The Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

-Cavite

Cavite

Cavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. Cavite is surrounded by Laguna to the east, Metro Manila to the northeast, and Batangas to the south...

 Expressway or Aguinaldo Boulevard is a 6.6 km (4.1 mi) tollway/expressway in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. It is considered part of the Radial Road 1

Major roads in Metro Manila

Metro Manila has a very extensive roadway system connecting the cities and municipalities of the metropolis and its surrounding provinces. The major roadways are the ten radial roads, braching from the capital city of Manila, and the five circumferential roads, which form semicircles around the...

 (R-1) of Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

. It is owned and operated by the Public Estates Authority Tollway Corporation (PEATC), a government owned and / or owned corporation and a subsidiary of the Public Estates Authority, an office under the Office of the President. It is also nicknamed the Coastal Road because of its vicinity to the Manila Bay

Manila Bay

Manila Bay is a natural harbor which serves the Port of Manila , in the Philippines.The bay is considered to be one of the best natural harbors in Southeast Asia and one of the finest in the world...

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At the north end, it feeds into and from Roxas Boulevard

Roxas Boulevard

Roxas Boulevard is a boulevard in Metro Manila, and an eight-lane arterial road that connects the center of Manila with Pasay City, Parañaque City. It is one of the major arteries in the city's metropolitan network, designated as Radial Road 1...

 in the city of Parañaque

Parañaque City

The City of Parañaque , or simply Parañaque , is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines....

 in Metro Manila

Metro Manila

Metropolitan Manila , the National Capital Region , or simply Metro Manila, is the metropolitan region encompassing the City of Manila and its surrounding areas in the Philippines...

, also part of R-1. At the south end, it connects to Kawit, Cavite

In 2011, the extension going to Kawit, Cavite, which is named as CAVITEX, is already open to the public, where it will eventually connect to C-6, the now-under-construction Bulacan-Rizal-Manila-Cavite Regional Expressway

Bulacan-Rizal-Manila-Cavite Regional Expressway

The Bulacan-Rizal-Manila-Cavite Regional Expressway is a superhighway in Luzon, Philippines that is now under construction...

 and to the proposed Cavite-Laguna Expressway. Meanwhile, when the C-5 circumferential road and the NAIA Expressway

NAIA Expressway

The NAIA Expressway is a elevated Expressway that runs from Metro Manila Skyway to Sales Road near Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. This elevated expressway project is divided into 4 packages. This is also the first airport expressway in the Philippines. It is located within Pasay...

 is extended southward, it will also eventually be connected to the expressway as well. It will be the street alignment of the Manila LRT Yellow Line South Extension

Manila LRT Yellow Line

The Manila LRT Yellow Line is the first metro line of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. Presently, the line contains twenty-two stations and runs over twenty point seven kilometers of fully elevated track...

 when completed in Paranaque City

Parañaque City

The City of Parañaque , or simply Parañaque , is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines....

. It will have 2 stations, namely: Asia World

Asia World LRT Station

Asia World LRT Station, also known as Asia World City LRT Station, is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . It is part of the LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project. The LRT-1 extension plan calls for an elevated 10-station, 11.7-kilometer extension, which means that this station would...

 and Ninoy Aquino International Airport

Ninoy Aquino LRT Station

Ninoy Aquino LRT Station is a proposed station on the Manila LRT Yellow Line . It is part of the LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project. The LRT-1 extension plan calls for an elevated 10-station, 11.7-kilometer extension, which means that this station would be above-ground. The station would be...

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There are currently no true interchanges along this tollway (although there are a number of at-grade "exit points" along the northbound length, mostly property access), and there is a single toll barrier about midway. Vehicles are charged a flat toll rate based on class. Though the toll facility currently has no ability for electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection , an adaptation of military "identification friend or foe" technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically. It is thus a technological implementation of a road pricing concept...

, PEATC is currently researching its viability for the expressway.

Toll

(PhP 22 for class 1 vehicles, PhP 43 for class 2, PhP 65 for class 3)

Class	Amount
1	PhP 22.00
2	PhP 43.00
3	PhP 65.00

Exits

These are the status of the exits of Manila Cavite Expressway. On the expressway segment, exit numbers start at 9. As of now there is no official 'KM 0.' Officially, the stretch of road north of NAIA Road is Roxas Boulevard

Manuel Roxas

Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...

, however there are a few important intersections on that short section up to EDSA. Exit numbers currently are not posted anywhere on the expressway.

Exit list

Kilometer No.	Exit	Interchange Interchange (road) In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...  type	Location	Remarks
9	NAIA Road Intersection	Intersection	Parañaque	This intersection is located at the end of the Manila-Cavite Expressway. NAIA Road provides access to Ninoy Aquino International Airport Ninoy Aquino International Airport The Ninoy Aquino International Airport or NAIA , also known as Manila International Airport , is the airport serving the general area of Manila and its surrounding metropolitan area...  Terminals 1 and 2 and Domestic Terminal.
9 Southbound	Caltex service station			This service station on the southbound lanes has a Caltex gas station and a Star Mart convenience store, located just after the NAIA Road Intersection.
10	Asia World City entrance			This is an entrance ramp located before the toll barrier, providing access to Asia World City. An exit ramp to this road remains closed and the exit roadway has been grown over with plants.
12	Kabihasnan entrance ramp		Las Piñas	This entrance ramp with a toll barrier on the northbound lanes is located on Victor Medina Street. This entrance ramp provides access from Quirino Avenue and Ninoy Aquino Avenue of the nearby Kabihasnan Area.
13	Las Piñas Toll Barrier			The only Toll Barrier/Plaza along the expressway.
15	Las Piñas U-Turn Ramp	U-Turn Ramp	Bacoor, Cavite Bacoor, Cavite The Municipality of Bacoor is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is a lone district congressional district of Cavite...	A U-Turn ramp on the expressway allows you to turn around to head back towards Manila, but it might be removed when the Zapote Trumpet Interchange is complete.
15	Zapote Exit	Intersection (Future: Trumpet)		This exit provides access to Real Street/Alabang-Zapote Road which heads towards the Alabang area in Muntinlupa Muntinlupa City The City of Muntinlupa is the southernmost city in Philippine National Capital Region. It is bordered on the north by Taguig City; to the northwest by Parañaque City; by Las Piñas City to the west; to the southwest by the city of Bacoor, Cavite; by the city of San Pedro, Laguna; and by Laguna de... . This is where the expressway section ends, and redirects onto a short 4-lane road with intersections and property access. It is being converted into a decent trumpet interchange while the expressway is being extended from here through land reclamation.
16	Alabang-Zapote Flyover			This exit on the Alabang-Zapote Road is a 4-lane overpass over Quirino Avenue (different from the other Quirino Avenue [C-2] in Malate). Staying on the main road takes you to Quirino Avenue, on which southbound can take you to Bacoor and northbound can take you back to Manila.
17	Aguinaldo Highway Intersection			Continuing south on Aguinaldo Highway can take you to Imus Imus, Cavite The Municipality of Imus is a first-class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines, and it is the officially designated capital of Cavite... , Dasmariñas Dasmariñas, Cavite The City of Dasmariñas is a first class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is located approximately 30 kilometers south of Manila. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 556,330 people, making it before the most populous municipality in the Philippines before it was... , Trece Martires Trece Martires City The City of Trece Martires is a third-class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. The city serves as the seat of government of the Cavite, where many of the provincial government offices are located... , and further on to Tagaytay City Tagaytay City The City of Tagaytay is a second class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. Only away from Manila via Aguinaldo Highway, it is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. Tagaytay City provides a good view of the Taal Volcano... .
23	Kawit Toll Barrier		Kawit, Cavite	This is the second toll barrier in the R-1 System.
24	Kawit Interchange			This exit in Kawit, Cavite marks the end of the Manila-Cavite Expressway. This also serves as a shortcut going to Noveleta, Cavite Noveleta, Cavite The Municipality of Noveleta is an urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 46,336 people. The current mayor is Engr... , Tanza, Cavite Tanza, Cavite Municipality of Tanza is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines...  and Cavite City, Cavite.

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