Bonny Serrano Avenue
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| Santolan Road | |
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 Bonny Serrano Avenue in 2026 | |
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| Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways | |
| Length | 4.418 km[1] (2.745 mi) |
| Component highways | |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | P. Guevarra Street / Pinaglabanan Street in San Juan |
| East end |  N11 (Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue) / FVR Road in Quezon City |
| Location | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Major cities | Quezon City and San Juan |
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Colonel Bonny Serrano Avenue (also spelled Boni Serrano Avenue; formerly named and still colloquially referred to as Santolan Road) is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila, Philippines, between San Juan and Quezon City. It was named after the decorated Korean War hero Venancio "Bonny" Serrano.[3]
It forms the northern limit of San Juan and the southern limit of Quezon City's New Manila district. It also links the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame with the AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo. The avenue runs from the border of barangays Corazón de Jesús, St. Joseph (Halo-Halo), Pasadena, and Little Baguio in San Juan to barangays Libís and Blue Ridge B near the Quezon City-Marikina border in the east. The avenue is a problematic major road that has frequent traffic jams.
Route description
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The four-lane avenue begins as a continuation of Pinaglabanan Street at P. Guevarra Street in Barangay Corazón de Jesús, San Juan. It proceeds due east and runs through the boundary between barangays Bagong Lipunan ng Crame in Quezon City, and West Crame in San Juan, passing by the San Juan Municipal Cemetery before arriving at the northern side of Camp Crame, where it expands to six lanes just before intersecting with 2nd Avenue. East of its junction with Epifanio de los Santos Avenue junction, the road forms the northern boundary of Camp Aguinaldo with barangays Socorro, San Roque, and Bayanihan, intersecting with 15th Avenue at Gate 1 of Camp Aguinaldo. It then intersects with Katipunan Avenue (C-5) via overpass, passing through barangays Blue Ridge A, Blue Ridge B, and Saint Ignatius before terminating at Eulogio Rodríguez Jr. Avenue (C-5) in Libis near Camp Atienza, where it continues as FVR Road to the Marikina–Infanta Highway in Calumpang, Marikina and Santolan, Pasig. This section of the avenue connecting Katipunan and Eulogio Rodríguez, Jr. Avenues is a designated component of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and National Route 11 (N11), while the section from EDSA to Katipunan Avenue is designated as National Route 185 (N185).
History
[edit]Bonny Serrano Avenue was formerly called the Carretera de Santolan (Santolan Road), which ran from the Santolan pumping station by the Mariquina River, then in Pasig, to the El Deposito water reservoir in San Juan del Monte (now San Juan), the main source of water for Manila residents during the Spanish colonial period.[4] It was built around 1901, during the early years of the American colonial period, costing US$150 (equivalent to $5,805 in 2025) (₱2,643).[5] In 1935, the road, also known as the San Juan–Santolan Road and San Juan–Santolan Pumping Station Road,[6] became the location of Camp Murphy, which eventually became Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame when the Philippines re-gained independence after World War II. After the establishment of Quezon City, the border of San Juan with the new city was redefined to also run along section of the road, currently between Ermitaño Creek and Camp Crame.[7][8] The road was renamed after Colonel Bonny Merioles Serrano in 1970, three months after the war hero's death.[9]
Beginning in 2019, the section from EDSA to Katipunan Avenue was widened from four lanes to six, using an area carved out of Camp Aguinaldo. It was completed in 2024.[10]
Intersections
[edit]| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| San Juan | P. Guevarra Street | Western terminus. Continues westward as Pinaglabanan Street. Only Santolan Road is used as name for this segment. | |||
| J. Abad Santos Street | Exit to Santolan Road only | ||||
| M.J. Paterno Street, Pasadena Drive | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| San Juan – Quezon City boundary | Don Gonzalo Street | Gated community road | |||
 N184 (Granada Street/Ortigas Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Access to  N180 (Aurora Boulevard) & New Manila via Granada Street,  AH 26 (N1) (EDSA), Greenhills, Pasig & Antipolo via Ortigas Avenue. Both names of the road are in use beginning this intersection. | ||||
| Main Horseshoe Drive | Traffic light intersection. One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| C. Benitez Street | Traffic light intersection. Access to Cubao via P. Tuazon Boulevard & N. Domingo Avenue. | ||||
| Sunrise Drive | Loops back to road | ||||
| Tyler Street | North Greenhills community road | ||||
| 5th West Crame | Doña Filomena Subdivision community road. No entry allowed. | ||||
| 4th West Crame | Doña Filomena Subdivision community road | ||||
| 3rd West Crame | One-way road as an alternate way to Greenhills, San Juan via Greenhills-West Crame Connector Road. | ||||
| 2nd West Crame | |||||
| 1st West Crame | |||||
| Quezon City | General Castañeda Street | Camp Crame Gate 3 | |||
| 1st Avenue | One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue. Only Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue is the name used beginning this segment of the road. | ||||
| 2nd Avenue | One-way exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| 3rd Avenue | One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| Gen. J. Delos Reyes Street | Camp Crame Gate 2 | ||||
| 4th Avenue | One-way, westbound only exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) | Traffic light intersection. Northbound goes to Cubao & Balintawak, southbound goes to Mandaluyong & Makati. Beginning of N185 designation. | ||||
| 5th Avenue | Westbound access only | ||||
| 6th Avenue | One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| 7th Avenue | Westbound access only. One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| 8th Avenue | Traffic light intersection. One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| 9th Avenue | One-way exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue. Access to Araneta City. | ||||
| 10th Avenue | |||||
| 11th Avenue | |||||
| 12th Avenue | One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| 13th Avenue | Traffic light intersection. One-way exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue. Access to Araneta City. | ||||
| 14th Avenue | One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue | ||||
| 15th Avenue/Delos Reyes Avenue | Traffic light intersection. No entry to 15th Avenue. Camp Aguinaldo Gate 1. | ||||
| 5th Camarilla | Westbound access only | ||||
| 6th Camarilla | Westbound access only | ||||
| 18th Avenue | Traffic light intersection. | ||||
| 19th Avenue | |||||
| 20th Avenue | Traffic light intersection. Access to Projects 2, 3 & 4 | ||||
| Arturo Enrile Avenue | Camp Aguinaldo Gate 6 | ||||
| Pedro Martinez Street (P. Pelaez St. Extension) | Access to pedestrians only | ||||
| N11 (Katipunan Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Northbound goes to Commonwealth & Tandang Sora Avenues, Cubao & Marikina via Aurora Boulevard; southbound goes to Pasig, White Plains & Greenmeadows. Route changes from N185 to N11. West end of C-5 concurrency | ||||
| Highland Drive | Westbound service road only | ||||
| Riviera Street | Saint Ignatius Village community road. No entry allowed. | ||||
| N11 (Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue) | No left turn from E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue. East end of C-5 concurrency. Eastern terminus. Continues eastward as FVR Road. | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Landmarks
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This is from west to east:
San Juan
[edit]- Filoil EcoOil Centre
- Fountain International School
- Santolan Town Plaza
- White Cross Orphanage
- San Juan City Cemetery
Quezon City
[edit]- Camp Crame
- Camp Aguinaldo
- Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo High School
- Socorro Water Towers
- Libis Elementary School
References
[edit]- ↑ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ↑ "NCR". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Bikol awardees give back to their birthplaces". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Yu, Anson (April 2, 2019). "To quench a city's thirst". tulay.ph. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
Construction on the waterworks began in 1872 under the supervision of Spanish engineer and architect Genaro Palacios. He chose the Mariquina River in Santolan as the source for Manila's water. The pumping station was built on what is now Camp Atienza in Santolan. Through a network of pipes, the water was pumped from the station to the underground water reservoir in El Deposito in San Juan. The pipe route from Santolan to San Juan later became the basis of what is now Santolan Road.
- ↑ "Public laws and resolutions passed by the United States Philippine Commission, during the quarter". United States Philippine Commission. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ Republic Act No. 311 (December 17, 1940), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved November 6, 2021
- ↑ Republic Act No. 537 (June 16, 1950), An Act to Revise the Charter of Quezon City, Chan Robles Virtual Law Library, archived from the original on September 29, 2021, retrieved August 7, 2021
- ↑ Republic Act No. 1575 (June 16, 1956), An Act To Amend And Repeal Certain Sections Of Republic Act Numbered Five Hundred Thirty-Seven, Otherwise Known As The Revised Charter Of Quezon City, The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation, Inc., archived from the original on August 7, 2021, retrieved August 7, 2021
- ↑ "Introducing Mrs. Bonny Serrano". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ↑ "A widened Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue and opportunities for complete streets". d0ctrine.com. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
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