{"id":459,"date":"2016-12-04T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/?page_id=459"},"modified":"2016-12-26T20:32:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T12:32:22","slug":"our-bridges","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/our-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-large avia-no-border-styling avia-full-stretch av-section-color-overlay-active avia-bg-style-scroll   container_wrap sidebar_right' style = 'background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/our-river.jpg);background-attachment: scroll; background-position: center center; ' data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' ><div class='av-section-color-overlay-wrap'><div class='av-section-color-overlay' style='opacity: 0.4; background-color: #000000; '><\/div><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-459'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div style='padding-bottom:10px; color:#ffffff;font-size:70px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h6 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  av-inherit-size '><h6 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Our Bridges<\/h6><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' style='border-color:#ffffff'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-459'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2' class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow avia-bg-style-scroll   container_wrap sidebar_right' style = 'background-image: '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-459'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  av-animated-generic bottom-to-top  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div style='padding-bottom:20px; font-size:34px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3  blockquote modern-quote  av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Our Bridges<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_2' class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-459'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1' class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells    container_wrap sidebar_right'   >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-468\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_anderson.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_anderson\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Anderson Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nNamed after Sir John Anderson, Governor of the Straits Settlements, Anderson Bridge was built in 1910 as Cavenagh Bridge was unable to the stone plaque cope with the increasing traffic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-482\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_alkaff-1.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_alkaff-1\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Alkaff Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Alkaff Bridge&#8217;s multicoloured facade is a result of one month of painstaking work by late artist, Pacita Abad who passed on 10 months after the completion of the project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-479\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_benjamin.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_benjamin\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Benjamin Sheares Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThis bridge named after the Republic of Singapore&#8217;s second head of State. It is the imposing via duct links the east and west coasts of the island.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-480\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_cavenagh.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_cavenagh\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Cavenagh Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt in 1869, the bridge was named in honour of Colonel Cavenagh, the last India-appointed Governor of Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-2' class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells    container_wrap sidebar_right'   >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-477\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_clemenceau.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_clemenceau\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Clemenceau Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nCompleted in 1920, Clemenceau Bridge was named after French Prime Minister Mousier Georges Clemenceau who visited Singapore that same year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-472\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_coleman.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_coleman\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Coleman Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First built in 1840 as a brick bridge, Coleman Bridge was named after its architect, George Drumgold Coleman, an Irishman who came to Singapore in 1826.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-485\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_elgin-1.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_elgin-1\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Elgin Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThis was completed in 1929 and named after the then governor General of India, Lord Elgin. As this was the first bridge to be built across the River, the two roads leading to it were named North Bridge Road and South Bridge Road accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_esplanade.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_esplanade\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Esplanade Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nConstruction of this 260m long bridge across the mouth of the Singapore River began in early 1994 and was completed in 1997. The low level concrete arched bridge have seven spans and supports two four-lane carriageways and wide walkways along both side.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-3' class='av-layout-grid-container entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells    container_wrap sidebar_right'   >\n<div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-474 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_helix.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_helix\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Helix Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nPairs of the letters &#8220;c&#8221; and &#8220;g&#8221;, as well as &#8220;a&#8221; and &#8220;t&#8221; decorate the bridge and are lit up at night in red and green to represent cytosine, guanine, adenine and thymine, the four bases of DNA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_ord.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_ord\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ord Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ord Bridge was constructed in 1886 and was dedicated to the memory of the first governor of the Straits Settlement to be appointed by the Colonial office in London, Sir Henry St. George Ord.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-476 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_saigon.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_saigon\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Pulau Saigon Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original Pulau Saigon Bridge was built in 1890, but demolished in 1986. The reason for the demolition was that the Bridge was too old and it blocked the development of Central Expressway.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_cell no_margin av_one_fourth   \" style='vertical-align:top; padding:30px; '><div class='flex_cell_inner' ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-488\" src=\"http:\/\/rivercruise.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ourriver_bridge_read-1.jpg\" alt=\"ourriver_bridge_read-1\" width=\"206\" height=\"103\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"pagecontentsSubTitle\">Read Bridge<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nBuilt in 1889 to replace the Merchant Bridge, the Read Bridge was the initiative of a famous businessman William Henry Read, a Scotsman who came to Singapore in 1841.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-459","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/459\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/rivercruise.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}