The Dr. Aracadio Santos Avenue or Dr. A. Santos Avenue, (formerly and still referred to as
Sucat Road), is the primary east-west thoroughfare in Parañaque, southern Metro Manila, Philippines.
The avenue's western end is at Victor Medina Street in the boundary between La Huerta and
San Dionisio, as the continuation of Ninoy Aquino Avenue.
Physically, Ninoy Aquino Avenue connects northbound to NAIA Road in Pasay which, in turn, continues
west to Roxas Boulevard back in Parañaque, and then to Macapagal Boulevard, where it
finally ends.
Its eastern end is at South Luzon Expressway, at the city's border with Sucat, Muntinlupa,
where it becomes Meralco Road to service the rest of the route to Sucat railway station.
== History == The avenue was originally called Sucat Road
and was named for the barrio in Muntinlupa and its railway station to which it led.
Its present name is taken from Dr. Arcadio Santos, a native of Parañaque who was the
governor of Rizal from 1920-1922 when the then-municipality was still part of the province.In
September 2013, a bill was authored in the Philippine House of Representatives to rename
Dr. Santos Avenue to President Cory Aquino Avenue.
This bill authored by Rep. Eric Olivarez is still pending in the Committee on Public Works
and Highways as of October 2013.The avenue will soon be served by the Manila Light Rail
Transit Line 1 via Dr. A. Stantos Station to be constructed at the intersection with
C-5 Road.
== Route description ==
Dr. A. Santos Avenue runs through the villages of San Dionisio, San Isidro, San Antonio,
BF Homes Parañaque and Sucat.
It begins in San Dionisio as the continuation of Ninoy Aquino Avenue south of Ninoy Aquino
International Airport Terminal 1, where the road narrows to three lanes from four.
The road continues due east to cross C-5 Road Extension, N. Lopez Avenue and Presidents
Avenue.
It terminates at an interchange with South Luzon Expressway and the Manila Skyway.
The eastern section of the avenue is known as the location of two of Metro Manila's biggest
cemeteries, Manila Memorial Park and Loyola Memorial Park.
Notable places located along the road also include two SM shopping malls (SM City Sucat
and SM City BF Parañaque), Amvel Business Park which houses the El Shaddai church, and
the Santana Grove strip mall.
== Intersections == Kilometers are indicated by yellow kilometer
stones along the road.
Mileage are rather measured from Kilometer Zero in Rizal Park.
The whole road exists within Parañaque.
== Landmarks ==
Dr. A. Santos Avenue is home to several new commercial developments, particularly near
its intersection with C-5 Road extension in San Dionisio, such as the Amvel City (formerly
Amvel Business Park), SM City Sucat, Fields Residences, and Avida Towers Sucat.
Another development on the avenue is the area near its intersection with President's Avenue
in BF Homes which includes SM City BF Parañaque, Amaia Steps Sucat and Santana Grove which
houses a Shopwise.
This area is also the location of Medical Center Parañaque, Elorde Sports Center, the
Manila Memorial Park and Loyola Memorial Park.
The Parañaque City Hall is accessible by turning north on San Antonio Avenue near Jaka
Plaza.
Between Lopez Avenue and Canaynay Avenue are some of the older shopping centers on the
avenue including WalterMart Sucat, Liana's Shopping Mall, Jaka Plaza, Savemore Sucat
and Uniwide Warehouse Club Sucat (Now Super8).
Olivarez College and Parañaque National High School are some of the biggest educational
institutions located on the avenue near San Dionisio's border with the village of San
Isidro.
== References ==