Tayuman Street is a four-lane east-west street in northern
Manila
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,
Philippines
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. It stretches from the former San Lazaro Hippodrome in
Santa Cruz to Barrio Pritil in
Tondo district. The street is designated as part of
Circumferential Road 2.
Tayuman begins at an intersection with
Lacson Avenue
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in Santa Cruz district fronting
SM City San Lazaro
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. It crosses
Rizal Avenue
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, passing underneath the
Tayuman LRT Station where it continues past the headquarters of the
Department of Health
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into the residential areas of Santa Cruz and Tondo. The street ends at Juan Luna Street near
Puregold
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Tayuman supermarket and extends west towards
Manila North Harbor in Tondo as
Capulong Street.
The street was named after ''tayum'', a type of
indigo plant
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Description
Species of ''Indigofera'' are mos ...
.
Route description
Tayuman Street is designated a national secondary road, wholly with the route number N140. The road has four lanes, with two per direction, are mostly lined with side streets and local businesses.
Numerous establishments line the road, like the
Department of Health
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Central Office,
Puregold
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Tayuman branch, Sentro ng Karunungan Library,
Sentro ng Karunungan (Tondo Congressional) Library
published by NLP.gov.ph; accessed October 8, 2013. Archdiocesan Shrine of Espiritu Santo
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, Immaculate Conception Parish Church and Tayuman Commercial Center. San Lazaro Tourism and Business Park and SM City San Lazaro
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, both standing on the former location of the San Lazaro Racetrack, which moved to Carmona
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...
, Cavite
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, lies on the east end of the street. Schools also line the street, like the Andres Bonifacio Elementary School (Tayuman cor Ipil Street), Espiritu Santo Parochial School, Manila Cathedral School, and Rizal Elementary School.
Jeepney routes
Tayuman Street
* Tayuman - Pritil
* Tayuman - Lardizabal
* Blumentritt - Divisoria
Intersections Jeepney Route
*Gasak - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
*Navotas - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
*MCU - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
*Malanday - Recto (Oroquieta Street)
*MCU - Divisoria (Abad Santos Avenue
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)
*Malanday - Divisoria (Abad Santos Avenue
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)
Intersections
See also
* Major roads in Manila
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References
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Streets in Manila
Santa Cruz, Manila
Tondo, Manila