Read Bridge

Read Bridge was built 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. Read used to own a round cardamom plantation on the site of today's Istana.

Read Bridge is located near Tew Chew Street; near Boat Quay; near Merchant Road (s); near Merchant Road Exit; near Cte (s) Ramp; Read Bridge is geographically located at latitude (1.2892 degrees) 1° 17' 21" North of the Equator and longitude (103.845 degrees) 103° 50' 41" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of Singapore.

The locations related to Read Bridge are represented by the shortest distances between two points on Earth and may not be nearest by road. For example, Read Bridge is located 0.1 kilometre from Clarke Quay. Read Bridge is located 0.1 kilometre from Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel. Read Bridge is located 0.1 kilometre from Merchant Court. Read Bridge is located 0.1 kilometre from Riverside Point. Read Bridge is located 0.2 kilometre from Masjid Omar Kg Melaka.

Riverside Point 0.1km, Soho @ Central 0.2km, Merchant Square 0.2km, Apollo Centre 0.2km, Central Square 0.2km, Meidi-ya 0.3km, Liang Court 0.3km, Central Mall 0.3km, are places to shop (shopping mall, shop houses) located near Read Bridge.

Clarke Quay 0.1km, Singapore Time Ball 0.4km, Flag Staff 0.4km, Fort Canning Lighthouse 0.4km, Robertson Walk 0.5km, Boat Quay 0.5km, Civil Defence Heritage Gallery 0.5km, Singapore Philatelic Museum 0.6km, are places of interest (attraction) located near Read Bridge.

People's Park Food Centre 0.5km, Chin Swee Food Court 0.6km, China Square Food Centre 0.8km, Maxwell Food Centre 1km, The Glass House 1km, One Fullerton 1.1km, Amoy Street Food Centre 1.1km, Lau Pa Sat Food Centre 1.1km, are eating places (food court, cafe, hawker food) located near Read Bridge.

Nan Chiau High School (former) 0.7km, Moral Childcare Centre 0.9km, Outram Secondary School 0.9km, Stansfield College 0.9km, Singapore Management University 1km, SMU 1km, Chicago Gsb 1.1km, Chij Kellock 1.2km, are places of learning (school, college, university) located near Read Bridge.

Hong Lim Park 0.3km, Fort Canning Park 0.7km, Pearl's Hill Park 0.8km, Padang 0.9km, Old Merlion Park 1km, Esplanade Park 1km, Bras Basah Park 1km, Apollo Open Space 1.1km, are parks, playgrounds, open fields or commons located near Read Bridge.