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South Bridge Road (Chinese: ) is a road south of Singapore River in Chinatown, Singapore, which starts from Elgin Bridge and ends at the junction of Neil Road, Tanjong Pagar Road and Maxwell Road. The road, built by convict labour in 1833, started at the south of Thomson Bridge (now Elgin Bridge) from which it took its name. It is an extension of North Bridge Road which starts from Crawford Street to the north of Elgin Bridge. From 1885 to 1894, steam tramways plied the full length of the road from the town area to the New Harbour (now known as Keppel Harbour). As the trams could not face the competition of rickshaws, they ceased operations. The Singapore Electric Train Company had its trams running along the road from 1905 to 1927. Trolley buses also used South Bridge Road as one of their routes, competing with the "mosquito bus" until 1962 when the current motorbus system was introduced. The Chinese call the road ''ta ma lo'' or "great horseway" as well as ''chat bok koi'' or "paint wood street". "Paint wood street" refers to where there is a police court and the river. The road is also known as ''gu chia chui tua be chia lo'' in Hokkien which means "big horse (carriage) road in Kreta Ayer". The Tamils refer to it as ''"kalapithi kadei sadakku"'' or "Cawker's Shop Street". ==Landmarks== *Elgin Bridge *Eu Yan Sang *Fook Hai Building *Hong Lim Complex *Jamae Mosque () *Maxwell Food Centre *One George Street (or ERGO insurance building; formerly Pidemco Centre) *Sri Mariamman Temple () File:Pinnacle@Duxton on South Bridge Road, Singapore.JPG| Picture taken on April 1, 2008 showing construction of the Pinnacle@Duxton emerging as a new visual landmark to the South 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Bridge Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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