Tayuman Street

Tayuman Street
Tayuman Street view from Tayuman LRT Station
Route information
Length 1.6 km (1.0 mi)
Component
highways
Major junctions
From Lacson Avenue in Santa Cruz
  Rizal Avenue
Abad Santos Avenue
To Juan Luna Street in Tondo
Highway system

Roads in the Philippines

Tayuman Street is a four-lane east-west street in northern Manila, Philippines. It stretches 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) from the old San Lazaro Hippodrome in Santa Cruz to Barrio Pritil in Tondo district. The street is designated as part of Circumferential Road 2.

Tayuman begins as a continuation of Consuelo Street at an intersection with Lacson Avenue in Santa Cruz district fronting SM City San Lazaro. It crosses Rizal Avenue, passing underneath the Tayuman LRT Station where it continues past the headquarters of the Department of Health into the residential areas of Santa Cruz and Tondo. The street ends at Juan Luna Street near Puregold Tayuman supermarket.

The street was named after tayum, a type of indigo plant.[1] It extends west from Juan Luna Street into Barrio Magsaysay and the Manila North Harbor in Tondo as Capulong Street.

Route description

SM City San Lazaro on Tayuman Street in the San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park

Tayuman Street is designated a national secondary road, wholly with the route number N140. The road has four lanes, with two per direction, are mostly lined with side streets and local businesses.

Numerous establishments line the road, like the Department of Health Central Office, Puregold Tayuman branch, Sentro ng Karunungan Library,[2] Archdiocesan Shrine of Espiritu Santo, Immaculate Conception Parish Church and Tayuman Commercial Center. San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park and SM City San Lazaro, both standing on the former location of the San Lazaro Racetrack, which moved to Carmona, Cavite, lies on the east end of the street. Schools also line the street, like the Andres Bonifacio Elementary School, Espiritu Santo Parochial School, Manila Cathedral School, and Rizal Elementary School.

Intersections

The entire route is located in Manila. 

km[3]miDestinationsNotes
6.4163.987Juan Luna StreetTraffic light intersection. Road continues west as Capulong Street
Dagupan Street
Railroad crossing with PNR Metro South Commuter Line
N151 (Abad Santos Avenue)Traffic light intersection
Tomas Mapua Street
N150 (Rizal Avenue)Traffic light intersection.
Oroquieta Street
8.0064.975 N140 (A.H. Lacson Avenue), Consuelo Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ Did you know? Tayuman Street Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine. published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer; accessed 2013-10-08.
  2. ↑ Sentro ng Karunungan (Tondo Congressional) Library published by NLP.gov.ph; accessed 2013-10-08.
  3. ↑ "North Manila". 2016 DPWH Atlas. Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

Coordinates: 14°36′59″N 120°58′41″E / 14.61639°N 120.97806°E / 14.61639; 120.97806

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