Bonny Serrano Avenue

C-5
Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue
; C-5; Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue
Santolan Road
	Bonny Serrano Avenue looking east from 8th Avenue in Cubao
Route information
	Maintained by the Department of Public Works and Highways
Length	4.418 km (2.745 mi)
Component; highways	N185 from EDSA to Katipunan Avenue; N11 from Katipunan Avenue to E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue; C-5 C-5 from Katipunan Avenue to E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue;
Major junctions
West end	P. Guevarra Street / Pinaglabanan Street in San Juan
	N184 (Granada Street/Ortigas Avenue); AH 26 (N1) (Epifanio de los Santos Avenue); N11 (Katipunan Avenue);
East end	N11 (Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue) / FVR Road in Quezon City
Location
Country	Philippines
Major cities	Quezon City and San Juan
Highway system
	Roads in the Philippines; Highways; Expressways List; ;

Colonel Bonny Serrano Avenue (also spelled Boni Serrano Avenue; formerly named and still colloquially referred to as Santolan Road) is a major east–west thoroughfare in the Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila, Philippines, between San Juan and Quezon City. It was named after the decorated Korean War hero Venancio "Bonny" Serrano.^[3]

It forms the northern limit of San Juan and the southern limit of Quezon City's New Manila district. It also links the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame with the AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo. The avenue runs from the border of barangays Corazón de Jesús, St. Joseph (Halo-Halo), Pasadena, and Little Baguio in San Juan to barangays Libís and Blue Ridge B near the Quezon City-Marikina border in the east. The avenue is a problematic major road that has frequent traffic jams.

Route description

The four-lane avenue begins as a continuation of Pinaglabanan Street at P. Guevarra Street in the Corazon De Jesus area of San Juan. It proceeds due east and runs through the boundary between barangays Bagong Lipunan ng Crame in Quezon City and West Crame in San Juan, passing through the San Juan Municipal Cemetery before arriving at the northern side of Camp Crame. East of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue junction, the avenue runs the northern boundary of Camp Aguinaldo with the barangays Socorro, San Roque, and Bayanihan, intersecting with 15th Avenue at Camp Aguinaldo Gate 1. It then intersects with Katipunan Avenue (C-5) via an overpass, passing through barangays Blue Ridge A, Blue Ridge B, and Saint Ignatius before terminating at Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C-5) in Libis near Camp Atienza where it continues as FVR Road to the Marikina–Infanta Highway in Calumpang, Marikina and Santolan, Pasig. This section of the avenue connecting Katipunan and Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenues is designated as a component of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) and National Route 11 (N11), while its section from EDSA to Katipunan Avenue is designated as National Route 185 (N185).

History

Bonny Serrano Avenue was formerly called the Carretera de Santolan (Santolan Road), which ran from the Santolan pumping station on the Mariquina River to the El Deposito water reservoir in San Juan del Monte, the main source of water for Manila residents during the Spanish colonial period.^[4] It was built around 1901, during the early years of the American colonial period, costing $150 (2643 PHP).^[5] In 1935, the road, also known as the San Juan–Santolan Road and San Juan–Santolan Pumping Station Road,^[6] became the location of Camp Murphy, home of the United States Army Philippine Department, and eventually the Philippine Commonwealth Army, which was named after then Governor-General Frank Murphy. The military camp eventually became Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame when the Philippines gained independence after World War II. The road was renamed after Colonel Bonny Merioles Serrano in 1970, three months after the war hero's death.^[7]

Intersections

Province	Destinations	Notes
San Juan	Pinaglabanan Street, P. Guevarra Street	Western terminus. Continues westward as Pinaglabanan Street. Only Santolan Road is used as name for this segment.
	Jose Abad Santos Street	Exit to Santolan Road only
	M. Paterno Street, Pasadena Drive	Traffic light intersection.
San Juan – Quezon City boundary	Don Gonzalo Street	Gated community road
	N184 (Granada Street/Ortigas Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Access to N180 (Aurora Boulevard) & New Manila via Granada Street, AH 26 (N1) (EDSA), Greenhills, Pasig & Antipolo via Ortigas Avenue. Both names of the road are in use beginning this intersection.
	Main Horseshoe Drive	One-way from Horseshoe Drive
	C. Benitez Street	Access to Cubao via P. Tuazon & N. Domingo
	Sunrise Drive	Loops back to road
	Tyler Street	North Greenhills community road
	5th West Crame
	4th West Crame
	3rd West Crame
	2nd West Crame
	1st West Crame
Quezon City	General Castañeda Street	Camp Crame Gate 3
	1st Street	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue. Only Col. Bonny Serrano Avenue is the name used beginning this segment of the road.
	2nd Street	One-way exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue
	3rd Street	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue
	Gen. J. Delos Reyes Street	Camp Crame Gate 2
	4th Avenue	One-way, westbound only exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue
	AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)	Traffic light intersection. Northbound goes to Cubao & Balintawak, southbound goes to Mandaluyong & Makati. Beginning of N185 designation.
	5th Avenue
	6th Avenue	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue
	7th Avenue	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue
	8th Avenue	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue
	9th Avenue	One-way exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue. Access to Araneta Center.
	10th Avenue
	11th Avenue
	12th Avenue	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue
	13th Avenue	One-way exit from Bonny Serrano Avenue. Access to Araneta Center.
	14th Avenue	One-way exit to Bonny Serrano Avenue
	15th Avenue/Delos Reyes Avenue	Traffic light intersection. No entry to 15th Avenue. Camp Aguinaldo Gate 1.
	5th Camarilla
	6th Camarilla
	18th Avenue
	19th Avenue
	20th Avenue	Traffic light intersection. Access to Projects 2, 3 & 4
	Arturo Enrile Avenue	Camp Aguinaldo Gate 6
	Pedro Martinez Street (P. Pelaez St. Extension)	Access to pedestrians only
	N11 (Katipunan Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Northbound goes to Commonwealth & Tandang Sora Avenues, Cubao & Marikina via Aurora Boulevard; southbound goes to Pasig, White Plains & Greenmeadows. Route changes from N185 to N11. C-5 segment of Bonny Serrano Avenue starts here.
	Highland Drive	Westbound service road only
	Riviera Street	Saint Ignatius Village community road. No entry allowed.
	N11 (Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue)	No left turn from E. Rodriguez Jr. Avenue. Eastern terminus. Continues eastward as FVR Road.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access Route transition

References

^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "NCR". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ "Bikol awardees give back to their birthplaces". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
^ Yu, Anson (April 2, 2019). "To quench a city's thirst". tulay.ph. Retrieved December 9, 2024. Construction on the waterworks began in 1872 under the supervision of Spanish engineer and architect Genaro Palacios. He chose the Mariquina River in Santolan as the source for Manila's water. The pumping station was built on what is now Camp Atienza in Santolan. Through a network of pipes, the water was pumped from the station to the underground water reservoir in El Deposito in San Juan. The pipe route from Santolan to San Juan later became the basis of what is now Santolan Road.
^ "Public laws and resolutions passed by the United States Philippine Commission, during the quarter". United States Philippine Commission. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
^ Republic Act No. 311 (December 17, 1940), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved November 6, 2021
^ "Introducing Mrs. Bonny Serrano". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

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[dashboard-1] "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[atlas-2] "NCR". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[3] "Bikol awardees give back to their birthplaces". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[4] Yu, Anson (April 2, 2019). "To quench a city's thirst". tulay.ph. Retrieved December 9, 2024. Construction on the waterworks began in 1872 under the supervision of Spanish engineer and architect Genaro Palacios. He chose the Mariquina River in Santolan as the source for Manila's water. The pumping station was built on what is now Camp Atienza in Santolan. Through a network of pipes, the water was pumped from the station to the underground water reservoir in El Deposito in San Juan. The pipe route from Santolan to San Juan later became the basis of what is now Santolan Road.

[5] "Public laws and resolutions passed by the United States Philippine Commission, during the quarter". United States Philippine Commission. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

[6] Republic Act No. 311 (December 17, 1940), Establishing the Classification of Roads, retrieved November 6, 2021

[7] "Introducing Mrs. Bonny Serrano". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 16, 2015.

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