Damansara-Puchong Expressway

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The cable bridge of Damansara-Puchong Expressway spanning over its intersection with Federal Highway in Petaling Jaya. Kuala Lumpur can be seen in the distant background on the right corner of the picture.


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E 11 E11 expressway
Length:	40 km
Direction:	North-South
Start:	Bandar Sri Damansara Interchange
Main destinations:	Mutiara Damansara Bandar Utama Taman Tun Dr Ismail Kelana Jaya Bandar Sunway Puchong Subang Jaya Shah Alam Putrajaya Cyberjaya
End:	Serdang Interchange
Construction dates:	1997 - 1999
Expressway joined:	54 Sungai Buloh Highway 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 E 23Sprint Expressway = Penchala Link and Damansara Link 2Federal Highway E 5 Shah Alam Expressway 25Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway 15 Subang Airport-Kewajipan Highway B7Shah Alam-Puchong Highway E 26South Klang Valley Expressway
Asian Highway Network:	none
Technical specifications
Development Cost:
Number of lanes:	6 lanes
Interchanges:	12
Toll plazas:	4
P Layby:	5
R&R Rest and Service Area:	none
R&R Overhead Bridge Restaurant:	none
V Vista Point:	none
Highway tunnels:	1
Type of roads:	Tarmac
Toll systems:	Open toll system

Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong or Damansara-Puchong Expressway, LDP, E 11 is a major expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor in Malaysia. It links major townships in Damansara and Puchong and decreases travel time between them. Besides that, the expressway provides better accessibility to these areas via links to other expressways in Klang Valley, such as 2 Federal Highway, 25 Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway, E 10 New Pantai Expressway (NPE), E 23 Sprint Expressway, 54 Sungai Buloh Highway, and 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2).

1 History
2 Features
3 Toll rates
4 List of Interchanges and Laybys
- 4.1 Main Link
- 4.2 Puchong Barat Link
5 Gamuda Expressway Network
6 References
7 External links
8 See also

[edit] History

Construction of the expressway began in 1997. The expressway is formally known as Jalan Sungai Penchala, Jalan Perbandaran, Jalan PJS Utama, Jalan Puchong-Petaling Jaya B11, Jalan Puchong-Shah Alam B7, Jalan Puchong Perdana, and Jalan Puchong-Sri Kembangan B16. The Damansara-Puchong Expressway was opened in 1999.

Since 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system has been replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems.

[edit] Features

A notable feature of the expressway is a cable-stayed bridge on the Federal Highway interchange.

LDP Cable Stayed Bridge

Official name	Freescale Bridge (formerly Motorola Bridge)
Malay name	Jambatan Freescale
Locale	Damansara-Puchong Expressway
Carries	Motor vehicles
Crosses	Freescale Interchange, Federal Highway
Longest span	--
Total length	--
Width	--
Opening date	1999
Maintained by	Lingkaran Trans Kota Sdn Bhd (Litrak)
Design	cable stayed bridge
Designer/clients	Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) Gamuda Group
Contractor/construction	Gamuda Group

[edit] Toll rates

(Starting 1 January 2007)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM1.60
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM3.20
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM4.80
4	Taxis	RM0.80
5	Buses	RM1.60

(Source: Utusan Malaysia, 15 January 2006)

[edit] List of Interchanges and Laybys

Below is a list of interchange of the Damansara Puchong Expressway (LDP):-

[edit] Main Link

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0	1101	Sri Damansara	WEST 54SUNGAI BULOH HIGHWAY Bandar Sri Damansara Sungai Buloh Kuala Selangor E 1 AH 2NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE Ipoh Rawang Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru Singapore NORTH Bandar Sri Damansara Kepong Industrial Area EAST 28KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD II Bandar Manjalara Kepong Kuala Lumpur Selayang Batu Caves E 8 2Kuantan E 8Genting Highlands	Multi-level half-SPUI interchange with off-ramp to 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2)
JKR border limit
E 11 DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway Litrak border limit
		PSri Damansara Layby	Caltex Layby Caltex petrol stations	North bound
0.8		Bandar Sri Damansara	Bandar Sri Damansara	From north only
0.8		Bandar Manjalara	Bandar Manjalara	From south only
1.9		PPenchala toll plaza PCL		North bound
Penchala toll plaza PCL RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
	1102	Sungai Penchala	WEST Mutiara Damansara Damansara Perdana Desa Temuan EAST E 23SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = PENCHALA LINK Kampung Sungai Penchala Taman Tun Dr Ismail Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas E 1NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE Ipoh Jalan Duta Segambut	Stacked expressway interchange
		Persiaran Surian	Mutiara Damansara Kota Damansara Sungai Buloh	From south only
	1103	Bandar Utama	One Utama Bandar Utama Taman Tun Dr. Ismail	Diamond interchange
		Persiaran Bandar Utama	Bandar Utama Sri Pentas TV3	From south only
		Jalan Leong Yew Koh	Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Masjid Al Taqwa	From north only
	1104	Taman Tun Dr. Ismail	Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Jalan Damansara	Interchange
		Damansara Utama	Jalan SS Damansara Uptown	From south only
	1106	Damansara Utama	E 23SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = DAMANSARA LINK WEST Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara Tropicana Golf and Country Club E 1NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Subang Klang Johor Bahru Ipoh Kota Damansara EAST Bukit Kiara Damansara Town Centre Kuala Lumpur	Multi-level stacked interchange
		Damansara Jaya	Jalan SS 22/41 Damansara Jaya Kolej Damansara Utama (KDU)	From south only
		Jalan SS 2/75	Jalan SS 2/75	From north only
	1107	SS 2	Jalan SS 2/55 Seapark	Diamond interchange
	1108	Taman Megah	Taman Megah	Diamond interchange
		Jalan SS 23/23	Jalan SS 23/23
		PKelana Jaya LRT station	Kelana Jaya Line	From north only
		SS 25	Jalan SS 25/32 Shortcut to Ara Damansara and Lembah Subang LRT Depot	From south only
	1109	Kelana Jaya	Jalan Bahagia Kelana Jaya	Diamond interchange
		Shell Shell Layby	Shell	Both bound
		PGiant Hypermarket Kelana Jaya	Giant Hypermarket Kelana Jaya	South bound
		Jalan SS --/--	Kelana Jaya food court Kelana Jaya post office	South bound
		PKelana Jaya Recreational Lake	V	North bound
		MPOB	Malaysian Palm Oil Board main headquarters	North bound
		Yamaha	Yamaha (Malaysia) main office	North bound
		Jalan SS 7/9	Jalan SS 7/9 Kelana Jaya Recreational Lake Stadium Petaling Jaya	North bound
		PKelana Seafood Centre	Kelana Seafood Centre	North bound
		Custom headquarters	Custom headquarters Hajj pilgrims complex	North bound
	1110	Jalan Majlis	Jalan Majlis Kelana Jaya Hajj pilgrims complex	Diamond interchange
16.4	1111	LDP cable stayed bridge Freescale (formerly known as Motorola Interchange)	2FEDERAL HIGHWAY WEST Subang Jaya Shah Alam Klang EAST Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya	Multi-level single-point urban interchange
	1112	Bandar Sunway	E 10NEW PANTAI EXPRESSWAY WEST Bandar Sunway Subang Jaya EAST Petaling Jaya Jalan Klang Lama Kuala Lumpur	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
		Jalan Lagun Selatan	Jalan Lagun Selatan Bandar Sunway	From south only
	1112C	PJS 7/PJS 9	PJS 7 PJS 9 Bandar Sunway	Trumpet interchange
		PPetaling Jaya Selatan toll plaza PJS		North bound
Petaling Jaya Selatan toll plaza PJS RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		PPetaling Jaya Selatan Layby	McDonalds Esso Layby Esso petrol stations (North bound) McDonalds drive thru (South bound)	Both bound
		Sungai Klang bridge
	1113	Sunway	E 5SHAH ALAM EXPRESSWAY WEST Pulau Indah Klang Shah Alam EAST Kuantan Ampang Cheras Sungai Besi Kompleks Sukan Negara	Cloverleaf expressway interchange with ramp from Shah Alam Expressway to LDP
	1114	Puchong Jaya	NORTH Jalan Kuchai Lama Jalan Klang Lama Kinrara Petaling Jaya EAST 25PUCHONG-SUNGAI BESI HIGHWAY Sungai Besi Kompleks Sukan Negara Technology Park Malaysia Bandar Kinrara	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
		Puchong Elevated U-Turn	U-Turn
	1117	Bandar Puteri Puchong	Bandar Puteri Puchong	Half diamond interchange
		Pekan Batu 14 Puchong	Pekan Batu 14 Puchong B11Jalan Puchong-Dengkil	From North only
	1118	Puchong Intan	WEST E 11PUCHONG BARAT LINK USJ Subang Jaya Hicom Shah Alam E 6NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY CENTRAL LINK Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru	Expressway trumpet interchange
	1119	Puchong Perdana	Puchong Perdana Puchong Indah
		Puchong Indah	Jalan Puchong Indah	From south only
	1120	Kampung Baru Puchong	B15Jalan Puchong-Dengkil Dengkil Pekan Batu 9 Puchong
	1121	Bukit Puchong	Bukit Puchong	Half diamond interchange
		PPuchong Selatan Layby	Shell Layby Shell petrol stations	South bound
Puchong Selatan toll plaza PCS RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		PPuchong Selatan toll plaza PCS		South bound
		PAyer Hitam Layby	Esso Layby Esso petrol stations
	1123	Serdang	B16JALAN SERI KEMBANGAN B16Bandar Putra Permai B16Serdang B16Seri Kembangan B16Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	Half diamond interchange
E 11 DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway Litrak border limit
29 PUTRAJAYA-CYBERJAYA EXPRESSWAY JKR border limit
			29PUTRAJAYA CYBERJAYA EXPRESSWAY Putrajaya Cyberjaya Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Salak Tinggi E 26SOUTH KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY EAST E 18Kajang E 2 AH 2Seremban B18Universiti Tenaga Nasional	Litrak border limit

[edit] Puchong Barat Link

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
	1118	Puchong Intan	E 11MAIN LINK NORTH Sungai Besi Petaling Jaya Damansara Kepong SOUTH Putrajaya Cyberjaya Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Sepang	Expressway trumpet interchange
		PPuchong Barat toll plaza PCB		East bound
Puchong Barat toll plaza PCB RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		Sungai Klang bridge
	1124	Putra Heights	Putra Heights	Trumpet interchange
	1125	Subang Jaya South	NORTH 15 SUBANG JAYA-KEWAJIPAN HIGHWAY USJ Subang Jaya	Half-diamond interchange
E 11 DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway Litrak border limit
B7 SHAH ALAM-PUCHONG HIGHWAY PERSIARAN KLANG JKR border limit
0			B7SHAH ALAM-PUCHONG HIGHWAY/PERSIARAN KLANG Hicom Shah Alam E 6NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY CENTRAL LINK Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru	Start/End of expressway Litrak border limit

[edit] Gamuda Expressway Network

[edit] References

Arup Juruunding Sdn. Bhd

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

Malaysian expressway system

v • d • e Malaysian Expressway System
Interstate	E 1 North-South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway and Penang Bridge) • E 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route • E 6 North-South Expressway Central Link (NSECL/ELITE) • E 8 Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT) • E 15 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE) • E 21 # Kajang-Seremban Highway (KASEH) • E 28 ^ West Coast Expressway
Klang Valley and Selangor	E 4 ^ Shah Alam-Kemuning Highway • E 5 Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS) • E 7 Cheras - Kajang Expressway (CKE/Grand Saga) • E 9 Sungai Besi Expressway (SBE/BESRAYA) • E 10 New Pantai Expressway (NPE) • E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP) • E 12 Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) • E 16 # Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) • E 18 Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK) • E 20 # Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE) • E 23 Sprint Expressway (Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link) • E 25 ^ Assam Jawa-Templer Park Highway (LATAR) • E 26 South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) • E 27 Salak Expressway (East-West) • E 30 New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) • E 35 Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) • E 38 Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel)
Johor	E 3 Second Link Expressway (Malaysia-Singapore Second Link) (MSSC/LINKEDUA) • E 13 ^ Muar-Segamat Highway • E 14 ^ JB Eastern Dispersal Link • E -- # Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE)
Penang	E 17 Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) • E -- # Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) • E 22 # Penang Second Bridge
Others	E 19 ^ Ipoh-Lumut Expressway • E 29 Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH)
Legend - # denotes highway under construction, ^ for under development.