Choa Chu Kang Road () is a road in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

presently in two sections.

History

Choa Chu Kang Road was originally a continuous road from Upper Bukit Timah Road to Jalan Sungei Poyan. However, as can be seen fro
historical maps of Singapore
development of the Choa Chu Kang town resulted in Choa Chu Kang Road being dissected into two sections some time between 1975 and 1984. Parts of the original Choa Chu Kang Road within Choa Chu Kang town are now occupied by the present day roads Choa Chu Kang Terrace and the part of Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 south of Choa Chu Kang Way.

Road Sections

Choa Chu Kang Road is divided into two roads - the one to the east is called Choa Chu Kang Road, and the one to the west is called Old Choa Chu Kang Road.

Choa Chu Kang Road

The first section is a short stretch from the junctions of Woodlands Road and

Upper Bukit Timah Road Bukit Timah Road (; ms, Jalan Bukit Timah; ta, புக்கித் திமா சாலை) is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The road has a length of 25 ...

and ends at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Way and Bukit Batok Road, providing an access to

Choa Chu Kang Choa Chu Kang, alternatively spelt as Chua Chu Kang and often abbreviated as CCK, is a planning area and residential town located at the north-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. The town shares borders with Sungei Kadut to t ...

town from Upper Bukit Timah Road. It connects various LRT stations - such as

Phoenix LRT station Phoenix LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, located along Choa Chu Kang Road. As of February 2017, Phoenix station has Half-Height Platform Barriers installed a ...

and

Teck Whye LRT station The Bukit Panjang LRT line (BPLRT) is a automated guideway transit line in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. The BPLRT is the only LRT line operated by SMRT Trains. As the name suggests, it serves 13 stations in the neighbourhood of Bukit Panjang and ...

, and

ITE College West ITE College West (ITECW) is a post-secondary education institution and statutory board under the purview of the Ministry of Education in Singapore. It is one of the Institute of Technical Education's three colleges under the "One ITE System, Thre ...

is situated there.

Old Choa Chu Kang Road

The second and much longer section starts from Sungei Tengah Road all the way to the SAFTI Live Firing Area at Jalan Sungei Poyan, in the vicinity of National Shooting Centre. It is named Old Choa Chu Kang Road (). On 1994, with the partial closure of Choa Chu Kang Road, it was amended via Sungei Tengah Road for the construction of

Kranji Expressway The Kranji Expressway (Abbreviation: KJE) in Singapore connects from the BKE in Bukit Panjang and travels south-west to join with the PIE in Jurong West. Construction of the expressway started in 1990 and was completed in 1994. The expressway i ...

. Old Choa Chu Kang Road leads to a number of military facilities, including

Tengah Air Base The Tengah Air Base is a military airbase of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) located in the Western Water Catchment, in the western part of Singapore. The air base is the most important airfield of the RSAF as it houses the majo ...

, Army Logistics Base, Keat Hong Camp,

Choa Chu Kang Camp The Western Water Catchment is a planning area located in the West Region of Singapore. The planning area borders Tuas and Pioneer to its south, Sungei Kadut, Choa Chu Kang and Tengah to its east, Jurong West to its southeast, Lim Chu Kang t ...

, Poyan 300m Rifle Range, and if counting also

Lim Chu Kang Road Lim Chu Kang is a planning area located in the northwestern part of the North Region of Singapore, bordering the Western Water Catchment to the west and south, Sungei Kadut to the east and the Straits of Johor to the north. History Lim Chu K ...

, also Lim Chu Kang Camp, Murai Camp and Sungei Gedong Camp.

Home Team Academy The Home Team Academy (HTA) is the training institute for various organisations of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore, including the Singapore Police Force, the Singapore Civil Defence Force, the Central Narcotics Bureau, the Singapore ...

is also located along Old Choa Chu Kang Road. The eastern end of Old Choa Chu Kang Road (near the interchange with Kranji Expressway) leads to th
Sungei Tengah Argotechnology Park
one of the few farming areas in Singapore. It also leads to the cemetery - called Choa Chu Kang Cemetery. Old Choa Chu Kang Road has several bus services - services 172 and 975 between KJE and Lim Chu Kang Road, and service 405 between Lim Chu Kang Road and Jalan Sungei Poyan,where the bus makes a u-turn at the end of Old Choa Chu Kang Road.

Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1

Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, along the Comfort Garden private estate, the now-demolished Keat Hong Camp I & II (and it was redeveloped into Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhood 8) as well as the nearby seafood restaurant, was part of the section of Choa Chu Kang Road. The remains of Choa Chu Kang Road were also absorbed into Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1 and Avenue 3 respectively.

References

Roads in Singapore Choa Chu Kang Western Water Catchment Hokkien place names {{Singapore-road-stub