Newton is a town that is located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The planning area is bounded by the following planning areas - Orchard and Museum to the south, Tanglin to the west, Novena to the north, Kallang to the northeast and Rochor to the east.
11-562: Newton's namesake Newton Road, however, is located within Novena Planning Area, and starts at Newton Circus in the south and ends at the junction with Thomson Road in the north. Occupying an area north of the renowned Orchard Road shopping belt, the territory of Newton Planning Area includes the grounds of The Istana , the official residence and office of the President of Singapore . Originally Syed Ali Road, Newton Road
22-592: Is currently under construction goes through major parts of Thomson Road. Various train stations ply both Upper Thomson Road and Thomson Road, including Springleaf station and the namesake Upper Thomson station on the Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL), as well as Novena station on the North–South Line (NSL). Mandai Road Mandai Road ( Chinese : 万礼路 ) is a major road located in Mandai , in
33-699: The Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari , it is common to refer to the zoos collectively as the "Mandai Zoo". The Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium is also located in the area, and is the resting places for those honourable leaders, such as Lee Kuan Yew , the former and first Prime Minister of Singapore. Mandai Road is one of the heritage road in Singapore. 1°24′43″N 103°47′11″E / 1.41185°N 103.78639°E / 1.41185; 103.78639 This Singapore road article
44-559: The Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit , the original Singapore Grand Prix from 1961 to 1973. The present-day Thomson Road begins at a major road junction with Keng Lee Road, Kampong Java Road, Cavenagh Road and Norfolk Road, and leads northwards through the Novena residential area. It passes by Toa Payoh before continuing on as Upper Thomson Road at the junction with Braddell Road and Lornie Road . It skims along
55-460: The northern area of Singapore. The road starts from Woodlands Road and ends at the junction of Sembawang Road and Upper Thomson Road . The road was built in 1855 in a jungle and appeared in the Franklin and Jackson Plan of Singapore (1828) as a river indicated as "R. Mandi". It has been said the name of the road comes from a tree known as the "Mandai tree". As the road is the main access to
66-509: The Circus, the Tamils used to call Newton ethumuchandi , or "the eight junction place". Newton Circus has become the site of a major hawker centre , Newton Food Centre . This Singapore location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Thomson Road, Singapore Thomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with
77-551: The northern suburban areas of the country. The road is one of the longest in Singapore, starting from Novena in the south towards MacRitchie Reservoir , before continuing northwards as Upper Thomson Road towards Yishun and Sembawang . The road was named after John Turnbull Thomson , who was the Government Surveyor and Chief Engineer of the Straits Settlements from 1841 to 1853. Thomson Road
88-523: The western edge of Bishan and Ang Mo Kio , which also passes through quite a few private residential estates, Thomson Plaza and The Singapore Island Country Club. Towards the end, after Springleaf Estate, the road crosses junction with Mandai Road , where it continues northwards via Sembawang Road. It is also the site of Saint Joseph Institution International , Ministry of Social and Family Development , Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore , and many more. The North–South Corridor and Expressway , which
99-494: Was constructed to connect the city centre to the airport and naval base at Seletar . The road was originally known as Thomson Road, after which the name was Seletar Road. This resulted in confusion as the naval and air bases, were then both known as Seletar. In response to this, parts of the road were renamed in 1939. It was determined that the road would be called Thomson Road until the Yio Chu Kang junction, whereupon it
110-664: Was renamed in 1914 after Alfred Howard Vincent Newton (died 1897), the Assistant Municipal Engineer in late nineteenth century Singapore in order to avoid confusion with Syed Alwi Road. In 1933, Newton Circus, a 40-foot (12 m) wide circular carriageway , was constructed for gyratory traffic according to a Singapore Improvement Trust layout at the focus of a number of converging roads, including Bukit Timah Road, Dunearn Road , Newton Road, Keng Lee Road, Kampong Java Road, Bukit Timah Road, Clemenceau Avenue and Scotts Road. As eight roads converge on
121-542: Was to become Upper Thomson Road until the Mandai Road junction. From the Mandai Road junction until the northern coast, it was named as Sembawang Road. The name Seletar Road was dropped. In 1959, the Singapore Rural Board (RB) renamed the stretch of road from the junction of Braddell and Thomson Roads to the junction of Mandai and Sembawang Roads, as Upper Thomson Road. Parts of Thomson Road formed
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