The Tanjong Rhu Bridge is a pedestrian-only footbridge spanning over the Geylang River in Tanjong Rhu , Singapore. Opened in July 1998, it connects residents of various condominiums near the Tanjong Rhu Promenade to facilities in the Singapore Sports Hub , such as the National Stadium , the Singapore Indoor Stadium , the Water Sports Centre near the Kallang Basin , and other facilities.
25-528: Tanjong Rhu was a shipyard hub until 1985 when the Singapore government forced the shipyards to either move to Jurong , close down, or comply with strict pollution regulations due to the waterfront being polluted, which interfered with the government's plans of building luxurious condominiums in the area. As a part of the rebranding of Tanjong Rhu, the S$ 5.1 million (1998) ( US$ 3.05 million) Tanjong Rhu Bridge
50-513: A harbour master , started a boat building and repair company here in 1822. Thomas Tivendale had his (Wilkinson, Tivendale and Company) shipyard here in the 1860s. The shipyard would be acquired by John I. Thornycroft & Company in 1926 and close in 1986 by successor Vosper Thornycroft Pte Singapore. As late as the 1980s and the early 1990s, the Tanjong Rhu area was an industrial area with shipyards. The water surrounding Tanjong Rhu
75-524: A new aquatics facility, indoor sports hall, water sports centre, public sports facilities, and retail. The Sports Hub opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and is currently connected to the Stadium , Tanjong Rhu and Kallang MRT stations. The Sports Hub project was proposed on the recommendation of then Community Development and Sports Minister Abdullah Tarmugi in Parliament in 2001. His proposal
100-467: Is a pedestrian-only steel suspension footbridge that is 180 metres (590 ft) long, with its deck being 130 metres (430 ft) long and 4 metres (13 ft) wide. It has a 19 metres (62 ft) tall A-frame tower located on both ends of the bridge that connects the two 4.5 inches (11 cm) thick main suspension cables to each side. Connected to the suspension cables are a hundred 1 inch (2.5 cm) thick hangar cables which also connects to
125-692: Is also a residential neighbourhood, made up of mostly condominiums and private housing along Tanjong Rhu Road. A few blocks of public housing built by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) exist along Kampong Arang Road and Kampong Kayu Road. These residential estates are connected to the Singapore Sports Hub via Stadium Way, across the Geylang River . Tanjong Rhu is an old place name in Singapore that appeared in de Erédia's 1604 Map of Singapore , written as " Tanjon Rû ". This area
150-409: Is made up of Nicoll Highway in the north; Mountbatten Road and Fort Road in the east; East Coast Parkway (ECP) in the south; as well as Marina Channel and Kallang Basin in the west. Tanjong Rhu is the largest in terms of physical area among the nine subzones that make up Kallang. Consisting of residential, commercial and recreational developments, Tanjong Rhu is famous for being the location of
175-643: The Golden Gate Bridge . It connects the Tanjong Rhu Promenade with the nearby 'commercial village' of the Singapore Sports Hub. Tanjong Rhu Tanjong Rhu ( Chinese : 丹戎禺 ; Tamil : தஞ்சோங் ரூ ; English : Rhu Point and formerly Sandy Point ), is a subzone within the planning area of Kallang , Singapore , as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). The perimeter of Tanjong Rhu
200-564: The Kallang Tennis Centre , Kallang Field , Kallang Ground , Kallang Track, Kallang Netball Centre, Kallang Squash Centre and PAssion WaVe @ Marina Bay. Notable places include Kallang Theatre , Leisure Park Kallang , Mountbatten Fire Post, Katong Community Centre, Singapore Swimming Club, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and Dunman High School , one of Singapore's leading educational institutions. Tanjong Rhu
225-663: The Singapore Sports Hub , which includes the Kallang Wave Mall , new National Stadium and the Singapore Indoor Stadium . Previously, the old National Stadium which hosted a total of 18 National Day Parades sat on the land now occupied by the new National Stadium. The former Kallang Airport once extended into this area, with part of its old runway being the modern-day Stadium Boulevard. Other sports facilities in Tanjong Rhu include
250-608: The Tanjong Rhu Bridge . [REDACTED] Media related to Tanjong Rhu at Wikimedia Commons Singapore Sports Hub The Singapore Sports Hub ( Chinese : 新加坡体育城 ; Malay : Hab Sukan Singapura; Tamil : சிங்கப்பூர் விளையாட்டு மையம்) is a sports and recreation district in Kallang , Singapore . The Sports Hub is a 35-hectare public-private partnership that is anchored by the new National Stadium and existing Singapore Indoor Stadium , and also incorporates
275-520: The Sports Hub's facilities were sold to various partners, with OCBC Bank sponsoring its indoor arena and aquatic centre, and 100plus sponsoring an 888 m (971 yd) promenade around the new National Stadium. The Sports Hub's facilities were officially opened to the public on 30 June 2014, and began to host events over the year that followed, including the 2015 Southeast Asian Games . Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially inaugurated
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#1732790963960300-578: The bridge's deck . It was designed to be a suspension bridge for aesthetics rather than functionality. Normally, suspension bridges are used for wide rivers as they utilised deflection theory. However, the Public Works Department chose a suspension bridge design as they planned for it to be a point of interest in Tanjong Rhu, essentially "a mini-version of other famous suspension bridges in San Francisco and New York ", such as
325-627: The facility on 26 July 2015 during the Youth Day event Youth Celebrate! at the National Stadium. On 10 June 2022, it was announced that Sport Singapore , a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community & Youth, would take over management and ownership of the Sports Hub from 9 December 2022 onwards, with plans to make it more accessible to the broader community in Singapore. The 35-hectare Singapore Sports Hub includes
350-570: The last reported cases of such police entrapment. A short 19 minute 2009 film, "The Casuarina Cove" by Boo Junfeng told the story of one of those men. Tanjong Rhu is served by the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Thomson–East Coast line – Tanjong Rhu MRT station and the other being the nearby Katong Park MRT station . Within close proximity public transportation is also accessible with Circle line – Stadium MRT station and Mountbatten MRT station and public bus services 11 and 158 via
375-550: The new National Stadium and its surrounding facilities, in February 2007. On 19 January 2008, the Singapore government awarded the development of the Sports Hub project to SSHC, led by Dragages Singapore Pte Ltd. Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan stated that their bid "displayed significant strengths in programming, team culture and partnership, functionality and layout". The Sports Hub
400-471: The new Sports Hub was originally planned for completion in 2011. Due to the financial crisis of 2007–2010 and high construction costs, the project was inevitably delayed. In 2008, barring any major problems, it was projected that the project would be completed in time for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games . However, after delays were announced in 2009, Singapore withdrew from hosting the Games. In August 2010, it
425-481: The shipyards have since been relocated elsewhere and condominiums have replaced them. In September 1993, 12 men were arrested in an entrapment operation in Tanjong Rhu coined the "Fort Road Incident". They were charged with outrage of modesty. Six pleaded guilty. They were sentenced to three strokes of the cane each and imprisonment ranging from two to six months. The names, ages and occupations of all 12 men were published in all major Singaporean newspapers. Those were
450-531: The waterfront". In December 1997, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) announced that the commercial sites in the village were to be on sale within the next few years when there are residents. It was speculated to commence operations once the bridge was opened. Additionally, the URA explored the possibilities of introducing family activities such as canoeing and boating in December 1997. The Tanjong Rhu Bridge
475-477: Was polluted with industrial and domestic waste , creating an extremely unpleasant environment. A massive relocation exercise was then undertaken by the Singapore Government to transform Tanjong Rhu into a high-end residential area. Reclamation of land along the Tanjong Rhu coast began as early as 1992. Private developers then started the new luxury residential developments in Tanjong Rhu. Today,
500-418: Was a public-private partnership with SportsHub Pte Ltd, which is made up of four companies namely InfraRed Capital Partners, Dragages Singapore, DTZ Facilities and Engineering and Global Spectrum Asia. SHPL was engaged in 2008 and has a 25-year contract to design, build, finance and operate the Sports Hub. The demolition of the former National Stadium was slated to begin in 2008 while the construction of
525-568: Was based on a report by the Committee of Sporting Singapore calling for the city-state to promote a culture of sports, and replace the aging National Stadium . The Sports Hub was to include the new stadium, as well as a new aquatic centre, indoor arena, and recreation facilities. Alpine Mayreder, Singapore Gold Consortium, and the Singapore Sports Hub Consortium (SSHC) submitted bids for the project, which included
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#1732790963960550-621: Was designed by the Public Works Department (later privatised as the CPG Corporation) with assistance from engineering firm Murray North (SEA) Ltd and restressing works by OVM Prestress (an associate company of Wee Poh Holdings who was awarded the S$ 460,000 (1997) ( US$ 309,804.82) contract for the prestress of the bridge in 1997). Construction was expected to start in 1996 and was completed in July 1998. The bridge
575-606: Was formerly known as Sandy Point . The Malay name comes from the casuarina equisetifolia trees, referred to in Malay as pokok rhu or ru , which is the casuarina littoria species that grew along the beach between Kallang and Rochor . It was known as sha tsui (沙咀) in Cantonese , which means " sand spit ". Tanjong Rhu has been associated with ship building and repairing from the early days. Captain William Flint,
600-559: Was officially opened on August 4, 1998, by Koo Tsai Kee , then parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of National Development . The idea of a 'commercial village' in the Singapore Sports Hub near the bridge and the Kallang River was first announced in 1994, with tendering expected by 1996. The plan was that restaurants and water sport shops would be established to provide a " Boat Quay type-atmosphere" so "[people] can enjoy
625-559: Was reported that the contract to begin construction had been signed with plans for the demolition works of the former National Stadium to start in October 2010 and for the completion of the new Sports Hub in April 2014. The demolition of the National Stadium started with a groundbreaking ceremony on 29 September 2010. The contract with SHPL started from 2010 due to the delay and it was to last for 25 years till 2035. Naming rights to some of
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