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Tramo Street

Coordinates: 14°32′59″N 121°0′4″E / 14.54972°N 121.00111°E / 14.54972; 121.00111
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Tramo Street
Tramo Road
Aurora Boulevard
The northern end of the Aurora Boulevard section at EDSA, below the Tramo Flyover above
Maintained byDepartment of Public Works and Highways[a]
Length4.1 km (2.5 mi)
North endOcampo Street in Malate, Manila
Major
junctions
N190 (Gil Puyat Avenue)
Arnaiz Avenue
AH 26 (N1) (EDSA)
South end N192 (Andrews Avenue) in Maricaban, Pasay

Tramo Street is a major local road in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It runs north-south from Ocampo Street, which is on the border with Malate, Manila, to Andrews Avenue in Maricaban. It is interrupted by Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and the MRT Line 3, which divides the road into two sections. The southern section from EDSA to Andrews Avenue has been renamed Aurora Boulevard.

The street's name is Spanish for branch or line, referring to the Cavite Line, a branch of the Manila tranvía (tramo del tranvía).

History

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Tramo Street follows the abandoned line (the Cavite Line) of the Manila Railroad Company (now Philippine National Railways) that stretched from Paco to Naic, Cavite.[2] The Cavite Line was built in 1908, and train services ceased in 1936. Subsequent development of Manila International Airport led to the closure of a large segment of the old line in Pasay and Parañaque. The line resumes in La Huerta, where it is still named Tramo Road, running 4.6 kilometers (2.9 mi) to C-5 Extension in Las Piñas and continues as Fruto Santos Avenue. Streets of the same name, also occupying the former right-of-way of the old railroad line, are found in Bacoor, Tanza, and Naic in Cavite.

Notes

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  1. ^ DPWH maintenance covers Pasay sections only.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Road and Bridge Inventory". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Cavite Line Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine published by Railways and Industrial Heritage Society of the Philippines, Inc.; accessed 2013-11-01.

14°32′59″N 121°0′4″E / 14.54972°N 121.00111°E / 14.54972; 121.00111