One of the remnants of Singapore’s first civil airport at Kallang, a dual carriageway roadway lined with reminders of a time that has been forgotten, is no more. The roadway, left behind perhaps as a reminder of lead-in and exit to and from the airport for over half a century after the airport ceased operations in 1955, seems now itself one Singapore wishes to forget. It is now cut-off from vehicular traffic that in times more recent, would have used it as an access to or from the National Stadium or Nicoll Highway, with a larger capacity and more direct road having been built to take traffic to the new National Stadium and the Singapore Sports Hub which is scheduled to be completed in May 2014.
The wonderful cover of trees over the old road.
The former entrance pillars to Singapore’s first civil airport.
The now closed roadway seen today.
Looking towards the former junction with Geylang Road.
The roadway to the airport in 1945 (source: http://archivesonline.nas.sg/).
Filed under: Changing Landscapes, Kallang, Reminders of Yesterday, Singapore
