ARGENTE, JAMES L.

MARCH 10, 2018

CE400 - CE41FA1-B17

LIST OF INTERCHANGES IN THE PHILIPPINES

1. Balintawak Interchange
 The Balintawak Interchange, also known as the Balintawak Cloverleaf, is a two-level cloverleaf interchange
in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines which serves as the junction between Epifanio de los Santos
Avenue (EDSA) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx). Opened in 1968 as part of the initial 37-
kilometer (23 mi) NLEx segment between Quezon City and Guiguinto, Bulacan, it was one of the first
projects of the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines, now the Philippine National
Construction Corporation (PNCC).

2. Circumferential Road 5–Kalayaan Avenue Interchange

 The Circumferential Road 5–Kalayaan Avenue Interchange, also known as the C-5–Kalayaan Interchange,
is a road interchange in Makati, Metro Manila, the Philippines. Originally a regular four-way intersection
between Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and Kalayaan Avenue, it was fitted in 2009 with the country's first
elevated U-turn slots, built in an attempt to speed up traffic along the C-5 corridor.

3. Ortigas Interchange
 The Ortigas Interchange, also known as the EDSA–Ortigas Interchange or the Ortigas Flyover, is a three-
level partial stack interchange at the boundary between Mandaluyong and Quezon City in Metro Manila, the
Philippines which serves as the junction between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and Ortigas
Avenue. Originally a regular four-way intersection, the current interchange was built in 1991 as the flagship
infrastructure project of President Corazon Aquino.
4. Magallanes Interchange
 The Magallanes Interchange is a four-level partial turbine interchange in Makati, Metro Manila, the
Philippines, serving as the junction between the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Epifanio de los
Santos Avenue (EDSA). It is also an interchange between the 2 train lines of Metro Manila, the MRT-3,
which is over EDSA, and the PNR Metro Commuter, beside SLEX.

5. Nagtahan Interchange
 The Nagtahan Interchange, also known as the Nagtahan Flyover and the Mabini Flyover, is a three-level
set of three intersecting flyovers in Manila, the Philippines which serves as the junction between Lacson
Avenue, Legarda Street, Magsaysay Boulevard and Jose P. Laurel Street, as well as the nearby Mabini
Bridge.

SOME KNOWN WORLD-CLASS INTERCHANGES

1. Springfield, Missouri's first diverging diamond at Interstate 44 and Kansas Expressway
2. A Partial Cloverleaf A4 type interchange on the Highway 407 Electronic Toll Route in Ontario

3. Aerial image of the cloverleaf interchange where highway 64 meets I-26 at Hendersonville, NC

4. Y-Type interchange of State Route 85 (visible as going up-and down in the photograph) and State Route 87 in
San Jose, California, United States.
5. Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (The Dinalupihan Interchange)

6. The I-485 Outer Loop of Charlotte, North Carolina