Gregorio Araneta Avenue

C-3
Gregorio Araneta Avenue in July 2023
Namesake	Gregorio S. Araneta
Maintained by	Department of Public Works and Highways
Length	5.3 km (3.3 mi)
Component highways	C-3 C-3 N130 in Quezon City
Location	Quezon City and San Juan
North end	Santo Domingo Avenue in Quezon City
Major junctions	N170 (Quezon Avenue) in Quezon City N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard / Aurora Boulevard) in Quezon City
South end	N. Domingo Street in San Juan
Construction
Completion	1985[1]

Gregorio Araneta Avenue near the Calamba Street intersection, before the construction of the Skyway Stage 3.

Gregorio Araneta Avenue is a suburban arterial road in the Santa Mesa Heights area of Quezon City, northeastern Metro Manila, Philippines. Built in 1985,^[1] it is a 6- to 8-lane divided avenue designated as part of Circumferential Road 3 (C-3) and a physical continuation of Sergeant Rivera Street which travels from Santo Domingo Avenue at its north end near Balintawak in Quezon City, and meets N. Domingo Street in the south in San Juan near the border with Santa Mesa, Manila. En route, it intersects with Del Monte Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Magsaysay-Aurora Boulevard passing through barangays Balingasa, Manresa, Masambong, Sienna, Santo Domingo, Talayan, Tatalon, Santol, and Doña Imelda in Quezon City and Progreso in San Juan.

The avenue lies in a flood-prone zone in close proximity to the San Francisco del Monte and San Juan Rivers. It was named after lawyer and landowner Gregorio S. Araneta who owned the Santa Mesa Heights Subdivision on which the avenue was built.^[2]

Between Del Monte Avenue and Quezon Avenue, Gregorio Araneta Avenue runs alongside the Talayan Creek, serving as the waterway median of the avenue. As a result of the Skyway Stage 3 project, parts of the waterway median were converted into a closed culvert for access to and from the Skyway.

The Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 traverses almost the entire length of the road, starting from Sergeant Rivera Avenue down to San Juan River.

Funeral row

Gregorio Araneta Avenue is best known as the location of some of the biggest funeral parlors in the metropolis. These are the Arlington Memorial Chapels, La Funeraria Paz, Ascension Columbary, Cosmopolitan, Nacional Memorial Homes, and the Sanctuarium (formerly Capitol Memorial). The oldest is Funeraria Nacional which moved to Gregorio Araneta from its old address in downtown Avenida Rizal in 1968. It was followed by La Funeraria Paz in the 1970s and Arlington, which converted the old Thomas Jefferson Library on the avenue into a funeral facility, in 1985.^[3]

Automated Trash Rake

In 2014, the Department of Science and Technology built an automated garbage rake in the intersection of Araneta Avenue and Mauban Street, functioning as a cleaning facility for the river, in response to the perennial flooding and garbage problems in the area. Garbage trucks regularly collected garbages that were captured from the river, as well as those dumped nearby.^[4]

Intersections

Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Quezon City		9	5.6	Sto. Domingo Avenue	Northern terminus. Continues west as N130 (Sergeant Rivera Avenue)
Balingasa Creek
Quezon City				Valentin Ventura Street	Northbound only
				Mauban Street
				Wayan Street	Northbound access for pedestrians only. Fenced off entry.
				G. Roxas Street	Southbound only
				Northern terminus of Talayan Creek median section
		8.5	5.3	Del Monte Avenue	Traffic light intersection. Access to Siena College, San Francisco del Monte district, and A. Bonifacio Avenue.
		8	5.0	Norberto S. Amoranto Sr. (Retiro) Avenue	Traffic light intersection. Access to La Loma district and the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in Manila.
				Calamba Street	Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads.
				Skyway	Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Southbound entrance.[5]
				Maria Clara Street	Traffic light intersection. Newly installed since June 2023. Access to La Loma district and the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in Manila.
				Southern terminus of Talayan Creek median section
				Skyway	Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Northbound exit.[5]
				P. Florentino Street	Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads.
		7	4.3	N170 (Quezon Avenue)	Traffic light intersection. Quezon Avenue-Araneta Avenue Underpass.
				Agno Street Extension	Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads.
				ROTC Hunters Street	Northbound only
				Skyway	Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Southbound exit and northbound entrance.[5]
				Kaliraya Road	Unsignaled intersection
				Victory Avenue	Unsignaled intersection
				Kitanlad Street	Southbound only
		7	4.3	E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue	Traffic light intersection, No left turns and no U-turns; U-Turn slot located ahead.
				Kapiligan Street	Northbound only
				Tomas Arguelles Street	Southbound only
				Skyway	Skyway-E. Rodriguez off-ramp. Southbound entrance.[6]
				Bayani Street	Traffic light intersection
				Baloy Street	Unsignaled intersection
		9	5.6	Landargun Street	Unsignaled intersection
				Tamar Street	Southbound only. Fenced-off entry.
				Skyway	Skyway-G. Araneta on-ramp. Northbound exit.[7]
				Palanza Street	Traffic light intersection
		6	3.7	N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard/Aurora Boulevard)	Southern terminus of N130; change to unnumbered route.[8]
Quezon City–San Juan boundary				San Juan-Santa Mesa Bridge over San Juan River
San Juan		6	3.7	Skyway	Skyway-Aurora Boulevard on-ramp. Future northbound exit[9]
				N. Domingo Street	Southern terminus. Access to Santa Mesa in Manila, New Manila and Cubao in Quezon City, and Kalentong in Mandaluyong.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Closed/former       Incomplete access       Route transition       Unopened

References

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