Gil Puyat Avenue

The avenue begins at a traffic light intersection with Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Jose W. Diokno Boulevard, and Magdalena Jalandoni Street in Pasay. It traverses the Pasay roads of Roxas Boulevard, Harrison Avenue, Leveriza, Donada, and A. Luna Street. Before its intersection with Taft Avenue, several Bus Terminals are located along the avenue including JAC Liner and DLTB Co.

It enters the city of Makati after Tramo Street and Emilia Street. It narrows as a four-lane road from Edison Street to Osmeña Highway and intersects the Palanan and San Isidro streets of Batangas, Bautista, Dian, and Filmore. After its intersection with Osmeña Highway it enters the barangays of San Antonio and Pio del Pilar, the section from Medina Street and Mayapis Street to Ayala Avenue were lined with residential buildings and universities. Past Ayala Avenue, it enters barangay Bel-Air and several office buildings were located along the avenue including Petron Megaplaza and Pacific Star Building, both were used to the tallest buildings from 1989 to 1992 and 1998 to 2000, respectively.

Its last intersection was Paseo de Roxas before Kalayaan Flyover and its eastern terminus at EDSA in barangays Bel-Air and Urdaneta.

JAC Liner Bus Terminal, Pasay

Gil Puyat Avenue travels between the neighborhoods of Leveriza, San Jose, San Isidro, and Santa Clara in Pasay and barangays Palanan, San Isidro, San Antonio, Pio del Pilar, San Lorenzo, Bel-Air, and Urdaneta in Makati. It is the site of some of the tallest buildings in Metro Manila, such as RCBC Plaza on the junction with Ayala Avenue and Petron Megaplaza, the country's tallest building from 1998 to 2000. It also hosts the Pacific Star Building, Grand Soho Makati, The World Centre, One Central Makati, Exportbank Plaza, as well as the headquarters of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of Tourism, which recently moved from its previous location in Rizal Park after it was converted into the National Museum of Natural History.

The stretch of Gil Puyat between Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas hosts the headquarters of the Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company and Development Bank of the Philippines on Roxas Triangle. Several educational institutions are also located on the avenue such as Pasay City Academy, Andres Bonifacio Elementary School, and the Makati campuses of Far Eastern University, Centro Escolar University, De La Salle University, and iAcademy; Mapúa University used to have its Makati campus along the avenue. The avenue's other notable landmarks in Makati are the Makati Central Post Office, One Pacific Place, Burgundy Tower, West of Ayala Tower, Teleperformance Center, and SM Cyber Makati. The avenue is also the location of Bureau of Internal Revenue's district offices serving Pasay, Makati, and south National Capital Region, respectively.[5]

Gil Puyat Avenue in Pasay is the site of Networld Hotel Spa and Casino. The intersection with Taft Avenue is the location of several provincial bus terminals, including DLTBCo, JAM Liner, JAC Liner, and Green Star Express.

Buendia PNR Station at the junction with Osmeña Highway in Makati

Gil Puyat Avenue is a major stop on three lines of the Metro Manila Transit System.

• Gil Puyat Station at Taft Avenue served by LRT-1;
• Buendia Station at EDSA served by MRT-3; and
• Buendia railway station along Osmeña Highway served by PNR.
  • This station is now closed; the area is now served by the Dela Rosa railway station, one block southwards.

Green Frog Transport Corp. operate hybrid buses serving the route between Gil Puyat and Kalayaan Avenue, as well as the bus transit between Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange and Bonifacio Global City.[6][7] It is also served by provincial buses with terminals along the avenue's section in Pasay, as well as regular and air-conditioned jeepneys.

Here is a list of junctions and distances according to the Department of Public Works and Highways. Rizal Park in Manila is designated as kilometer zero. 

Province	City/Municipality	km[8]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Pasay				Jose W. Diokno Boulevard / Atang Dela Rama Street	Western terminus. Continues west as Zoilo Hilario Street.
				Macapagal Boulevard / Magdalena Jalandoni Street	Traffic light intersection
		3.286	2.042	AH 26 (N120) (Roxas Boulevard)	Former traffic light intersection. C-3 and N190 segments of Gil Puyat Avenue start here.
				Harrison Avenue	Access from opposite directions via U-turn slot. Former unsignalized intersection.
				Leveriza Street	Access from opposite directions via U-turn slot
				Donada Street / A. Luna Street	Access from opposite directions via U-turn slot; no entry to Donada Street
				N170 (Taft Avenue)	Traffic light intersection beneath Gil Puyat station; no left turn allowed from Gil Puyat westbound.
				Sandejas Street	Westbound entrance
				F. Fernando Street	Eastbound entrance
				Dominga Street / P. Burgos Street	Turn to Dominga or P. Burgos via U-turn
				Tramo Street	U-turn slot and unsignaled intersection. No left turn allowed from Gil Puyat westbound.
				Emilia Street	Westbound entrance
Makati–Pasay boundary		4.724	2.935	Tripa de Gallina Bridge
Makati				Marconi Street	Westbound access only
				Edison Street	Eastbound exit. Alternative route to Skyway (southbound).
				Bautista Street	Traffic light intersection
				Dian Street	Traffic light intersection
				Filmore Street / Batangas Street	Traffic light intersection
				N145 (Osmeña Highway)	Traffic light intersection. Also provides access to Skyway. No left turn allowed from Gil Puyat westbound and eastbound.
				Mayapis Street / Medina Street	Westbound and eastbound entrance. No access from opposite directions.
				Washington Street	Southbound entrance and exit. Provides access into Barangay Pio del Pilar.
				Chino Roces Avenue	Traffic light intersection
				Tindalo Street / Urban Avenue	No access from opposite direction
				Ayala Avenue	Traffic light intersection. No left turn allowed on both sides. C-3 segment of Gil Puyat Avenue ends here.
				Zuellig Loop / Geronimo Street	No access from opposite directions
				Malugay Street / Tordesillas Street	Traffic light intersection. No left turn allowed from Gil Puyat Avenue eastbound.
				Nicanor Garcia Street / Calle Reposo	Traffic light intersection
				Buendia Extension Access Road	Eastbound entrance and exit only
				Makati Avenue	Traffic light intersection
				Paseo de Roxas	Traffic light intersection
				Urdaneta Avenue	Eastbound entrance and exit only; access to Urdaneta Village
				West end of N191 (Kalayaan Flyover)
				Zodiac Street	Westbound entrance and exit only
				AH 26 (N1) (EDSA) – Baclaran	Eastern terminus. Eastern terminus of N190. Continues eastward into Forbes Park North village as Buendia Avenue Extension.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gil Puyat Avenue.

14°33′31″N 121°0′35″E