Ayer Rajah Expressway
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| Ayer Rajah Expressway | |
| Length | |
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| Direction | West - East |
| Starting/Ending at | Tuas Keppel (currently ECP; will be connected to MCE in future) |
| Main areas passed through | Tuas Clementi West Coast Bukit Merah Keppel |
| Construction dates | 1983 – 1998 |
| Expressway intersected | PIE, CTE, ECP, MCE (future) |
| No. of ERP Gantry | 1 |
The Ayer Rajah Expressway (Abbreviation: AYE; simplified Chinese: 亚逸拉惹高速公路; pinyin: Yàyìlārě Gāosù Gōnglù; Malay: Lebuhraya Ayer Rajah) extends from the western end of the East Coast Parkway in the south of Singapore to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. Together with the East Coast Parkway, it forms a second east-west link to complement the role played by the Pan Island Expressway.
Construction on the expressway commenced in 1983, with the first two phases completed by 1988. This section involved the widening of several existing roads along the way, such as Ayer Rajah Road and Upper Ayer Rajah Road, as well as the construction of what was then the longest road viaduct, the Keppel Viaduct, from where the eastern end of the expressway commences. This section extended for 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) and ended at the Teban Flyover with Jurong Town Hall Road.
In 1998[1], the expressway was extended to Tuas from the Teban Flyover in conjunction with the opening of the Tuas Second Link to Johor. This construction, which followed the alignment of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, involved the expansion of the existing road to match with the width of the rest of the AYE, construction of "filter" roads on both sides of the expressway (which eventually took the name of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim), and the building of five flyovers and two underpasses. It meets up with the Pan Island Expressway at the Tuas Flyover.
[edit] Road interchanges
| Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2A | Keppel Viaduct | Keppel Road | Westbound only |
| 2B | Keppel Viaduct | Keppel Road | Eastbound only |
| 2C | Radin Mas Flyover | Central Expressway | Eastbound only |
| 3 | Lower Delta Flyover | Lower Delta Road | |
| 6 | Gillman Flyover | Alexandra Road | Eastbound only |
| 7A | Portsdown Flyover | Normanton Park and Queensway | Westbound only |
| 7B | Portsdown Road | Eastbound only | |
| 8 | Buona Vista Flyover | North Buona Vista Road and South Buona Vista Road | |
| 9 | University Flyover | Clementi Road | |
| 10A | Clementi Flyover | Clementi Avenue 2 | Westbound only |
| 10B | Clementi Flyover | Clementi Avenue 2 | Eastbound only |
| 11 | Pandan Flyover | Clementi Avenue 6 and West Coast Way | Eastbound exit does not go to West Coast Way |
| 13 | Teban Flyover | Jurong Town Hall Road | |
| 14 | Penjuru Road | Westbound only. Start of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim side road. | |
| 15A | Corporation Flyover | Jurong Port Road | Westbound only |
| 15B | Yuan Ching Road | Eastbound only | |
| 17 | Jurong Pier Road and Jalan Boon Lay | ||
| 18 | Pioneer Flyover | Pioneer Circle to Pioneer Road and Pioneer Road North | |
| 20 | Benoi Flyover | Benoi Road | |
| 22 | Tuas Flyover | Tuas Road | |
| 24 | Tuas Avenue 2 | Westbound only | |
| 26B | Tuas West Underpass | Tuas West Road | Westbound only |
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