San Juan River (Metro Manila)

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San Juan River
San Francisco del Monte River
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Location
Country Philippines
Region National Capital Region
Cities
Physical characteristics
Mouth Pasig River
  location
Brgy. 619, Manila
  coordinates
14°35′22″N121°00′53″E / 14.5894°N 121.0147°E / 14.5894; 121.0147
Length22.2 km (13.8 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSan Juan–Pasig

The San Juan River is one of the main river systems in Metro Manila, Philippines, and is a major tributary of the Pasig River. It begins near La Mesa Dam as the San Francisco del Monte River, which officially takes the name San Juan River when it meets with Mariblo Creek in Quezon City. As the San Juan River, it passes through Quezon City, San Juan, the Manila district of Santa Mesa and Santa Ana, and Mandaluyong. [1] [2]

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Right-of-way issues caused the realignment of the Santa Mesa portion of the Skyway Stage 3. Instead of passing through Old Santa Mesa Street, the expressway now follows the course of the San Juan River from Araneta Avenue to Pasig River.

Tributaries

Aside from the San Francisco del Monte River, the San Juan River has five creeks as its main tributaries (starting from its mouth going upstream): [2] [3]

As the San Francisco del Monte River

Upstream from the confluence with the Mariblo, the river is known as the San Francisco del Monte River. This river in turn divides upstream into the Dario Creek and the Pasong Tamó River . [2]

Culiát Creek, whose headwaters are within the UP Diliman campus, empties into the Pasong Tamó River. [2] [4]

Bridges

The official portion of the river has 9 bridges which are nearly and exactly located at the borders of Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong and Manila. LRT Line 2 is the only rail bridge crosses the river.

Quezon City

Quezon City-San Juan

San Juan-Manila

Manila-Mandaluyong

Manila

The 2 future rail bridges of Metro Rail Transit (MRT) crossing the San Juan River are MRT-4 parallel with Sevilla Bridge located at Manila-Mandaluyong Boundary and MRT-8 located along Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. A simple suspension pedestrian bridge was the last crossing of the river before it met the Pasig River, but was demolished because of the construction of the Skyway Stage 3.

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Philippines Regional Map: Manila (Map) (Second ed.). Periplus Travel Maps.
  3. "Sound Practice No. 1: Saving the Streams in Quezon City (Oplan Sagip Batis sa QC) 1" (PDF). QC Environment Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  4. "Initial Environmental Examination of the Community Sanitation Project Manila Second Sewerage Project IBRD 4019" (PDF). Manila Water Company Inc. December 2001. Retrieved May 30, 2012.

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