Elliptical Road#Visayas Avenue

The earliest known plan involving the roundabout is seen on the first version of Frost Plan, the original urban plan for Quezon City, approved in 1941.{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/modern-living/718183/1946-quezon-city-worlds-fair |title=The 1946 Quezon City world's fair |publisher=The Philippine Star |access-date=May 20, 2023|date=August 20, 2011|first=Paulo|last=Alcazaren}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbanroamer.com/the-metropolis-and-its-capital-dreams-part-ii/|title=The Metropolis and its Capital Dreams: Part II|website=The Urban Roamer|date=July 28, 2013|accessdate=May 20, 2023}} It is located northeast of the formerly proposed {{convert|400|ha|adj=on}} Diliman Quadrangle within the former Diliman Estate, also known as Hacienda de Tuason, purchased by the Philippine Commonwealth government in 1939 as the new capital to replace Manila.{{cite map |author = |title = Manila, Philippines map |trans-title = |map = |map-url = |date = August 1945 |year = |url = https://www.flickr.com/photos/johntewell/13143272914 |scale = |series = |publisher = American Red Cross Service Bureau |cartography = |page = |pages = |section = |sections = |inset = |edition = |location = |language = |format = |isbn = |id = |ref = |access-date = May 20, 2023 |archive-url = |archive-date =}} It was originally planned to circumscribe the National Capitol grounds that would have housed the Philippine Legislature.[https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-69544286 Manila Bulletin - War aborts Capitol Building; 61st Anniversary of Quezon City.(Opinion/Editorial) by Isabelo T. Crisostomo] However, the capitol's construction was interrupted during World War II and would later be scrapped in favor of the Quezon Memorial Circle, built in honor of the late President Manuel L. Quezon.

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Starting from Visayas Avenue, counterclockwise:

• Department of Agriculture
• Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center
• Quezon Memorial Shrine
• Lung Center of the Philippines
• National Kidney and Transplant Institute
• Quezon City Hall
• National Housing Authority (Philippines)
• Presidential Car Museum
• Philippine Coconut Authority
• Department of Agrarian Reform

• Triangle Park
• Major roads in Metro Manila
• Quezon Memorial Circle

• {{commons-inline|Category:Elliptical Road, Quezon City|Elliptical Road, Quezon City}}

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Category:Streets in Quezon City

Category:Roundabouts and traffic circles in the Philippines