Old Singapore Roads Stories

• Scania N113CRB l0v3r

  28 Jan 09, 17:33

  Originally posted by Khairiano:

  i belive that the old taman jurong road is called

  Taman Jurong 1,Taman Jurong 2 and so on until Taman Jurong 10

   

  they had change the road name to

  Yuan Ching Road,Kang Ching Road etc..

  i wonder where they find the road name.. hmm

  Those name is a people name , guessing that they are important people that live there?

• Khairiano

  28 Jan 09, 17:34

  ouh.. idk.. hmm..

• Apex-LW'21

  28 Jan 09, 20:26

  Originally posted by Scania N113CRB l0v3r:

  So may i ask now the Svc 98 that ply the Jurong Port Rd is now ply the old Jurong Depot n Interchange?
  

  
  yes..
• Apex-LW'21

  28 Jan 09, 20:34

  there are some road/landmark names I wanted to point out..
  
  Gagak Selari Barat - around Lower Delta Rd
  Pesiraran Keliling - now known as MacPherson Estate
  Upp Changi Rd (original) - was broken down into segments. The newly aligned New Upp Changi Rd was constructed to replace the Upp Changi Rd due to HDB development.
  Ayer Rajah Rd/Upp Ayer Rajah Rd - well, if you see those bus stops along the AYE and you are still wondering, Ayer Rajah Rd/Upp Ayer Rajah Rd was converted into an expressway.
  Entire roads in undeveloped areas in the North East (Cheng Lim farwmay 1, Buangkok South Farmway 1, Lor Sengkang were demolished) - Sengkang New Town Was name after Lor Sengkang
  Joo Koon Rd - was name after a kampong primary school, Joo Koon Public Sch.
  Kg Sungei Tengah - not only the LCK area, but as seen on the map of an undeveloped area in Punggol, Kg Sungei Tengah was just off Punggol Rd and along Jln Kampong Tengah (now demolished)
• Volvo Olympian

  28 Jan 09, 20:35

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  there are some road/landmark names I wanted to point out..
  
  Gagak Selari Barat - I think that area is now known as MacPherson Estate

  Isn't this somewhere now known as Lower Delta? correct me if im wrong

• Apex-LW'21

  28 Jan 09, 20:41

  Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

  Isn't this somewhere now known as Lower Delta? correct me if im wrong

  
  think I made a mistake =x Gagak selari barat is lower delta , not MacPherson. Pesiaran Keliling is MacPherson Estate
• Rk 2010

  28 Jan 09, 20:44

  What happen to whitley road? As what i know, it was been broken down to make way for PIE. and Jalan Kolen Ayer was widen to make way for the PIE 

• service_238

  28 Jan 09, 23:47

  Originally posted by Rk 2010:

  What happen to whitley road? As what i know, it was been broken down to make way for PIE. and Jalan Kolen Ayer was widen to make way for the PIE 

  
  Just by observation cos I did not read up on these roads before:

  Previously Whitley Rd, Jln Toa Payoh, Jln Kolam Ayer, Paya Lebar Way existed as normal trunk roads.

  All roads were expanded and merged to form the current PIE.

  last time Circuit Rd was joined from Paya Lebar Way where the CC is.
  Kim Keat Rd had a junction/flyover with Jln Toa Payoh where the current Kim Keat Flyover is.
  Mount Pleasant Rd was a side road to Whitley Rd - same as the current one but different is that you can turn right from Mt pleasant to Whitley towards Stevens Rd and vice versa.

• tranquilice

  29 Jan 09, 03:33

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  there are some road/landmark names I wanted to point out..
  
  Gagak Selari Barat - around Lower Delta Rd
  Entire roads in undeveloped areas in the North East (Cheng Lim farwmay 1, Buangkok South Farmway 1, Lor Sengkang were demolished) - Sengkang New Town Was name after Lor Sengkang

  Gagak Selari Barat and Gagak Selari Timor were re-named Jalan Bukit Merah in Oct 1970. Gagak Selari Selatan was a crescent road southward of Lower Delta Rd and was re-named Lower Delta Rd when it was extended to Kampong Bahru Rd. 

  Sengkang New Town was originally known as Kangkar New Town (港脚新镇) when the town was under planning. It was re-named to Sengkang in 1995. Construction of flats started in 1996 in Rivervale.

  Today, the cross junction of Punggol Rd and Sengkang East Way is in the past the cross junction of Punggol Rd, Lorong Serangoong Kechil & Lor Buangkok.

   

• tranquilice

  29 Jan 09, 03:39

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  Ayer Rajah Rd/Upp Ayer Rajah Rd - well, if you see those bus stops along the AYE and you are still wondering, Ayer Rajah Rd/Upp Ayer Rajah Rd was converted into an expressway.

  
  Ayer Rajah Rd was between Alexandra Rd and Clementi Rd, Upper Ayer Rajah Rd was from Clementi Rd until Jln Ahmad Ibrahim. The section between Alexandra Rd and Keppel Rd was constructed much later, as an expressway.

   

• bluezombie10

  30 Jan 09, 21:55

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  
  think I made a mistake =x Gagak selari barat is lower delta , not MacPherson. Pesiaran Keliling is MacPherson Estate

  Circuit Rd was actually known as Pusaran Sekelilingan, direct translation into English.

  Merpati Rd, Mattar Rd, Balam Rd & Pipit Rd were all named after birds.