Sprint Expressway

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E 23 E23 expressway
Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint)
Length (kilometres)	26.5 km
Direction	Western Dispersial Link Kerinchi Link North - South Damansara Link West - East Penchala Link West - East
Start	none
Main destinations	Damansara Utama Petaling Jaya Taman Tun Dr Ismail Mont Kiara Pusat Sains Negara Sri Hartamas Damansara Town Centre Kuala Lumpur Kerinchi Jalan Duta
End	none
Construction dates	1998 - 2004
Road/Expressway joined	E 1 New Klang Valley Expressway E -- New North Klang Valley Expressway E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway 2 Federal Highway AH 2 Jalan Duta-Segambut Highway
Asian Highway Network	none
Technical specifications
Development Cost	RM1.5 billion
Number of lanes	6 lanes (including 3 lane double-deck carriageway of the Kerinchi Link)
Interchanges	13
Toll plazas	5
P Layby	[citation needed]
R&R Rest and Service Area	[citation needed]
R&R Overhead Bridge Restaurant	none
V Vista Point	none
Highway tunnels	1 (Penchala Tunnel at Penchala Link)
Type of roads	Tarmac
Toll systems	Open toll systems, 3km of toll free road (alternative road), 2-parallel to Damansara Link
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Sprint Expressway E 23 (Acronym in Malay : Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat = Western KL Traffic Dispersial System) is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The 26.5 km (16.5 miles) of expressway is divided into three sections. This sections included the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link. This expressway is also known as Western Dispersal Link.

[edit] History

The proposal to build the expressway began in 1998 while the massive traffic jams on Jalan Damansara were a main factor for its construction. The construction began in 1999. The expressway is formally known as Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kayu Ara, Jalan Sri Hartamas, and Jalan Semantan. The Kerinchi Link and Damansara Link was opened in 2001, and in 2004 the Penchala Link was opened.

Since 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system has been replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems.

[edit] Pioneer roads

[edit] Kerinchi Link

• Jalan Bukit Kiara
• Jalan Sri Hartamas

[edit] Damansara Link

• Jalan Semantan
• Jalan Beringin (South side)
• Jalan Damansara
• Jalan Kayu Ara

[edit] Features

The Damansara Link section of Klang Valley's Sprint Expressway.

• Kerinchi Link the first double deck carriageway in Malaysia
• Penchala Tunnel the widest road tunnel in Malaysia
• The Damansara Town Centre on Damansara Link become as the "island" of separated carriageway

[edit] Controversies

[edit] Kerinchi Link at the Universiti Malaya site

The double-deck carriageway design of Kerinchi Link from Bukit Kiara interchange to Kerinchi interchange was actually made as a result of the early controversial issues during the development stage. The construction of the stretch took place at the border of Universiti Malaya, which meant that the construction could take up some of the university area, which sparked complaints. As a result, the expressway concessionaire came up with the idea of a double-deck carriageway which could reduce the land usage.

[edit] Damansara Town Centre as the "island" of separated carriageway

During the construction of the expressway, Jalan Semantan could not be widened to 6-lane expressway, therefore the highway concessionaire took another main road at Damansara Town Centre for the eastbound route such as Jalan Johar and Jalan Beringin. As a result, Damansara Town Centre became as the "island" of the separated carriageways.

[edit] Unopened 2-lane off-ramp to Penchala Link at Sri Hartamas

When the expressway was opened to the traffic, the 2-lane off-ramp from the northbound direction of Kerinchi Link to Penchala Link at the Mont Kiara interchange EXIT 2303 could not be opened to traffic as a result of a land owner fencing the land which became a part of the ramp. The land owner's action has created difficulties among the residents of Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas, and even the highway concessionaire itself.

Meanwhile, the highway concessionaire has made a narrower temporary ramp to Penchala Link but according to the highway concessionaire, the temporary ramp is quite unsafe due to risks of being collided from behind. For the time being, the highway concessionaire is still negotiating with the land owner in order to open the 2-lane ramp.

[edit] The old SJKC Damansara near Sprint Expressway

[edit] Toll rates

[edit] Kerinchi Link

[edit] Damansara Link (NKVE and TTDI bound only)

[edit] Penchala Link

[edit] List of interchanges

[edit] Kerinchi Link (North-South)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
E 23 0	EXIT 2303	MONT KIARA-NKVE INTERCHANGE	E 1 AH 2NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY WEST Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru EAST Kuala Lumpur Jalan Duta Segambut	Directional T expressway interchange
	EXIT 2303	MONT KIARA INTERCHANGE	WEST E 23 PENCHALA LINK Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Mutiara Damansara Damansara Puchong Putrajaya Sungai Besi	Stacked interchange
	EXIT 2304	SRI HARTAMAS INTERCHANGE	Sri Hartamas Mont Kiara Segambut	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 2305	PUSAT SAINS NEGARA INTERCHANGE	Pusat Sains Negara Bukit Damansara Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort	Diamond interchange
		Securities Commission	Securities Commission	Kerinchi bound
		Selangor Club	Selangor Club	Mont Kiara bound
	EXIT 2306	INTAN INTERCHANGE	Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara (INTAN) Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club Sime Darby Convention Centre	Diamond interchange
		Jalan Bukit Kiara	JALAN BUKIT KIARA Bukit Kiara Bukit Kiara Sports Complex Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery	Mont Kiara bound
	EXIT 2310	BUKIT KIARA INTERCHANGE	E 23 DAMANSARA LINK WEST Damansara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail E 1NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru EAST Bangsar Damansara Town Centre Kuala Lumpur PWTC	Stacked interchange
		Double deck carriageway		Start/End of expressway
Double deck carriageway Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		Double deck carriageway P Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL		North bound
		Double deck carriageway		Start/End of expressway
	EXIT 2313	KERINCHI INTERCHANGE	2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY WEST Petaling Jaya Subang Jaya Shah Alam Klang EAST Kuala Lumpur Mid Valley City Cheras Seremban	Directional T expressway interchange

[edit] Damansara Link (East-West)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		JALAN DUTA-SEMANTAN INTERCHANGE	AH 2 JALAN DUTA-SEGAMBUT HIGHWAY NORTH Ipoh Kuantan Segambut SOUTH Malaysian Houses of Parliament Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) Kuala Lumpur city centre Seremban	Trumpet interchange
JALAN SEMANTAN DBKL border limit
E 23 SPRINT EXPRESSWAY DAMANSARA LINK Start/End of expressway
		Shell Shell House Underpass	Shell Shell Malaysia Headquarters	Underpass
				Start/End of separated carriageway
	EXIT 2312	SEMANTAN INTERCHANGE	NORTHWEST JALAN BERINGIN Bukit Damansara Damansara Town Centre	Interchange
	EXIT 2311C	DAMANSARA TOWN CENTRE INTERCHANGE	EAST JALAN DAMANSARA Galeria Sri Perdana WEST Damansara Town Centre	Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only
	EXIT 2311C	DAMANSARA TOWN CENTRE INTERCHANGE	Damansara Town Centre	Off ramp from Damansara only
	EXIT 2311B	BUKIT DAMANSARA INTERCHANGE	JALAN BERINGIN Bukit Damansara Damansara Town Centre	Interchange from Damansara only
				Start/End of separated carriageway
	EXIT 2311A	MAAROF INTERCHANGE	EAST JALAN MAAROF Bangsar KL Sentral Mid Valley City	Interchange
	EXIT 2310	BUKIT KIARA INTERCHANGE	E 23 KERINCHI LINK NORTH Ipoh Segambut Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas SOUTH Kerinchi 2FEDERAL HIGHWAY Seremban Cheras Petaling Jaya	Stacked interchange
	EXIT 2309	JALAN DATO' ABU BAKAR INTERCHANGE	Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam Section 17 commercial centre Eastin Hotel Section 17 SOUTH JALAN DATO' ABU BAKAR Universiti Malaya Petaling Jaya	Diamond interchange
		PPetronasShellPetronas and Shell Layby	PetronasDunkin DonutsShell Petronas petrol station with Dunkin Donuts drive thru Shell petrol station Bikes showroom centre	Damansara Town Centre bound
		Elevated U-Turn	U-Turn
Damansara Link toll plaza (PLAZA A = TTDI bound) DRL TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		Jalan 17/1	SOUTH JALAN 17/1 Section 17 Unversiti Islam Antarabangsa	Junctions on the Eastin Hotel one way
Damansara Link toll plaza (PLAZA B = NKVE bound) DRL TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
E 23 3		P Damansara Link toll plaza DRL	TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre Sprint operation office	TTDI bound only
	EXIT 2309	TTDI SOUTH INTERCHANGE	NORTHWEST JALAN DAMANSARA Taman Tun Dr. Ismail E 11 DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY Bandar Utama Mutiara Damansara Sungai Buloh Kepong	Interchange with ramp to Jalan Damansara
	EXIT 2308	SECTION 17 INTERCHANGE	SOUTH JALAN 17/21 Section 17	Interchange
		Damansara Muslim Cemetery		East bound For Muslims only
		SS 20	NORTH JALAN DAMANSARA SS 20	East bound
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur-Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
	EXIT 2307	DAMANSARA UTAMA INTERCHANGE	E 11 DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY NORTH Kepong Sungai Buloh Bandar Utama Taman Tun Dr. Ismail SOUTH Puchong Putrajaya Sungai Besi	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
		Jalan SS 21/--	NORTH JALAN SS 21/-- Damansara Utama	Junctions from NKVE only
0.2	EXIT 2306	KAYU ARA INTERCHANGE	SOUTH JALAN -- Damansara Jaya Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara	Half-diamond interchange
E 23 0
E 23 SPRINT EXPRESSWAY DAMANSARA LINK Sprint border limit
E 1 NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit
			WEST Bandar Utama E 1 NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Klang Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru

[edit] Penchala Link (West-East

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
6.2	EXIT 2301	PENCHALA INTERCHANGE	WEST Damansara Perdana Desa Temuan Mutiara Damansara E --NEW NORTH KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY (Penchala Link extension) Puncak Alam Subang Sungai Buloh Kota Damansara Under planning E 11 DAMANSARA PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY NORTH Kepong Sungai Buloh Ipoh Bandar Sri Damansara SOUTH Petaling Jaya Puchong Putrajaya Sungai Besi	Stacked expressway interchange
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
FT Kuala Lumpur-Selangor border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
E 23 6
	EXIT 2302	TTDI NORTH INTERCHANGE	Kampung Sungai Penchala Taman Tun Dr. Ismail	Diamond interchange
		P Motorcycle shelter points		East bound Motorcycles only
Penchala Tunnel 700 metres Maximum height 5 m
		P Motorcycle shelter points		West bound Motorcycles only
Mount Kiara toll plaza MTK RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		P Mont Kiara toll plaza MTK		East bound
		Mont Kiara flyover		Start/End of flyover
E 23 0	EXIT 2303	Mont Kiara flyover MONT KIARA INTERCHANGE	E 23KERINCHI LINK NORTH E 1 AH 2 NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Jalan Duta Segambut SOUTH Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas Bukit Damansara Damansara Town Centre Petaling Jaya Cheras Seremban	Stacked interchange

[edit] External links

• Gamuda Group
• SPRINT
• Mont Kiara

v • d • e Malaysian Expressway System History Chronology of Malaysian Expressway System events Toll rates North-South Expressway • East Coast Expressway Interstate E 1 North-South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) • E 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route • E 6 North-South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) (NSECL/ELITE) • E 8 Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT/ECE) • E 15 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE) • E 21 # Kajang-Seremban Highway (KASEH) • E 28 ^ West Coast Expressway (LPB/WCE) 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 30 New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) • E 35 Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) • E 37 Salak Expressway (East-West) and Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway • 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 22 # Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE) Penang E 17 Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) • E -- # Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) • E 22 # Penang Second Bridge • E 36 Penang Bridge Others E 19 ^ Ipoh-Lumut Expressway • E 29 Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) Legend - # denotes highway under construction, ^ for under development.

v • d • e Gamuda Expressway Networks E 5 Shah Alam Expressway • E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway • E 23 Sprint Expressway • E 38 SMART Tunnel