The
opening of the North and South Luzon Tollways catapulted
the start of PNCC's ascent as this credits the company
of building and managing two most important thoroughfares
of Metro Manila and the vital links to neigboring
provinces.
PNCC completed the 27-kilometer,
four-lane divided highway from Balintawak in Quezon
City to Tabang, Bulacan, known as Manila North Expressway,
in the 1960's. This first big success in public works
construction gave way to PNCC's rise in the road building
industry.
Client
:
Bureau
of Public Highways
Location
: Caloocan
City and Bulacan Province
Contract
Value
: Php
29,000,000.00 (owner-supplied equipment)
Completion
Date
: August
4, 1968
Totalling 28 km. in
all, this fully-fenced limited access highway consists
of a four-lane rural divided roadway, nine twin bridges,
one railroad overpass, seven underpasses and three interchanges.
Originally
a project of the Department of Public Highways, the
completion of the major portion of the job fell on CDCP
to pioneer the toll conceptof funding
infrastructure. It was carried out under the private
financing scheme provided by Republic Act 3741.
Additional work required
by the government included the construction of the Balintawak
- Novaliches Interchange Complex, the Tabang Interchange,
and the approach road of the underpasses.
NLEX Cloverleaf
in Balintawak (1968)
Client
:
Ministry
of Public Highways
Location
:
Bulacan and Pampanga Provinces
Contract
Value
:
Php 406,000,000.00
Completion
Date
:
1977
In
1976, the NLT extension consisting of 50.9 kms. of concrete
road, was built as part of a highways program of the
International Bank for Reconstruction Development linking
major urban centers to the production centers in the
north. The project features 4-lane limited access highway
with a five-kilometer Candaba viaduct, a construction
innovation utilizing precast beam system, 6 interchangesm
12 bridges and overpass/underpass structures. The
NLT now stretches up to 84 kms. from Balintawak to Sta.
Ines, Pampanga.
SOUTH
LUZON EXPRESSWAY
Client
:
Bureau
of Public Highways
Location
:
Rizal
Province
Contract
Value
:
Php
34,000,000.00
Completion
Date
:
December
16, 1969
This
expressway is 15 km. in length, fuly fenced with four
lanes and extends south from Makati. It also features
toll-free two-way service roads of bituminous concrete
pavement to serve local traffic on both sides throughout
its entire length.
As toll manager, CDCP
studied, planned, programmed and manages its operation
and maintenance, similarly with the Manila North Expressway.
The
SLT now extends to another 29 kms. up to Calamba, Laguna.
It also includes an 850 meter long viaduct which
crosses over Alabang. Part of the Metro Manila
Skyway. The first stage of the Skyway System consists
of the construction of the 9.5-kilometer elevated road
from Bicutan, Parañaque City to the Makati Central
Business District as well as the rehabilitation of the
13.5-kilometer section of the South Luzon Expressway
from Alabang to Magallanes. the South Metro Manila
Skyway Project Stage 2, the 6.88-kilometer elevated
expressway from Bicutan to Alabang that extends the
9.5-kilometer elevated toll road from Makati to Bicutan
known as the Skyway Stage 1 that opened in 1999.
SLEX in
1976.
The
construction of the Manila South Luzon Expressway (MSEX)
which started in 1967 was the second major roadway project
completed by PNCC. It was opened on December 16,
1969 and provided a vital artery to southern Luzon stretching
15 kilometers from Makati to Alabang.