Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
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| Epifanio de los Santos Avenue |
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| Circumferential Road 4 | |
| Length: | 23.8 km (14.8 mi) |
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| Direction: | South/North |
| From: | SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City |
| Major junctions: |
Roxas Blvd in Pasay City Taft Ave in Pasay City SLEX at Magallanes in Makati Buendia Ave at Ayala in Makati Shaw Blvd at Crossing in Mandaluyong Ortigas Ave in Mandaluyong Aurora Blvd at Cubao in Quezon City Quezon Ave in Quezon City NLEX and Quirino Hi-Way in Quezon City |
| To: | Monumento Rotonda in Caloocan City |
| Major cities: | Caloocan City, Quezon City, Mandaluyong City, Makati City, Pasay City |
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, abbreviated EDSA, is the main highway in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is an important commuting hub between the northern and southern parts of the metropolis. EDSA is a partially controlled access, 10-lane divided highway (expressway) with many interchanges along its length that eliminate the need for traffic lights, but with a few traffic lights where there is insufficient space or funds for a complete interchange. EDSA handles around 225,000 cars per section on average every day,[1] typical of major freeways in other large cities.
EDSA forms a major portion of one of the circumferential roads in Metro Manila, C-4. It runs in a rough semicircle around Metropolitan Manila and, from the south, passes through the cities of Pasay, Makati, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Quezon City, and Caloocan. Its southern endpoint is at the rotonda near the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay and its northern terminus is at Monumento, a monument to Andres Bonifacio, in Caloocan. When the avenue was constructed during the presidency of Manuel L. Quezon, it was named Junio 19, after national hero Jose Rizal's date of birth. It was later renamed Highway 54, and because of a Republic Act in 1959 was further renamed in honor of Epifanio de los Santos, a noted historian. "Epifanio de los Santos" also means, the gathering of the Saints. It is also named the battleground of advertising billboards[citation needed].
The Metro Rail Transit or MRT, Line 3 of the metropolis's railway system, runs along most of EDSA, from Taft Avenue in the south to North Avenue near the SM City North Edsa Mall in northern EDSA. Future expansion of the MRT will extend it all the way to Monumento.
EDSA also figures prominently in the recent history of the Philippines for being the site of two peaceful demonstrations that toppled the administration of two presidents, Ferdinand Marcos and Joseph Estrada (See EDSA Revolution and EDSA II.), as well as major rallies of the political opposition which have twice rocked Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's term, first in her earlier months, then most recently in February 2006, the 20th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, as she proposed sweeping political changes.
On September 28, 2006, Typhoon Milenyo destroyed some of the advertising billboards along EDSA, most notably at the junction of Ortigas Avenue in Mandaluyong. This led to a government plan on November 30, 2006 to fold and remove billboards from Monumento to the SM Mall of Asia as Super Typhoon Reming was forecast to pass over Metro Manila causing more damage, but Typhoon Reming didn't pass the metropolis and many of the billboards remain in situ.
On March 2007, actor Cesar Montano will run for senator in the Team Unity party for the May 14, 2007 Elections. The authority removed his billboard which was the billboard of Calayan and replace a new billboard but still Calayan in Mandaluyong City infront of the Pasig River and near Robinson's Pioneer. Cesar stands on the Guadalupe Bridge. The authority removed while he talk to the MMDA employees.
