# Mindanao Avenue

Mindanao Avenue (Filipino: Abenida Mindanao) is an eight-to-ten-lane divided avenue connecting EDSA and NLEX and is a part of Circumferential Road 5 (C-5) in Metro Manila, Philippines. It is one of the three parallel roads that connects Tandang Sora and Congressional Avenues (Visayas Avenue and Luzon Avenue were the others); that is why it was named after the southernmost mainland of the Philippines, Mindanao. It used to be a 2-kilometer (1.2 mi) highway connecting North Avenue and Congressional Avenue, but as a part of the C-5 projects, Mindanao Avenue was extended to EDSA in the south and to Quirino Highway to the north. The new roads opened in 2000.
Another road in Quezon City, also named Mindanao Avenue, starts in Barangay Santa Monica, crosses Commonwealth Avenue and Regalado Highway, and terminates at a dead end at the School of Saint Anthony in Barangay Greater Lagro, Quezon City. That road is not connected to the original Mindanao Avenue but was planned to be the same road according to the 1949 Plan of Quezon City. It would have connected the Diliman Quadrangle to the La Mesa Watershed area.
Mindanao Avenue replaced some segments of Tandang Sora Avenue belonging to C-5; Tandang Sora has no access to the North Luzon Expressway. NLEX Segment 8.1, also known as the NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link, began construction afterwards.
In 2017, DPWH resumed construction of the 3.2-kilometer (2.0 mi) Mindanao Avenue Extension Project after it had been halted for years due to road right-of-way issues, notably involving residential areas. A total of 1.4 kilometers (0.87 mi) of the road was completed and opened in 2014. In June 2018, DPWH opened an additional 700-meter (2,300 ft) portion from P. Dela Cruz Street to the current end at MGM Road. The road will be extended until it meets General Luis Street in North Caloocan.

## Intersections

| Province | City/Municipality | Destinations | Notes |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) | Southern terminus. Accessible from EDSA via northbound lane only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | N173 (North Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Former terminus before extension to EDSA; southern terminus of N128 designation and DPWH maintenance. No thru traffic allowed from northbound. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Road 1 | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Alley 14 | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Alley 15 | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Road 8 Road 1 | Both roads accessible on either side via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Road 3 Road 16 | Both roads accessible on either side via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Cattleya Street | Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Bongavilla Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | N129 (Congressional Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. C-5 segment of Mindanao Avenue starts here. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Calla Lily Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Road 20 | Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Tandang Sora Avenue | Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Rosal Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Ruby Street | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Longines Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Saint Charbel Street | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Don Jose Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Rosal Street | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Don Vicente Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Science Road | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Old Sauyo Road | Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | South end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel | South end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Champaca Street | Both segments accessible via U-Turn slots. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | N127 (Quirino Highway) | Former terminus. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Palmera Street | Northbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | North end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel | North end of Mindanao Avenue Tunnel |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Oliva Road, Magnolia Street Sabila Street, Socorro Street | Southbound only. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | Biglang-Awa Street | Northbound only. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | Maya Street | Southbound only. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | E5 (NLEX Harbor Link) | Traffic light intersection. C-5 segment of Mindanao Avenue ends here. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | Darlucio Street B. Juan Street | Both roads accessible via U-Turn slots. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | Lazaro Street | Southbound only. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | Tatalon Street | Southbound only. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | P. Dela Cruz Street | Northbound only. Northern terminus of N128 designation. |
| Valenzuela | Valenzuela | Sto. Rosario Street | Southbound only. |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | MGM Road | Current terminus for trucks. |
| Caloocan | Caloocan | N118 (General Luis Street) | Partially opened for light vehicles only as of September 4, 2024. Construction still ongoing. |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access Route transition Unopened ||||||