Heritage - The Steel Truss Bridge in Singapore (2022 0704)

Heritage - The Steel Truss Bridge in Singapore (2022 0704)

The Pratt truss design features vertical supports and diagonals that slope down towards the centre.  They have granite stone piers which were constructed and dressed with ornamental profiles.

 

The Upper Bukit Timah Truss Bridge - Singapore’s Only Pratt Truss Bridge dates back to 1932.

The Bukit Timah Truss Bridge at Bukit Timah / Dunearn Road is the only Baltimore truss bridge in Singapore.

Both the Upper Bukit Timah and Bukit Timah Truss Bridges were designed by United Engineers (from which we get UE Square at River Valley Road).

There is a third steel truss bridge which crosses over Sungei Pandan.

This third bridge was part of the former Jurong Railway Line which branched off from Bukit Timah Railway Station.