Congressional Avenue

For similarly named locations, see Congressional Avenue (disambiguation).

Congressional Avenue
Circumferential Road 5
Congressional Avenue near EDSA.
Route information
Length	6.0 km (3.7 mi)
Component highways	C-5 C-5 N129
Major junctions
West end	EDSA, Quezon City
Major intersections	N128 (Mindanao Avenue) N129 (Tandang Sora Avenue) Visayas Avenue
East end	Luzon Avenue, Quezon City
Location
Country	Philippines
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

Congressional Avenue (Template:Lang-fil), is a 12.4 km (7.7 mi) highway located in Quezon City, Philippines, which spans from 6 lanes. It is one of the secondary roads in Metro Manila and part of it is designated as part of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) of the Manila arterial road system and N129 of the Department of Public Works and Highways national highway system.

Congressional Avenue starts from the intersection between EDSA and Roosevelt Avenue , and it passes through some of the Project Areas, Tandang Sora and ends at Luzon Avenue in the Old Balara area.

The avenue, being located on Quezon City, is one of the rising food destinations in the city because many food establishments such as foodparks set-up shop particularly along the Extension Area.

Route description

Congressional Avenue follows an L route from EDSA to Luzon Avenue. The main segment, west of the intersection with Visayas Avenue, is characterized by numerous intersections, where major intersections are enforced with signal lights while minor intersections with either using an unsignaled intersection or improvised u-turn slots. The extension segment, east of the intersection with Visayas Avenue, is characterized by partial control of access, where at-grade intersections are replaced with U-turn slots.

Extension to Luzon Avenue

In the early 2010s (decade), the avenue was envisioned to be extended into Luzon Avenue to complement the completion of the Circumferential Road 5 which includes the widening of the C.P. Garcia (Katipunan) and Luzon Avenues as well as the Extension of the Congressional Avenue and the construction of the C.P. Garcia-Luzon Flyover which aims to divert C-5 as well as traffic from the narrow Tandang Sora Avenue in going to the Project Areas as well as Mindanao Avenue towards the C-5 segment of NLEX.

Intersections

The entire route is located in Quezon City. The list includes the section of the avenue named "Congressional Avenue Extension". Kilometers are measured from Rizal Park, the Kilometer Zero. 

km	mi	Destinations	Notes
		N1 (EDSA)	Western Terminus. Traffic Light Intersection (Closed), U-turn at EDSA. Continues to Quezon Avenue as Roosevelt Avenue
		Cagayan Street and S&R Service Road	Traffic Light Intersection.
		Shorthorn Street	Accessible from westbound lanes via U-turn slot at Hereford Street Intersection. Access to Project 8.
		Spring Drive and Sta. Gertrudes Street	Traffic Light Intersection
		N129 (Mindanao Avenue/C-5 Road)	Traffic Light Intersection
		Jupiter Street	Unsignaled Intersection.
		Visayas Avenue	Traffic Light Intersection
		Tandang Sora Avenue	Intersection Closed, U-turn for Tandang Sora at Congressional Avenue.
		N129 (Luzon Avenue/C-5 Road)	Eastern terminus. Continues to C.P. Garcia Avenue as Luzon Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition

Notable landmarks

Commercial establishments and residential subdivisions have been built along the avenue.

Shopping centers

There are a few shopping centers along the avenue. The first mall to open along the avenue is the Cherry Foodarama which services people along the Congressional, Diliman and Project areas. There is also another serving the same area which is named Circle-C Square. The Muñoz Market and the S&R Shopping Center caters the Project areas, while Waltermart North EDSA and Jackman Plaza Muñoz are in close proximity of the EDSA terminus of the avenue.

Other buildings and structures

There are many foodparks and restaurants located along the avenue such as Grub Hub and Pitstop.

See also

• Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
• Major roads in Metro Manila