.svg) C-5  | |
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 Looking south towards Tandang Sora Avenue | |
| Part of | |
| Namesake | Mindanao |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways - Quezon City 1st District Engineering Office[2] and Metro Manila 3rd District Engineering Office[3] |
| Location | Quezon City, Valenzuela, and Caloocan |
| North end | MGM Road in Kaybiga, Caloocan Future: General Luis Street in Kaybiga, Caloocan |
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| South end |  AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) in Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City |
Mindanao Avenue (Filipino: Abenida Mindanao) is an eight-to-ten lane divided avenue connecting EDSA and NLEX and is a part of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of the three parallel roads that connects Tandang Sora and Congressional Avenues (Visayas Avenue and Luzon Avenue were the others); that is why it was named after the southernmost mainland of the Philippines, Mindanao. It used to be a 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) highway connecting North Avenue and Congressional Avenue, but as a part of the C-5 projects, Mindanao Avenue was extended to EDSA in the south and to Quirino Highway to the north. The new roads opened in 2000.[citation needed]
Another road also named Mindanao Avenue, also in Quezon City, starts in Barangay Santa Monica, crosses Commonwealth Avenue and Regalado Highway, and terminates at a dead end at School of Saint Anthony in Barangay Greater Lagro, Quezon City. That road is not in any way connected to the original Mindanao Avenue but was planned to be the one and the same road according to the 1949 Master Plan for Quezon City. It would have connected the Diliman Quadrangle to the La Mesa Watershed area.[4]
Mindanao Avenue replaced some segments of Tandang Sora Avenue belonging to C-5; Tandang Sora has no access to North Luzon Expressway.[5] NLEX Segment 8.1, also known as the NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link, began construction afterwards.
In 2017, DPWH has resumed construction of the 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi) Mindanao Avenue Extension Project, after being halted for years due to road right-of-way issues, notably involving residential areas. A total of 1.4-kilometer (0.87 mi) portion of the road was earlier completed and opened since 2014. In June 2018, DPWH has opened additional 700-meter (2,300 ft) portion from P. Dela Cruz Street to the current end at MGM Road.[6] The road will be extended further until it meets General Luis Street in North Caloocan.
