- South Bridge Road
South Bridge Road (Chinese: 桥南路) is a road south of
Singapore River in Chinatown,Singapore which starts fromElgin Bridge and ends at the junction ofNeil Road ,Tanjong Pagar Road andMaxwell 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 ofNorth Bridge Road which starts fromCrawford 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 theKeppel Harbour ). As thetram s could not face the competition ofrickshaw s, they then ceased operations. TheSingapore Electric Train Company had itstram s running along the road from 1905 to 1927.Trolley bus es 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 byRichard Eu who is the grandson of the former. Eu Yan Sang now operates shops around the island as well as overseas such asMalaysia andHong 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 is 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 inKreta Ayer ". The Tamils refer to it as "kalapithi kadei sadakku" or Cawker's Shop Street.Landmarks
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Elgin Bridge
*Eu Yan Sang
*Fook Hai Building
*Hong Lim Complex
*Jamae Mosque
*Maxwell Food Centre
*One George Street (orERGO insurance building; formerlyPidemco Centre )
*Sri Mariamman Temple References
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External links
* [http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/getting_around/tours_in_singapore/walking_tours/chinatown_-_route.html Uniquely Singapore website]
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