Alkaff Bridge

1°17′24.3″N 103°50′23.8″E / 1.290083°N 103.839944°E / 1.290083; 103.839944

Alkaff Bridge Jambatan Alkaff
Coordinates	1°17′24″N 103°50′24″E / 1.29008°N 103.84°E / 1.29008; 103.84
Carries	Pedestrians
Crosses	Singapore River
Locale	Singapore River, Singapore
Official name	Alkaff Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Steel truss
Total length	~55 m
History
Opened	1999
Location

Alkaff Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in Singapore. It spans the Singapore River at Robertson Quay, located in the Singapore River planning area within the Central Area.

The steel truss bridge is 55 metres in length and weighs about 230 tonnes. It is shaped like a tongkang (a light boat used commonly in the early days to carry goods along rivers), and is situated near the former Alkaff Quay. Alkaff Quay was named after a prominent Arabian family, the Alkaffs, who were among the wealthiest in Singapore during the early 20th century.

The bridge was built in 1997, as part of the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) plan to create a promenade along both banks of the Singapore River.^[1] The bridge, completed in 1999, is one of three footbridges — Alkaff Bridge, Robertson Bridge and Jiak Kim Bridge — built at Robertson Quay to improve the pedestrian connectivity between the two river banks. It was painted by internationally acclaimed visual artist Pacita Abad.