page_title: Lacson Avenue
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Lacson Avenue / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: The University of Santo Tomas Hospital (simply UST Hospital or USTH) is located inside the España, Manila campus of University of Santo Tomas. It was founded in 1577 as San Juan de Dios Hospital that became the clinical training institution of medical students of University of Santo Tomas.[1][2][3] University of Santo Tomas[4]
context_page_description: Lacson Avenue is the principal northwest-southeast artery located in Sampaloc district in northern Manila, Philippines. It is a 6-8 lane median divided avenue that runs approximately 2.9 kilometers from Tayuman Street in Santa Cruz to Nagtahan Bridge in Santa Mesa. It is a component of Circumferential Road 2 of the Manila arterial road network and N140 of the Philippine highway network.
context_section_description: Travelling south, traffic emerges from Yuseco Street at the junction with Oroquieta Street in Santa Cruz. It then widens as it 
  crosses Tayuman and Consuelo Streets across SM City San Lazaro. From here, it becomes a component of both 
  Circumferential Road 2 (C-2) and route N140. The road then intersects with Dimasalang Street and España Boulevard in Sampaloc passing the University of Santo Tomas campus. The southern end of Lacson lies at the Nagtahan Interchange, where it extends south as Nagtahan Street towards Nagtahan Bridge and the districts of Pandacan, Paco, and Malate where C-2 terminates.
caption: University of Santo Tomas Hospital
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