Elgin Bridge (Singapore)

Elgin Bridge Jambatan Elgin
Elgin Bridge in August 2023
Coordinates	1°17′21″N 103°50′57″E / 1.289113°N 103.849294°E / 1.289113; 103.849294
Carries	Motor vehicles and pedestrians
Crosses	Singapore River
Locale	Singapore River, Singapore
Official name	Elgin Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Arch bridge
Total length	46 metres
Width	25 metres
History
Opened	30 May 1929; 95 years ago (1929-05-30)
Statistics
National monument of Singapore
Designated	15 October 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-15)
Reference no.	73
Location

Elgin Bridge is a vehicular box girder bridge across the Singapore River, linking the Downtown Core to the Singapore River Planning Area located within Singapore's Central Area. It was built between 1925 and 1929.

The bridge was named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin in 1862, a colonial administrator and diplomat who had served as Governor-General of Canada and India. The iron bridge built across the river had previously replaced an older wooden bridge. The current bridge that still stands today was built in 1929.^[1] As this was the first permanent bridge across the river, the two roads leading to it were named North Bridge Road and South Bridge Road accordingly.