Kim Seng Bridge is a road bridge in

Singapore River The Singapore River is a river that flows parallel to Alexandra Road and feeds into the Marina Reservoir in the southern part of Singapore. The immediate upper drainage basin, watershed of the Singapore River is known as the Singapore River Plann ...

. Singapore. The bridge is named after

Tan Kim Seng Tan Kim Seng (18 November 1805 – 14 March 1864), was a prominent Straits-born Chinese merchant and philanthropist in Singapore in the 19th century. Biography Born in Malacca in 1805 to Tan Swee Poh (), he was the grandson of Tan Sin Liew (). ...

, who was a Singaporean businessman and philanthropist from the

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ethnic group. It marks the start of the

to its mouth. Colloquially, Kim Seng Bridge is also known as Hong Hin Kio (丰兴桥) in Hokkien and Fung Heng Lo (also 丰兴桥) in Cantonese. In 1862 Tan Kim Seng erected the first bridge on the site of today's bridge, which was named after him. It was replaced in 1890 by a new bridge. Due to increased traffic on the bridge, a new bridge was built on the original site by contractors Ewart and Company in 1951 with a budget of $370,000.{{Cite web , title=Kim Seng Bridge , url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/surveyed-sites/Kim-Seng-Bridge , access-date=2022-12-28 , website=www.roots.gov.sg The new bridge consisted of

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and

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. The new bridge is 20 m wide (twice as much as the predecessor bridges) and 26 m long and can carry up to 13 tonnes of weight per m².

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Bridges completed in 1950 Singapore River