Arnaiz Avenue, also known by its former names Libertad Street and Pasay Road, is a major east-west collector road that links Makati and Pasay in the Philippines. It stretches across western Metro Manila from Roxas Boulevard in the Santa Clara district of Pasay to Epifanio de los Santos Avenue in San Lorenzo Village in Makati. South Luzon Expressway splits Arnaiz Avenue into two sections. The western section found in Pasay is a congested and highly pedestrianized road that used to be known as Calle Libertad. This section passes through some of the most important Pasay landmarks such as the Cuneta Astrodome, Cartimar shopping district and Santa Clara de Montefalco Church. Also located within the vicinity are the Department of Foreign Affairs building, old Pasay City Hall, Pasay City Sports Complex and Pasay Cemetery. East of Osmeña Highway, the avenue enters the Makati Central Business District where it merges with traffic from a Manila Skyway ramp near the Amorsolo Street junction. It continues across Legaspi and San Lorenzo villages of the Makati CBD which contains several office towers and condominiums such as Cityland Pasong Tamo Tower and Avida Towers, a number of Japanese restaurants, a Waltermart mall, the old Plaza Fair, Don Bosco and the Ayala Center. This section of the road in Makati used to be known as Pasay Road. Its eastern terminus is at its junction with EDSA near Dusit Thani hotel. The avenue was named after the Filipino aviation pioneer, Antonio Somoza Arnaiz. The western section is served by the LRT-1 Libertad Station along Taft Avenue, while the eastern section is served by the Pasay Road railway station along Osmeña Highway, and the Ayala MRT Station along EDSA. A small portion of a continuation of the road in Dasmariñas Village, Makati is also called Arnaiz Avenue from EDSA to Tamarind Road.
Route description
The avenue is divided into two portions, one used to be named Libertad Street and the other was named Pasay Road
Libertad Street
Arnaiz Avenue starts at an intersection with Roxas Boulevard northbound near Cuneta Astrodome. It then crosses F.B. Harrison Street and then crosses Taft Avenue near the Pasay Public Market and Mall and the LRT-1Libertad Station. At this portion, the road is heavily pedestrianized and traffic queues are mostly common. It then crosses P. Zamora/P. Burgos near St. Mary's Academy - Pasay and Tramo Street and crosses Estero de Tripa de Gallina at a bridge on the Pasay-Makati boundary. It soon ends at a traffic light intersection with Osmeña Highway near PNR Pasay Road station.
Pasay Road
After crossing Osmeña Highway, it is an east-to-west one-way street east of the PNR Pasay Road Station until it crosses Chino Roces Avenue near Waltermart Makati. The Skyway exit to Amorsolo Street stands above the avenue until it curves downward toward Amorsolo Street. Past Amorsolo Street, it crosses Paseo de Roxas near Greenbelt and Makati Avenue near Glorietta until it ends at a traffic light intersection with EDSA. The avenue is lined with hotels, namely New World Makati, Fairmont Makati, and Crown Regency between Paseo de Roxas and EDSA.
