Read Bridge
The Read Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist bridge over the Singapore River in Singapore . It crosses the river at Clarke Quay, northwest of the center of the Singapore River planning area . It was built to replace the older Merchant Bridge and also the Tock Seng's Bridge , which no longer met the new traffic conditions.
The bridge, which was built between 1881 and 1889, is a girder-supported bridge and was named after the politician William Read . It used to be called Malacca Bridge , derived from the Malaysian Jembatan Kampong Melaka (for "Malaccan Village Bridge" after the name of a settlement near Merchant Road) and from the Chinese name Kam-kong ma-la-kah kio (in Hokkien ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Read Bridge , keyword in Wan Meng Hao and Jacqueline Lau: Heritage Places of Singapore , Chapter West Bank, Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Ltd., Singapore 2009, ISBN 978-981-261-858-0 , page 15 , Online edition at: books.google.de / ...
- ↑ a b Read Bridge , website of the state's National Heritage Board, online at: roots.sg / ...
- ↑ a b Read Bridge , in: Infopedia , Server of the National Library Board, Singapore Government, online at: eresources.nlb.gov.sg / ...
| Singapore River |
Alkaff | Anderson | Cavenagh | Clemenceau | Coleman | Elgin | Esplanade | Jiak Kim | Jubilee | Kim Seng | Ord | Pulau Saigon | Read | Robertson |
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| Marina Reservoir |
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 ′ 21 ″ N , 103 ° 50 ′ 42.1 ″ E