Balintawak Interchange

The Balintawak Interchange /bɑːlɪntaʊwɑːk/, also known as the Balintawak Cloverleaf, is a two-level cloverleaf interchange in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, which serves as the junction between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).

[1] Construction of the interchange was precipitated by the large number of motor vehicles in Manila and the surrounding suburbs in the 1960s, contributing to significant traffic congestion.

On June 25, 1966, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the Department of Public Works to construct some road projects to be financed through World War II reparations, including interchanges on vital intersections along EDSA.

[4] In 2015, the Manila North Tollways Corporation, the concessionaire of NLEX, spent close to ₱70 million to improve the interchange's drainage systems to mitigate flooding.

[5] In addition to flooding, the interchange has been criticized by columnist Cito Beltran of The Philippine Star for being rife with corrupt police officers and petty crime.