Anderson Bridge
Steel-arched 1910 bridge over the Singapore River with a layered history from colonial grandeur to wartime terror.
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This guide to Anderson Bridge in Singapore traces the 1910 steel span from its opening by Governor Sir John Anderson through its darkest chapter under Japanese occupation in 1942, when it was used to display the heads of convicted criminals as a warning. It follows how the same crossing was later reclaimed by young women on Chinese New Year, throwing oranges into the river below in hopes of a good husband. Stand at the mid-span rail and look both ways along the river, where colonial facades face the older Cavenagh Bridge just metres away.
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