Radial Road 3
| R-3 | |
|---|---|
| Radial Road 3 | |
 South Luzon Expressway in Muntinlupa, a portion of the R-3 Road | |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Quirino Avenue in the City of Manila |
| South end | Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in Santo Tomas, Batangas |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Highway system | |
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Radial Road 3 (R-3) is a network of roads and bridges that altogether form the third arterial road of Manila in the Philippines.[1] The road runs north-south linking the City of Manila to the southern Metro Manila cities of Makati, Pasay, Taguig, Parañaque and Muntinlupa, down to San Pedro, Biñan, Santa Rosa, Cabuyao and Calamba in the province of Laguna, all the way to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road from Santo Tomas to Batangas City in the province of Batangas. The portion of R-3 from Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Makati to Calamba also forms part of the Pan-Philippine Highway network (AH26).
Route
The road consists of the following segments from north to south:
Osmeña Highway
Between its northern terminus at the intersection with Quirino Avenue in Paco district and the intersection with Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Taguig, R-3 is known as Osmeña Highway. It used to be known as South Superhighway which is the toll-free component of South Luzon Expressway in Metro Manila named after Commonwealth president Sergio Osmeña. It links Paco and San Andres south to Makati, Pasay and Fort Bonifacio before becoming a tollroad near the border with Parañaque.
South Luzon Expressway
The main segment of R-3 is the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) which runs underneath the Manila Skyway in Metro Manila and forms a component of the Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26). Starting at its terminus at an interchange with C-5, the expressway traverses the Metro Manila cities of Parañaque, Taguig and Muntinlupa and the Laguna cities of San Pedro, Biñan, the Cavite municipality of Carmona, and the Laguna cities of Santa Rosa, Cabuyao and Calamba before arriving at the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in the Batangas municipality of Santo Tomas.
Southern Tagalog Arterial Road
R-3 is known as the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway) in the province of Batangas which connects the South Luzon Expressway with the Port of Batangas in Batangas City.
See also
References
- ^ "Metro Manila Infrastructure Development" (PDF). University of the Philippines Diliman. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
