Named after Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1877-1879, Robinson Road is a major trunk road in Singapore's central business district. It was once a sea-side thoroughfare until land reclamation works in Telok Ayer Basin shifted the shoreline further east to make room for the building of Shenton Way, opened in 1951. Cross Street starts from Shenton Way and ends at the junction with South Bridge Road in Chinatown. Of course that before the construction of Shenton Way, it started from Robinson Road.
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