ALTERNATIVE ROUTES DUE TO EDSA-KAMUNING FLYOVER CLOSURE
(SPOT.ph) EDSA-Kamuning flyover's southbound lanes will be closed to private vehicles from May 1 to October 25, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced.
According to MMDA, the road's southbound lanes will be closed for six months for a scheduled by-phase retrofitting, covering about one and a half lanes. Before this, The Department of Public Works and Highways had (DPWH) declared that the closure would start on April 25 and take 11 months.
The road works will be conducted to strengthen the bridge as part of preventive measures against earthquakes and other natural disasters.
Also read: Kamuning Flyover Closed for 11 Months Starting April 25
Even though the flyover will be partially closed during the rehabilitation, it will still be passable to public utility buses on the EDSA bus carousel," MMDA Acting Chairman Don Artes clarified. The MMDA would also look into allowing emergency vehicles to use the busway in the flyover.
In an official Facebook post, The DPWH-NCR advises motorists to utilize the EDSA service road, Mabuhay lanes, and other routes to avoid traffic congestion.
Alternative routes during EDSA-Kamuning closure
Below is a list of alternative routes that private vehicles can take when the partial closure begins:
- From EDSA/Quezon Avenue (SB), make a right turn to Panay Avenue.
- From Panay Avenue, make a left turn to Sgt. Esguerra Avenue.
- From Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, make a left turn to Timog Avenue.
- From Timog Avenue, make a right turn to EDSA Service Road.
- From EDSA/Quezon Avenue (SB), make a right turn to Mother Ignacia Avenue.
- From Mother Ignacia Avenue, make a left turn to Sgt. Esguerra Avenue.
- From EDSA/Quezon Avenue (SB), make a right turn to Panay Avenue or Mother Ignacia Avenue.
- From Panay Avenue or Mother lgnacia Avenue, make a left turn to Sgt. Esguerra Avenue.
- From Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, continue straight to 11th Jamboree.
- From Kamuning Road, take the EDSA Service Road.
- From 11th Jamboree Avenue, make a left turn to Kamuning Road.
- From EDSA/Quezon Avenue (SB), make a right turn to Eugenio Lopez Jr. Drive.
- From Eugenio Lopez Jr. Drive or Scout Borromeo, make a left turn to Sgt. Esguerra Avenue.
- From EDSA/Quezon Avenue (SB), make a right turn to Scout Borromeo St.
- From Sgt. Esguerra Avenue, make a left turn to Timog Avenue.
- From Eugenio Lopez Jr. Drive or Scout Borromeo St., make a left turn to Samar Avenue.
- From Samar Avenue, make a left turn to Timog Avenue.