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connected to an interchange formed by a one-way pair of roads running on the reclaimed Marina Centre, connecting Ophir and Rochor Roads at Beach Road. It would take traffic to
Orchard, Chinatown and Little India. It would also run through the reclaimed land in front of Shenton Way and Raffles Quay, before going to the Telok Ayer Basin at South Quay, where it would connect to the one-way pair of roads at Prince Edward Road and Maxwell Road. It was planned to run on the elevated structure across the former Singapore Polytechnic at Shenton Way. A separate project was planned to even extend the expressway to Keppel Road, before going towards the Jurong Expressway (to be known as Ayer Rajah Expressway).
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Highway, Bras Basah Road and Stamford Road. On 3 September 1970, a $ 35 million plan was put in place to reclaim more land off of Bedok, with
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Highway decreased by 20 per cent, which would otherwise worsen with the implemented ERP
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Singapore to the city. The extension of East Coast Parkway was to run from Tanjong Rhu via the Kallang River to Marina Centre. Between the two crossings, the expressway would be
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Clifford Pier to ease peak hour congestion at the Collyer Quay area. The plans involved the reclamation of land off Nicoll Highway and the breakwater at Clifford Pier.
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site in 1975, with the polytechnic shifting to Dover. Plans were made on 16 January 1974 to extend Siglap Road to the expressway. On 28 February 1974, the government also acquired two portions of land, for the extension of Bedok South Avenue 1 from Upper East Coast Road to the ECP.
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1378:South Bridge
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1278:Lorong Chuan
1273:Lim Chu Kang
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1373:Sims Avenue
1368:Shenton Way
1248:Jalan Eunos
1243:Jalan Buroh
1228:Jalan Besar
1223:Jalan Bahar
1208:Hill Street
1131:Major roads
1030:Bukit Timah
1018:Expressways
456:Flanked by
1486:Categories
1308:New Bridge
1283:MacPherson
1253:Jalan Kayu
1193:East Coast
1168:Cantonment
1163:Bras Basah
1153:Beach Road
1067:Pan-Island
1025:Ayer Rajah
896:2018-12-25
872:2018-12-25
848:2018-12-25
789:References
753:transition
685:Fort Road
579:Carpark H
533:PIE (Tuas)
474:Ophir Road
462:landscaped
378:Marina Bay
303:Marina Bay
284:expressway
190:Marina Bay
141:(future),
1456:1°18′19″N
1432:Cancelled
1363:Serangoon
1358:Sembawang
1143:Balestier
710:KPE (TPE)
697:MCE (AYE)
537:TPE (SLE)
402:Chinatown
288:Singapore
251:, before
180:Singapore
1348:Robinson
1178:Clementi
1077:Tampines
956:Archived
917:Archived
767:See also
564:Tampines
524:Remarks
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265:downtown
214:Tampines
171:Location
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1403:Thomson
1393:Tanglin
1333:Orchard
1268:Kallang
1203:Geylang
1188:Dunearn
1148:Bartley
1072:Seletar
1035:Central
408:History
301:to the
194:Kallang
186:Regions
176:Country
112:History
104:Existed
57:Chinese
50:东海岸公园大道
1502:Changi
1388:Sungei
1353:Scotts
1298:Napier
1288:Mandai
1258:Jurong
1050:Kranji
366:Siglap
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1328:Ophir
1138:Anson
751:Route
518:Exit
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