Cavenagh Bridge

Cavenagh Bridge 加文纳桥 Jambatan Cavenagh
Coordinates	1°17′12″N 103°51′08″E / 1.28656°N 103.85235°E / 1.28656; 103.85235
Carries	Pedestrians and bicycles (vehicles, rickshaws, horse and ox carts in the past)
Crosses	Singapore River
Locale	Downtown Core, Singapore
Official name	Cavenagh Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	79.25 metres
Width	9.45 metres
Longest span	60.96 metres
History
Designer	Colonel Collyer, Rowland Mason Ordish
Constructed by	Clutha Ironworks and P&W Maclellan, Glasgow Engineers
Opened	1869; 155 years ago (1869)
Statistics
National monument of Singapore
Designated	15 October 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-15)
Reference no.	73
Location

Cavenagh Bridge is the only suspension bridge and one of the oldest bridges in Singapore, spanning the lower reaches of the Singapore River in the Downtown Core. Opened in 1869^[1] to commemorate Singapore's new Crown colony of the Straits Settlements status in 1867, it is the oldest bridge in Singapore that exists in its original form.