# Gregorio Araneta Avenue

Gregorio Araneta Avenue is a suburban arterial road in the Santa Mesa Heights area of Quezon City, northeastern Metro Manila, Philippines. Constructed in 1985, it is a six-to-eight-lane divided avenue designated as part of Circumferential Road 3 (C-3) and a physical continuation of Sergeant Rivera Street, which travels from Santo Domingo Avenue at its north end near Balintawak in Quezon City and meets N. Domingo Street in the south in San Juan near the border with Santa Mesa, Manila. En route, it intersects with Del Monte Avenue, Quezon Avenue, Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue and Magsaysay-Aurora Boulevard, passing through barangays Balingasa, Manresa, Masambong, Sienna, Santo Domingo, Talayan, Tatalon, Santol, and Doña Imelda in Quezon City and Progreso in San Juan.
The avenue lies in a flood-prone zone near San Francisco del Monte and the San Juan River. It was named after lawyer and landowner Gregorio S. Araneta, who owned the Santa Mesa Heights Subdivision on which it was built.
Between Del Monte Avenue and Quezon Avenue, Gregorio Araneta Avenue runs alongside Talayan Creek, serving as the waterway median of the avenue. As a result of the Skyway Stage 3 project, parts of the waterway median were converted into a closed culvert for access to and from the Skyway.
The Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 covers almost the entire road, starting from Sergeant Rivera Avenue and ending at the San Juan River.

## Funeral row

Gregorio Araneta Avenue is best known as the location of some of the biggest funeral parlors in the metropolis. These are the Arlington Memorial Chapels, La Funeraria Paz, Ascension Columbary, Cosmopolitan, Nacional Memorial Homes, and the Sanctuarium (formerly Capitol Memorial). The oldest is Funeraria Nacional, which moved to Gregorio Araneta from its old address in downtown Avenida Rizal in 1968 and is now affiliated with Heritage Park after an extensive renovation. It was followed by La Funeraria Paz in the 1970s and Arlington, which converted the old Thomas Jefferson Library on the avenue into a funeral facility in 1985.

## Automated Trash Rake

In 2014, the Department of Science and Technology built an automated garbage rake at the intersection of Araneta Avenue and Mauban Street, functioning as a river cleaning facility, in response to the perennial flooding and garbage problems in the area. Garbage trucks regularly collected garbage captured from the river and those dumped nearby. It is currently under repairs and refurbishment.

## Intersections

| Province | City/Municipality | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 9 | 5.6 | Sto. Domingo Avenue | Northern terminus. Continues west as N130 (Sergeant Rivera Avenue) |
| Balingasa Creek | Balingasa Creek | | | | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Valentin Ventura Street | Northbound only |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Mauban Street | |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Wayan Street | Northbound access for pedestrians only. Fenced off entry. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | G. Roxas Street | Southbound only |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Northern terminus of Talayan Creek median section | Northern terminus of Talayan Creek median section |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 8.5 | 5.3 | Del Monte Avenue | Traffic light intersection. Access to Siena College, San Francisco del Monte district, and A. Bonifacio Avenue. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 8 | 5.0 | Norberto S. Amoranto Sr. (Retiro) Avenue | Traffic light intersection. Access to La Loma district and the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in Manila. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Calamba Street | Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Skyway | Skyway-Maria Clara off-ramp. Northbound entrance. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Skyway | Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Southbound entrance. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Maria Clara Street | Traffic light intersection. Newly installed since June 2023. Access to La Loma district and the districts of Sampaloc and Santa Cruz in Manila. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Southern terminus of Talayan Creek median section | Southern terminus of Talayan Creek median section |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Skyway | Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Northbound exit. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | P. Florentino Street | Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 7 | 4.3 | N170 (Quezon Avenue) | Traffic light intersection. Quezon Avenue-Araneta Avenue Underpass. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Agno Street Extension | Opposite segments accessible through nearby roads. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | ROTC Hunters Street | Northbound only |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Skyway | Skyway-Quezon Avenue Exit. Southbound exit and northbound entrance. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Kaliraya Road | Unsignaled intersection |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Victory Avenue | Unsignaled intersection |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Kitanlad Street | Southbound only |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 7 | 4.3 | E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue | Traffic light intersection, No left turns and no U-turns; U-Turn slot located ahead. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Kapiligan Street | Northbound only |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Skyway | Skyway-G. Araneta (formerly E. Rodriguez) off-ramp. Southbound entrance. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Tomas Arguelles Street | Southbound only |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Bayani Street | Traffic light intersection |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Baloy Street | Unsignaled intersection |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 9 | 5.6 | Landargun Street | Unsignaled intersection |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Tamar Street | Southbound only. Fenced-off entry. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Skyway | Skyway-G. Araneta on-ramp. Northbound exit. |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | | | Palanza Street | Traffic light intersection |
| Quezon City | Quezon City | 6 | 3.7 | N180 (Magsaysay Boulevard/Aurora Boulevard) | Southern terminus of N130; change to unnumbered route. |
| Quezon City–San Juan boundary | Quezon City–San Juan boundary | | | San Juan-Santa Mesa Bridge over San Juan River | San Juan-Santa Mesa Bridge over San Juan River |
| San Juan | San Juan | 6 | 3.7 | Skyway | Skyway-Aurora Boulevard on-ramp. Future northbound exit |
| San Juan | San Juan | | | N. Domingo Street | Southern terminus. Access to Santa Mesa in Manila, New Manila and Cubao in Quezon City, and Kalentong in Mandaluyong. |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Incomplete access Route transition Unopened ||||||