New Klang Valley Expressway

E1 Expressway
New Klang Valley Expressway
Route information
Length:	35 km (22 mi)
Existed:	1988 – present
History:	Completed in 1993
Major junctions
West end:	Bukit Raja, Selangor
	North Klang Straits Bypass Setia Alam Highway Guthrie Corridor Expressway Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Highway AH2 North-South Expressway Central Link Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway Sprint Expressway = Damansara Link and Kerinchi Link AH2 North-South Expressway Northern Route Jalan Duta-Segambut Highway
East end:	Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur
Location
Primary destinations:	Setia Alam, Shah Alam, Subang, Damansara, Subang Jaya, Kota Damansara, Bukit Lanjan
Highway system
AH2 (Bukit Lanjan - Shah Alam stretch only)
Highways in Malaysia Expressways • Federal • State

The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE AH2 (the official name as stated on the website of PLUS Expressways Berhad, the highway concessionaire) refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur. People sometimes call it the North Klang Valley Expressway due to its location in Malaysia's most populated region, but most refer to it by its initials. The speed limit on the expressway are 110 km/h (68 mph) on Bukit Raja-Bukit Lanjan stretch and 90 km/h (55 mph) on Bukit Lanjan-Jalan Duta stretch.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero starts at Bukit Raja Toll Plaza at Bukit Raja near Klang.

How to get there?

Traffic from the north, destined for places further south of Kuala Lumpur (such as Putrajaya, Seremban, Melaka, Johor Bahru and Singapore), must enter the Bukit Lanjan Interchange and travel west before turning left at Shah Alam (the entry point of North-South Expressway Central Link, ). Another alternative is by entering Kuala Lumpur via Jalan Duta Interchange and entering Jalan Duta-Segambut Highway and Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 which ends at Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway and the southern route but this alternative is quite unwise especially during peak hours, therefore the NKVE is built to bypass Kuala Lumpur for traveling north-south or vice-versa.

History

Plans of the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) began in 1985 after the North-South Expressway was constructed and the Federal Highway had become a busing traffic during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur.

Construction began in 1988, with the first section of the NKVE between Bukit Raja and Damansara opened to traffic on 7 December 1990.^[1][2] The fully completed NKVE spanning between Bukit Raja and Jalan Duta was officially launched by the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad at Jalan Duta toll plaza on 11 January 1993.

Features

It is the second link to Kuala Lumpur from Klang after Federal Highway. It has no rest and service areas but there are many petrol station laybys along the highway. Other features of this highway includes traffic CCTVs and VMS. Many viaducts along this expressway including Penchala, Bukit Lanjan and Segambut viaducts. Persada PLUS is the main headquarters of the PLUS Expressway Berhad. It is located at Subang Interchange.

Incidents

Rockfall near Bukit Lanjan

In late 2003, a rockfall near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for more than six months, causing massive traffic jams to occur in areas surrounding Klang Valley. After clearance of debris and road repairs, the expressway was reopened to public by mid-2004.

Beam collapsed on NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (Setia Alam Interchange)

On the 10 July 2005, a section of the Setia Alam flyover interchange - which was under construction then - collapsed, resulting in the death of two Bangladeshi workers and injuring seven others. (Source: New Straits Times 21 July 2005)

List of interchanges

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
-1.2	BUKIT RAJA INTERCHANGE	NORTH PERSIARAN WAJA Bukit Raja Industrial Estate NORTH KLANG STRAITS BYPASS NORTHWEST __Port_Klang_ _Port_Klang_ Port Klang Meru Kapar SOUTH Klang Shah Alam	Trumpet expressway interchange
_ NORTH KLANG STRAITS BYPASS Shahpadu border limit
NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit
-1
Tarmac carriageway
Concrete carriageway
		P Petronas and Shell Layby	Petronas ATM Shell ATM	Bukit Raja bound
0		P Bukit Raja toll plaza BKR TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	Klang bound
Bukit Raja toll plaza BKR RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG 1
2
3	SETIA ALAM INTERCHANGE STA TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	WEST SETIA ALAM HIGHWAY Setia Alam Meru Kapar	Directional T interchange with toll plaza
4
5
6
6.9		Sungai Rasau bridge
7
8
NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY
AH2 NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY
9 AH2 --	SHAH ALAM INTERCHANGE SHA TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	NORTH B9 Shah Alam B9 Bukit Jelutong GUTHRIE CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY Rawang Kuala Selangor SOUTH AH2 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY CENTRAL LINK AH2 Singapore AH2 Johor Bahru _AH2_Kuala_Lumpur_International_Airport_(KLIA)_ AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)	Trumpet expressway interchange with toll plaza Closed tolled trumpet expressway interchange
RESTRICTED ROUTES HEAVY VEHICLES (laden and unladen heavy vehicles weighing 10,000kg or more) ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE EXPRESSWAY Monday to Friday (Except Public Holidays) 6:30 am to 9:30 am SHAH ALAM - JALAN DUTA (km 9.3 - km 31)
9.6		Sungai Damansara bridge
9.7
9.8
9.9
10 AH2 --
11 AH2 --
12 AH2 --
13 AH2 --
Concrete carriageway
Tarmac carriageway
13.9	SUBANG INTERCHANGE SBG TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre PERSADA PLUS PLUS Expressway Berhad main headquarters	SULTAN ABDUL AZIZ SHAH AIRPORT HIGHWAY Subang _Sultan_Abdul_Aziz_Shah_Airport_ Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport Subang Jaya Kelana Jaya	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
14 AH2 --
		Sungai Kayu Ara bridge
Tarmac carriageway
Concrete carriageway
		P Petronas and Shell Layby	Petronas McDonalds Dunkin Donuts ATM Shell KFC ATM	Bukit Lanjan bound
Concrete carriageway
Tarmac carriageway
		Sungai Takil bridge
17 AH2 --	DAMANSARA INTERCHANGE DMR TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = DAMANSARA LINK Damansara Petaling Jaya	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Tarmac carriageway
Concrete carriageway
		Sungai Rumput bridge
	KOTA DAMANSARA INTERCHANGE KDR TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	Kota Damansara Mutiara Damansara	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
Concrete carriageway
Tarmac carriageway
20.9	BUKIT LANJAN INTERCHANGE	NORTH AH2 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN LINK Bukit Kayu Hitam Penang Ipoh Sungai Buloh R&R Sungai Buloh overhead bridge restaurant	Closed tolled directional T expressway interchange
AH2 NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY
NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY
21
Tarmac carriageway
Concrete carriageway
		Penchala viaduct
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
DBKL border arch Selangor-FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
		Bukit Lanjan viaduct
28
		Segambut viaduct		Kuala Lumpur bound, Use lower gear
		P Shell Layby	Shell	Bukit Lanjan bound
Jalan Duta toll plaza JLD TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre						Kuala Lumpur bound
		P Shell Layby	Shell	Kuala Lumpur bound
NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit
DUTA-ULU KLANG EXPRESSWAY Kesturi border limit
	JALAN DUTA-DUKE INTERCHANGE	EAST DUTA-ULU KLANG EXPRESSWAY Kepong Batu Caves Kuantan Genting Highlands Ampang Ulu Klang	Trumpet expressway interchange
DUTA-ULU KLANG EXPRESSWAY Kesturi border limit
NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit
	JALAN DUTA-SPRINT INTERCHANGE	SOUTH SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = KERINCHI LINK Mont Kiara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Sri Hartamas Damansara Petaling Jaya	Directional T expressway interchange
Concrete carriageway
Tarmac carriageway
RESTRICTED ROUTES HEAVY VEHICLES (laden and unladen heavy vehicles weighing 10,000kg or more) ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE EXPRESSWAY Monday to Friday (Except Public Holidays) 6:30 am to 9:30 am SHAH ALAM - JALAN DUTA (km 9.3 - km 31)
NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit
JALAN DUTA-SEGAMBUT HIGHWAY DBKL border limit
31	JALAN DUTA INTERCHANGE	JALAN DUTA-SEGAMBUT HIGHWAY NORTH Jalan Duta Kuantan Segambut SOUTH Kuala Lumpur city centre	Directional T expressway interchange

See also

• New North Klang Valley Expressway

References

1. ^ "New Klang Valley Expressway newspaper ads (page 6 and 11)". New Straits Times. 1990-12-07. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wLsTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6826,1887659&dq=tunku+abdul+rahman+1990&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 
2. ^ "Parts of the expressway is open". New Straits Times. 1990-12-08. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wbsTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6906,2245769&dq=new+klang+valley+expressway&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-08-03. 

External links

• PLUS Expressway Berhad
• PLUS
• Malaysian Highway Authority