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23-758: The road which the precinct is named after, links the Central Expressway to Serangoon Garden Way in Serangoon Gardens . It is in the north-eastern region of Singapore. The area around the street is named after this road. There are both public and private housing flanking the street. It is now served by the Lorong Chuan MRT station on the Circle MRT line . Several bus routes plies through Lorong Chuan vicinity - these include 45, 58, 73, 105, 159, 534 and 568 of which it passes through Lorong Chuan. Construction on

46-617: A 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) segment of the expressway between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Jalan Toa Payoh opened in March 1983, while the segment of expressway between Jalan Toa Payoh and Thomson Road was opened in May 1985, In August 1985, construction commenced on a 3 kilometres (1.9 miles), S$ 18 million segment of the expressway in Ang Mo Kio. This segment of expressway was opened to traffic in January 1987, while

69-488: A long container box with rows of hexagonal windows at both sides. This Singapore road article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Expressway, Singapore The Central Expressway ( CTE ) in Singapore is the major highway connecting the city centre of Singapore with the northern residential parts of the island, including Toa Payoh , Bishan and Ang Mo Kio and further onwards to

92-607: A role accommodated for tourism and aesthetics for the commercial zone which encloses it. Traversing across the river is available via water taxis . The river is now part of the Marina Reservoir after damming the Singapore River at its outlet to the sea to create a new reservoir of freshwater . The dam is known as the Marina Barrage . There are a number of sculptures along the Singapore River. Many of these depict

115-625: The Pan Island Expressway (PIE) and passing through Toa Payoh , Bishan and Ang Mo Kio before terminating at an interchange with the Seletar Expressway (SLE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE), and measures 16 kilometres (9.9 miles). Work on the first phase of the CTE, between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Thomson Road, commenced in July 1981. Intended to alleviate heavy traffic along Upper Thomson Road,

138-913: The Seletar Expressway and the Tampines Expressway . As of 29 December 2013, SLE and CTE are one of the two pairs of expressways in Singapore which are linked together, the other being the KPE and MCE . Beginning at a junction with the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) in Bukit Merah , the expressway runs northeast, passing through Outram and parallel to Chin Swee Road. The CTE then runs through two tunnels between Chin Swee Road and Bukit Timah Road, with an at-grade segment between Buyong Road and Cairnhill Circle, before continuing northeast, between Kallang and Novena. The expressway then turns north, intersecting

161-615: The Singapore River to facilitate construction of the expressway tunnels, and to prevent erosion, the river bed directly above the tunnels was covered with rocks. The segment of expressway between Outram Road and the Ayer Rajah Expressway opened in September 1988, but the construction of the tunnels was delayed, which the government attributed to a shortage of workers and "poor soil conditions near Cairnhill Circle". Construction on

184-501: The 1.7 kilometres (1.1 miles) section between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Yio Chu Kang Road was constructed between August 1986 and November 1988. The contract for the second phase of the CTE was awarded in December 1987. This phase, which comprised 3.7 kilometres (2.3 miles) of expressway between Bukit Timah Road and Chin Swee Road, included two tunnels, with lengths of 0.7 kilometres (0.43 miles) and 1.7 kilometres (1.1 miles), and involved

207-604: The CTE's second phase was completed in May 1991, and the opening of the two tunnels, which were named the Kampong Java and Chin Swee Tunnels, in September 1991 marked the completion of the expressway. Traffic volumes along the CTE rose after the expressway was fully opened, and in May 1994, the section of expressway between Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and the PIE was expanded to eight lanes to ease traffic congestion. A traffic monitoring system,

230-637: The Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System, was introduced on the expressway in March 1998. By the late 1990s, the CTE faced traffic congestion issues, and while a road pricing scheme was introduced to rectify the issue, it was unable to eliminate it. In 2008, a large-scale improvement of the CTE was initiated, and the first phase of the scheme, consisting of the expansion of the expressway between Ang Mo Kio Avenues 1 and 3, started in June 2008, and cost S$ 17 million. Subsequently, flyovers were constructed at

253-419: The Singapore River has significantly changed from one that was heavily busy and polluted to one that is clean for marine animals. The re-emergence of monitor lizards and otters in the Singapore River has been attributed to the success of the river's cleanup. Whereas the original mouth of the Singapore River emptied into Singapore Straits and its southern islands before major land reclamation took place,

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276-711: The Singapore River is known as the Singapore River Planning Area , although the western part of the watershed is classified under the River Valley planning area. Singapore River planning area sits within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . The planning area shares boundaries with the following – River Valley and Museum to

299-479: The Singapore River now empties into Marina Bay – an area of water partially enclosed by the reclamation work. The Port of Singapore is now located to the west of the island, using most of the south-west coast, and passenger ships to Singapore now typically berth at the Singapore Cruise Centre at Harbourfront . Thus the Singapore River's economic role has shifted away from one that of trade, towards more

322-467: The Singapore River. Some 750 lighters plied along the Singapore River and Kallang Basin in 1977. Waste, oil spills and wastewater from these boats and lighters added to the pollution of the rivers. In 1977, Prime Minister Lee called for a clean-up of Singapore's rivers, which included the Singapore River and the Kallang River . The clean-up cost the government $ 300 million at the time and involved

345-498: The acquisition of land along Orchard Road and Clemenceau Avenue worth over S$ 20 million. Work on the second phase commenced in June 1987, and the tunnels were constructed using the cut-and-cover method. As the areas along the expressway's route were heavily built-up, precautions were taken to limit disruption to the public during construction, with the exclusive use of hydraulic piling machines and work near residential areas being paused at night. In addition, cofferdams were built in

368-430: The junction of Commonwealth Avenue. The mouth of the Singapore River was the old Port of Singapore , being naturally sheltered by the southern islands. Historically, the city of Singapore initially grew around the port so the river mouth became the centre of trade, commerce and finance. Old maps of the river state that it actually originates from Bukit Larangan (currently Fort Canning Hill ). Starting in 1819, there

391-439: The junction with the PIE to improve traffic flow, while other sections of the CTE, between Bukit Timah Road and Yio Chu Kang Road, were widened, and the improvement scheme was completed by December 2011. Singapore River Jalan Besar GRC The Singapore River is a river that flows parallel to Alexandra Road and feeds into the Marina Reservoir in the southern part of Singapore . The immediate upper watershed of

414-408: The life of people living and working along the river during the early days of Singapore. Notable sculptures include: Between 1819, when the first wooden jetty and the first bridge were built over the Singapore River in Singapore, and in 2015, 14 bridges were built across the river (or 17, although the Marina Reservoir , where the estuary is now located, is considered a Singapore River). Until 1819,

437-561: The north, Tanglin and Bukit Merah to the west, Outram to the south, and the Downtown Core to the east. Since 2008, the Singapore River was turned into a fresh water river after the completion of the Marina Barrage at Marina South . The Singapore River is approximately 3.2 kilometers long from its source at Kim Seng Bridge to where it empties into Marina Bay ; the river extends more than two kilometers beyond its original source at Kim Seng Bridge as Alexandra Canal , as far as

460-417: The relocation of about 4,000 squatters , along with hawkers and vegetable sellers, whose daily waste flowed into the river. Public housing was found for the squatters, while street hawkers were persuaded to move to established hawker centres. The government then completely dredged foul-smelling mud from the banks and the bottom of the river, clearing the debris and other rubbish. Due to such cleaning efforts,

483-518: The river could only be crossed by boats and ferries. Some of the bridges were demolished and rebuilt or their purpose was changed. The first bridge in Singapore was built over the Singapore river in 1819 where the Elgin Bridge now stands. There have been two Elgin bridges at some point. The first iron-made Elgin Bridge was built in 1862 and named after Lord Elgin . It was later demolished and replaced with

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506-580: The road started in 1963 and first opened sometime in 1964–65. The area used to contain farmland and kampungs. "Lorong" is the Malay word for a lane or alley, while "Chuan" means "Fountain" in Hokkien, an auspicious name referring to wealth and prosperity. The iconic Lorong Chuan Bridge is one of the oldest pedestrian bridges in Singapore. Built in 1975, it connects the estates along Li Hwan Drive across Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 to Lorong Chuan estate. The bridge design resembles

529-532: Was heavy traffic on the Singapore River due to rapid urbanization and expanding trade . At the same time, it brought in water pollution caused by the disposal of garbage, sewage and other by-products of industries located along the river's banks . The sources of water pollution in the Singapore River and Kallang Basin included waste from pig and duck farms, unsewered premises, street hawkers and vegetable whole sellers. Riverine activities such as transport, boat building and repairs were also found along

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