Erskine Road

Erskine Road, commonly known as Machefang Jie in the past, is a one-way road located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore.
Erskine Road starts at its junction with South Bridge Road and ends with its junction with Ann Siang Road and Kadayanallur Street.

Etymology and history

The road was named in 1907. It may be named after Samuel Erskine of Howarth Erskine and Company, an engineering company in the 1870s, or after J.J. Erskine, a government officer who was recorded owning land in Singapore in 1824. Given that the road was named in 1907, the former is more likely than the latter.