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58-661: The South Luzon Expressway ( SLEX ), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network , is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon , Mimaropa and Bicol Region on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . The expressway has a length of 49.56 km (30.80 miles), traveling from its northern terminus at

116-759: 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

174-771: 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,

232-555: Is a main road in Caloocan with four lanes, running up to the roundabout at Monumento , a monument to Andrés Bonifacio . EDSA is a 10-lane highway that utilizes interchanges and grade separations . It forms the majority of Circumferential Road 4 (C-4) in Metro Manila, passing through the cities of Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati, and Pasay. The C-4 segment of EDSA starts at Monumento in Caloocan and ends at

290-768: Is designed initially with two lanes per direction, with potential for future expansion to 3–4 lanes. The expressway is expected to partially open in 2025. The South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 5 , also referred to as Toll Road 5 ( TR5 ), will be the extension of South Luzon Expressway from Mayao, Lucena to the vicinity of Port of Matnog in Matnog , Sorsogon . The total length of the extension would be approximately 417 kilometers (259 mi). It will be four-lane divided toll road with 28 interchanges and eight segments. It aims to decongest Andaya Highway and Pan-Philippine Highway , cut travel time from Manila to Naga by two to three hours, and to Matnog by six hours. On June 29, 2020,

348-541: Is done upon exit at either SLEX, STAR Tollway , or MCX, or at Skyway Main toll plaza in Muntinlupa, as part of San Miguel Corporation 's Seamless Southern Tollways program. Access between two of the three exits on the Canlubang–Calamba segment and on the northernmost segment between Magallanes and Sales interchanges remain toll-free. The expressway fully implements an electronic toll collection (ETC) system,

406-616: 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: Circumferential Road 4 The section of C-4 Road is known as such from R-10 at

464-522: The Biñan–Calamba and Calamba–Bay lines. The Magallanes–Alabang section of the expressway was also used to carry the Batangas–Pandacan oil pipeline. The expressway was built in the late 1960s to develop areas adjacent to Metro Manila, particularly the south. Originally spanning from Magallanes, Makati to Alabang , Muntinlupa , it was extended southward to Calamba, Laguna in the late 1970s. In 1995,

522-463: 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

580-557: 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

638-810: The Magallanes Interchange in Makati to its southern terminus at Santo Tomas, Batangas , connecting it to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway). A portion of the expressway from the Magallanes Interchange to the Calamba Exit is part of Asian Highway 26 of the Asian highway network . It will be the longest expressway in the Philippines starting with the completion of Toll Road 4 surpassing

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696-667: The Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway . It continues as a straight roadway lined with billboards and passing through residential and industrial areas. Past the San Pedro Exit, the expressway then curves and ascends past the Petron and Caltex service areas. Past Santa Rosa Exit, SLEX narrows with guard rails as the median divider. At the Calamba Exit, the Pan-Philippine Highway concurrency ends as it leaves

754-691: The STAR Tollway . The South Luzon Expressway was originally built during the 1960s as the Manila South Diversion Road, South Superhighway, or Manila South Expressway as newer roads used to travel from and to Manila. Located then in the province of Rizal , the original stretch of the expressway, spanning approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from EDSA (Highway 54) in Magallanes, Makati to Alabang Exit in Muntinlupa ,

812-608: The Skyway from Magallanes Interchange in Makati to Alabang Exit in Muntinlupa , and the 36.13-kilometer (22.45 mi) South Luzon Tollway (SLT) segment, also called the Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEX), from Alabang to Santo Tomas , Batangas . Skyway At-Grade operations are held jointly by the Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation (SOMCO) and SMC Skyway Corporation (formerly Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation), while

870-550: The Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) as well as providing a gateway to Visayas upon the completion of Toll Road 5. The expressway also serves as a major utility corridor, carrying various high voltage overhead power lines and an oil pipeline . Notable power lines using the expressway's right of way for most or part of their route are the Sucat–Paco–Araneta–Balintawak transmission line, and

928-558: The 2019 proposal, which would have been 220 kilometers (140 mi), was supposed to be funded through the General Appropriations Act (GAA). However, the proposal was removed from the priority projects list in 2022. On June 3, 2022, the Department of Transportation and San Miguel Corporation signed a Supplemental Toll Operations Agreement (STOA) for SLEX Toll Road 5, which was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte 24 days later. Other planned expansion projects in

986-726: The Alabang Exit. There is a discrepancy in mileage, with kilometer 24 being kilometer 23 on the Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES)–maintained segments of the expressway. No tolls are paid on the section north of the Nichols Toll Plaza.  Philippine expressway network The Philippine expressway network , also known as the High Standard Highway Network , is a controlled-access highway network managed by

1044-663: The Alabang Viaduct to Skyway Stage 2. In December 2022, the implementation of the Seamless Southern Tollways project began on SLEX to simplify the toll collection process to a single payment upon exit. Additional toll plazas were built at interchanges from Canlubang to Santo Tomas, while the Calamba and Ayala Greenfield Estates toll plazas were converted into pass-through lanes and eventually demolished in 2024. In 2023, an expansion project began to widen

1102-464: The Autosweep RFID, using RFID technology, and the system formerly used "E-Pass", which uses transponder technology. The ETC system is shared by the Skyway, STAR Tollway, NAIAX , MCX and TPLEX. Cash payments are still accepted although ETC is currently being maximized. The toll rates by vehicle class are as follows: The South Luzon Expressway currently has nine service areas, with four on

1160-654: The Ayala Greenfield Interchange in Calamba broke ground on October 14, 2024, and construction is expected to begin in December 2024. The South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 4 , also referred to as Toll Road 4 ( TR4 ), is a 66.74-kilometer (41.47 mi) extension of South Luzon Expressway from Calamba (near its boundary with Santo Tomas, Batangas) to Lucena . Construction is divided into five segments, with one additional extension to Mayao in Lucena on

1218-612: The Bangkulasi Bridge over the Tullahan River in Navotas to Paterio Aquino Avenue (Letre Road) at the boundary of Malabon and Caloocan. After passing Paterio Aquino Avenue (Letre Road), C-4 becomes General San Miguel Street, a four-lane road in Caloocan. After passing the junction with Marcelo H. Del Pilar and A. Mabini Streets in Caloocan, C-4 becomes Samson Road. Also called Caloocan Road and Monumento Avenue, it

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1276-634: 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

1334-797: The Magallanes–Alabang section became part of the Skyway System 's at-grade section. Rehabilitation efforts on the expressway followed, lasting from 2006 to 2009. Operations were transferred from Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) to the South Luzon Tollways Corporation (SLTC) and Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES) on May 2, 2010. Additionally, it is connected to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in Batangas, through

1392-677: The Pasig River Expressway with a cost of ₱122 billion in order to boost the economy in Luzon. The original plan for the expressway's extension was the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QBEX or QUBEX), which was supposed to be an extension of the SLEX from Pagbilao to San Fernando , Camarines Sur . The 2017 proposal would have been a public-private partnership (PPP), with a total length of 180 kilometers (110 mi), and

1450-697: The SMC–PNCC joint venture pipeline with connections to either SLEX and the Skyway system include: Previously employing closed and barrier toll systems , the South Luzon Expressway fully employs a closed road system, wherein the toll fee is charged based on vehicle class and the distance travelled from the entry to exit point. The expressway's toll system is integrated with the South Metro Manila Skyway Project and Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway (MCX). Toll collection

1508-689: The South Luzon Tollway segment of SLEX is held by SMC SLEX, Inc. (formerly South Luzon Tollway Corporation), a concessionaire operated by Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES) and a joint venture of the Philippine National Construction Corporation and the San Miguel Corporation -backed PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk group of Indonesia. SLT/ACTEX is further divided into three phases: The South Luzon Expressway starts as

1566-582: The Toll Regulatory Board issued a resolution to declare this project a Toll Road upon the request of, and based on the proposal submitted by the joint venture (JV) of the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) and San Miguel Holdings Corporation (SMHC). On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation thru South Luzon Toll Road 5 Expressway Inc. announced they will invest this project alongside

1624-536: The Toll Road 3 project (Calamba–Santo Tomas) that was constructed from 2007 to 2010, inaugurated on June 15, 2010, and opened to the traffic six months after its inauguration in December 15, 2010. The South Luzon Expressway cuts southwards from Metro Manila up to the provinces in Calabarzon. The expressway consists of two sections: the 13.43-kilometer (8.35 mi) Skyway At-Grade segment, which runs underneath

1682-877: 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

1740-624: The bridge piers helped mitigate these disruptions. Rehabilitation work on SLEX Toll Road 2 was finished in June 2009, resulting in the expansion of the Alabang–Santa Rosa section to eight lanes (four lanes per direction), similar to an American Interstate Highway , and the Santa Rosa–Calamba section to six lanes (three lanes per direction). One year and six months after the Alabang Viaduct was rehabilitated and widened and eleven months after

1798-481: The completion of rehabilitation and modernization of the expressway's Alabang–Calamba section, the operation and maintenance of the expressway was transferred from the government-owned Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) to South Luzon Tollways Corporation (SLTC) and Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES) on May 2, 2010. The expressway became connected with STAR Tollway when construction works of Toll Road 3 project reached Santo Tomas Exit in 2009, making

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1856-428: 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

1914-682: 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

1972-511: The exit the southern terminus of the expressway since then. The new Calamba Toll Plaza A and B and Ayala Greenfield Estate toll plazas were also commissioned in the same year. Toll Road 3, also known as the SLEX-STAR Tollway link, was then inaugurated on June 15, 2010 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and opened to the public six months later on December 15, 2010 during the administration of her successor Benigno Aquino III , with

2030-547: The expressway follows a straight path southeast in parallel to the PNR South Main Line until the Bicutan Exit, where it slightly bends to the south towards the Alabang Exit. Two service roads run on either side of the expressway from Sales Interchange to Alabang Exit, namely: West Service Road and East Service Road. Bicycle lanes are also present on the outermost lane of the toll-free northern section of

2088-517: The expressway towards the west as Maharlika Highway. Past such exit, the expressway further narrows without exits and with bridges built with wide shoulders to accommodate future widening. It follows a curved route paralleling the Pan-Philippine Highway (Maharlika Highway) from Calamba to Santo Tomas , Batangas . The expressway then curves as it enters Santo Tomas before it ends at kilometer 57.5, continuing towards Batangas City as

2146-477: The expressway's segment south of the SLEX Elevated Extension ramps to six (2x6) lanes per direction, necessitating the felling of 8,766 trees along the route. The project also involves the expansion of 20 bridges along SLEX and the demolition of the Calamba and Ayala Greenfield Estates toll plazas, with completion targeted for December 2024. It is expected to be complete by June 2025. In addition,

2204-621: The expressway, between the Magallanes and Sales Interchanges. At the Alabang Exit, SLEX ascends to the Alabang Viaduct, a 1.242-kilometer (0.772 mi), eight-lane viaduct over the Manila South Road through Alabang , Muntinlupa. After its descent at Filinvest Exit, SLEX mostly parallels the Manila South Road in Muntinlupa and northwestern Laguna , passing through the Susana Heights Exit connecting it to

2262-452: 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

2320-516: The groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 26, 2019, alongside the beginning of construction. Right of way has been secured for the initial three segments from Calamba to Tiaong, with ongoing efforts to acquire land for the remaining stretch up to Lucena. The expressway's starting point has been relocated near the Ayala Greenfield Golf Course after several alignment adjustments prompted by right-of-way challenges. This section

2378-694: 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,

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2436-469: 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 ,

2494-464: 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

2552-537: The name Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEX). MTD relinquished its stake in operating and maintaining SLEX to San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in January 2012. To decongest traffic, the SLEX Elevated Extension , originally known as Skyway Extension project, was constructed along the shoulder of the expressway in Muntinlupa from 2019 to 2021 and has connected the expressway's segment south of

2610-593: The northbound and five on the southbound. All existing service areas occupy large land areas and have restaurants and retail space. The service areas also provide ETC reloading for Autosweep RFID users. The South Luzon Expressway also has lay-bys, or emergency parking areas where motorists can stop for safety checks on their vehicles and other emergencies. Exits are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero . Exits are mostly named and numbered, but exit numbers appear only after

2668-412: The physical extension of Osmeña Highway past the Magallanes Interchange , where it also meets Circumferential Road 4 , particularly EDSA . The expressway runs through 49.56 km (30.80 miles), spanning the cities of Makati , Pasay , Taguig , Parañaque , and Muntinlupa in Metro Manila and the provinces of Cavite , Laguna , and Batangas . From its northern terminus at Magallanes Interchange,

2726-423: The rehabilitation of the 13.43-kilometer (8.35 mi) portion of SLEX from Magallanes to Alabang began as part of South Metro Manila Skyway Project Stage 1 that also includes the construction of the elevated Skyway above it up to Bicutan area. Thus, the Alabang Exit, which was also the expressway's former southern terminus, was designated as the concession boundary as PNCC decided to split SLEX into two concessions –

2784-413: The revised project outline. The extension project is implemented by the Toll Regulatory Board and will be operated by the SMC SLEX, Inc. (formerly South Luzon Tollway Corporation). The extension would decongest the existing national road between Santo Tomas and Lucena, and provide a modern alternate route for travellers from Quezon to the Bicol Region . Right-of-way acquisition is ongoing as of 2019, and

2842-542: The section from Magallanes to Alabang is made part of the Skyway System as the Skyway At-Grade, while the remaining section from Alabang southwards retains the South Luzon Expressway concession branding. In 1996, PNCC entered into a joint venture with Hong Kong-based Hopewell Holdings to modernize and extend the expressway. The JV agreement also proposes the extension of the expressway by about 79 kilometers (49 mi) from Calamba to Pagbilao , Quezon . However, Hopewell Crown Infrastructure Inc. (HCII) would later back out of

2900-536: 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

2958-417: The undertaking in 2003, thus Hopewell's deal with PNCC was also terminated in 2005. On February 1, 2006, a new agreement was signed between Malaysia-based MTD Berhad and PNCC to rehabilitate, extend, and operate the expressway. Rehabilitation work started in May of that year, with heavy traffic brought by construction work. Prior to its rehabilitation, the South Luzon Expressway section from Alabang to Calamba

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3016-418: 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

3074-443: 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

3132-469: Was constructed beginning in 1967 and was completed on December 16, 1969. It is the second roadway project completed by the Philippine National Construction Corporation , after North Luzon Expressway . Starting in 1973, the 29-km extension from Alabang to Calamba, Laguna was begun and completed in 1976. It included the 1.2-kilometer-long (0.75 mi) Alabang Viaduct in Alabang and six interchanges. In 1982, South Superhighway from Magallanes to Calamba

3190-475: 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

3248-406: Was mostly an expressway with a grass median and two lanes per direction. The widening of the Alabang Viaduct from three to four lanes per direction, a phase known as the SLEX Toll Road 1, was completed on November 11, 2008. During the construction of Skyway Stage 2 from 2009 to 2011, there were traffic disruptions on the Bicutan–Alabang section. The use of the sosrobahu method to build and position

3306-409: 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

3364-520: Was renamed to Dr. Jose P. Rizal Highway , after the Philippine national hero Dr. José Rizal , who hailed from Laguna. This renaming was brought about by Batas Pambansa Blg. 264. In 1989, it was renamed to President Sergio Osmeña Sr. Highway , after the Commonwealth President Sergio Osmeña , by virtue of Republic Act No. 6760. The act was amended through Republic Act No. 7625 in 1992 to rename its portion in Laguna from kilometer 28.387 in San Pedro southwards to Dr. Jose P. Rizal Highway . In 1995,

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