Address Sheares Ave, Singapore Total length 1,800 m Designer CPG Corporation | Opened 26 September 1981 Bridge type Viaduct | |
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Carries Motor vehicles and pedestrians Crosses Marina Bay and Kallang Basin Locale Downtown Core and Kallang, Singapore Official name Benjamin Sheares Bridge Constructed by Sato Kogyo and Chan Chee Wah Maunsell & Partners Location Downtown Core, East Coast Parkway Bodies of water Marina Bay, Singapore, Kallang River Similar Marina Bay - Singapore, Helix Bridge, Esplanade Bridge, Marina Centre, Anderson Bridge | ||
Benjamin sheares bridge flyover ride
Opened in 1981, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge (Chinese: 薛尔思桥, Pinyin: Xūeěrsī Qíao; Malay: Jambatan Benjamin Sheares) is the longest bridge in Singapore, spanning 1.8 km, and the tallest, at 20 m. It is named after Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares, the second president of the Republic, who died four months before the bridge was opened to the public. The bridge was once part of the East Coast Parkway, but it is currently downgraded to an arterial road, Sheares Avenue. The cost of construction was S$177 million.
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Built over reclaimed land by construction company Sato Kogyo, the bridge is made of pre-stressed concrete and links East Coast Parkway on the east coast to Marina Bay on the west coast.
Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the setting for the annual SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon (formerly the Sheares Bridge Run).
It is also pictured on the rear panel of the Ship Series S$50 banknote.