Lacson Avenue

Lacson Avenue

Lacson Avenue looking south towards Maria Clara Street
Route information
Length: 2.9 km (1.8 mi)
Component
highways:
Major junctions
North end: Tayuman Street in Santa Cruz
  Alfonso Mendoza Street
Laon Laan Road
Dapitan Street
España Boulevard
Magsaysay Boulevard–Legarda Street
South end: Nagtahan Bridge in Santa Mesa

Lacson Avenue is the principal northwest-southeast artery serving Sampaloc district in northern Manila, Philippines. It is a 6-8 lane median divided avenue that runs approximately 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Tayuman Street in Santa Cruz to Nagtahan Bridge in Santa Mesa. It is a component of Circumferential Road 2.

History

The avenue was originally named Forbes Street or Governor Forbes Street, after William Cameron Forbes, governor-general of the Philippines, under whose administration the road was begun. It was extended south to meet Calle Nagtahan (Nagtahan Street) at the boundary of Sampaloc, San Miguel and Santa Mesa at the old Carriedo Rotonda, when the pontoon bridge of Nagtahan that connected it to Pandacan south of the Pasig River was built. Nagtahan Bridge was renamed to Mabini Bridge in 1967,[1] while in 1971, Governor Forbes Street was renamed to Arsenio H. Lacson Street, after the Manila mayor of the 1950s.[2]

Route description

University of Santo Tomas Hospital

Travelling south, traffic emerges from Tayuman Street into Lacson at the junction with Consuelo Street in Santa Cruz district right across from SM City San Lazaro. The road intersects with España Boulevard and Magsaysay Boulevard in Sampaloc passing the University of Santo Tomas campus. The southern end of Lacson lies at the Nagtahan Bridge over the Pasig River where the road turns Quirino Avenue into the districts of Pandacan, Paco and Malate where Circumferential Road 2 terminates.

Lacson Avenue also has a short narrow extension north of Tayuman Street beside SM City San Lazaro into Yuseco Street in Santa Cruz district.

Landmarks

References

  1. ↑ Proclamation No. 234, s. 1967 published by the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines; accessed 2013-10-16.
  2. ↑ Republic Act No. 6215 published by Chan Robles; accessed 2013-10-16.
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Coordinates: 14°36′42″N 120°59′26″E / 14.61167°N 120.99056°E / 14.61167; 120.99056

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