Río Bucaná originates inCordillera Central atMonte Jayuya and runs in a winding fashion to the south receiving feeds fromRio Jauca,Rio Bayagan and Quebrada Guayo.[7] Río Bucaná is channelized from the point it enters the city of Ponce and until it is fed byRio Portugues (a river that is also channelized) in BarrioBucaná at the southern tip ofJulio Enrique Monagas Family Park.[8] The channelization project started in 1974[9] and was completed in 1997.[10] It was a multimillion-dollar investment, with just the first phase costing $120 million.[11] The river empties into the Caribbean Sea nearLa Guancha. A section of the river used to run alongsideRoute 14, near the former Hospital de Distrito (nowHospital San Lucas), but it has since been diverted.[12]
The following table summarizes the course of Río Bucaná in terms of roads crossed. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin at the confluence ofRío Bayagán andRío Cerrillos rivers, located inBarrio Machuelo Arriba, north of the city of Ponce, to its emptying into the Caribbean Sea inBarrio Bucaná in the south (N/A = Data not available):
1.^ One reliable source, (Puerto Rico Department of Environmental Resources)[15] dated February 2007, states that this river forms from the confluence ofRío Cerrillos andRío Bayagán. However, another reliable source, (Puerto Rico Office of Management and Budget)[16] not dated but using data with dates that fluctuate between 2001 and 2010, shows the river forms from various minor streams, and that Río Cerrillos is a feeder river to Río Bucaná. In this article we are using the first source as the most reliable. Still, given that the U.S. Corps of Engineers has been working in redirecting and canalizing Río Bucaná, the reader is advised that the actual origin of thecurrent river may be one of the two stated above or may well be different yet.
^ab"Los Rios"(PDF).Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. February 2007. p. 2. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 1 April 2012. Retrieved30 October 2011.
^abc"Maptest".General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Archived fromthe original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved25 November 2011.
^Los Rios.Archived 2012-04-01 at theWayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 2. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^Carmelo Rosario Natal.Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 118.
^Carmelo Rosario Natal.Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002. Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 118.
^SAURI v. SAURI.Archived 4 April 2012 at theWayback Machine(LEAGLE: Debate Cases, Regulations, Statutes, and More) 45 F.2d 90 (1930). United States Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 26 November 1930. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
^Los Rios.Archived 2012-04-01 at theWayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 2. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^Maptest.Archived 18 February 2010 at theWayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
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