Dr. Santos Avenue

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The avenue's present name is taken from Dr. Arcadio Santos, a native of Parañaque who was the sitting governor of Rizal when the road was opened in 1921, while the then-municipality was part of the province.{{cite web|url=http://rizalprovince.ph/thegovernors.html|title=The Governors of Rizal Province|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406234103/http://rizalprovince.ph/thegovernors.html |archivedate=April 6, 2015|website=Rizal Provincial Government|date=October 15, 2013}} It is formerly and alternatively known as Sucat Road and was named for the barrio (now barangay) of the same name in Muntinlupa and its railway station to which it led. It is also alternatively known as Parañaque–Sucat Road, indicating its purpose of connecting the old Parañaque town proper, located by Manila Bay, with Sucat in Muntinlupa.

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Considered as the longest avenue in Parañaque, Dr. Santos Avenue runs through barangays San Dionisio, San Isidro, San Antonio, and BF Homes in Parañaque and Sucat in Muntinlupa. It begins in San Dionisio, continuing from Ninoy Aquino Avenue south of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, where the road narrows to three lanes from four. The road continues east to cross C-5 Road Extension, N. Lopez Avenue, President's Avenue, and the South Luzon Expressway (Sucat Interchange). Two namesake spurs branching from the avenue near Sucat Interchange carry southbound traffic to and from West Service Road, respectively. It terminates at the East Service Road, which runs parallel to the expressway next to the interchange, in Muntinlupa. It then continues east towards the Sucat railway station as Meralco Road.

The eastern section of the avenue is known as the location of two of Metro Manila's biggest cemeteries, Manila Memorial Park and Loyola Memorial Park. Notable places located along the road also include SM City Sucat, SM City BF Parañaque, Amvel Business Park, which houses the El Shaddai church, and the Santana Grove strip mall.

The avenue is served by the Manila Light Rail Transit Line 1 through Dr. Santos station, which is located near the C-5 Extension.

The avenue originated as a carabao trail that opened in 1921, overlooking salt farms and grass plains.{{cite book |last=Baybay |first1=Dulce Festin |last2=Marquez-De Guzman |first2=Ariel |date=2001 |title=Palanyag to Parañaque: A History |trans-title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BcFxAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live |access-date=April 2, 2023 |format= |language= |location= |publisher=City of Parañaque, 2001 |isbn= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410140513/https://books.google.com/books?id=BcFxAAAAMAAJ |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |via= |quote= }} It was later paved with asphalt and initially featured two lanes.{{cite news|url=https://business.inquirer.net/310400/growing-up-in-metro-south|title=Growing up in metro south|date=October 24, 2020|first=Kathleen|last=de Villa|accessdate=May 13, 2020|publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer}} Later, it apparently integrated most of the short road branching from Pasig–Pateros–Taguig–Alabang Road in Sucat, Muntinlupa.{{cite map |author = |title = San Pedro - Sheet 3263 III |trans-title = |map = |map-url = |date = |year = 1964 |url = https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/luzon_50k/txu-pclmaps-oclc-10282124-san-pedro.jpg |scale = 1:50,000 |series = |publisher =U.S. Army Map Service |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |access-date = April 20, 2025 |archive-url = |archive-date =}} Originally named Sucat Road and Parañaque–Sucat Road, it was later renamed Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue.

In September 2013, a bill was filed in the Philippine House of Representatives to rename Dr. Santos Avenue to President Cory Aquino Avenue.{{cite PH act|chamber=HB|number=2821|title=An Act Renaming Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue (Formerly Sucat Road), Parañaque City to President Cory Aquino Avenue|url=https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/bills/house-bill-no-2821-16th-congress-republic|date=September 10, 2013|accessdate=June 17, 2023}} This bill, authored by Representative Eric Olivarez (Parañaque–1st), is still pending in the Committee on Public Works and Highways as of October 2013.[http://www.congress.gov.ph/members/search.php?id=olivarez-e&pg=auth# Hon. Olivarez, Eric L.] published by House of Representatives of the Philippines; accessed October 15, 2013.

{{PHLinttop|append=The following is the list of intersections of the main section of Dr. Santos Avenue. Intersections are numbered by kilometer post, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero.|km_ref=}}

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|road={{jct|country=PHL|N|195|name1=Ninoy Aquino Avenue|road|A. Bonifacio Street}}

|notes=Traffic light intersection. Western terminus; continues west as {{jct|country=PHL|N|195|name1=Ninoy Aquino Avenue}}.

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|road=Old Sucat Road

|type=incomplete

|notes=One-way into westbound

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|road=C-5 Extension

|type=incomplete

|notes=No left turn allowed from eastbound; access to C-5 Extension northbound via Old Sucat Road

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{{PHLint

|road=Old Sucat Road

|type=incomplete

|notes=One-way exit from westbound; access to C-5 Extension northbound

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|km=

|road=Angelina Canaynay Avenue

|notes=Traffic light intersection; access to Las Piñas

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{{PHLint

|road=N. Lopez Avenue

|notes=Traffic light intersection; access to BF Homes

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|road=San Antonio Avenue

|notes=Traffic light intersection; access to Parañaque City Hall and Barangay Don Bosco

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{{PHLint

|road=President's Avenue

|notes=Traffic light intersection; access to BF Homes

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|km=19

|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|country=PHL|AH|E2|name1=Skyway|location1=Makati}}

|notes=Eastbound exit and westbound entrance

}}

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|type=incomplete

|road={{jct|country=PHL|N|144|name1=Parañaque–Sucat Road}}

|notes=Westbound entrance only. Narrow access road beneath Skyway's Sucat Exit

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{{PHLint

|road=West Service Road

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{{PHLint

|hucicc_special=Parañaque – Muntinlupa boundary

|road={{jct|country=PHL|AH|E2|name1=SLEX|location1=Calamba|location2=Alabang|location3=Manila}}

|notes=Diamond interchange (Sucat Interchange)

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|hucicc=Muntinlupa

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|road= {{jct|country=PHL|N|144|name1=Meralco Road|road|East Service Road}}

|notes=Eastern terminus; continues east as {{jct|country=PHL|N|144|name1=Meralco Road}}

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Dr. Santos Avenue is home to several new commercial developments, particularly near its intersection with the C-5 Extension in San Dionisio, such as the Amvel City (formerly Amvel Business Park), SM City Sucat, Fields Residences, and Avida Towers Sucat. Another development on the avenue is the area near its intersection with President's Avenue in BF Homes, where SM City BF Parañaque, Amaia Steps Sucat and Santana Grove (which houses a Shopwise branch) can be found. This area is also the location of Medical Center Parañaque, Elorde Sports Center, the Manila Memorial Park, and Loyola Memorial Park. The Parañaque City Hall is accessible by turning north on San Antonio Avenue. Between Lopez Avenue and Canaynay Avenue are some of the older shopping centers on the avenue, including Walter Mart Sucat, Liana's Shopping Mall, Jaka Plaza, SM Hypermarket Sucat-Lopez, and Super8 Grocery Warehouse Sucat (formerly Uniwide Warehouse Club Sucat). Olivarez College and Parañaque National High School are some of the biggest educational institutions on the avenue near San Dionisio's border with San Isidro.

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