Jurong Road
Jurong Road | |
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Major junctions | |
From | Jurong West Avenue 2 |
To | Bukit Batok Road |
Location | |
Country | Singapore |
Coordinates | 1°21′14″N 103°43′42″W / 1.3540197°N 103.7283242°W / 1.3540197; -103.7283242 |
Highway system | |
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Jurong Road (Chinese: 裕廊路) was a small road near Tengah in western Singapore.
It was the oldest road in Jurong area, having been first constructed between 1852 and 1853 during the early British colonial period to create a proper road link between the rural areas of Jurong and the rest of Singapore. Later, it was extended towards Bukit Timah Road in 1929. In the 1960s, Jurong Road's original span ran from Bukit Timah Road (directly in front of the former Bukit Timah Fire Station) to a dead end in Tuas (at the present-day junction of Tuas Road and Pioneer Road). These roads were phased out progressively:
- The section of Jurong Road from Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 to Bukit Batok Street 23 was closed down on 20 March 1984.
- The section of Jurong Road from Bukit Batok Street 23 to Bukit Batok Road was closed down on 17 March 1985 and the remaining section in the east was renamed to Old Jurong Road.
- The section of Jurong Road around the Tengah area was closed down on 27 September 2020 together with Track 18, Track 20 and Track 22. This will help facilitate the construction of roads - Tengah Way, Tengah Boulevard, and Plantation Loop as well as neighbouring parks. The last section was also closed down for the construction of Plantation Edge I and II in 2022.
- The section of Jurong Road around Bulim area was closed down on 1993.
- The section of Upper Jurong Road from Pioneer Road North to Jurong West Avenue 4 was closed down on 11 April 1999 and realigned.
The stretch of this roadway between Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Jurong Kechil is now known as Old Jurong Road (Chinese: 旧裕廊路) and the Upper Jurong Road starts from the western end of Boon Lay Way and ends at Pasir Laba Flyover of the Pan Island Expressway (PIE), after which it continues briefly towards Pasir Laba Camp and the SAF Multi-Mission Range Complex (MMRC). A short section of the original road (which still bears the historic Jurong Road name) connects Jurong West Avenue 2 and Bukit Batok Road, running roughly parallel to the PIE.
Smaller roads (mostly rural tracks formerly serving several villages (kampongs) scattered in the Tengah and Hong Kah localities) along the current Jurong Road spread out further into the largely-forested area of Tengah; these include Track 18, Track 20 and Track 22. Track 22 links to Jalan Chichau and Jalan Lam Sam (located along the southern edge of the Choa Chu Kang area). Both Jalan Chichau and Jalan Lam Sam has been removed from January 2019, and the Land Transport Authority announced on 29 September 2020 that it would expunge the remaining section of Jurong Road to make way for a new flyover and road interchange linking the PIE, Tengah and Jurong.[1] From 19 August 2025, the remaining parts of Jalan Lam Sam (which is the Heavy Vehicle Park) will be closed.
References
- ^ "Proposed new interchange at PIE/Jurong Canal Drive" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. 29 September 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
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