Sales Interchange
{{Use Philippine English|date=May 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox road junction
|country=PHL
| name = Sales Interchange
| maint = Department of Public Works and Highways
Skyway Operations and Maintenance Corporation
| marker_image =
| image = Sales Interchange from the air.jpg
| image_caption = The Sales Interchange in 2014, looking north from the South Luzon Expressway. Picture taken from an Airbus A320.
| location = Barangay 183, Pasay and Western Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
| coord = {{Coord|14|31|27.6|N|121|1|32.7|E|display=title,inline}}
| roads = Lower interchange:
{{jct|country=PHL|AH|E2|name1=South Luzon Expressway}}
{{jct|country=PHL|N|192|name1=Sales Road}}
Lawton Avenue
West Service Road
East Service Road
Upper interchange:
{{jct|country=PHL|AH|E2|name1=Skyway}}
{{jct|country=PHL|E|6|name1=NAIA Expressway}}
| type = Four-level hybrid partial cloverleaf (lower) and Directional T (upper) interchange
| const = Upper interchange:
2004–2009
| contractor = the Department of Public Works and Highways
| opened = Lower interchange:
Early 1970s
Upper interchange:
{{start date|2009|5|30}}
| height =
| other_names = Nichols Interchange
| map =
}}
The Sales Interchange ({{IPA|tl|ˈsalɛs|lang}}), also known as the Nichols Interchange, is a hybrid interchange at the boundary of Pasay and Taguig in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is composed of a lower partial cloverleaf interchange serving as the junction between the South Luzon Expressway, Sales Road, Lawton Avenue, West Service Road and East Service Road and an upper Directional T serving as the junction between the Skyway and the NAIA Expressway.{{cite web|url=https://www.dpwh.gov.ph/dpwh/gis/rbi|title=Road and Bridge Inventory|website=Department of Public Works and Highways|accessdate=February 26, 2021}}
The interchange was opened in two segments, with the lower interchange being built in the early 1970s. Rehabilitation work on the lower interchange was last undertaken in 2012 with the reconfiguration of an off-ramp to improve access to Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the strengthening of the Sales Bridge{{cite news | title=DPWH sets P60.38M for rehab of Villamor Bridge | author=Guzman, Jell E. | url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=70481&y=2012&mo=01 | publisher=Philippine Information Agency | date=January 1, 2012 | access-date=July 14, 2016 }} brought about by the number of vehicles using the interchange.{{cite press release | title=DPWH issues traffic advisory for Sales Bridge repair | url=http://www.gov.ph/2012/04/04/dpwh-issues-traffic-advisory-for-sales-bridge-repair/ | publisher=Department of Public Works and Highways | access-date=July 14, 2016 }} Although the rehabilitation was scheduled to be completed by August 13, 2012,{{cite web | title=SALES (SLEX) BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROJECT | url=http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/pdf/Microsoft%20PowerPoint%20-%20Flyers.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=Department of Public Works and Highways | access-date=July 14, 2016 }} it was ultimately finished in February 2013.{{cite news | author=Gamil, Jaymee T. | title=Sales Bridge rehab over but pipe works set | url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/364925/sales-bridge-rehab-over-but-pipe-works-set | work=Philippine Daily Inquirer | publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. | date=February 26, 2013 | access-date=July 14, 2016 }}
Construction of the upper interchange was recommended in the Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study (MMUTIS), commissioned by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1999, as a solution to worsening traffic congestion into and out of the airport.{{cite web | url=http://open_jicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/11580453_09.pdf | title=Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study (MMUTIS) Final Report | page=III 10–24 | publisher=Japan International Cooperation Agency | year=1999 | format=PDF | access-date=July 14, 2016 }} However, no provisions for its construction were made when the Metro Manila Skyway was being built. On July 17, 2001, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her Cabinet approved the construction of the NAIA Expressway, funded through a Japanese loan package,{{cite news | author=Villanueva, Marichu A. | title=GMA okays P68-B projects under 25th Yen package | url=http://www.philstar.com/business/86676/gma-okays-p68-b-projects-under-25th-yen-package | work=The Philippine Star | publisher=PhilStar Daily, Inc. | date=July 18, 2001 | access-date=July 14, 2016 }} and construction of the upper interchange began on March 17, 2004.{{cite news | author=Chavez, Chito A. | title=Construction of NAIA project starts today | date=March 17, 2004 | access-date=July 14, 2016 | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114308586.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910054252/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-114308586.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 10, 2016 | work=Manila Bulletin | publisher=Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation }} The ₱1 billion interchange, which was built in four parts, was inaugurated by President Arroyo and other officials on May 30, 2009.{{cite news | author=Sy, Marvin | title=GMA inaugurates airport interchange | url=http://www.philstar.com/metro/472645/gma-inaugurates-airport-interchange | work=The Philippine Star | publisher=PhilStar Daily, Inc. | date=May 31, 2009 | access-date=July 14, 2016 }}
The Sales Interchange is the last exit in the toll-free section of the South Luzon Expressway, although this is true only for the lower interchange. The upper interchange was free of charge until November 16, 2011, when tolls began to be collected by Citra Metro Manila Tollways Corporation (CMMTC), the concessionaire of the Skyway system.{{cite news | title=Drivers using Skyway NAIA must pay toll | url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/90777/drivers-using-skyway-naia-must-pay-toll | work=Philippine Daily Inquirer | publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. | date=November 9, 2011 | access-date=July 14, 2016 }}