Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX)

Numerous legal disputes regarding affected

properties, notably in the Tarlac segment of the
project, meant delays in the negotiation process being
undertaken by the DPWH.

TPLEX identified as a high priority government project, the Department of Public

Works and Highways (DPWH) was given the task of acquiring the right of way for the
project's proposed alignment, and was allocated P793 million in the hope that the
process could be expedited.

The initial plan for the construction of the TPLEx was

that it would be carried out in two phases: The first
phase would involve the construction of two lanes
while the second phase entailed its expansion into four
lanes to accommodate 25,000 vehicles.

The proposed superhighway would be built parallel to MacArthur Highway, passing through
the city of Tarlac and the municipalities of La Paz, Gerona, Victoria, Pura, Anao,
and Ramos in Tarlac, Nampicuan and Cuyapo in NuevaEcija and Rosales, Villasis, Urdaneta,
Binalonan, Laoac, Pozorrubio, and Sison in Pangasinan, and Rosario, La Union. A
contributor to delays in the early development of the TPLEX was the acquisition of
the right of way (ROW) for the project.

Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway or

TPLEX is a four-lane expressway that spans
about 88.85 kms before its recent 4 km
extension. Currently own his highway
connects central to northern Luzon, with its
southernmost terminal located in Tarlac and its
proposed northernmost terminal shall be
located at Rosario, La Union. It is also an
extension of NLEX, SCTEX from Tarlac to
Rosario, La Union.
The TPLEX is divided into three different sections.

Coordinates: 15°51'19"N 120°37'28"E

Sections Coverage Length

Section1 Tarlac City to Rosales 48.7km
Section 2 Rosales to Urdaneta 9.47km
Section 3 Urduneta to Rosario 30.41km

Section 3
Urduneta to Rosario
Length = 30.1km

Section 2
Rosales to Urduneta
Length = 9.47km

Section 1
Tarlac City to Rosales
Length = 48.7km
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3.7.7.2 Side Slopes

6.9.4 Flexible Pavement

7.6.1.1 Standard Gradient of Slope

Side slopes should be designed to enhance roadway stability and to provide a reasonable
opportunity for recovery for an out-of-control vehicle. Tplex involved the construction of
roadways on fill slopes. Since most areas are in flat terrain, highway pavement was elevated
several meters above to aid drainage. The embankment then formed fill slopes that required
bioengineering works to prevent erosion. Drainage structures were constructed across the slopes
to divert surface runoff and prevent scouring on the surface. Bare slopes formed by embankment
were protected using bioengineering. They were used to provide immediate protection while the
grass is not yet fully grown. Vegetation was established through hydroseeding. Effective seeding
was done by mixing slurry of seeds and mulches.

Summary

Tplex is a four-lane expressway (2 lanes, both direction) that spans about 88.85 kms before
its recent 4 km extension. And it is divided into three sections. Section 1 will run from Tarlac
City to Rosales for a length of 48.7km. It will comprise four lanes and will be divided into
five sub sections including Tarlac-Victoria (9.2km), Victoria-Gerona (7.75km), Gerona-
Paniqui (5.7km), Paniqui-Moncada (6.15km) and Moncada- Carmen (19.9km). Section
two covers the Agno viaduct, and will be 9.47km long and will connect Rosales to
Urdaneta via four lanes. Section three will run from Urdaneta to Rosario, and will be
30.41km long, featuring four lanes. It will be divided into two sub sections including
Urdaneta-Pozzorubio (14.83km) and Pozzorubio- Roasario (15.58km).
 The asphalt concrete paved expressway will run parallel to MacArthur Highway
and will have a right-of-way (ROW) width of 60m. It will pass through the municipalities
of Victoria, Gerona, Paniqui, Moncada and San Manuel in Tarlac; Carmen, Urdaneta,
Binalonan, Pozzorubio and Sison in Pangasinan; and Rosario in La Union.

Based on my assessment according to the DGCS Volume 4, TPLEX follow the

planning design, materials and constructions of TPLEX for the safety and quality of the
road. The entire road slopes were bioengineered achieving the desired slope stability at a
very cheap cost.
 NORTH-LUZON EXPRESSWAYS (NLEX)

On March 18, 2015, NLEX Segment 9 or the NLEX Karuhatan Link

was opened, providing continuation to Segment 8.1 that runs from
the other side of the Smart Connect Interchange to MacArthur
On June 5, 2010, the NLEX Segment 8.1 or Highway.
the NLEX Mindanao Avenue Link was
opened. The spur road is a part of the C-5 On February 28, 2019, the main stretch of NLEX Segment 10 or the
Road North Extension and is built to provide NLEX Harbor Link, from NLEX Karuhatan Link to C-3 Road, was
another entry point to the expressway from opened to traffic.
Metro Manila and decongest Balintawak
On February 21, 2020, its C3–R10 Section was partially opened up
Interchange.
to its Malabon exit ramp.
On March 18, 2015, NLEX Segment 9 or
On June 15, 2020, the remaining section to Radial Road 10 was
the NLEX Karuhatan Link was opened,
opened.
providing continuation to Segment 8.1 that
In 1977, the government issued Presidential
runs from the other side of the Smart
Decree 1113 granting PNCC a franchise to
InConnect
1976, theInterchange
North LuzontoTollway
MacArthur
was extended with an additional 50.9 kilometers of
manage, operate, maintain and extend MNEX and
Highway.
concrete road as part of a highway program of a highway program of the International
Bank for Reconstruction Development. The project features a 4-lane limited-access Manila South Expressway (MSEX) that was
highway with a five-kilometer Candaba Viaduct, a construction innovation utilizing called the North and South Luzon Tollways. The
precast beam system, 6 interchanges, 12 bridges, and overpass/underpass structures. franchise started on May 1, 1997 and ended on
April 30, 2007. In 1989 the expressway was
extended by another 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from
its terminus at Dau Exit to Sta. Ines Exit
in Mabalacat, Pampanga.

In 1960, NLEX was called Manila

North Expressway (MNEX). During
those times, PNCC completed the 27 –
kilometer, four-lane divided highway
from Balintawak in Quezon City to
Tabang, Bulacan. It was the first big
success in public works construction
that gave wat to PNCC’s rise in the
road building industry.
LOCATION MAP
Length: 84 km (52.2 miles)
Width: 20 meters
Coordninates: From 15°13′N 120°40′E to 14°39′26.6″N 121°0′0.7″E
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2.4.4.8 Asphalt Roads

2.6.5 Highway Capacity

3.6.2.4 Widening

In some cases, these influence the capacity of a road; in others, they can affect a
performance measure such as speed, but not the capacity or maximum flow rate of the facility. the
expressway were done including the widening of the Balintawak – Tabang segment from 6 to 8
lanes and the Tabang–Sta. Rita segment from 4 to 6 lanes, asphalt overlay, and the demolition of
old tollbooths. Various rules are also implemented to maintain the safety and quality of expressway
such as restricting the left lane to passing vehicles only and banning overloaded trucks. After this
rehabilitation, the operation and maintenance of the expressway was transferred to the Manila
North Tollways (now NLEX Corporation).

Summary
The NLEX Corporation is a debut organization occupied with the turn of events, plan,
development, account, activity and the board of expressway ventures. It is the manufacturer
concessionaire and administrator of two significant freeways that interface Metro Manila to North
and Central Luzon: NLEX and SCTEX. Extending more than 190 kilometers, the NLEX-SCTEX
offices work all day, every day obliging in excess of 200,000 drivers for each day. The NLEX
Corporation likewise holds the concession for the NLEX Connector, a 8-kilometer all-raised
thruway to be worked along the PNR option to proceed, expanding the NLEX toward the south
from the finish of NLEX Harbor Link Segment 10 in C3/fifth Avenue, Caloocan City to PUP Sta.
Plateau, Manila.
Metro Manila Skyway
In November 1995, the Jakarta-
based investor Citra Lamtoro Gung Persada
(CITRA) entered into a Supplemental Toll
Operation Agreement (STOA) with
the Republic of the Philippines through
the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) as
grantor, and the Philippine National
Construction Corporation (PNCC) as
operator. It was the result of negotiations
that began on October 31, 1994 with the
organization of the Technical Working
Group composed of representatives from the
Board of Investments (BOI),
the Department of Finance (DOF), AIA
Capital as financial adviser, the Department
of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
the TRB, the PNCC, and the PT CITRA Group. Under the STOA, Citra Metro Manila Tollways
Corporation (CMMTC as the concessionaire was formally established), was mandated to finance,
design, and construct stage 1 of the South Metro Manila Tollway Project, consisting of an elevated
expressway from Bicutan to Buendia and the rehabilitation of the at-grade portion of the South
Metro Manila Tollway project. The STOA was approved by Philippine President Fidel V.
Ramos in April 1996.

STAGE 1
Stage 1 involved the rehabilitation of the 13.43-
kilometer (8.35 mi) at-grade portion of SLEX
from Magallanes to Alabang and the construction of a
6-lane, 9.3-kilometer (5.8 mi) elevated expressway
above it, from Buendia to Bicutan. Stage 1 started on
April 7, 1995 and partially opened to motorists in
October 1999. Buendia, Makati (now Amorsolo),
Magallanes, Skyway Toll Plazas A and B, and
Bicutan Exits were first to be completed in December
1997. The Don Bosco Exit was completed in January
2002, while the NAIA Terminal 3 interchange was in
construction between 2004 and 2010. CMMTC spent
$32.7 million on Stage 1 with a length of 9.3
kilometers (5.8 mi).
STAGE 2
On April 2, 2009, Citra announced the
construction on the second stage.By June
2009, new pillars were going up. By May
2010, Stage 2 was 50% done, rotating the
highest pierhead in the Sucat area; by July it
was 65% done, concreting 134 of the required
238 spans, and started pouring the asphalt
overlay. On December 15, 2010, the Bicutan–
Sucat portion of Stage 2 opened to the public.
Motorists could use this portion for free
before the Skyway reverted its toll rates back
to its 2007 levels a week later. In April 2011,
the Hillsborough Exit, the Alabang Toll Plaza,
and the South Station Exit were opened to the
public toll-free until April 25. Stage 2
extended the toll road by about 6.86
kilometers (4.26 mi) from Bicutan to
Alabang.

STAGE 3

Dubbed as "Skyway Stage 3", the

Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) had received an
unsolicited proposal for the construction
of the elevated toll road Skyway's
extension from San Miguel Corporation-
backed Citra Metro Manila Tollways
Corp. (CMMTC) which according to
their proposal would run from Bicutan,
Taguig to Balintawak, Quezon City. The
DPWH included the project in its PPP
thrust and subjected the proposal to
a Swiss Challenge, a procedure that
requires a government agency which has
received an unsolicited bid for a project
to publish the bid and invite third parties
to match or exceed it.
Construction of Skyway Stage 3 started on February 17, 2014. However, construction delays and
right-of-way issues has rescheduled its target completion date to 2020.
Location Map

Length: 40.84 kilometers (25.38 mi)

Stage 1 – 9.3 km (5.8mi0

Stage 2 – 6.86km (4.26mi)

Stage 3 – 18.68km (11.61mi)

Extension Project – 6km (3.7mi) (Under Construction)

Coordinates: 14°30′23″N 121°2′7″E / 14.50639°N 121.03528°E / 14.50639; 121.03528.

 Stage 1 Elevated 2X3 Lane divided 9.377kms
expressway from Buendia,
Makati to Bicutan Paranaque
City
Rehabilitation of the existing 13.43kms
SLEX At-grade from
Magallanes to Alabang
Stage 2 Continuation of Stage 1 also an 6.88kms
elevated expressway from
Bicutan to Alabang over the
existing alignment of SLEX
Stage 3 Elevated expressway from
Buendia, Makati City to NLEX
Balintawak, Quezon City
Section 1: Buendia/Makati - Quirino 3.379
Avenue/Plaza Dilao

Section 1 – 1A: Plaza Dilao - Plaza Berde 0.382kms

Section 1A – 2: Plaza Berde - PUP Campus 2.085kms

Section 2B: Pandacan - SM Center 3.965kms

Point/Sta. Mesa

Section 3: SM Center Point/Sta. Mesa - 2.708kms

Quezon Avenue

Section 4: Quezon Avenue - EDSA 4.390kms

Balintawak

Section 5L EDSA Balintawak - NLEX or 1.480kms

Balintawak Rampway

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2.6.5 Highway Capacity

3.6.2.3 Superelevation

4.2.8.5 Overpass Roadways

Metro Manila Skyway os an elevated highway serving as the main expressway in southern Metro
Manila. Following much of the existing South Luzon Expressway's alignment by going above it.
The expressway is the fully grade-separated highway. It will be one of the longest flyovers in the
world with a total length of 40.84 kilometers when stage 3 extension are completed.
Summary

The Skyway, authoritatively the Metro Manila Skyway System or Metro Manila Skyway, is a raised
roadway filling in as the principle freeway in southern Metro Manila, Philippines, following a great part of
the current South Luzon Expressway's arrangement by going above it. It extends from Gil Puyat Avenue in
the north to Alabang–Zapote Road in the south and crosses through the profoundly urbanized territories of
Makati, Pasay, Taguig, Parañaque, and Muntinlupa, assuaging SLEx and other significant lanes from hefty
traffic. The turnpike is the first completely level isolated thruway in the Philippines. It will be perhaps the
longest flyover on the planet with an absolute length of 40.84 kilometers (25.38 mi) when Stage 3 and the
Extension Project in Muntinlupa are finished. It gives admittance to Ninoy Aquino International Airport
through NAIA Expressway. With the fulfillment of the Skyway Stage 3 booked in 2020, the raised interstate
will interface with the North Luzon Expressway in Caloocan and help cut the movement time between
Metro Manila and Clark International Airport in Pampanga.