| Bukit Timah Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road | |
|---|---|
| Jalan Bukit Timah (Malay) 武吉知马路 (Chinese) புக்கித் திமா சாலை (Tamil) | |
 Bukit Timah Road is shown as a double light blue line | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 25 km (16 mi) |
| Existed | 1845–present |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Bukit Panjang |
| Major intersections | PIE,ORRS (Adam Road),CTE,NSE |
| South end | Little India,Kallang |
| Location | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Highway system | |
Bukit Timah Road (Chinese:武吉知马路;Malay:Jalan Bukit Timah;Tamil:புக்கித் திமா சாலை) is a majorroad inSingapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way toJohor Bahru inMalaysia. The road's 25-km (15.5 miles) length makes it one of the longest roads in Singapore, and the road takes its name from the hill. En route, it passes through the areas ofLittle India,Newton Road, Farrer Road,Singapore Botanic Gardens,Bukit Timah andBukit Panjang.
Bukit Timah Road splits into two roads at Newton Circus, the west-bound Bukit Timah Road and east-boundDunearn Road, both of which straddle acanal along their entire lengths. Bukit Timah Road begins at the junction with Rochor Canal Road, Serangoon Road and Selegie Road just south ofTekka Centre as Bukit Timah Road, follows a canal in a northwest direction up to its junction withClementi Road where it continues northwards asUpper Bukit Timah Road (Chinese:武吉知马路上段) until the junction with Bukit Panjang Road andChoa Chu Kang Road near theTen Mile Junctionshopping mall then continues with Woodlands Road. The road passes through theBukit Timah Planning Area. Buildings named after the road are Bukit Timah Plaza and Bukit Timah Shopping Centre. This road is also affected with theNorth-South Expressway construction nearby.
"Bukit Timah" inMalay means "tin bearing hill".
TheBritish surrendered to the Japanese at theOld Ford Motor Factory at Upper Bukit Timah Road. Acanal was built in later years betweenDunearn Road and Bukit Timah Road to solve theflooding problem in the area. In the 1990s, atunnel and aflyover was constructed namely the Bukit Timah Underpass and the Wayang Satu Flyover in order to improve traffic flow. The Newton Flyover was built in the 1970s which goes over the junction ofNewton Circus becoming the first ever Semi-Expressway standalone road, that features both the underpass and flyover without changing any direction.
Along the road, major landmarks includeTan Kah Kee MRT station,Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road), Balmoral Plaza, Coronation Plaza,Hwa Chong Institution,Sixth Avenue MRT station,Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital, Kampong Java Park, King Albert Park,Little India MRT station,Hwa Chong International School,Methodist Girls' School,National Junior College,Nanyang Girls' High School,Newton Food Centre,Newton,Singapore Botanic Gardens,Singapore Institute of Management,Tekka Centre,Ngee Ann Polytechnic at the junction of Clementi Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road.
At Upper Bukit Timah Road, landmarks include Bukit Timah Plaza, Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre, Beauty World, Cheong Chin Nam Road, Hoover Park,The Rail Mall,Former Bukit Timah Fire Station,Saint Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah, and theOld Ford Motor Factory.
Businesses and organisations located along Bukit Timah Road include:
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