Mindanao Avenue

Mindanao Avenue (Filipino: Abenida Mindanao) is an eight-to-ten-lane divided avenue connecting EDSA and NLEX and is a part of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of the three parallel roads that connects Tandang Sora and Congressional Avenues (Visayas Avenue and Luzon Avenue were the others); that is why it was named after the southernmost mainland of the Philippines, Mindanao. It used to be a 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) highway connecting North Avenue and Congressional Avenue, but as a part of the C-5 projects, Mindanao Avenue was extended to EDSA in the south and to Quirino Highway to the north. The new roads opened in 2000.^{[citation needed]}

Mindanao Avenue

C-5
Looking south towards Tandang Sora Avenue, during the construction of Metro Manila Subway
Part of	C-5 C-5 from NLEX to Congressional Avenue N128 from North Avenue to P. Dela Cruz Street[1]
Namesake	Mindanao
Maintained by	Department of Public Works and Highways - Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office[2] and Metro Manila 3rd District Engineering Office[3]
Location	Quezon City, Valenzuela, and Caloocan
North end	General Luis Street in Kaybiga, Caloocan
Major junctions	E5 (NLEX Harbor Link) in Valenzuela N127 (Quirino Highway) in Quezon City N129 (Congressional Avenue) in Quezon City N173 (North Avenue) in Quezon City
South end	AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) in Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City

Another road in Quezon City, also named Mindanao Avenue, starts in Barangay Santa Monica, crosses Commonwealth Avenue and Regalado Highway, and terminates at a dead end at the School of Saint Anthony in Barangay Greater Lagro, Quezon City. That road is not connected to the original Mindanao Avenue but was planned to be the same road according to the 1949 Plan of Quezon City. It would have connected the Diliman Quadrangle to the La Mesa Watershed area.^[4]

Mindanao Avenue replaced some segments of Tandang Sora Avenue belonging to C-5; Tandang Sora has no access to the North Luzon Expressway.^[5] NLEX Segment 8.1, also known as the NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link, began construction afterwards.

In 2017, DPWH resumed construction of the 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi) Mindanao Avenue Extension Project after it had been halted for years due to road right-of-way issues, notably involving residential areas. A total of 1.4 kilometers (0.87 mi) of the road was completed and opened in 2014. In June 2018, DPWH opened an additional 700-meter (2,300 ft) portion from P. Dela Cruz Street to the current end at MGM Road.^[6] The road will be extended until it meets General Luis Street in North Caloocan.

Intersections

Mindanao Avenue Tunnel crossing Quirino Highway

Ongoing construction of Mindanao Avenue Extension towards to General Luis Street as of March 2023

Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Quezon City				AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)	Southern terminus. Accessible from EDSA via northbound lane only.
				N173 (North Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Former terminus before extension to EDSA; southern terminus of N128 designation and DPWH maintenance. No thru traffic allowed from northbound.
				Road 1	Southbound only.
				Alley 14	Southbound only.
				Alley 15	Southbound only.
				Road 8 Road 1	Both roads accessible on either side via U-Turn slots.
				Road 3 Road 16	Both roads accessible on either side via U-Turn slots.
				Cattleya Street	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
				Bongavilla Street	Northbound only.
				N129 (Congressional Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. C-5 segment of Mindanao Avenue starts here.
				Calla Lily Street	Northbound only.
				Road 20	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
				Tandang Sora Avenue	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
				Rosal Street	Northbound only.
				Ruby Street	Southbound only.
				Longines Street	Northbound only.
				Saint Charbel Street	Southbound only.
				Don Jose Street	Northbound only.
				Rosal Street	Southbound only.
				Don Vicente Street	Northbound only.
				Science Road	Northbound only.
				Old Sauyo Road	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
				South end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel
				Champaca Street	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
				N127 (Quirino Highway)	Former terminus.
				Palmera Street	Northbound only.
				North end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel
				Oliva Road, Magnolia Street Sabila Street, Socorro Street	Southbound only.
				Biglang-Awa Street	Northbound only.
Valenzuela				Maya Street	Southbound only.
				E5 (NLEX Harbor Link)	Traffic light intersection. C-5 segment of Mindanao Avenue ends here.
				Darlucio Street B. Juan Street	Both roads accessible via U-Turn slots.
				Lazaro Street	Southbound only.
				Tatalon Street	Southbound only.
				P. Dela Cruz Street	Northbound only. Northern terminus of N128 designation.[1]
				Sto. Rosario Street	Southbound only.
Caloocan				MGM Road	Current terminus for trucks.
				N118 (General Luis Street)	Partially opened for light vehicles only as of September 4, 2024. Construction still ongoing.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

Landmarks

This is from south to north:

Quezon City

• Trinoma/MRT Line 3 Depot
• Veterans Memorial Medical Center
• Culiat Bridge IV (Culiat River)
• Pasong Tamo Bridge (San Juan River)
• Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish
• Mindanao Bridge I (Diliman Creek)
• Mindanao Bridge III (Tullahan River)
• Metro Manila Subway Depot

Valenzuela

• NLEX Harbor Link exit
• East Valenzuela subway station

Caloocan

• General Luis Street

See also

• Circumferential Road 5, designation from NLEX Harbor Link to Congressional Avenue.