East Coast Road, Singapore

street-side parking

Upper East Coast Bus Terminal, before ending at the historic Bedok Corner near Sungei Bedok MRT station, transitioning into Bedok Road, providing access to Tanah Merah MRT station

laterite road connecting Katong and Bedok. Prior to the construction of the road, the only way to access Geylang and Joo Chiat was to go through Geylang Road and Tanjong Katong Road.^[2] In 1906, works to extend the road to Tanjong Katong Road began, which introduced new modes of transport such as mosquito buses, motor trolleys, and trams into the then rural area. This transformed business and life in the area. When East Coast Road was near the sea, it was popular with the rich who built seaside bungalows near the road.^[3] With the construction of the Thomson-East Coast Line, the remaining two lane segment of Upper East Coast Road east of Bedok South Road

Upper East Coast Bus Terminal to Bedok South Avenue 1 suffers from chronic congestion and traffic jams in the morning peak period, due to the Bedok South Avenue 1 interchange with the East Coast Parkway being the only convenient way for drivers in the region to join the westbound ECP. However, with the construction of the Bayshore Estate, a new interchange with complete access to the ECP behind Temasek Secondary School