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Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the setting for the annual SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon (formerly the Sheares Bridge Run).
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The bridge has one other exit (signed exit 15 on the ECP) for Rochor Road and
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Benjamin Sheares Bridge and the Singapore Flyer (2007, under construction)
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by construction company Sato Kogyo, the bridge is made of
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It is also pictured on the rear panel of the Ship Series
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Singapore Armed Forces Reservists Association (SAFRA)
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Sato Kogyo and Chan Chee Wah Maunsell & Partners
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Coordinates
1°17′33″N 103°51′44″E / 1.2926°N 103.8621°E / 1.2926; 103.8621
Motor vehicles
pedestrians
Marina Reservoir
Downtown Core
Kallang
Singapore
Viaduct
Public Works Department
Chinese
pinyin
Malay
Tamil
Singapore
Benjamin Sheares
President of Singapore
East Coast Parkway (ECP)
S$
Suntec City
Marina Reservoir
planning areas
Kallang
Marina East
Marina South
Downtown Core
reclaimed land
pre-stressed concrete
Tanjong Rhu

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