South Bridge Road

South Bridge Road is a major road in Singapore, running south of the Singapore River in Chinatown. It starts at Elgin Bridge from North Bridge Road and ends at the junction of Neil Road, Tanjong Pagar Road and Maxwell Road.

1. History

South Bridge Road was built in 1833. From 1885 to 1894, the tramway from the town to the New Harbour (now Keppel Harbour) used this road. From 1905 to 1927, Singapore Electric Tramways Company ran their trams along the road. In 1929, trolley buses also used this road.

1. Landmarks

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple Elgin Bridge Eu Yan Sang Fook Hai Building Hong Lim Complex Jamae Mosque Maxwell Food Centre Maxwell MRT station One George Street (or ERGO insurance building; formerly Pidemco Centre) Sri Mariamman Temple

1. References


1. = Further reading =

Haughton, H. T. (1891). Native Names of Streets in Singapore. Singapore: Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. pp. 49–65. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Victor R. Savage; Brenda Yeoh (2013). Singapore Street Names: A study of Toponymics. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish. ISBN 9789814484749.

1. = External links =

South Bridge Road by the National Library Board, archived from the original on 26 May 2025.

1. External links

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North Bridge Road

North Bridge Road is a major one-way road in Singapore, located to the north of the Singapore River. It begins at the junction with Crawford Street in Kallang, situated on the western bank of the Rochor River, and runs in a southwesterly direction until it reaches Elgin Bridge. Beyond the bridge, the road continues as South Bridge Road on the southern side of the river. Along its course, North Bridge Road passes through the planning areas of Kallang, Rochor and the Downtown Core.

Landmark

Kallang Riverside Park

Kallang Riverside Park (Chinese: 加冷河畔公园) is a riverine park in Kallang, Singapore. It sits on the confluence of the Kallang River and Rochor River, north of the Kallang Basin.

Landmark Park

Lavender MRT station

Lavender MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West Line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under Kallang Road, the station is close to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building and Jalan Besar stadium. Planned and built as part of Phase Two of the initial system, the contract for the station's construction was awarded in October 1985, and it was opened in November 1989.

Landmark Train

244 m

Kallang Gasworks

Kallang Gasworks (Chinese: 加冷煤气厂 Pinyin: Jiā lěng méi qì chǎng) was the first site dedicated to gas manufacturing from coal in Singapore. It operated from 1862 to 23 March 1998. In 1862, it was constructed by the Singapore Gas Company and occupied an area of about 3.14ha. It was built to supply piped gas in Singapore, and was the first in the country. It had a daily production capacity of 1,000,000m3. It was the largest gas works in Southeast Asia at the time. Today, the site is listed as a Historic Site by the National Heritage Board. The area is bounded by Kallang Road, Crawford Street, Kampong Bugis and the Rochor River. At that time, gas was produced using coal and Kallang Gasworks was ideally located by the bank of the Rochor River. It made the delivery of coal supplies shipped from neighbouring countries convenient. The Kallang Basin site formed part of Singapore's southern coastline, before major land reclamation transformed the area into what it is today.

Historic Site Industrial