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The Nicoll Highway collapse occurred in Singapore on 20 April 2004 at 3:30 pm local time when a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) tunnel construction site caved in, leading to the collapse of the Nicoll Highway near the Merdeka Bridge. Four workers were killed and three were injured, delaying the construction of the Circle Line (CCL).
Nicoll Highway (Chinese: 尼诰大道; Malay: Lebuhraya Nicoll; Tamil: நிகோல் நெடுஞ்சாலை) is a major arterial road in Singapore which links the junctions of Guillemard Road, Sims Way and Mountbatten Road in Kallang to the junctions of Esplanade Drive, Raffles Avenue and Stamford Road in the city.
Nicoll Highway MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line (CCL) in Singapore. Located in the Downtown Core underneath Republic Avenue near the Kallang River, the station serves commercial and residential developments along Nicoll Highway, such as the Golden Mile Complex and The Concourse.
Apr 20, 2024 · Saturday (Apr 20) marked the 20th anniversary of the Nicoll Highway collapse that left four dead and three injured. One man was never found. A young engineer with the Land Transport Authority...
Apr 20, 2012 · As Nicoll Highway sank, gas, water and electricity cables snapped, causing power to go out for about 15,000 people and 700 businesses in the Marina Bay and Suntec City areas. Tenants and residents of the nearby Golden Mile Complex, where tremors were felt, were evacuated.11.
Nicoll Highway Collapse. On 20 April 2004, a temporary retaining wall of the tunnel at the Nicoll Highway Circle Line MRT station construction site collapsed at around 3.30pm. The ground above caved in, bringing down the steel supports over the tunnel and a portion of Nicoll Highway.
Apr 20, 2024 · A deep ravine, caused when a temporary retaining wall of the tunnel at the Nicoll Highway Circle Line MRT station construction site collapsed, greeted the officers.
Nicoll Highway stretches westward from Mountbatten Road across the mouth of Kallang River over Merdeka Bridge down to the city centre, where it joins Connaught Drive and Stamford Road.1 It was built in the 1950s to alleviate frequent traffic jams on the often congested Geylang and Kallang roads during peak hours.
Officially opened in 2010, the Nicoll Highway MRT Station is the last station before the Circle Line enters downtown Singapore for trains travelling to Dhoby Ghaut or Marina Bay.
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