||
| Oroquieta Road | Traffic light intersection. Espiritu Santo Parochial School | ||||
| Maria Natividad Street | Tayuman Commercial Center | ||||
 N150 (Rizal Avenue) | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| Anacleto Street | Department of Health | ||||
| Tomas Mapua Street | |||||
| Makata Street | |||||
| Severino Reyes Street | |||||
| Kusang Loob Street | Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital | ||||
| Ipil Street | Andres Bonifacio Elementary School | ||||
| E. Manalo Street (Apitong Street) | Iglesia ni Cristo Congregation | ||||
| Dapdap Street | |||||
| Yakal Street (Riverside) | Estero de San Lazaro | ||||
| 1.050 | 0.652 | Almeda Street | |||
 N151 (Abad Santos Avenue) | Traffic light intersection | ||||
| Antonio Rivera Street | Novo Department Store | ||||
| Katamanan Street | Immaculate Conception Parish Church, Missionaries of Charity of Joy | ||||
| Imaculada Street | Missionaries of Charity of Joy, TESDA, Manila Cathedral School | ||||
| Railroad crossing with PNR Metro South Commuter Line | |||||
| Dagupan Extension | |||||
| G. Perfecto Street | |||||
| Perfecto Street | |||||
| Prudencia Street | |||||
| 6.416 | 3.987 | Juan Luna Street - Tayuman (Tondo,_Manila) | Traffic light intersection near Puregold Tayuman; road continues west as N140 (Capulong Street) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Did you know? Tayuman Street Archived June 11, 2015, at the Wayback Machine published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer; accessed October 8, 2013.
- ^ Sentro ng Karunungan (Tondo Congressional) Library published by NLP.gov.ph; accessed October 8, 2013.
