Nicoll Highway
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Nicoll Highway (Chinese: 尼诰大道) is a major arterial road in Singapore which links Kallang to the city. En route, it passes through the areas of Kallang, Kampong Glam and Marina Centre.
Despite what its name may suggest, the speed limit on the highway is less than that of an expressway. The highway also has a traffic light junction at some of its intersection with roads like Bras Basah Road and Esplanade Drive, something that expressways do not have.
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[edit] History
When the Merdeka Bridge was completed over the Kallang River in 1956, Nicoll Highway formed the vital link between the city centre and the rapidly growing east coast. Nicoll Highway's role is now taken over by the Benjamin Sheares Bridge on the East Coast Parkway.
[edit] Nicoll Highway collapse
At approximately 3:30 p.m. Singapore Time (UTC+8:00) on April 20, 2004, a section of the Nicoll Highway between Ophir Road and Merdeka Bridge had collapse when the Circle Line tunnel's retaining wall had gave way as it could not handle the stress of holding up the tunnel. This section of the road to be closed for several months for repairs. Some bus services which goes through Nicoll Highway as a part of their route had to be redirected. The road was opened in December later that year.
[edit] Landmarks
Some landmarks that can be seen along the road are:
- Civilian War Memorial
- Golden Mile Complex
- Golden Mile Tower
- Merdeka Bridge
- National Stadium
- One Raffles Link
- People's Association
- Shaw Tower
- Suntec City
- The Concourse
- The Gateway
- War Memorial Park
[edit] Interchange along Nicoll Highway
| Interchange with1 | Type | Remarks | Name of interchange |
| KPE, Sims Way, Guillemard Road and Mountbatten Road | Box | Start of Nicoll Highway leading westbound; end of Nicoll Highway leading eastbound | - |
| Stadium Road and links from Stadium Drive | 3-way | - | - |
| Stadium Road | Flyover | - | Merdaka Bridge |
| Crawford Road and Republic Avenue | Flyover | - | Merdaka Bridge |
| Java Road | 3-way | There is also a 3-way link from Republic Avenue | - |
| Ophir Road | Flyover | Ophir Road travels southbound only | Ophir Flyover |
| Rochor Road | Flyover | Rochor Road travels northbound only | Rochor Flyover |
| Middle Road | 3-way | - | - |
| Raffles Boulevard and Bras Basah Road | Box | Raffles Boulevard and Bras Basah Road travels eastbound only | - |
| Raffles Avenue, Esplanade Drive and Stamford Road | Box | Raffles Avenue and Stamford Road travels westbound only; Start of ORRS going northbound; end of ORRS going southbound | - |
Note 1: Road names are ordered in the clockwise fashion starting from the top.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1996), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International, ISBN 9971-65-231-5
- Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
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