East Coast Parkway eastbound towards Singapore Changi Airport, before Benjamin Sheares Bridge.

East Coast Parkway westbound towards the downtown.

The East Coast Parkway (abbrev: ECP; Chinese: 东海岸公园大道; Pinyin: Dōnghǎiàn Gōngyuān Dàdào) is an expressway that runs along the southeastern coast of Singapore. The expressway is approximately 20 kilometres in length, and connects Singapore Changi Airport in the east to the Benjamin Sheares Bridge in the south of the main island before it links with the Ayer Rajah Expressway. It has an interchange with the Pan Island Expressway at the Changi Flyover, about one kilometre from the eastern end of the expressway. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 445 KB) Summary East Coast Parkway towards Benjamin Sheares Bridge. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 445 KB) Summary East Coast Parkway towards Benjamin Sheares Bridge. ... Singapore Changi International Airport (Chinese: 新加坡樟宜机场; Pinyin: XÄ«njiāpō Zhāngyí JÄ«chÇŽng; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம்) or simply Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) is a major aviation hub in Asia. ... Benjamin Sheares Bridge Opened in 1982, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the longest bridge in Singapore, spanning 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1004 KB) Summary East Coast Parkway. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1004 KB) Summary East Coast Parkway. ... The Downtown Core is technically an urban planning area in the city-state of Singapore which surrounds the mouth of the Singapore River, and is part of the Central Area, Singapores central business district. ... It has been suggested that Apocopation be merged into this article or section. ... Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme of the Chinese phonetic alphabet (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音方案; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音方案; Pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n fāngàn), while pin means spell(ing) and yin means sound(s)), is a system of romanization (phonemic notation... An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider. ... Singapore Changi International Airport (Chinese: 新加坡樟宜机场; Pinyin: XÄ«njiāpō Zhāngyí JÄ«chÇŽng; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம்) or simply Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) is a major aviation hub in Asia. ... Benjamin Sheares Bridge Opened in 1982, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the longest bridge in Singapore, spanning 1. ... The Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) extends from the western end of the East Coast Parkway in the south of Singapore to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. ... The Pan Island Expressway also commonly known as PIE is the oldest and longest of Singapores network of expressways. ...

Built almost entirely on reclaimed land, construction of the ECP commenced in the early 1970s. It opened in 1981 to coincide with the opening of Singapore Changi Airport, although there remained traffic lights on the expressway until the completion of the last flyover at Fort Road in 1989. Land reclamation is either of two distinct practices. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Singapore Changi International Airport (Chinese: 新加坡樟宜机场; Pinyin: XÄ«njiāpō Zhāngyí JÄ«chÇŽng; Malay: Lapangan Terbang Changi Singapura; Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் சாங்கி விமானநிலையம்) or simply Changi Airport (IATA: SIN, ICAO: WSSS) is a major aviation hub in Asia. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Flanked by East Coast Park on one side and high-rise housing on the other, the well-landscaped expressway was built and maintained with the conscious intention of giving visitors arriving via Singapore Changi Airport a good first impression of the country as they commute from the airport to the city centre in less than 15 minutes on a good day. East Coast Park The East Coast Park (Chinese: 东海岸公园) is a beach park located on the southeastern coast of Singapore. ... Landscape architecture is the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of man-made constructs. ...

Traffic congestion during the morning peak hours, however, led to the introduction of an Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry near the Tanjong Rhu Flyover in the direction towards the city, one of the first two gantries to be set up in the country, which came into operation on 1 April 1998 together with the other gantry at Ophir Road. ERP gantry at North Bridge Road The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP, Simplified Chinese: 电子道路收费系统) scheme is an electronic toll collection scheme adopted in Singapore to manage traffic by road pricing, and as a usage-based taxation mechanism to complement the purchase-based Certificate of Entitlement system. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

A long, straight section of the ECP close to Changi Airport can be used as an emergency landing runway. This section can be easily identified by removable potted plants instead of the standard large trees on the median strip. Runway 1 of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ...

There are plans to reroute the ECP at the Marina Bay area in the future, to facilitate the development of the new downtown. The expressway will be rerouted south of the Benjamin Sheares Bridge, and Benjamin Sheares Bridge will be downgraded into an ordinary major road. Marina Bay (Chinese: 滨海湾, Mandarin Pronunciation: Binhaiwan) is a bay near the Central Area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. ... Benjamin Sheares Bridge Opened in 1982, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the longest bridge in Singapore, spanning 1. ...

Road interchanges

The Pan Island Expressway also commonly known as PIE is the oldest and longest of Singapores network of expressways. ... East Coast Park The East Coast Park (Chinese: 东海岸公园) is a beach park located on the southeastern coast of Singapore. ... East Coast Park Serivice Road is a road that runs along the perimeter of the East Coast Park and the majority of the East Coast Parkway. ... East Coast Park Serivice Road is a road that runs along the perimeter of the East Coast Park and the majority of the East Coast Parkway. ... East Coast Park Serivice Road is a road that runs along the perimeter of the East Coast Park and the majority of the East Coast Parkway. ... The Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (abbreviated KPE) is the newest of Singapores network of expressways. ... Benjamin Sheares Bridge Opened in 1982, the Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the longest bridge in Singapore, spanning 1. ...

External link

• Traffic cameras monitoring the ECP

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