Everything about South Bridge Road totally explained
South Bridge Road (
Chinese: 桥南路) is a road south of
Singapore River in
Chinatown,
Singapore which starts from
Elgin Bridge and ends at the junction of
Neil Road,
Tanjong Pagar Road and
Maxwell Road.
The road was built by convict labour in
1833 which started at the south of
Thomson Bridge (now the Elgin Bridge) where it took its name from and the road is the extension of
North Bridge Road which starts from
Crawford Street to the north of Elgin Bridge. From
1885 to
1894,
steam tramways plied the full length of the road from the town area to the New Harbour (now known as the
Keppel Harbour). As the
trams couldn't face the competition of
rickshaws, they then ceased operations. The
Singapore Electric Train Company had its
trams running along the road from
1905 to
1927.
Trolley buses also used South Bridge Road as one of their routes which they competed with the "mosquito bus" until
1962 when the current
motor bus system was introduced.
Eu Tong Sen ran a
chinese medicine shop known as
Eu Yan Sang which was established in
1910 and refurbished in
1990 and reopened in
1992. It is run by
Richard Eu who is the grandson of the former. Eu Yan Sang now operates shops around the island as well as overseas such as
Malaysia and
Hong Kong.
The
Chinese call the road
ta ma lo or "great horseway" as well as
chat bok koi or "paint wood street". "Paint wood street" refers to where there's a
police court and the river. The road is also known as
gu chia chui tua be chia lo in
Hokkien which means "big horse (carriage) road in
Kreta Ayer". The
Tamils refer to it as
"kalapithi kadei sadakku" or Cawker's Shop Street.
Landmarks
Image:P@D on South Bridge Road.JPG| Picture taken on April 1, 2008 showing construction of the
Pinnacle@Duxton emerging as a new visual landmark to the South
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