10th Avenue (Caloocan)
 10th Avenue near Rizal Avenue with the elevated LRT-1 visible in the background | |
| Former name(s) | Macario Asistio Sr. Avenue Asistio Avenue |
|---|---|
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways – Metro Manila 3rd District Engineering Office |
| Length | 2.418 km (1.502 mi)[1] |
| Location | Caloocan |
| West end | A. Mabini Street in Poblacion |
| Major junctions |  N150 (Rizal Avenue) |
| East end | Kamantigue Street in Grace Park East |
10th Avenue, formerly known as Macario Asistio Sr. Avenue or simply Asistio Avenue, is an undivided four-lane street in Caloocan, Metro Manila, Philippines that stretches east–west, bisecting south Caloocan. Like most avenues in the Grace Park area, it crosses a grid system of numbered streets that run from north to south, with other numbered avenues running from east to west. 10th Avenue was formally renamed "Asistio Avenue" before the reversion of its current name, owing to it being the tenth avenue running east–west from the city's border with Manila in the south. The former renaming was done in 1984 to honor the former mayor of Caloocan, who served from 1962 to 1971, and the father of another Caloocan mayor, Boy Asistio, but has since been disregarded and reverted.[2]
10th Avenue and the present-day Grace Park district, through which it travels, was a pre–World War II civilian airfield known as the Manila North Airfield or Grace Park. This airfield, which opened in 1935 near the then-newly built Bonifacio Monument, was Manila's first commercial airport that served as a hub for Philippine Airlines for its first domestic routes. The airport was decommissioned after the war and was transformed by the government into a residential and industrial area.[3][4]
Route description
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10th Avenue is a national road classified by the Department of Public Works and Highways as a tertiary road.[5] The road runs for 2.418 kilometers (1.502 mi) from its western terminus at the intersection of A. Mabini Street in Poblacion to its eastern terminus at Kamantigue Street in Barrio Galino, close to A. Bonifacio Avenue at the city's border with Barangays Balingasa and Pag-Ibig sa Nayon in Quezon City.[1]
The avenue is divided into two segments by Rizal Avenue, which also serves as the dividing line between Grace Park West and Grace Park East. At its western segment, 10th Avenue begins at the intersection of A. Mabini Street in Poblacion, the old city center of Caloocan. It crosses the Philippine National Railways tracks, the 10th Avenue railway station, and the elevated NLEX Harbor Link in Barangay 64. It curves slightly to the north before the intersection with Vibora Street and straightens out as it crosses several streets towards Rizal Avenue. Landmarks along this segment include COMELEC Caloocan, the Caloocan Public Library, Caloocan High School and Caloocan City Science High School. East of Rizal Avenue, it runs in an almost perfectly straight line to its other terminus in Grace Park East. Located along this segment is the Caloocan campus of Systems Plus College Foundation. The New Caloocan City Hall is accessible via 8th (A. de Jesus) and 9th Streets, a full block south of 10th Avenue.
At its west end, the avenue continues as Padre Burgos Street through Caloocan's poblacion and Dagat-Dagatan districts, providing access to the Caloocan Judicial Complex, Caloocan Poblacion Market, Caloocan Central Elementary School, and the Caloocan Cathedral.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
- ^ Batas Pambansa Blg. 686 (March 7, 1984), "An Act Changing the Name of 10th Avenue (East and West) in the City of Caloocan, Metropolitan Manila, to Daang Macario B. Asistio, Sr.", The Corpus Juris, retrieved April 2, 2019
- ^ "Grace Park Airfield (Manila North)". Pacific Wrecks. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ Lazatin, Hannah (16 May 2018). "A Rare Look at the Glory Days of the Manila International Airport". Town & Country. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "2017 Road Data: National Capital Region". Department of Public Works and Highways. Archived from the original on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
