Lawton Avenue

Lawton Avenue, also known as Fort Bonifacio-Nichols Field Road,[1] is the main road in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. It follows a part of the alignment of the old Nichols route running roughly southwest to northeast from Sales Interchange to 5th Avenue and the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. It was named after Henry Ware Lawton, US Army general during the Philippine–American War.[2]

Lawton Avenue
Fort Bonifacio-Nichols Field Road
Lawton Avenue looking north from McKinley Hill
NamesakeHenry Ware Lawton
TypeTertiary road
Maintained byDepartment of Public Works and Highways – Metro Manila 1st District Engineering Office
Length3.4 km (2.1 mi)
LocationTaguig
West endSouth Luzon Expressway
Major
junctions		Chino Roces Avenue
Bayani Road
Upper McKinley Road
East end5th Avenue

Route description
Philippine Army Headquarters on Lawton Avenue

Starting at its western terminus on Sales Bridge at the Sales Interchange near the border with Pasay, the avenue heads east to the intersection with Chino Roces Avenue near the entrance to the Fort Andres Bonifacio at Gate 3. It continues across army property winding past the Philippine Naval Hospital and Kagitingan Executive Golf Course, and intersecting with Bayani Road. At Upper McKinley Road, Lawton traverses the McKinley Hill mixed-use development and the Philippine Army Headquarters, bending sharply north as it skirts the western side of Manila American Cemetery. The avenue ends at a fork in the road with 5th Avenue to the west, which leads to Bonifacio Global City, and Old Lawton Road to the east, which leads to the American Cemetery entrance.

The extension of 8th Avenue north of Kalayaan Avenue between Bonifacio Global City and J.P. Rizal Avenue in Makati is also named Lawton Avenue. West of the Nichols interchange, Lawton continues as Sales Road and Andrews Avenue heading towards Pasay, the Villamor Air Base, and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Landmarks
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial

See also

References
  1. "Metro Manila 1st". Department of Public Works and Highways. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  2. A Historical Irony published by the Philippine Daily Inquirer; accessed 2013-10-18.

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