Manila–Cavite Expressway
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The Manila–Cavite Expressway (more popularly known as CAVITEX[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]), signed as E3 of the Philippine expressway network and R-1 of Metro Manila's arterial road network, is a 14-kilometer-long (8.7 mi) controlled-access highway linking Manila to the southern province of Cavite in the Philippines. At its north end, it feeds into and from Roxas Boulevard in the city of Parañaque in Metro Manila, also part of R-1. At the south end, it splits into two termini, both along the north coast in Kawit, Cavite. The first feeds into the intersection of Covelandia Road, Tirona Highway and Antero Soriano Highway. The second southern terminus is an exit-only to Tirona Highway in Barangay Marulas.
Manila–Cavite Expressway | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by PEA Tollway Corporation and Cavite Infrastructure Corporation | |
Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
Existed | 1985–present |
Component highways | |
Restrictions | No tricycles and motorcycles below 400cc |
Major junctions | |
North end | N61 (Roxas Boulevard) / N194 (NAIA Road) / Seaside Drive in Parañaque |
Major intersections |
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South end | N62 (Tirona Highway) / N64 (Antero Soriano Highway) / Covelandia Road in Kawit, Cavite |
Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Regions | Calabarzon and Metro Manila |
Provinces | Cavite |
Major cities | Bacoor, Las Piñas, and Parañaque |
Towns | Kawit |
Highway system | |
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The expressway also serves as a major utility corridor, carrying various high voltage power lines and water pipelines across the densely populated areas of Parañaque and Las Piñas. The final section of the Dasmariñas–Las Piñas Transmission Line and Las Piñas substation of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) were placed beside the highway. Meralco also has subtransmission lines on tall steel poles placed along the highway, and Maynilad also has pipelines along the route.
CAVITEX is operated and maintained by the Public Estates Authority Tollway Corporation (PEATC), a non-chartered government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), a subsidiary of the Public Estates Authority (PEA), a government agency under the Office of the President, and is in a joint venture with the Cavite Infrastructure Corporation, a unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC).[2]