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. It facilitates access to the

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. It runs along the barangay boundary of Bel-Air with Pinagkaisahan and Guadalupe Viejo. Built by Rockwell Land Corporation, the developer of Rockwell Center, construction of the flyover began in 1998, originally to facilitate direct northbound traffic flows to Rockwell Center from the

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and the

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via EDSA. Initial plans for managing traffic around the area with the flyover's construction were devised by local construction consultancy SMDI Consultants. The flyover was originally designed by Katahira & Engineers Asia, considering the limited land area for building it partially due to the construction of the

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(MRT). Final plans for the flyover, however, were completed by

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, DCCD Engineering Corporation and CJG & Associates. On April 23, 2002, Rockwell Land opened the ,

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210 million flyover to traffic, with the inauguration led by Oscar Lopez, chair of the Lopez Group of Companies (the parent company of Rockwell Land), and attended by officials of both companies. Although

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(MMDA) Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr., and Makati Mayor

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were invited to attend the inauguration, they were instead represented at the event by DPWH Undersecretary

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, MMDA General Manager Jaime Paz, and Makati Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, respectively. The Estrella Flyover was originally one-way, but on December 21, 2012, the MMDA opened the flyover to two-way traffic from 7:00 to 10:00 am to ease traffic congestion due to cars turning right onto EDSA from Estrella Street. Done in coordination with Rockwell Land, the move to two-way traffic was initiated partly because of increased traffic flows to the area due to the opening of the

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in 2011. However, on September 5, 2016, the MMDA reverted the flyover to one-way traffic.

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