Tuesday, July 24, 2018

 MAGALLANES INTERCHANGE 



BEFORE AND AFTER 
Location: Makati City Metro Manila 
Wayback 1975

DID YOU KNOW?!
*After the proposal of formerly President Ferdinand Marcos in 1969 of the creation of 6 Circumference Roads
*An Interchange was required to be built between SLEX and EDSA it opened in 1975 under the administration of Ferdinand Marcos
*The Magallanes Interchange is currently one of the busiest intersections in Metro Manila
*The Magallanes Interchange is a four level partial Turbine Interchange in Makati, Metro Manila
*The Interchange was poorly designed however and in 2010 several pipe leaks as discovered under the interchange-
that is why the MMDA closed down its outer lanes
* It was reopened in 2011
*Serving as the junction between the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and Epifanio De los Santos Avenue (EDSA)
*It is also an interchange between the 2 train lines of metro manila: MRT-3 (Which is over edsa) and the PNR Metro Commuter (beside SLEX)

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