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41-890: CAVITEX–C-5 Link , formerly the C-5 Southlink Expressway and signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network , is a 7.708-kilometer (4.790-mile) controlled-access toll expressway in Metro Manila , connecting the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) to Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Taguig . The project is being built at a cost of ₱ 15 billion . It is a joint project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority, Toll Regulatory Board , and Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation,

82-577: A Shell station. Unlike most expressways in the Philippine expressway network, the maximum speed on its existing section is 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph). The expressway's section towards the Manila–Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) is under construction. It will continue its course south of the airport. It will then pass by the Global Airport Business Park and Amvel City, where an interchange towards Dr. Santos Avenue and

123-759: A card or ticket at the entry point and surrender them upon exit. On expressways implementing barrier tolling, toll collection is done at toll plazas on a fixed rate. Some expressways employ a hybrid system that includes both, like the North Luzon Expressway, which uses both barrier ("open system") and closed road tolling. Electronic toll collection (ETC) is first implemented on the Skyway and South Luzon Expressway, using transponder technology branded E-Pass. ETC systems are implemented by some toll road operators, with inter-running support on other connected expressways. Toll plazas or toll gates have ETC lanes on

164-603: A future toll plaza are located. A flyover crosses Dr. Santos, the LRT-1 Cavite Extension , and Diego Cera Avenue . It ends at a trumpet interchange with CAVITEX near the latter's Parañaque toll plaza. In 1993, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted a study on the proposed urban expressway system in Metro Manila . The master plan included the proposed Central Circumferential Expressway that would follow

205-444: A significant part of its interior territory after two new barangays were created from several gated communities that were built there after the war. The communities adjacent to Bicutan such as United Parañaque Subdivision (1 to 3), Marian Park and Sitio de Asis were ceded to the new barangay of San Martin de Porres , while its southern communities such as Moonwalk Subdivision, Bricktown Village, and Multinational Village became part of

246-513: A subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation . Currently operational between Taguig up to E. Rodriguez Avenue (Segment 3A) and the segment between Parañaque Interchange up to CAVITEX Interchange (Segment 2) in Parañaque only, the remaining segment between E. Rodriguez Avenue up to Parañaque Interchange (Segment 3B) is currently under construction. CAVITEX–C-5 Link starts at Carlos P. Garcia Avenue (C-5) in Taguig near its interchange with

287-771: Is 100 km/h (62 mph) for cars and jeepneys, 80 km/h (50 mph) for trucks and buses, and 60 km/h (37 mph) is the minimum for all classes of vehicles. The first expressways in the Philippines are the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), both of which were built in the late 1960s. The first elevated toll road in the Philippines is the Skyway , with its construction consisting of numerous sections called "stages". Its latest section, Stage 3,

328-659: Is part of the Build! Build! Build! Infrastructure Plan of DuterteNomics and the Build Better More of Bongbong Marcos . In addition to the following expressways: New expressways will be built as well, such as: The Asian Highway 26 ( [REDACTED] ) passes through three expressways in the Philippines: Santo Ni%C3%B1o, Para%C3%B1aque Across the Tripa de Gallina to the west are

369-615: The Department of Public Works and Highways or the Toll Regulatory Board through build–operate–transfer (BOT) arrangements. At present, there are 15 expressways in the Philippines that connect Metro Manila to northern and southern Luzon and 1 expressway in Metro Cebu. Regional high standard highways in the Philippines are multi-lane arterial roads with bypass, grade separation and/or frontage road . They connect

410-636: The High Standard Highway Network , is a controlled-access highway network managed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which consists of all expressways and regional high standard highways in the Philippines . High standard highways are defined as highways which provide a high level of traffic services by assuring high speed mobility and safe travel in order to vitally support socio-economic activities for sound socio-economic development of strategic regions and

451-619: The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX). It then ascends as the existing flyover that crosses Skyway , the PNR Metro Commuter Line , SLEX and the at-grade expressway's service roads before descending along C-5 Extension, which serves as its frontage roads, in Pasay . It then continues its course south of Ninoy Aquino International Airport until it meets its current terminus at C-5 Road Extension in Parañaque , near Moonwalk and

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492-480: The South Luzon Expressway via Kaingin Road. This area in the southern edges of Santo Niño in close proximity to the main airport runway is home to several other freight and logistics businesses, as well as shanties along the creek which in 2010 was home to 150 informal settler families. The main residential area is crossed by Col. De Leon Street in the west which runs parallel to and midway between Ninoy Aquino Avenue and

533-586: The Estero de Maricaban and east to the territories of Malibay (now part of Pasay) and Bicutan (now part of Taguig ), forming parts of the 2,544-hectare (6,290-acre) Hacienda de Maricaban of the Order of Saint Augustine . The sitio's original settlers were migrants from Don Galo, La Huerta and San Dionisio , including its pioneers, the de León family, followed by the Márquez, Santos, Valenzuela and Cruz families. With

574-438: The Estero de Tripa de Gallina. Its main east–west corridor is Pascor Drive in the north which traverses the area that formerly housed the 11-hectare (27-acre) PAGCOR Casino Filipino Airport complex which closed down in 2014 and which was bought by SM Prime Holdings in 2018. In the south, the barangay is crossed by J.P. Rizal Street which links Ninoy Aquino Avenue to the bridge over the Tripa de Gallina to Don Galo . This street

615-634: The Limited Access Highway Act, signed on June 22, 1957. Through the act, the Department of Public Works and Highways is authorized to designate new or existing roads as limited-access highways and to regulate points of entry along these limited-access highways. Traffic laws on expressways are defined by the Limited Access Highway Act and Department of Public Works and Communications (DPWC) Administrative Order No. 1 series of 1968. Standard traffic laws on all expressways based on

656-877: The above laws include: While traveling along the expressway, vehicles are prohibited from: The following conveyances are prohibited on all expressways in the Philippines: High standard highways in the Philippines are classified into two types: the arterial high standard highways or expressways, and regional high standard highways. Arterial high standards highways (HSH-1) in the Philippines are known as expressways. They are highways with controlled-access, normally with interchanges and may include facilities for levying tolls for passage in an open or closed system. Standard features of Philippine expressways include guard rails, rumble strips, signs and pavement markings, solid wall fence, speed radars, toll plaza, closed-circuit television and rest and service areas. The speed limit

697-529: The barangay of Moonwalk . The parish church of Santo Niño was created in 1995. Santo Niño is home to the following educational institutions: The main road in this barangay is Ninoy Aquino Avenue , a national secondary road which runs north–south connecting NAIA Road and Dr. Santos Avenue near the southern perimeter of Ninoy Aquino International Airport . It is connected to the C-5 Road network via Multinational Avenue which runs along Ibayo Creek and to

738-575: The barangays of Tambo and Don Galo . To the south, it also shares borders with La Huerta along the Parañaque River , and with Moonwalk along the Ibayo Creek (Cañales Creek). Its northern borders are Vitalez , and the Pasay district of Maricaban including Barangay 183 ( Villamor Air Base ). As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 28,925. As an "airport village," Santo Niño is a hub for aviation logistics and tourism, serving as

779-428: The country as a whole. In the Philippines, controlled-access highways are known as expressways. They are multi-lane divided toll roads which are privately maintained under concession from the government. The regional high standard highways are partial controlled-access highways that function as supplementary to expressways. The Philippine expressway network spanned 420 kilometers (260 mi) in length in 2015 and

820-682: The decongestion of traffic in Metro Manila , and the improvement of accessibility to main tourist spots, among others. The Philippine expressway network master plan covers the development of high standard highways surrounding Metro Manila in Luzon , Metro Cebu in the Visayas , and the Metro Davao – General Santos area in Mindanao . The establishment of limited-access highways or expressways are provided and defined by Republic Act No. 2000 or

861-535: The existing 3.8-kilometer (2.4 mi) section from C-5 to Barangay Santo Niño in Parañaque. Toll collection on Segment 2 began on September 23, 2024. The 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) Segment 3B will complete the missing link, connecting the sections between the Parañaque and Merville exits. It broke ground two days earlier, with completion slated for March 2025. In November 2024, the newly inaugurated CAVITEX Infrastructure Corporation's Kaingin Service Road (near

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902-605: The expressway is operated by Easytrip Services Corporation and collections are done on both dedicated lanes and mixed lanes at the toll barriers. Tolls are assessed in each direction at each barrier, based on class. In accordance with the law, all toll rates include a 12% value-added tax . This entire route is located in Metro Manila . Exits will be numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero .  Philippine expressway network The Philippine expressway network , also known as

943-452: The expressways and are mostly partial controlled-access highways. Their design speed is 80–100 km/h (50–62 mph) for inter-urban regional highways and 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph) for intra-urban highways. Under the implementation of a route numbering system commissioned by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on 2014, expressways are signed with yellow pentagonal signs with black numerals. They are prefixed with

984-605: The former friar hacienda. A portion of the hacienda was then transferred to the Manila Railroad Company and a railroad line was eventually extended to this barrio towards Cavite , with another line in its eastern portion towards Aloneros and the Bicol Region . In 1919, the Parañaque and Pasay section of the Maricaban estate was transformed into a U.S. Army Air Service camp known as Nichols Field , with

1025-634: The incorporation of Parañaque as a town in the Province of Rizal under the American colonial government , Ibayo became a full-fledged barrio and Parañaque's only inland barrio consisting of four sitios, namely Dilain, Libro Balagbag, Bundok Mani and Mataas na Kahoy. Under American rule, the sitio started to grow with the purchase of the Hacienda de Maricaban by the U.S. government from its owner Dolores Casal y Ochoa who only years earlier in 1906 acquired

1066-635: The increase in the number of vehicles and the demand for limited-access highways, the Philippine government requested the government of Japan to conduct a master plan for the development of a high standard highway network in 2009 under the Philippine Medium-Term Public Investment Plan (2005–2010). The plan calls for the promotion of national integrity by strengthening the Philippine Nautical Highway System linking roads and ferries,

1107-469: The leftmost lanes or on "mixed" lanes, that allow cash collection, or both. Latest ETC systems use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology over transponder technology for collection. Having different ETC systems that are not supported on other roads, a plan for a unified ETC system is promoted for motorists' convenience. Cashless toll collections on all expressways are on a dry run since 2023, aiming for full implementation in 2024. As of June 2024 ,

1148-464: The letter "E" for "Expressway" to distinguish them from national highways. Expressways numbers are assigned sequentially and continuously. The Philippine expressway network is currently consisting of six discontinuous network of expressways, all of which are located in the island of Luzon. Most of the expressways implement tolls, usually of the closed road and barrier toll systems . On expressways roads using closed road tolling, motorists first get

1189-557: The main base of operations for companies such as AAI Group , the Duty Free Philippines, Royal Cargo, and a branch of SPI Global . Retail stores line much of the area of Ninoy Aquino Avenue in the barangay's southern portion, including the Duty Free Fiesta Mall and S&R Membership Shopping Parañaque. Santo Niño was originally known as Ibayo, an old Tagalog word which means "the opposite side of

1230-620: The near the Manila International Airport perimeter fence ) connects Multinational Avenue to the CAVITEX C5 Link Flyover Extension- Merville - C5 . The expressway uses a barrier toll system , where motorists pay a fixed toll rate upon exit, westbound entry at Sucat Interchange, or the future Sucat toll plaza for eastbound motorists. Integrated with the toll system of CAVITEX, the electronic toll collection (ETC) system on

1271-656: The old Circumferential Road 5 alignment from Navotas to Parañaque with a total length of about 45.8 kilometers (28.5 mi). On December 27, 1994, a Joint Venture Agreement between the Public Estates Authority (now called Philippine Reclamation Authority) and the Malaysian group of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) and Renong Berhad (Renong) was signed to develop the Manila–Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP). The project includes

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1312-479: The original south extension of Circumferential Road 5, referred to as Segments 2 and 3. It was later approved by the Senate , and C-5's south extension has been made as a toll expressway. However, in 2010, the project was scrapped in favor of the toll-free C-5 Road Extension, which was controversial for traversing several of then-Senator Manny Villar 's properties in Parañaque and Las Piñas . The toll expressway project

1353-536: The rest of the estate becoming part of the Fort William McKinley reservation. The airfield was eventually converted into an airport in 1948 and became Manila International Airport. Ibayo was officially renamed after the barrio's patron saint, the Santo Niño de Parañaque, in 1960. It was converted into a barangay alongside all other barrios in the Philippines in 1974. In 1978, the barangay lost

1394-497: The river," referring to its location across the Estero de Tripa de Gallina and Parañaque River from the populated coastal barrios of Parañaque. It was established as a sitio of Don Galo by the late 17th century, connected to it only by a bamboo footbridge over the Tripa de Gallina. The sitio remained largely agricultural during the Spanish colonial period containing vast tracts of farmland and swamps that stretched as far north as

1435-623: The toll rates by expressway are as follows: Additionally, since June 1, 2024, the Agri-Trucks Toll Rebate Program is implemented to exempt vehicles carrying agricultural products from toll increases on expressways, aiming to ease inflation on these goods. For SMC Tollways -operated expressways such as SLEX and MCX, the average rebate ranges from ₱2 to ₱30 . Meanwhile, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation -operated expressways such as NLEX, SCTEX, and CAVITEX offer rebates ranging from ₱16 to ₱156 . Both rates depend on

1476-764: The vehicle class, with the latter depending on the distance travelled as well. Three components of the expressway network or the High Standard Highway Network are the Luzon Spine Expressway Network (LSEN), the Visayas Spine Expressway Network (VSEN), and the Mindanao Spine Expressway Network (MSEN). It is a planned network of interconnected expressways within the islands of Luzon , Visayas and Mindanao . It

1517-689: Was completed in 2021. The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway, from Santo Tomas to Lipa in Batangas was opened in 2001 and was extended in 2008. The Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX), the longest tollway in the Philippines was opened in 2008, setting the stage for the development of the Tarlac–Pangasinan–La Union Expressway (TPLEX), which would extend beyond the SCTEX' northern terminus in Tarlac City. The TPLEX

1558-475: Was extended to 626 kilometers (389 mi) in 2020, and is to be extended to 995 kilometers (618 mi) beyond 2030 according to the master plan submitted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2010. The Philippine highway network spans over 32,000 kilometers (20,000 mi) across all regions of the Philippines. These highways, however, are mostly single and dual carriageways with many U-turn lanes and intersections slowing down traffic. Coupled with

1599-718: Was later revived as the C-5 Southlink Expressway project. Construction started on May 8, 2016. The expressway is being built in two phases. The first phase fills the gap between the C-5 main route and the C-5 Extension near Merville , Parañaque by constructing a 2.2-kilometer (1.4 mi) flyover over the South Luzon Expressway and Skyway . The second phase involves the construction of the Merville– R-1 segments. Phase 1, or Section 3A-1 (C-5 to Merville),

1640-473: Was opened in 2013. The Cavite–Laguna Expressway (CALAX), another expressway in Southern Luzon, was partially opened on October 30, 2019. The Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) was partially opened on July 15, 2021. There are many under construction and proposed expressways in the Philippines. All the expressways in the Philippines are privately maintained under concession agreements either with

1681-465: Was opened to traffic on July 23, 2019. The 1.6-kilometer (0.99 mi) Segment 3A-2 (Merville to E. Rodriguez) opened on August 14, 2022, with the Merville Exit opening later on October 25. On June 23, 2024, the expressway's 1.9-kilometer (1.2 mi) Segment 2, which runs from CAVITEX to Parañaque (Sucat) interchanges, was opened to traffic. The latter interchange is, however, independent from

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