Alabang–Zapote Road | ||||
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Calle Real Real Street Zapote–Alabang Road | ||||
![]() Alabang–Zapote Road inLas Piñas | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained byDepartment of Public Works and Highways andMetropolitan Manila Development Authority | ||||
Length | 10.9 km (6.8 mi) Approximate length; including spur inAlabang | |||
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Location | ||||
Country | Philippines | |||
Regions | Metro Manila,Calabarzon | |||
Provinces | Cavite | |||
Major cities | Bacoor,Las Piñas, andMuntinlupa | |||
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Alabang–Zapote Road is a four-lane national road which travels east–west through the southern limits ofMetro Manila,Philippines. It runs parallel toDr. Santos Avenue in the north and is named after the twobarangays it links:Alabang,Muntinlupa and Zapote inBacoor andLas Piñas.
From its eastern terminus at an interchange withSouth Luzon Expressway's Alabang Exit, East Service Road,Manila South Road, and Montillano Street, the road runs westwards for approximately 10.9 kilometers (6.8 mi) to the junction withDiego Cera Avenue. Since 1997, it has also extended further west for several hundred meters, connecting Las Piñas to its present terminus atCoastal Road (R-1) inBacoor,Cavite.[1]
The road carries more than 70,000 vehicles per day as of 2016 and suffers fromtraffic jams. TheMetropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) listed Alabang–Zapote Road as a majortraffic bottleneck point or choke point, and theUnified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or "number coding" scheme, is modified for the road to no longer include window hours.
The entire route is designatedNational Route 411 (N411) of thePhilippine highway network.[2]
The road begins at the junction of Manila South Road (National Highway), Montillano Street, East Service Road, andSouth Luzon Expressway's Alabang Exit inAlabang,Muntinlupa, below the Alabang Viaduct and Skyway Extension. A spur carrying southbound traffic also branches the highway to the front of Starmall Alabang at Manila South Road. It then crosses intoFilinvest City, BarangayCupang, and BarangayAyala Alabang. In Filinvest City, the road is interrupted due to realignment brought out by its development. The gap is filled by a segment of Bridgeway Avenue between West Service Road and Spectrum Midway before resuming as shortfrontage roads parallel to Skyway's South Station Exit.
West of Investment Drive (the northern extension ofDaang Hari Road) at Madrigal Business Park, it entersLas Piñas and goes past the commercial and residential areas of the city. It then crosses the Zapote River and enters the province ofCavite atBacoor, where the road ends at the Bacoor Interchange of Coastal Road (CAVITEX). Electric power sub-transmission lines byMeralco, placed on tall roadside posts, also shared by distribution lines, line almost the whole length of the road from Zapote in Las Piñas to Alabang in Muntinlupa.
As of July 2016[update], theLas Piñas Traffic Management Office reported that more than 70,000 vehicles were travelling on Alabang–Zapote Road daily, already reaching above its allowable capacity.[3] The road gained notoriety for itstraffic jams, and it is listed by theMetropolitan Manila Development Authority as a majortraffic bottleneck area in south Metro Manila, along with other major roads leading toNinoy Aquino International Airport, likeSucat Road,Andrews Avenue, andDomestic Road.[4] TheUnified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP), or the "coding" scheme, is modified for Alabang–Zapote Road to have no "window hours".[5]
Alabang–Zapote Road follows an old Spanish coastal trail that linked theProvince of Manila toLa Laguna and other southern provinces. It was calledCalle Real (Spanish for "royal street") orCamino Real (Spanish for "royal way"), which spanned fromErmita toMuntinlupa.[6] It was also designated as part ofHighway 1 (especially during theAmerican colonial era)[7][8] and ofManila South Road, which spanned from Manila to theBicol Region.[9][10] Currently, only the road's section in Las Piñas and Muntinlupa is called Calle Real orReal Street as an alternative name for the road. The rest of the route was renamed toDel Pilar Street inManila,Harrison Avenue inPasay,Quirino Avenue inParañaque, andDiego Cera Avenue inLas Piñas.
The road was extended to the northwest towardsCoastal Road inBacoor in 1997 with the construction of the four-lane Alabang-Zapote Centennial Flyover (now Zapote Flyover) to ease the increasing traffic volume along the road.[1] Its section in Alabang, Muntinlupa, particularly between Filinvest and Bridgeway Avenues, was also realigned between 2006 and 2012 with the development ofFilinvest Corporate City.
Intersections in the list below are arranged by kilometer number, based on numbers on kilometer stones fromRizal Park inManila, theKilometer Zero.
Province | City/Municipality | km[11] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Cavite | Bacoor | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus. Access to Bacoor (Longos) Exit of CAVITEX. No left turn allowed from Alabang–Zapote Road. | ||
Las Piñas-Talaba Diversion Road | No access from opposite direction | ||||
West end of Zapote Flyover | |||||
Zapote River | Zapote Bridge 2 | ||||
Las Piñas | 14.773 | 9.180 | ![]() | ||
15.000 | 9.321 | East end of Zapote Flyover | |||
Fruto Santos Avenue (Tramo Street) | |||||
16.400 | 10.190 | Doña Manuela Avenue | |||
16.800 | 10.439 | C.V. Starr Avenue | Serves Starmall Las Piñas and BF Resort | ||
17.500 | 10.874 | Manila Times Street / Aria Street | ServesUniversity of Perpetual Help System DALTA - Las Piñas | ||
18.670 | 11.601 | CAA Road / BF Resort Avenue | Serves BF Resort | ||
20.073 | 12.473 | Marcos Alvarez Avenue | |||
22.100 | 13.732 | Concha Cruz Drive | ServesBF Homes | ||
Muntinlupa | 22.386 | 13.910 | Investment Drive –Daang Hari,San Pedro | ||
22.550 | 14.012 | Acacia Avenue | Serves Madrigal Business Park and Ayala Alabang Village | ||
22.714 | 14.114 | Don Manolo Drive | Serves Alabang Hills andSan Beda College Alabang | ||
23.048 | 14.321 | Madrigal Avenue | ServesAlabang Town Center andAyala Alabang Village | ||
24.023 | 14.927 | Filinvest Avenue | Left turns allowed from Skyway only | ||
Skyway | South Station (Alabang-Zapote) exit of Skyway; exit and entrance[12] | ||||
North Bridgeway | Serves Northgate Cyberzone | ||||
24.381 | 15.150 | North Bridgeway / Spectrum Midway | Serves Vivere Hotel Alabang andFestival Alabang | ||
24.707 | 15.352 | Corporate Avenue | Serves South Station, Filinvest Corporate City, Crimson Hotel and Festival Alabang | ||
24.956 | 15.507 | ![]() | No left turns | ||
25.099 | 15.596 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus. Access from Manila South Road only. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The entire route is located inMuntinlupa. This 258-meter (846 ft) segment[2] in Alabang has no official kilometer count.
km | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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![]() | Western terminus. Connection with main route. No left turns from the westbound lane of Alabang–Zapote Road mainline. | ||||
![]() | Eastern terminus. Access to Manila South Road northbound is closed; accessible via U-turn slot beneath Alabang Viaduct. | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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