Manila–Cavite Expressway

Manila–Cavite Expressway looking northbound near Zapote in Las Piñas.

CAVITEX approaching the terminus at NAIA Road in Tambo, Parañaque

The Kawit extension, viewed from Bacoor Exit.

The Manila–Cavite Expressway follows a mostly curving route of the shore of Manila Bay, and the Bacoor–Kawit extension is built on reclaimed land near the coastal barangays of Bacoor. The road uses a barrier toll system, which involves toll barriers at entry points and no toll collection at the exit points, except at the Kawit end. The expressway is not fully grade separated, as a traffic light intersection exists in the middle of the NAIA Road–Zapote toll barrier segment. The expressway is a physical extension of Roxas Boulevard. Lane count is usually 3 lanes for the NAIA Road–Bacoor section, the original route of the expressway known as Coastal Road, and 2 lanes at the Bacoor–Kawit segment, that forms the Kawit extension of the expressway. Various high voltage power lines, most notably the Dasmariñas–Las Piñas Transmission Line of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) utilize the expressway right of way from its Las Piñas substation to Bacoor Exit for accessibility to work vehicles and also due to scarcity of land for dedicated right of way.

The expressway starts at the traffic light intersection with NAIA Road and Roxas Boulevard, near Uniwide Coastal Mall. Past the intersection is an eastbound entrance and westbound exit of NAIA Expressway, opened in 2016. The only at-grade intersection of the expressway then comes before the Parañaque toll plaza. An entry point to the northbound from the Kabihasnan area of Parañaque is found before the approach to the Parañaque toll plaza. The expressway widens on approach to the Parañaque toll plaza, where tolls for motorists from Manila are collected. After Parañaque toll plaza is a right-in/right-out interchange with the Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) extension, which is accessible only from the northbound direction. The expressway then passes Bacoor Exit, the original end of the expressway at Bacoor, where the original alignment involved a curve that was changed to a full interchange with the opening of the Kawit extension. CAVITEx past Bacoor Exit becomes a four-lane dual carriageway on reclaimed land built on the shores of seaside barangays of Bacoor. The expressway widens at approach to the Kawit toll plaza, where the end of the expressway is moved from the opening of the Kawit extension in 2010. The terminus at Kawit is a box intersection with Tirona Highway and Antero Soriano Highway, with the latter being the physical extension of the existing expressway. The end of the expressway at Kawit will accommodate the Cavite end of the under-construction Cavite–Laguna Expressway.

Back in the 1970s, traffic congestion was a daily occurrence in the narrow stretch of land in Parañaque and Las Piñas going to nearby provinces, particularly Cavite. The Philippine government proposed a major road network that would link Roxas Boulevard to all other parts of Metro Manila and the Southern Tagalog provinces. This led to the construction of a 6.6-kilometer (4.1 mi), four-lane (two on each side) asphalt reclaimed road from Roxas Boulevard leading to the then-municipalities of Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Bacoor which opened in September 1985.[4]

In 2011, a 7-kilometer (4.3 mi) extension to Kawit, Cavite, was opened.[1]

On December 28, 2016, the access ramps connecting Coastal Road and NAIA Expressway opened to motorists coming from Cavite and Las Piñas, for easier access to NAIA Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and vice versa.

The Pacific Avenue flyover which was planned in 2016, started construction in 2017 and was expected to be complete by March 2018. However, due to difficulties in transporting equipment and the location of the flyover between the north end of the expressway and the Parañaque Toll Plaza, the completion date was moved to August 2018. The flyover eliminated the signalized intersection for vehicles bound for Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard via Pacific Avenue, and improve the traffic situation around the said intersection.

As of June 2018, the expressway is being expanded with the construction of additional lanes on the NAIA–Zapote segment.

• Name: Manila–Cavite Expressway or CAVITEx
• Concession holder: Cavite Infrastructure Corporation
• Operator: Cavite Infrastructure Corporation
• Concession starting date: 1996
• Concession ending date: 2023
• Length: 14 km (8.7 mi)
• Highway exits: 3
• Lanes: 4 lanes (2 lanes each direction) (south portion from the Parañaque Toll Plaza) / 6 lanes (3 lanes each direction) (north portion from the Parañaque Toll Plaza)
• Toll plazas: 2
• Rest and Service Areas: none
• Minimum Height Clearance on Underpasses: Not applicable

Parañaque Toll Plaza

The expressway uses a barrier toll system that uses toll barriers at entry points, where motorists pay a fixed toll rate. Two large toll plazas and the Kabihasnan entry are the toll collection points for the expressway. The electronic toll collection (ETC) system on the expressway uses devices branded E-Tap or Easydrive, and collection are done on both dedicated lanes and mixed lanes at the toll barriers.

Tolls are assessed in each direction at each barrier, based on class. In accordance with law, all toll rates include a 12% value-added tax.

Exits are numbered by kilometer posts, with Rizal Park in Manila designated as kilometer zero. 

Region	Province	City/Municipality	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Metro Manila	Parañaque		8	5.0		MIA Road	N61 (Roxas Boulevard) / N194 (NAIA Road) / Seaside Drive	Northern terminus. Continues north as N61 (Roxas Boulevard).
			8.3	5.2		NAIA Expressway	E6 (NAIAx) – NAIA, Skyway	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
			10	6.2		Pacific Avenue	Pacific Avenue – PITX, Macapagal Boulevard	Flyover interchange; No right turns from southbound lane.
			13	8.1		Kabihasnan		Northbound entrance only
			13	8.1		C5 South Link		Proposed interchange
			13	8.1	Parañaque Toll Plaza (electronic toll collection, cash payments)
	Las Piñas		14	8.7		C5 Road Extension	C-5 Road Extension	Incomplete right-in/right-out exit for C-5 Extension; Entrance only
Calabarzon	Cavite	Bacoor	15	9.3		Bacoor (Longos)	N62 (Aguinaldo Boulevard) – Las Piñas, Bacoor	Trumpet interchange; Former southern terminus
		Kawit	23	14	Kawit Toll Plaza (electronic toll collection, cash payments)
			24	15		Marulas	N62 (Tirona Highway) – Cavite City, Noveleta	Southbound exit only.
			24	15		Zeus (Binakayan)	N62 (Tirona Highway) / N64 (Antero Soriano Highway) / Covelandia Road – Binakayan (Kawit), Batangas	Southern terminus. Continues south as N64 (Antero Soriano Highway). Future link with Cavite–Laguna Expressway.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Tolled       Unopened

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