Mindanao Avenue

Mindanao Avenue
; C-5;
	Looking south towards Tandang Sora Avenue
Part of	C-5 C-5 from NLEX to Congressional Avenue; N128 from North Avenue to P. Dela Cruz Street;
Namesake	Mindanao
Maintained by	Department of Public Works and Highways - Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office and Metro Manila 3rd District Engineering Office
Location	Quezon City, Valenzuela, and Caloocan
North end	MGM Road in Kaybiga, Caloocan
Major; junctions	E5 (NLEX Segment 8.1) in Valenzuela; (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

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]}

Another road also named Mindanao Avenue, also in Quezon City, starts in Barangay Santa Monica, crosses Commonwealth Avenue and Regalado Highway, and terminates at a dead end at School of Saint Anthony in Barangay Greater Lagro, Quezon City. That road is not in any way connected to the original Mindanao Avenue but was planned to be the one and the same road according to the 1949 Master Plan for Quezon City.^[4]

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

In 2017, DPWH has resumed construction of the 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi) Mindanao Avenue Extension Project, after being halted for years due to road right-of-way issues. A total of 1.4-kilometer (0.87 mi) portion of the road was earlier completed and opened since 2014. In June 2018, DPWH has opened 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 further until it meets General Luis Street in North Caloocan.

Intersections[]

Province	Destinations	Notes
Quezon City	AH 26 (N1)	Southern terminus. Access to Trinoma. Accessible from EDSA via northbound lane only.
	N173 (North Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Access to Veterans Memorial Medical Center, SM North EDSA, Quezon Memorial Circle. Former terminus before extension to EDSA. Southern terminus of N128 designation and DPWH maintenance.
	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 8 provides access to Bago Bantay, SM North EDSA; Road 1 provides access to Visayas Avenue.
	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. Westbound goes to EDSA, Eastbound goes to Visayas, Tandang Sora and Luzon Avenues.
	Calla Lily Street	Northbound only.
	Road 20	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
	Tandang Sora Avenue	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots. Westbound goes to Quirino Highway; Eastbound goes to Visayas, Congressional, Commonwealth and Katipunan Avenues.
	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. Eastbound segment provides access to Brgys. Sauyo, Bagbag, Fairview and Commonwealth.
	South end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel
	Champaca Street	Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots.
	(Quirino Highway)	Former terminus. Westbound goes to Baesa, Balintawak; eastbound goes to Novaliches Proper.
	Palmera Street	Northbound only. Serves as alternate route to Novaliches Proper and San Bartolome (SB Diversion Road) through various subdivisions.
	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 Mindanao Avenue Link)	Traffic light intersection. End of C-5 system.
	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. Eastbound to Novaliches, Caloocan, Valenzuela via P. Dela Cruz Street.
Caloocan	(General Luis Street)	Future terminus.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition Unopened