South Luzon Expressway
South Luzon Expressway | |
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South Superhighway | |
![]() Map of expressways in Luzon, with the South Luzon Expressway in orange | |
![]() The expressway in Carmona, Cavite | |
Route information | |
Part of ![]() | |
Maintained by Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation[a] and Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc.[b] | |
Length | 49.56 km (30.80 mi) |
Existed | 1969–present |
Component highways |
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Restrictions | No motorcycles, bicycles, tricycles and animal-drawn vehicles south of Sales Interchange |
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Location | |
Country | Philippines |
Regions | Calabarzon and Metro Manila |
Provinces | Batangas, Cavite, and Laguna |
Major cities | Biñan, Cabuyao, Calamba, Carmona, Makati, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Santo Tomas, and Taguig |
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The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX),[c] signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a controlled-access highway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon, Mimaropa and Bicol Region on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The expressway has a length of 49.56 km (30.80 miles), traveling from its northern terminus at the Magallanes Interchange in Makati to its southern terminus at Santo Tomas, Batangas, connecting it to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR Tollway). A portion of the expressway from the Magallanes Interchange to the Calamba Exit is part of Asian Highway 26 of the Asian highway network. It will be the longest expressway in the Philippines starting with the completion of Toll Road 4 surpassing the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) as well as providing a gateway to Visayas upon the completion of Toll Road 5.
The expressway also serves as a major utility corridor, carrying various high voltage overhead power lines and an oil pipeline. Notable power lines using the expressway's right of way for most or part of their route are the Sucat–Paco–Araneta–Balintawak transmission line, and the Biñan–Calamba and Calamba–Bay lines. The Magallanes–Alabang section of the expressway was also used to carry the Batangas–Pandacan oil pipeline.
The expressway was built in the late 1960s to develop areas adjacent to Metro Manila, particularly the south. Originally spanning from Magallanes, Makati to Alabang, Muntinlupa,[5] it was extended southward to Calamba, Laguna in the late 1970s. In 1995, the Magallanes–Alabang section became part of the Skyway System's at-grade section. Rehabilitation efforts on the expressway followed, lasting from 2006 to 2009. Operations were transferred from Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) to the South Luzon Tollways Corporation (SLTC) and Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES) on May 2, 2010. Additionally, it is connected to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in Batangas, through the Toll Road 3 project (Calamba–Santo Tomas) that was constructed from 2007 to 2010, inaugurated on June 15, 2010, and opened to the traffic six months after its inauguration in December 15, 2010.
Route description
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The South Luzon Expressway cuts southwards from Metro Manila up to the provinces in Calabarzon. The expressway consists of two sections: the 13.43-kilometer (8.35 mi) Skyway At-Grade segment, which runs underneath the Skyway from Magallanes Interchange in Makati to Alabang Exit in Muntinlupa,[6] and the 36.13-kilometer (22.45 mi) South Luzon Tollway segment, also called the Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEX), from Alabang to Santo Tomas, Batangas. Skyway At-Grade operations are held jointly by the Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation (SOMCO) and SMC Skyway Corporation (formerly Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation),[3][7] while the South Luzon Tollway segment of SLEX is held by SMC SLEX, Inc. (formerly South Luzon Tollway Corporation), a concessionaire operated by Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES) and a joint venture of the Philippine National Construction Corporation and the San Miguel Corporation-backed PT Citra Marga Nusaphala Persada Tbk group of Indonesia. Additionally, the Alabang Viaduct is also known as SLEX Toll Road 1 (TR1), while the section from Filinvest Exit to Calamba Exit in Calamba, Laguna is also known as SLEX Toll Road 2 (TR2) and the section from Calamba Exit to Santo Tomas Exit is also known as SLEX Toll Road 3 (TR3).[4][8][9][10]
The South Luzon Expressway starts as the physical extension of Osmeña Highway past the Magallanes Interchange, where it also meets Circumferential Road 4, particularly EDSA. The expressway runs through 49.56 km (30.80 miles), spanning the cities of Makati, Pasay, Taguig, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa in Metro Manila and the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, and Batangas. From its northern terminus at Magallanes Interchange, the expressway follows a straight path southeast in parallel to the PNR South Main Line until the Bicutan Exit, where it slightly bends to the south towards the Alabang Exit. Two service roads run on either sides of the expressway from Sales Interchange to Alabang Exit, namely: West Service Road and East Service Road. Bicycle lanes are also present on the outermost lane of the toll-free northern section of the expressway, between the Magallanes and Sales Interchanges.
At the Alabang Exit, SLEX ascends to the Alabang Viaduct,[9] a 1.242-kilometer (0.772 mi), eight-lane viaduct over the Manila South Road through Alabang. After its descent at Filinvest Exit, SLEX mostly parallels the Manila South Road in Muntinlupa and northwestern Laguna, passing through the Susana Heights Exit connecting it to the Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway.[11] It continues as a straight roadway lined with billboards and passing through residential and industrial areas. Past the San Pedro Exit, the expressway then curves and ascends past the Petron and Caltex service areas. Past Santa Rosa Exit, SLEX narrows with guard rails as the median divider. At the Calamba Exit, the Pan-Philippine Highway concurrency ends as it leaves the expressway towards the west as Maharlika Highway. Past such exit, the expressway further narrows without exits and with bridges built with wide shoulders to accommodate future widening. It follows a curved route paralleling the Pan-Philippine Highway (Maharlika Highway) from Calamba to Santo Tomas, Batangas. The expressway then curves as it enters Santo Tomas before it ends at kilometer 57.5, continuing towards Batangas City as the STAR Tollway.
History
[edit]Planning and construction
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The South Luzon Expressway was originally built during the 1960s as the Manila South Diversion Road, South Superhighway, or Manila South Expressway as newer roads used to travel from and to Manila.[5][12][13] Located then in the province of Rizal, the original stretch of the expressway, spanning approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) from EDSA (Highway 54) in Magallanes, Makati to Alabang Exit in Muntinlupa, was constructed beginning in 1967 and was completed on December 16, 1969.[14] It is the second roadway project completed by the Philippine National Construction Corporation, after North Luzon Expressway.[15]
Starting in 1973, the 29-km extension from Alabang to Calamba, Laguna was begun and completed in 1976. It included the 1.2-kilometer-long (0.75 mi) Alabang Viaduct in Alabang and six interchanges.
In 1982, South Superhighway from Magallanes to Calamba was renamed to Dr. Jose P. Rizal Highway, after the Philippine national hero Dr. José Rizal, who hailed from Laguna. This renaming was brought about by Batas Pambansa Blg. 264.[16] In 1989, it was renamed to President Sergio Osmeña Sr. Highway, after the Commonwealth President Sergio Osmeña, by virtue of Republic Act No. 6760.[17] The act was amended through Republic Act No. 7625 in 1992 to rename its portion in Laguna from kilometer 28.387 in San Pedro southwards to Dr. Jose P. Rizal Highway.[18]
In 1995, the rehabilitation of the 13.43-kilometer (8.35 mi) portion of SLEX from Magallanes to Alabang began as part of South Metro Manila Skyway Project Stage 1 that also includes the construction of the elevated Skyway above it up to Bicutan area.[19][20] Thus, the Alabang Exit, which was also the expressway's former southern terminus, was designated as the concession boundary as PNCC decided to split SLEX into two concessions – the section from Magallanes to Alabang is made part of the Skyway System as the Skyway At-Grade, while the remaining section from Alabang southwards retains the South Luzon Expressway concession branding.[3][15]
Expansion and rehabilitation
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In 1996, PNCC entered into a joint venture with Hong Kong-based Hopewell Holdings to modernize and extend the expressway.[21] The JV agreement also proposes the extension of the expressway by about 79 kilometers (49 mi) from Calamba to Pagbilao, Quezon. However, Hopewell Crown Infrastructure Inc. (HCII) would later back out of the undertaking in 2003, thus Hopewell's deal with PNCC was also terminated in 2005.[22]
On February 1, 2006, a new agreement was signed between Malaysia-based MTD Berhad and PNCC to rehabilitate, extend, and operate the expressway. Rehabilitation work started in May of that year, with heavy traffic brought by construction work. Prior to its rehabilitation, the South Luzon Expressway section from Alabang to Calamba was mostly an expressway with a grass median and two lanes per direction. The widening of the Alabang Viaduct from three to four lanes per direction was completed on November 11, 2008. During the construction of Skyway Stage 2 from 2009 to 2011, there were traffic disruptions on the Bicutan–Alabang section. The use of the sosrobahu method to build and position the bridge piers helped mitigate these disruptions. Rehabilitation work was finished in June 2009, resulting in the expansion of the Alabang–Santa Rosa section to eight lanes (four lanes per direction), similar to an American Interstate Highway, and the Santa Rosa–Calamba section to six lanes (three lanes per direction).[23][24]
One year and six months after the Alabang Viaduct was rehabilitated and widened and eleven months after the completion of rehabilitation and modernization of the expressway's Alabang–Calamba section, the operation and maintenance of the expressway was transferred from the government-owned Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) to South Luzon Tollways Corporation (SLTC) and Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES) on May 2, 2010.[19]
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The expressway became connected with STAR Tollway when construction works of Toll Road 3 project reached Santo Tomas Exit in 2009, making the exit the southern terminus of the expressway since then. Toll Road 3, also known as the SLEX-STAR Tollway link, was then inaugurated on June 15, 2010 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and opened to the public six months later on December 15, 2010 during the administration of her successor Benigno Aquino III, with the name Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEX).[25][26]
MTD relinquished its stake in operating and maintaining SLEX to San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in January 2012. To decongest traffic, the SLEX Elevated Extension, originally known as Skyway Extension project, was constructed along the shoulder of the expressway in Muntinlupa from 2019 to 2021 and has connected the expressway's segment south of the Alabang Viaduct to Skyway Stage 2.[27][28][29]
In December 2022, the implementation of the Seamless Southern Tollways project began on SLEX to simplify the toll collection process to a single payment upon exit. Additional toll plazas were built at interchanges from Canlubang to Santo Tomas, while the Calamba and Ayala Greenfield Estates toll plazas were converted into pass-through lanes and eventually demolished in 2024.[30] In 2023, an expansion project began to widen the expressway's southern segment below Alabang to six (2x6) lanes per direction, necessitating the felling of 8,766 trees along the route.[31][32] The project also involves the expansion of 20 bridges along SLEX and the demolition of the Calamba and Ayala Greenfield Estates toll plazas,[33] with completion targeted for December 2024.[34]
Future
[edit]Toll Road 4
[edit]SLEX Toll Road 4 | |
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Location | Calamba, Laguna – Lucena |
Length | 66.74 km[4][35] (41.47 mi) |
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The South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 4, also referred to as Toll Road 4 (TR4), is a 66.74-kilometer (41.47 mi)[35] extension of South Luzon Expressway from Calamba (near its boundary with Santo Tomas, Batangas) to Lucena. Construction is divided into five segments, with one additional extension to Mayao in Lucena on the revised project outline.[4][36] The extension project is implemented by the Toll Regulatory Board and will be operated by the SMC SLEX, Inc. (formerly South Luzon Tollway Corporation). The extension would decongest the existing national road between Santo Tomas and Lucena, and provide a modern alternate route for travellers from Quezon to the Bicol Region. Right-of-way acquisition is ongoing as of 2019, and the groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 26, 2019, alongside the beginning of construction.[1] Right of way has been secured for the initial three segments from Calamba to Tiaong, with ongoing efforts to acquire land for the remaining stretch up to Lucena. The expressway's starting point has been relocated near the Ayala Greenfield Golf Course after several alignment adjustments prompted by right-of-way challenges. This section is designed initially with two lanes per direction, with potential for future expansion to 3–4 lanes.[37]
The expressway is expected to partially open in 2025.[38]
Toll Road 5
[edit]SLEX Toll Road 5 | |
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Location | Lucena – Matnog, Sorsogon |
Length | 416.48 km[d][2] (258.79 mi) |
The South Luzon Expressway Toll Road 5, also referred to as Toll Road 5 (TR5), will be the extension of South Luzon Expressway from Mayao, Lucena to the vicinity of Port of Matnog in Matnog, Sorsogon. The total length of the extension would be approximately 417 kilometers (259 mi).[2] It will be four-lane divided toll road with 28 interchanges and eight segments.[39] It aims to decongest Andaya Highway and Pan-Philippine Highway, cut travel time from Manila to Naga by two to three hours, and to Matnog by six hours.
On June 29, 2020, the Toll Regulatory Board issued a resolution to declare this project a Toll Road upon the request of, and based on the proposal submitted by the joint venture (JV) of the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC) and San Miguel Holdings Corporation (SMHC).[40] On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation thru South Luzon Toll Road 5 Expressway Inc. announced they will invest this project alongside the Pasig River Expressway with a cost of ₱122 billion in order to boost the economy in Luzon.[41] The original plan for the expressway's extension was the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QBEX or QUBEX), which was supposed to be an extension of the SLEX from Pagbilao to San Fernando, Camarines Sur. The 2017 proposal would have been a public-private partnership (PPP), with a total length of 180 kilometers (110 mi), and the 2019 proposal, which would have been 220 kilometers (140 mi), was supposed to be funded through the General Appropriations Act (GAA).[42][43] However, the proposal was removed from the priority projects list in 2022.
On June 3, 2022, the Department of Transportation and San Miguel Corporation signed a Supplemental Toll Operations Agreement (STOA) for SLEX Toll Road 5 which was approved by then President Rodrigo Duterte 24 days later.[39]
Other future plans
[edit]Other planned expansion projects in the SMC–PNCC joint venture pipeline with connections to either SLEX and the Skyway system include:[44]
- the San Pedro–C6 Laguna Lake Road that will link SLEX from San Pedro, Laguna to C-6 in Taguig;
- Skyway Stage 8 or Tanauan–Tagaytay Expressway, a 29-kilometer (18 mi) toll road;[45]
- Skyway Stage 7 that will connect Taguig to Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City;
- Buendia Interchange and Ramp Extension to Macapagal Boulevard.
Toll
[edit]Previously employing closed and barrier toll systems, the South Luzon Expressway fully employs a closed road system, wherein the toll fee is charged based on vehicle class and the kilometers travelled from the entry to exit point. The expressway's toll system is integrated with the South Metro Manila Skyway Project and Muntinlupa–Cavite Expressway (MCX).[46]
Toll collection is done upon exit at either SLEX, STAR Tollway, or MCX. or at Skyway Main toll plaza in Muntinlupa, as part of San Miguel Corporation's Seamless Southern Tollways program.[30] Access between two of the three exits on the Canlubang–Calamba segment and on the northernmost segment between Magallanes and Sales interchanges remain toll-free.
The expressway fully implements an electronic toll collection (ETC) system, the Autosweep RFID, using RFID technology,[47] and the system formerly used "E-Pass", which uses transponder technology. The ETC system is shared by the Skyway, STAR Tollway, NAIAX, MCX and TPLEX. Cash payments are still accepted although ETC is currently being maximized.
The toll rates by vehicle class are as follows:
Class | Amount |
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Class 1 (Cars, Motorcycles, SUVs, Jeepneys) |
₱4.822/km |
Class 2 (Buses, Light Trucks) |
₱9.685/km |
Class 3 (Heavy Trucks) |
₱14.568/km |
Services
[edit]Service areas
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The South Luzon Expressway currently has nine service areas, with four on the northbound and five on the southbound. All existing service areas occupy large land areas and have restaurants and retail space. The service areas also provide ETC reloading for Autosweep RFID users.
Location | Kilometer | Name | Services | Notes |
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Makati | 8.7 | Shell Magallanes | Jollibee, Max's, Reyes Barbecue, Shell | Southbound only.[48] Temporarily closed since 2024 for redevelopment.[49] |
Muntinlupa | 24 | Caltex SLEX Northbound | Caltex, a shop | Demolished in 2006 after a larger service area in San Pedro opened |
25 | Shell SLEX Southbound | BDO ATM, BPI ATM, Burger King, Cinnabon, Hen Lin, Jollibee, KFC, Panda Express, Select, Shell, Starbucks, Army Navy, Max's (formerly Sumoutori), UCPB ATM, Pancake House, Red Ribbon, Starbucks Coffee | Southbound only. Originally called Tollway Plaza. | |
San Pedro | 28 | Petron SLEX Southbound | BDO ATM, Burger King, Chatime, Chowking, Jollibee, McDonald's, Petron, San Mig Food Ave, Starbucks Coffee, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Potato Giant | Southbound only |
Caltex SLEX Northbound | BPI ATM, Brothers Burger, Burger King, Caltex, Chowking, Cinnabon, Hen Lin, Jollibee, KFC, Kuya J, Macao Imperial Tea, McDonald's, Pancake House, Panda Express, 7-Eleven (formerly Star Mart), Starbucks Coffee | Replaced the Caltex service area in Muntinlupa in 2006 | ||
Biñan | 35 | Shell SLEX Northbound | Army Navy, BDO ATM, BPI ATM, Café France, Casio Watch Outlet Store, Cecilia's Buko Pie, Chowking, Cinnabon, Fashion Rack Designer Outlet, J.CO, Jollibee, Kenny Rogers Roasters, KFC, Krispy Kreme, Levi's, Macao Imperial Tea, Max's, McDonald's, Metrobank ATM, Nike Factory Outlet, North Park, Pancake House, Puma Outlet Store, Rai Rai Ken, RCBC ATM, Select, Shakey's, Shell, Sizzlin' Steak, Starbucks, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Uncle John's | Northbound only. Outlet stores added in 2016. |
37 | Caltex SLEX Southbound | Addy's Market, Auntie Anne's, Army Navy, BDO ATM, BPI ATM, Brick Barn, EggStop, Kenny Rogers Roasters, Km. 36 South Market, Koomi, Love-a-Bowl, Macao Imperial Tea, McDonald's, North Park, Pepper Lunch, Potato Corner, Seattle's Best Coffee, Shakey's, Sisa's Secret, Starbucks Coffee, Tokyo Tokyo, Yellow Cab Pizza | Southbound only | |
Santa Rosa | 40 | Total (SLEX) | BPI ATM, Brothers Burger, Café Bonjour, Jollibee, Krispy Kreme, Mang Inasal, Max's, Miniso, PSBank ATM, RCBC ATM, Tapa King, Total | Northbound only |
Calamba | 44 | Petron KM 44 Southbound | McDonald's, Petron, Potato Giant, Razon's Halo Halo & Palabok, San Mig Food Ave | Southbound only. Former Philippine National Construction Corporation field office. |
Petron KM 44 Northbound | McDonald's, Petron, Potato Giant, Rowena's, San Mig Food Ave, Chick 'n Juicy | Northbound only. Former Philippine National Construction Corporation equipment storage. |
Lay-bys
[edit]The South Luzon Expressway also has lay-bys, or emergency parking areas where motorists can stop for safety checks on their vehicles and other emergencies.
Exits
[edit]Exits are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero. Exits are mostly named and numbered, but exit numbers appear only after the Alabang Exit. There is a discrepancy in mileage, with kilometer 24 being kilometer 23 on the Manila Toll Expressway Systems (MATES)–maintained segments of the expressway. No tolls are paid on the section north of the Nichols Toll Plaza.
Region | Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Metro Manila | Makati | 8 | 5.0 | ![]() | Magallanes Interchange; north end of AH26 concurrency; northern terminus; continues north as ![]() | |||
8.2 | 5.1 | San Gregorio Street | Southbound access only | |||||
8.33 | 5.18 | Southbound entry only, from Paseo de Magallanes | ||||||
8.43 | 5.24 | Southbound access only; near Honda Cars Makati | ||||||
8.67 | 5.39 | Magallanes Avenue | Southbound access only | |||||
8.7 | 5.4 | Shell Magallanes (southbound) | ||||||
Pasay – Taguig boundary | 8.9– 9.0 | 5.5– 5.6 | ![]() | Magallanes Exit of Skyway; southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
Pasay | 9.6– 9.8 | 6.0– 6.1 | Nichols | ![]() ![]() | Partial cloverleaf interchange, part of Sales Interchange | |||
North end of expressway restrictions | ||||||||
10.15 | 6.31 | Nichols Toll Plaza Bravo (northbound only) | ||||||
10.3 | 6.4 | Nichols Toll Plaza Alpha (northbound only) | ||||||
10.9 | 6.8 | Merville | C-5 Road Extension / West Service Road – Merville | Southbound exit only | ||||
11 | 6.8 | Nichols Toll Plaza Alpha (southbound only) | ||||||
11.1 | 6.9 | Nichols Toll Plaza Bravo (southbound only) | ||||||
Pasay – Taguig boundary | 11.5– 11.7 | 7.1– 7.3 | C-5 | ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
Parañaque | 14– 14.4 | 8.7– 8.9 | Bicutan | Doña Soledad Avenue – Bicutan | Diamond interchange | |||
15 | 9.3 | Skyway | Former northbound exit and southbound entrance (1999–2011) | |||||
Parañaque – Muntinlupa boundary | 17.7– 18.0 | 11.0– 11.2 | Sucat | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |||
Muntinlupa | 19.4 | 12.1 | Alabang | East Service Road | Temporary northbound entrance during the construction of Skyway/SLEX Elevated Extension Project[50] | |||
19.7 | 12.2 | ![]() | Hillsborough on- and off-ramp of Skyway; former northbound exit (2011–2020) and southbound entrance (2011–2021)[51] | |||||
19.6 | 12.2 | Alabang | East Service Road | Temporary northbound entrance to SLEX and on to Skyway during the construction of Skyway/SLEX Elevated Extension Project (2019–2020) | ||||
21.3 | 13.2 | South Station | ![]() | Southbound exit only; considered as part of Alabang Exit on the toll matrix | ||||
21.3 | 13.2 | Alabang | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former southern terminus (1969-1976)[50] | ||||
21.3 | 13.2 | North end of Alabang Viaduct Maintenance transition from Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation (SOMCO) to Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES) | ||||||
Manila South Expressway: Alabang Toll Plaza (1969–1976; demolished) | ||||||||
21.4 | 13.3 | Skyway | Temporary southbound entrance and northbound exit during the construction of Skyway/SLEX Elevated Extension (2019–2021)[52][53][54][55][56] | |||||
21.5 | 13.4 | Skyway | Future permanent northbound exit to be built on the shoulder of Alabang Viaduct[57] | |||||
22.4 | 13.9 | South end of Alabang Viaduct | ||||||
22.4– 23 | 13.9– 14 | 23 | Filinvest | Filinvest City | Trumpet interchange | |||
23 | 14 | Alabang | ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; toll booths for southbound entry moved to dedicated booths shared with Alabang Exit. | ||||
23.5– 23.6 | 14.6– 14.7 | SLEX Elevated Extension (Skyway Extension) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance[57][58][59][60] | |||||
23.7 | 14.7 | Caltex service area (northbound) (demolished) | ||||||
24.7 | 15.3 | Shell service area (southbound) | ||||||
25.5– 26.45 | 15.8– 16.44 | 26 | MCX / Susana Heights | ![]() | Hybrid trumpet and directional T interchange | |||
Calabarzon | Laguna | San Pedro | 27.5 | 17.1 | 27 | San Pedro | San Pedro, La Marea | Folded diamond interchange, southbound exit and entrance, northbound exit and entrance currently under construction. |
29 | 18 | Petron service area (southbound) | ||||||
29 | 18 | Caltex service area (northbound) | ||||||
Biñan | 31.2– 31.9 | 19.4– 19.8 | 31 | Southwoods | Southwoods City, Biñan | Folded diamond interchange | ||
Cavite | Carmona | 33.3– 33.47 | 20.7– 20.80 | 33 | Carmona | ![]() | Trumpet interchange | |
Laguna | Biñan | 35 | 22 | Shell service area (northbound) | ||||
35.6– 35.7 | 22.1– 22.2 | 36 | Greenfield City/Unilab (Mamplasan) | ![]() ![]() | Folded diamond interchange; exit leads to Mamplasan Roundabout towards CALAX | |||
37 | 23 | Caltex service area (southbound) | ||||||
Santa Rosa | 37.8– 38.5 | 23.5– 23.9 | 38 | Santa Rosa | ![]() | Folded diamond interchange | ||
40.5 | 25.2 | Total (SLEX) service area (northbound) | ||||||
42.2 | 26.2 | 41 | Eton City (Malitlit) | Eton City, Malitlit, Greenfield City, Tagaytay | Double right-in/right-out[e] | |||
Cabuyao | 43.4– 44.0 | 27.0– 27.3 | 43 | Cabuyao | Pulo–Diezmo Road – Cabuyao, Sta. Elena City | Folded diamond interchange | ||
Calamba | 44.5 | 27.7 | Petron KM 44 Southbound | |||||
44.5 | 27.7 | Petron KM 44 Northbound | ||||||
45.0– 45.35 | 28.0– 28.18 | 45 | Silangan | Silangan, Carmeltown | Folded diamond interchange | |||
46.6 | 29.0 | Equus City | Right-in/right-out exit at northbound still fenced | |||||
47.5 | 29.5 | Calamba Toll Plaza A (2009–2022; under demolition) | ||||||
47.7 | 29.6 | Calamba Toll Plaza (1976–2009; demolished) | ||||||
47.75 | 29.67 | Calamba Toll Plaza B (2009–2022; under demolition, southbound only) | ||||||
47.3– 47.65 | 29.4– 29.61 | 47 | Canlubang (Mayapa) | Mayapa–Canlubang Cadre Road – Canlubang, Mayapa | Folded diamond interchange | |||
48.85 | 30.35 | 49 | Batino | Batino, CPIP, Tagaytay Highlands, Ciudad de Calamba | Right-in/right-out exit and entrance at southbound. | |||
49.8– 50.1 | 30.9– 31.1 | 50 | Calamba (Turbina-Real) | ![]() | Half diamond interchange (north half) & folded diamond interchange (south half); south end of AH26 concurrency. Former southern terminus (1976–2009).[f] | |||
52.64 | 32.71 | Ayala Greenfield Estate (Saimsim) Toll Plaza A (2010–2022; demolished, southbound only) | ||||||
52.8 | 32.8 | Ayala Greenfield Estate (Saimsim) Toll Plaza B (2010–2022; demolished, northbound only) | ||||||
55 | 34 | Santo Tomas Interchange | SLEX Toll Road 4 | Connection with the future SLEX Toll Road 4; trumpet interchange | ||||
Batangas | Santo Tomas | 57.5 | 35.7 | Santo Tomas | ![]() | Folded diamond interchange; southern terminus; continues south as ![]() | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Toll Road 4
[edit]Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Laguna | Calamba | 55 | 34 | Santo Tomas | ![]() | Trumpet interchange; connection with the existing route of SLEX[g] | |
Batangas | Santo Tomas | 66 | 41 | Makban | Alaminos, Bay, Calauan | Trumpet interchange;[61] This will also provide access to the MakBan Geothermal Plant | |
Laguna | Alaminos | No major junctions | |||||
San Pablo | 77 | 48 | San Pablo | San Pablo | Trumpet interchange;[61] connection to ![]() | ||
Quezon | Tiaong | 85 | 53 | Tiaong | ![]() | Trumpet interchange[61] | |
Candelaria | 100 | 62 | Candelaria | ![]() ![]() | Trumpet interchange;[61] connection via access road. Possible link to the proposed Manila-Quezon Expressway | ||
Candelaria Spur Road Toll Plaza | |||||||
Sariaya | Sariaya | ![]() | Trumpet interchange;[61] connection via access road | ||||
Tayabas | 111 | 69 | Tayabas | Calumpang, Tayabas | Trumpet interchange[61] | ||
Lucena | Lucena | ![]() | Trumpet interchange | ||||
Mayao | ![]() | Future eastern terminus and future SLEX Toll Road 5 connection to Matnog, Sorsogon | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation (SOMCO) maintains the segment of SLEX from Magallanes Interchange in Makati to Alabang Exit in Muntinlupa, also known as Skyway At-Grade.
- ^ Manila Toll Expressway Systems, Inc. (MATES) maintains the segment of SLEX from Alabang Viaduct in Muntinlupa to Santo Tomas, Batangas, including the segment also known as South Luzon Tollway (SLT) and Alabang–Calamba–Santo Tomas Expressway (ACTEX), as well as the future SLEX Toll Road 4 towards Lucena, Quezon and SLEX Toll Road 5 towards Matnog, Sorsogon.[1][2]
- ^ The South Luzon Expressway is also known by its alternative and former names: the South Superhighway (SSH), the Manila South Diversion Road (MSDR), and the Manila South Expressway (MSEX).
- ^ Approximate length
- ^ The location of Eton City Exit varies according to different sources. It is considered as part of Cabuyao as suggested by the location of the abandoned railroad overpass north of the exit, while various maps show that it is part of Santa Rosa. This is since it is located near the boundary of the aforementioned cities.
- ^ Santo Tomas Exit became the expressway's southern terminus in 2009, when construction works of Toll Road 3 project reached the said exit but was only inaugurated on June 15, 2010 and opened to the public six months later on December 15, 2010.
- ^ San Miguel Corporation, South Luzon Tollway Corporation, the Department of Public Works and Highways, and news outlets consider the northern/western terminus of SLEX Toll Road 4 to be located in Santo Tomas, Batangas. However, it would actually be located in Calamba, Laguna, just near its boundary with Santo Tomas, according to various maps.
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External links
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- South Luzon Tollway Corporation
- Skyway O&M Corporation Archived June 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine