Southeast Metro Manila Expressway

Summary

The Southeast Metro Manila Expressway (SEMME), also known as Skyway Stage 4, C-6 Expressway and formerly as Metro Manila Expressway, is an under construction[5][6] 32.664-kilometer (20.296 mi)[2] tolled expressway running across eastern Metro Manila and western Rizal. The expressway will help decongest the existing roadways across Metro Manila, such as EDSA and Circumferential Road 5. The expressway is part of the larger C-6 Expressway project.

E2 shield
Southeast Metro Manila Expressway
Skyway Stage 4
C6 Expressway
Southeast Metro Manila Expressway C-5 Exit (8-12-22).jpg
Construction along Carlos P. Garcia Avenue (C-5) in Taguig as of August 2022
Route information
Maintained by SMC Skyway Stage 4 Corporation[1]
Length32.664 km[2] (20.296 mi)
Component
highways
E2[3][4]
Major junctions
South end AH 26 (E2) (Skyway) at TaguigParañaque boundary
North endBatasan Road in Quezon City
Location
CountryPhilippines
Major cities
Towns
Highway system
  • Roads in the Philippines

The expressway will begin at the Skyway near FTI (now Arca South), Taguig, and will end at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. It will also connect to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) in Balagtas, Bulacan.[7]

Groundbreaking ceremony of the project was held on January 8, 2018.[7]

The construction works of SEMME along Carlos P. Garcia Avenue (C-5 Road) in February 2021.

The entire expressway will be a spur component of Expressway 2 (E2) of the Philippine expressway network.

Future exits edit

Exits will be numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero

RegionProvinceCity/MunicipalitykmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
Metro ManilaTaguigSkyway - FTI   AH 26 (E2) (Skyway) – TITX, Makati, AlabangSouthern terminus
C5/Diego Silang  N11 (C-5 Road)
C6-TaguigC-6
CalabarzonRizalTaytayOrtigas Avenue Extension  N60 (Ortigas Avenue Extension)
AntipoloMarcos HighwayMarcos HighwayFolded diamond interchange. Access to   N59 (Sumulong Highway).
San MateoSan Mateo Toll Plaza
Tumana BridgeJ.P. Rizal StreetNorthbound exit and southbound entrance
Metro ManilaQuezon CityBatasan ComplexBatasan RoadNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Unopened

References edit

  1. ^ "PART I – BUSINESS AND GENERAL INFORMATION" (PDF). San Miguel Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "SOUTHEAST METRO MANILA EXPRESSWAY (C6) PROJECT". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "NCR". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  5. ^ Camus, Miguel R. (January 8, 2018). "SMC's South East Metro Manila Expressway project begins". Inquirer.net. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Dela Paz, Chrisee (January 8, 2018). "San Miguel to start building Southeast Metro Manila Expressway in April". Rappler. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "DOTr break ground on South East Metro Manila Expressway project". CNN Philippines. January 8, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2018.