Length 2.9 km | ||
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South end: Nagtahan Bridge in Santa Mesa | ||
Lacson Avenue is the principal northwest-southeast artery located in Sampaloc district in northern Manila, Philippines. It is a 6-8 lane median divided avenue that runs approximately 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles) from Tayuman Street in Santa Cruz to Nagtahan Bridge in Santa Mesa. It is a component of Circumferential Road 2.
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Map of Lacson St, Tondo, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
History
The avenue was originally named Forbes Street or Governor Forbes Street, after William Cameron Forbes, governor-general of the Philippines, under whose administration the road was begun. It was extended south to meet Calle Nagtahan (Nagtahan Street) at the boundary of Sampaloc, San Miguel and Santa Mesa at the old Carriedo Rotonda, when the pontoon bridge of Nagtahan that connected it to Pandacan south of the Pasig River was built. Nagtahan Bridge was renamed to Mabini Bridge in 1967, while in 1971, Governor Forbes Street was renamed to Arsenio H. Lacson Street, after the Manila mayor of the 1950s.
Route description
Travelling south, traffic emerges from Tayuman Street into Lacson at the junction with Consuelo Street in Santa Cruz district right across from SM City San Lazaro. The road intersects with España Boulevard and Magsaysay Boulevard in Sampaloc passing the University of Santo Tomas campus. The southern end of Lacson lies at the Nagtahan Bridge over the Pasig River where the road turns Quirino Avenue into the districts of Pandacan, Paco and Malate where Circumferential Road 2 terminates.
Lacson Avenue also has a short narrow extension north of Tayuman Street beside SM City San Lazaro into Yuseco Street in Santa Cruz district.