Kim Seng Bridge

Kim Seng Bridge

Bridge

About

A road bridge over the Singapore River named after Tan Kim Seng, the Peranakan businessman and philanthropist who put up the first bridge on this site in 1862. Contractors Ewart and Company built the 1951 bridge, which is 20 m wide and 26 m long.

Written by DealSingapore from the facts in the English Wikipedia article on Kim Seng Bridge.

Facts and sources

Names
EN Kim Seng Bridge中文 金声桥한국어 킴셍 다리 Wikidata Q17039479; Korean by DealSingapore (NIKL loanword rules)
Planning area
Tanglin URA Master Plan 2025
Opening hours
Not in our sources NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01
Data
/api/sight/kim-seng-bridge.json The same facts as JSON, for apps and AI agents

Getting there

Great World · Exit 2 The exit nearest this place, 170 m in a straight line (station 360 m). Not a walking route Open in Google Maps

Area

Tiong Bahru 754 m from the centre of the area

Nearby

Kampong Delta Mosque Mosque · 325 m away Havelock Road Camp / River Valley Road Camp Historic site · 498 m away Jiak Kim Bridge Bridge · 514 m away Wetterling Teo Gallery Museum · 673 m away Gan Eng Seng School Historic site · 875 m away Tiong Bahru Park Park and garden · 926 m away

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