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Neil Road, Singapore


Neil Road, SingaporeNeil Road, Singapore (9 July 2011)


Neil Road is a road crossing through Chinatown and Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. Originally called Salat Road (a corruption from Jalan Selat), which means "straits road" in Malay, it was renamed after a British military officer who fought in the 1857 Indian Mutiny.

Neil Road is located in Singapore Postal District 02.

Neil Road runs from Maxwell Road in the east to New Bridge Road in the west. Along the way it forms junctions with Cantonment Road, Bukit Pasoh Road, Kreta Ayer Road, Duxton Road, Craig Road, Everton Road, and Spottiswoode Park Road.

No. 147 Neil Road was the home of Lee Hoon Leong, the grandfather of Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore, and great grandfather of the present prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong.

Map of Neil Road, Singapore

List of Sights along Neil Road, Singapore

  1. 89 Neil Road (GPS: 1.27857, 103.84167)
  2. Mondrian Singapore Duxton former site of Chinatown Plaza (GPS: 1.27876, 103.84191)

Neil Road, SingaporeNeil Road, Singapore (29 July 2017)


Neil Road, SingaporeNeil Road, Singapore (29 July 2017)


Neil Road, SingaporeRestored pre-war houses along Neil Road, Singapore (7 July 2011)


Neil Road roadsignNeil Road roadsign (29 July 2017)

Neil Road Singapore on Google Street View

Neil Road (Mar 2022)

References

  1. Singapore Street Names by Victor R Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (2004), ISBN 981-210-364-3

List of the Streets in Singapore; Discover Singapore

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