Giant potholes alert

[michael677]

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Roads in Manila are getting worse by the day!! Perfectly fine roads are under stress due to incessant raining and heavy vehicles especially trucks.
Potholes in Manila are nothing new and having them more abundant during the rainy season is part of the day to day driving conditions we all need to cope up with. But it is unusual for manila to experience rains for one week straight so this is probably why almost the whole of Manila's roads are in bad shape latey.

i have made a list the places i frequent and the ff areas require you to be more cautious of your driving and be always prepared:

MAJOR - will cause major vehicle damage on speeds above 20 kph
MODERATE - maintain speeds of below 40kph
SLIGHT - normal driving speeds but just be mindful of the road irregularities

1.) Roxas Blvd northbound around Baclaran area - MAJOR ALL LANES
2.) Quirino Etxn (Paco Area) - MAJOR
3.) U.N Avenue extn -MODERATE
4.) Romualdez st - MODERATE
5.) Magallanes area below skyway - SLIGHT
6.) Quintin Paredes southbound (near Chinatown arch)-MAJOR center lane
7.) EDSA sourthbound (around Boni) - MAJOR bus lane
8.) EDSA northbound (around Buendia in front of Forbes park seconday gate) - MAJOR bus lane
9.) Pioneer St - SLIGHT
10.) Shaw Blvd - SLIGHT TO MODERATE
11.) Fort BGC(32nd street along St Lukes) - SLIGHT
12.) C-5 Road (from Bagong Ilog to Fort) - MODERATE
13.) EDSA approaching south end - MODERATE
14.) road in front of Greenbelt 5 - MODERATE
15.) Pasay Road - MODERATE

[Horsepower]

16.) Mayon Street (from A.Bonifacio to Quezon Avenue) - HELL. If you don't believe in hell, go here to experience one.

[mr_incredible]

16.) Mayon Street (from A.Bonifacio to Quezon Avenue) - HELL. If you don't believe in hell, go here to experience one.

hehe, natawa ako dito... pero I second this

[huggybear]

17.) EDSA southbound before Muñoz - MAJOR center lane
18.) North Avenue northbound (before entering EDSA) - MAJOR center lane

[michael677]

16.) Mayon Street (from A.Bonifacio to Quezon Avenue) - HELL. If you don't believe in hell, go here to experience one.

if i have free time, i will try to look it up in the map and will go there!

do we have other areas to watch out for? pls post nalang if any of u guys have some to share

[zantets]

16.) Mayon Street (from A.Bonifacio to Quezon Avenue) - HELL. If you don't believe in hell, go here to experience one.

x2

everytime we pass here, we feel the car will disintegrate

[TrickMaster]

19.) Quezon Ave U-turn going to Kanlaon St. Near Ford Quezon ave. and Sony Repair.

ang hirap magmaneobra ha..

[junarsl]

pls. include the whole stretch of Osmeña highway from quirino to slex...especially the one from san andres to pasay road...the worst segment is the fly over of buendia...bcoz of the numerous pot holes an asphalt laying...the road is uneven...parang tanggal kagad ang alignment pag humataw ka...patay kang kotse ka, lalo na pag umuulan...hindi kita butas...

[michael677]

where there are trucks potholes are more common

bakit kasi they still use asphalt on it??? dapat sa ganyan cement. if u notice hongkong roads are all cement, it's stronger and is brighter during the night.

the osmena hiway portion i think is still bearable. there are no giant potholes like those stated above

[jeDi13]

cement din naman gamit natin. may asphalt overlay nga lang. mas masarap bumiyahe sa asphalt compared sa cement. suwabe ang pag-roll ng gulong. lambot. siguro rin kasi to protect the cement beneath. mas mura naman i-maintain ang sirang asphalt compared sa sirang cement. alam mo naman dito sa pinas, cheap materials + mediocre workmanship.

may narinig din ako dati from a friend. and according to him, marami raw supply ng asphalt satin since this is a petroleum waste material. instead na itapon, ginagamit nalang. not sure if this is true though.

[froshie1]

Kaya ganyan ang roads ng Manila ay dahil sa pangit ang pagtatrabaho ng mga kalsada natin dito and our "leaders" are not doing anything about it. Puro pwede na yan at corruption ang nananaig.

Maski umulang ng isang buwan basta maayos ang pagkakagawa ay hindi magkakaron ng ganung kalaking mga lubak. Mayron akong experience sa US, literally halos umulan ng isang buwan tumigil lang sya ng mga 3-4 days pero iyogn tigil nya ilang hours lang at hindi naman nalulusaw ang mga daan doon at maraming trucks na dumadaan.

[froshie1]

oh and btw, our roads were never smooth. even iyong mga well cemented eh may mga alon alon kang mararamdaman at maliliit na matagtag.

[joseph20]

OT: Napansin ko lang , kahabaan ng tandang sora ngayon ehh iniispalto na, kinatatakot ko, maganda naman daan namin at semento pa, bakit nila ipapaispalto, lubakin ang ispalto di po ba???

[froshie1]

para mapahaba ang buhay ng semento.

[RC-V]

yung first time kong pumunta ng subic bay around 1994 napansin ko parang iba yung asphalt road na ginamit ng mga Kano. Parang mas sturdy siya parang iba yung mixture/texture compared sa local asphalt roads.

may presidentiable na ba na isinama sa plataporma niya yung better roads for better Philippines.

[tsupermario]

lacson along the side of ust - moon craters!

[junarsl]

where there are trucks potholes are more common

bakit kasi they still use asphalt on it??? dapat sa ganyan cement. if u notice hongkong roads are all cement, it's stronger and is brighter during the night.

the osmena hiway portion i think is still bearable. there are no giant potholes like those stated above

Mukhang hindi ka daily dumadaan sa osmeña..., try mo ngayon bro! lalo na pag may drizzle...tignan natn kung hindi ka magpapatin-tero sa daan..., I guess you were made to think to say your assumptions coz, mas grabe siguro sa dinadaaanan mo, kaya you thought osmeña is still bearable...

[joseph20]

SOON to be....

Kahabaan ng tandang sora dati semento ito at maganda naman ang daan, last week tinabunan ng aspalto lahat ng lanes, kaya abangan natin after 2-3 months lubak lubak na ang mga daan na yan, makikipag pustahan pa ako kahit magkano.. Pinakailaman pa nila ang daan ehh wala naman problema at semento pa, sabay binuhusan ng aspalto! Lets wait and i-uupdate ko itong message ko! Thanks