Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, (Tagalog: Abenida Epifanio de los Santos) commonly abbreviated as EDSA, is an important arterial road and freeway in the Republic of the Philipppines. The Avenue serves the National Capital Region, or the Metropolitan Manila, passing through 6 of the 17 settlements in the region, namely, the cities of Caloocan, Quezon City, Mandaluyong, San Juan, Makati and Pasay.[1] It is the longest and the most congested highway and thoroughfare in the metropolis, stretching some 23.8 kilometres (14.8 mi) as it serves as a major north to south transportation corridor in the Metropolitan Manila.[1] The entire road itself is a part of the Circumferential Road 4 system, a network of roads and bridges that acts as the fourth beltway of the City of Manila. The locations around the avenue were marked with great economic and industrial growth, proven by the fact that all but 2 industrial centers in the Metropolis are directly accessible from the thoroughfare. The decent economic growth of the areas around the avenue adds a significant volume of traffic on the avenue, and in recent estimates,EDSA handles an average of 316,345 cars daily,[2] and an average of 2.34 million vehicles go through EDSA every day.[3] EDSA is a divided carriageway, often consisting of 12-lanes, 6 for both direction, with the elevated railroad Manila Metro Rail Transit System often serving as its median. EDSA is not an expressway, but traffic rules and speed limits are strictly implemented to the vehicles that pass along it. It is operated by the Metro Manila Development Authority and is maintained and constantly being repaired by the Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines)
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:30:20 +0000
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