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Crosses
  
Marina Bay

Design
  
Arch bridge

Address
  
Marina Bay, Singapore

Opened
  
1997

Location
  
Downtown Core

Official name
  
Esplanade Bridge

Width
  
46 m (150 ft.)

Construction started
  
1994

Total length
  
280 m

Bridge type
  
Arch bridge

Esplanade Bridge

Carries
  
Motor vehicles and pedestrians

Locale
  
Downtown Core, Singapore

Bodies of water
  
Marina Bay, Singapore, Singapore River

Similar
  
Marina Bay - Singapore, Singapore River, Anderson Bridge, Cavenagh Bridge, Benjamin Sheares Bridge

Esplanade bridge singapore


The Esplanade Bridge is a 261-metre-long (850 ft.) road bridge that spans across the mouth of the Singapore River in Singapore with the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay on its northern abutment and the Merlion on the southern. The 70 metre-wide (230 ft.) low-level concrete arched bridge has seven spans and supports two four-lane carriageways and walkways along both sides.

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The bridge was built to provide faster vehicular access between Marina Centre and the financial district of Shenton Way. Construction of the bridge began in early 1994 and was completed in March 1997. The main contractor was Obayashi Corporation while the street lamps were designed by Light Cibles. The bridge then blocked views of the Merlion statue from the Marina Bay waterfront, raising a need for the original Merlion statue to be relocated from the back to the front of the bridge.

Part 1 the mouth of the singapore river jubilee bridge and esplanade bridge


Occasional road closures

The bridge offers panoramic views of Marina South and the rest of Marina Bay. However, this also makes it subject to occasional road closures on special occasions, where the bridge closes to all road traffic to allow spectators and pedestrians to observe fireworks seen during the National Day celebrations, New Year's Eve and the Singapore Fireworks Celebrations. On these nights, the bridge is usually full of onlookers. The street lights on the bridge are usually turned off before the fireworks start, and turned on after their completion.

The bridge also forms part of the Singapore Grand Prix's Marina Bay Street Circuit, which debuted on 28 September 2008, and therefore has to be completely closed for the duration of the racing weekend.

References

Esplanade Bridge Wikipedia


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