Kim Seng Bridge Explained

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Kim Seng Bridge is a road bridge in Singapore River. Singapore. The bridge is named after Tan Kim Seng, who was a Singaporean businessman and philanthropist from the Peranakan ethnic group. It marks the start of the Singapore River to its mouth.^[1]

Colloquially, Kim Seng Bridge is also known as Hong Hin Kio (丰 兴 桥) in Hokkien and Fung Heng Lo (also 丰 兴 桥) in Cantonese.

In 1862 Tan Kim Seng erected the first bridge on the site of today's bridge, which was named after him. It was replaced in 1890 by a new bridge.

Due to increased traffic on the bridge, a new bridge was built on the original site by contractors Ewart and Company in 1951 with a budget of $370,000.^[2] The new bridge consisted of prestressed concrete and steel. The new bridge is 20 m wide (twice as much as the predecessor bridges) and 26 m long and can carry up to 13 tonnes of weight per m².

References

1. Savage . Victor R. . Huang . Shirlena . Chang . T. C. . 2004 . The Singapore River Thematic Zone: Sustainable Tourism in an Urban Context . The Geographical Journal . 170 . 3 . 215 . 0016-7398.
2. Web site: Kim Seng Bridge . 2022-12-28 . www.roots.gov.sg.