History
When the Merdeka Bridge was completed over the Kallang River in 1956, Nicoll Highway formed the vital link between the city centre and the rapidly growing east coast. Nicoll Highway's role is now taken over by the Benjamin Sheares Bridge on the East Coast Parkway.The highway was named by Sir John Fearns Nicoll, Governor of the Colony from 1952 to 1955. ter
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