South Avenue is a short extension of Ayala Avenue north of Metropolitan Avenue in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. It forms the border between the Manila South Cemetery to the east and Barangay Santa Cruz to the west, running for 805 meters (2,641 ft) in a southwest–northeast direction from its southern terminus at Metropolitan Avenue to its intersection with J.P. Rizal Avenue in Barangay Olympia.[1] Since 2017, it carries one-way northbound traffic, implemented as an effort to decongest traffic in and out of the Makati Central Business District.[2] It has a short extension into Barangay Olympia and Circuit Makati (formerly the Santa Ana Race Track) as Taliba Street.[3][4] It is also the location of the Ecoville Townhouses and F. Benitez Elementary School. It is formerly a component road of Circumferential Road 3.[5]
 The Manila South Cemetery on South Avenue | |
| Maintained by | Department of Public Works and Highways - Metro Manila 2nd District Engineering Office |
|---|---|
| Length | 805 m (2,641 ft)[1] |
| Location | Makati |
| North end | J.P. Rizal Avenue |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Metropolitan Avenue |
The avenue originated from an old road linking J.P. Rizal, Makati's main road, to the Manila South Cemetery and eventually to McKinley–Pasay Road near the Nielson Field (now occupied by the Makati Central Business District).[6][7][8] The origin of the name of the avenue is unclear, but it may be derived from the cemetery through which it passes.