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Rising over the existing MacRitchie flyover, it is also the highest viaduct here, reaching nearly 20m above ground - almost eight stories high - at its crest.

IT HAS taken four years in the making, caused the felling of an 80-year-old tree and is probably not for those with acute acrophobia.
Welcome to the Lornie Viaduct, Singapore's newest elevated road which links Braddell Road and Lornie Road.

Rising over the existing MacRitchie flyover, it is also the highest viaduct here, reaching nearly 20m above ground - almost eight stories high - at its crest.

Work on the $34 million project started at end-2004. With its opening on Sunday, motorists can now bypass another busy traffic interchange.

Senior Minister of State for Transport Ms Lim Hwee Hua, who officiated at its opening ceremony on Saturday, said: 'This much awaited direct connection between Lornie and Braddell roads will allow motorists to bypass two traffic junctions, thereby reducing travel time by an estimated four minutes.'

In fact, they can travel from Bartley Road to Queensway - a distance spanning some 17km - with only one interruption: traffic lights near the Singapore Island Country Club on Lornie Road.

Ms Lim also described the opening of the viaduct as another step towards completing the $400 million Outer Ring Road System (ORRS).

The ORRS forms a circle along the outer areas of the city, and will eventually provide a non-stop link between Marine Parade and Queenstown.



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hey Ms Lim...what about one at Eunos Link har... many years jam jam here

wow reducing travelling time at braddell/lornie junction by 4 mins for 34M is well spent horfurious.gif

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"Rising over the existing MacRitchie flyover, it is also the highest viaduct here, reaching nearly 20m above ground - almost eight stories high - at its crest."

Huh! Rising 20m bery high meh? I thought Sheares Bridge is higher? Well, it looks higher than Lornie to me. smile.gif


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Bro TDO,

Sheares Bridge is a bridge not a viaduct mah, that's why MacRitchie is the highest viaduct lor.

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can we turn to Bishan street 11 using this viaduct ?? was there on Sunday but dare not try with pax in it.

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aiyo i really kena this morn

pax wants to go Mt Alvernia Hos...picked her from Lor Ah Soo...she asked me to go by Bartley & Braddell...so i passed CDG office & tpy...then i used the flyover instead of below going to Bishan

I thought the flyover will merge back below...knn the flyover connects with the new flyover direct to Lornie Rd...no way to escape back to thomson rd

so no choice turn to Andrew Rd at mediacorp & go one round liao

so be careful bros...use the flyover only if you are going direct to Lornie rd not upp thomson or thomson rdcry.gif

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fairfare wrote:

aiyo i really kena this morn

pax wants to go Mt Alvernia Hos...picked her from Lor Ah Soo...she asked me to go by Bartley & Braddell...so i passed CDG office & tpy...then i used the flyover instead of below going to Bishan

I thought the flyover will merge back below...knn the flyover connects with the new flyover direct to Lornie Rd...no way to escape back to thomson rd

so no choice turn to Andrew Rd at mediacorp & go one round liao

so be careful bros...use the flyover only if you are going direct to Lornie rd not upp thomson or thomson rdcry.gif




Bro fairfare, so got give discount to passenger or did passenger make a lot of noise behind? biggrin.gif

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Radiogaga wrote:

Bro TDO,

Sheares Bridge is a bridge not a viaduct mah, that's why MacRitchie is the highest viaduct lor.




Aiyo, I thought both serve the same purpose. Viaduct for vehicles to use, bridge also for vehicles to use. Whatever the government happy to use, so be it lah!

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Bro TDO,

2 different things hor.

Not cats hor, white cat or black cat they are all cats as long as they chase after mouse and catch them.

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fairfare wrote:

aiyo i really kena this morn

pax wants to go Mt Alvernia Hos...picked her from Lor Ah Soo...she asked me to go by Bartley & Braddell...so i passed CDG office & tpy...then i used the flyover instead of below going to Bishan

I thought the flyover will merge back below...knn the flyover connects with the new flyover direct to Lornie Rd...no way to escape back to thomson rd

so no choice turn to Andrew Rd at mediacorp & go one round liao

so be careful bros...use the flyover only if you are going direct to Lornie rd not upp thomson or thomson rdcry.gif





Bro,

You were lucky to turn to andrew road, if you missed it then you had to u turn at adam road hawker centre, then pax were surely kpkb at you.biggrin.gif

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many motorists also kena caught by surprise...so the new flyover jam jam jam

imagine spent $34M to get jam at flyover...wasted public fund

bro TDO...my pax also was surprised...she was kind nvr kpkb but grumble at garmen to spent millions to get jam better give to poorcry.gif

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fairfare wrote:

many motorists also kena caught by surprise...so the new flyover jam jam jam

imagine spent $34M to get jam at flyover...wasted public fund

bro TDO...my pax also was surprised...she was kind nvr kpkb but grumble at garmen to spent millions to get jam better give to poorcry.gif




You lucky leh. Passenger didnt kpkb for going long route. Anyway, at most give discount to shut those who kpkb up. That's the best we can do.smile.gif

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Radiogaga wrote:

fairfare wrote:

aiyo i really kena this morn

pax wants to go Mt Alvernia Hos...picked her from Lor Ah Soo...she asked me to go by Bartley & Braddell...so i passed CDG office & tpy...then i used the flyover instead of below going to Bishan

I thought the flyover will merge back below...knn the flyover connects with the new flyover direct to Lornie Rd...no way to escape back to thomson rd

so no choice turn to Andrew Rd at mediacorp & go one round liao

so be careful bros...use the flyover only if you are going direct to Lornie rd not upp thomson or thomson rdcry.gif





Bro,

You were lucky to turn to andrew road, if you missed it then you had to u turn at adam road hawker centre, then pax were surely kpkb at you.biggrin.gif



Think there is a U-turn before the Kheam Hock road (the road that leads to bukit brown cemetery)?
Sorry ah.. correct me if i wrong ah...


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You are correct. This U-turn is for ppl to go to MacRitchie Park.

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Drive wrote:

You are correct. This U-turn is for ppl to go to MacRitchie Park.





Phew..
thanks for the confirmation bro..smile.gif


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