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The San Juan River is one of the main river systems in
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, and is a major
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of the
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. 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
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. As the San Juan River, it passes through
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, San Juan, the Manila district of
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and Santa Ana, and
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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): * Buhangin Creek in Mandaluyong is the tributary nearest to the river's confluence with the Pasig. Its mouth is in Barangay Población, Mandaluyong, near the end of Bonifacio Avenue where it meets New Panaderos Street. Its traceable headwaters are somewhere in Barangay Zuñiga. * Maytunas Creek in San Juan has its mouth near Sevilla Bridge at the end of
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, Barangay Daang Bakal. Its traceable headwaters are somewhere near the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong. * Salapán Creek (also called Ermitaño Creek) in San Juan is the third main tributary of the San Juan River. Its mouth is located in Barangay Salapán, San Juan near
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, and crosses Wilson Street near Barasoain Street in Barangay Greenhills, San Juan. Its known sources are near
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and inside the
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, both in San Juan; and in Barangay Bagong Lipunan Crame, Quezon City. *Dilimán Creek in Quezon City is the fourth main tributary. It joins the San Juan River in Barangay Kalusugan near E. Rodriguez Avenue behind St Luke's Medical Center. Its traceable headwaters are in Quezon City. The southernmost branch can be traced to Barangay Santolan near Blue Ridge Subdivision, the northernmost in Brgy. Pansól near the UP Integrated School. An intermediate branch springs from within the
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campus, while a fourth branch, known as Victoria Creek, passes by the Anonas Avenue area and is notable for defining the boundary of Project 2 and 3, before finally ending in Barangay Duyan Duyan in Project 3. * Mariblo Creek (sometimes called Talayan Creek and Tanque Creek; also spelt Mariablo) in Quezon City is the fifth main tributary. Mariblo Creek joins the San Francísco River to form the San Juan River in Barangay Mariblo, near
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. Its traceable headwaters are in Barangay Bungad near the corner of West Avenue and
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; at the opposite end of West Avenue, near the
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roundabout where West Avenue meets
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and Timog avenues; and in the
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.


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. Culiát Creek, whose headwaters are within the
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campus, empties into the Pasong Tamó River.


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 *
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Bridge (Barangays Talayan, Tatalon and Roxas District) *Kaliraya Bridge - carrying Kaliraya Road (Barangays Roxas District and Tatalon) *Marilao Bridge - carrying E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue (Barangays Tatalon, Kalusugan and Doña Imelda) Quezon City-San Juan *Lambingan Bridge - carrying
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(Barangays Doña Imelda and Balong Bato) * LRT Line 2 (Barangays Doña Imelda and Balong Bato) *San Juan-Santa Mesa Bridge - carrying Araneta Avenue (Barangays Doña Imelda and Progreso) San Juan-Manila * San Juan River Bridge - connecting N. Domingo Street and Old Sta. Mesa Street (Barangay Progreso and District of
Santa Mesa Santa Mesa is a district in Manila, Philippines. It is surrounded by Pasig River on the southwestern side, and by the San Juan River on its southern and eastern side. Land borders include the districts of San Miguel to the west and Sampaloc t ...
) Manila-Mandaluyong *Sevilla Bridge - connecting P. Sanchez Street and Shaw Boulevard (District of Sta. Mesa and Barangay Daang Bakal) Manila *Lubiran Bridge - connecting Lubiran Street and Rev. Aglipay Street (District of Sta. Mesa) * 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 The Pasig River ( fil, Ilog Pasig) is a water body in the Philippines that connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay. Stretching for , it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban area into northern and southern halves. Its ...
, but was demolished because of the construction of the Skyway Stage 3.


See also

* List of rivers and estuaries in Metro Manila * Pasig river rehabilitation


References


External links

{{Principal River Systems of the Philippines Rivers of Metro Manila San Juan, Metro Manila