Jurong Road

Jurong Road () is a small road near

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in western Singapore, linking Bukit Batok Road with a Heavy Vehicle Carpark nearby. The oldest road in the Jurong area, it was first constructed between 1852 and 1853 during the early British colonial period to create a proper road link between the rural areas of

Jurong Jurong () is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore. Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and ...

and the rest of Singapore. Later, it was extended towards

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& ...

in 1929. In the 1960s, Jurong Road's original span ran from Bukit Timah Road (directly in front of the former Bukit Timah Fire Station) to a

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(at the present-day junction of Tuas Road and Pioneer Road). The stretch of this roadway between

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 Jalan Jurong Kechil is now known as Old Jurong Road (). Upper Jurong Road starts from the western end of Boon Lay Way and ends at Pasir Laba Flyover of the

Pan Island Expressway The Pan Island Expressway (Abbreviated as: PIE) is the oldest and longest expressway in Singapore. It is also Singapore's longest road. The expressway runs from the East Coast Parkway near Changi Airport in the east to Tuas in the west and ha ...

(PIE), after which it continues briefly towards

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and the

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Multi-Mission Range Complex (MMRC). Up till 26 September 2020, a short section of the original road (which still bears the historic Jurong Road name) connects Jurong West Avenue 2 and Bukit Batok Road, running roughly parallel to the PIE. Smaller roads (mostly rural tracks formerly serving several villages (kampongs) scattered in the Tengah and Hong Kah localities) along the current Jurong Road spread out further into the largely-forested area of

; these include Track 18, Track 20 and Track 22. Track 22 links to Jalan Chichau and Jalan Lam Sam (located along the southern edge of the

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 ...

area). Both Jalan Chichau and Jalan Lam Sam has been removed from January 2019, and the remaining section were removed from 27 September 2020. A large portion of Jurong Road was permanently closed from 27 September 2020, together with Track 18, Track 20 and Track 22, leaving only a short stretch between Bukit Batok Road and the entrance of the nearby Heavy Vehicle Carpark operational. This will help facilitate the construction of roads - Tengah Way, Tengah Boulevard, and Plantation Loop as well as neighbouring parks. Roads in Singapore Jurong East Jurong West {{Singapore-road-stub