Bartley Road is a major

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extending from Upper Serangoon Road to Tampines Avenue 10. The road has a distance span of 5.8km. En route, it passes through the areas of

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History

Bartley Road was officially named after William Bartley (1885–1961) in 1940. Bartley was Acting Collector-General of Income Tax in the 1920s and President of the

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between 1931 and 1946. In 2023, Bartley Road was gradually raised to line up with Bidadari Park Drive.

Sections

Bartley Road is split into three sections with the dividers at Upper Paya Lebar Road and Kaki Bukit Avenue 4. The three sections are the original Bartley Road, Paya Lebar Viaduct, and Bartley Road East (Kaki Bukit Viaduct).

Bartley Road

With a distance of 1.5km, the original stretch of Bartley Road extending from Upper Serangoon Road to Upper Paya Lebar Road, was also a part of the

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Paya Lebar Viaduct

With a distance of 2.2km, the Paya Lebar Viaduct section extending from Upper Paya Lebar Road to Airport Road, has a 1.3km four-lane

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long viaduct above the road. The viaduct also has a slip road at the Hougang Avenue 3 junction. The contract was initially awarded to L&M Prestressing and was originally scheduled for completion by end-2004. However, work slowed in 2002 because L&M encountered financial problems.L&M then promised that the viaduct would be completed by 2006. As soon as the 2006 extended dateline was not met, LTA awarded Hock Lian Seng in 2006 to finish the delayed project and was completed in January 2010 after a delay of five years.

Bartley Road East

With a distance of 2.1km, Bartley Road East or Kaki Bukit Viaduct, is a viaduct starting from Kaki Bukit Avenue 4 and ends at the junction of Tampines Avenue 10 and Bedok Reservoir Road. It was opened to traffic on 30 December 2003.

Bartley Road Extension Project

Started in December 2000 and completed on 17 January 2010, the Bartley Road Extension Project consist of building new roads to connect Tampines Avenue 10 and Upper Serangoon Road with two viaducts. After completion, it now provides a direct link from Tampines to Upper Serangoon Road—helping to alleviate the heavy traffic conditions along

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(PIE) and Bedok Reservoir Road during peak hours, as well as providing an alternative access from Paya Lebar to Tampines. By travelling along Bartley Road East itself, it can save about ten minutes of travelling time and cut down the travelling distance of about 500 m compared to before. The project was divided into two phases: Kaki Bukit Viaduct phase and Paya Lebar Viaduct phase. The Kaki Bukit Viaduct phase was completed in the third quarter of 2003 and the Paya Lebar phase was completed on 17 January 2010.

Landmarks

Landmarks along the road, from east to west, include Upper Serangoon Viaduct,

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Bedok Reservoir Park Bedok Reservoir (, , ) is a reservoir in the eastern part of Singapore, to the north of Bedok. The reservoir has a surface area of 880,000 m2, and a capacity of 12.8 million m3. The mean depth of the reservoir is 9 m, with a maximum depth of 18.2 ...

References

Opening Of A New Vehicular Viaduct-To Provide a More Direct Route between Tampines and Kaki BukitConstruction Of Viaduct From Bartley Road To Airport Road
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