Johor–Singapore Causeway

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The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway across the Straits of Johor. The Causeway links Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Woodlands in Singapore. It is one of the busiest border crossings in the world, with 300,000 road and rail travelers daily. It also carries a water pipeline between the two countries. The Causeway officially opened in 1923. Its construction interrupted the water flow through the Straits of Johor, especially after the lock channel was permanently closed following World War II. Retreating Allied forces detonated the Causeway in two places in World War II, forcing the advancing Imperial Japanese Army to instead cross the Straits elsewhere. The Causeway first became an international border when the Federation of Malaya achieved independence on 31 August 1957. The Causeway then became an internal state border when the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak merged to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963. After Singapore's separation from Malaysia...

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