Ipoh North–Ipoh South Local Express Lane

Federal Route 239
Ipoh North- Ipoh South Local Express Lane (North bound)
Route information
Existed: 2007 – present
History: Completed in 2009
Major junctions
South end: Ipoh South Toll Plaza
E1 North-South Expressway Northern Route
 
A13

Jalan Tambun
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah Utara
1 Jalan Kuala Kangsar
Persiaran Meru Raya

A1

Jalan Jelapang
E1 North-South Expressway Northern Route

North end: Ipoh North Toll Plaza
E1 North-South Expressway Northern Route
Location
Primary
destinations:
Jelapang
Bandar Meru Raya
Chemor
Ipoh
Bercham
Tambun
Tanjung Rambutan
Highway system

Federal Route 240
Ipoh North- Ipoh South Local Express Lane (South bound)
Route information
Existed: 2007 – present
History: Completed in 2009
Major junctions
North end: Ipoh North Toll Plaza
E1 North-South Expressway Northern Route
 

E1 North-South Expressway Northern Route

A1

Jalan Jelapang
Persiaran Meru Raya
1 Jalan Kuala Kangsar
Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah Utara

A13

Jalan Tambun

South end: Ipoh South Toll Plaza
E1 North-South Expressway Northern Route
Location
Primary
destinations:
Jelapang
Bandar Meru Raya
Chemor
Ipoh
Bercham
Tambun
Tanjung Rambutan
Highway system

The Ipoh North–Ipoh South Local Express Lane or also known as Jalan Jelapang-Ampang (based on Waze social GPS-map applications) Federal Route 239 (north bounds) and 240 (south bounds) are a toll free local-express lane within the North-South Expressway Northern Route E1 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.

Route background

There are five interchange along the local express lane, Jelapang, Meru Raya, Ipoh North, Ipoh South and Tambun.

History

The Jelapang and Ipoh South toll plazas were demolished in 2009 to make a non-stop route across Ipoh. This is achieved through the construction of two local-express lanes for each side, which are only accessible via EXIT 138 Ipoh South Exit (for northbound traffic) and EXIT 141 Ipoh North Exit (for southbound traffic). The toll plazas in Ipoh are therefore relocated at each ends of the local-express lanes.

The decision to demolish both toll plazas was made as a result of accidents which happened at Jelapang toll plaza. Since the toll plaza was opened in 28 September 1987, there were many accident cases which involved brake failure in heavy vehicles due to hard braking when proceeding downhill to the toll plaza. On 7 June 2008, the new Ipoh North toll plaza (South bound) replacing old Jelapang toll plaza opened to traffic, followed by north bound on 15 August 2008. Beginning 11:00 am on 14 July 2009, the Kuala Lumpur-Penang through traffic is now opened to traffic. With the opening of the 14.7-kilometre (9.1 mi) between Ipoh North (Jelapang) and Ipoh South stretch, highway users are no longer required to stop for toll transactions at the Ipoh North and Ipoh South Toll Plazas.

On 2014, the Ipoh North–Ipoh South Local Express Lane were gazetted as a Federal Route 239 for north bound and Federal Route 240 for south bound.

Features

Notable features

At most section, the Federal Route 239 and 240 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

Sections with motorcycle lanes


List of interchange

239 Jalan Ampang-Jelapang

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks
E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTEFrom south only
Ipoh South Toll Plaza (North bound)
TAG TnG RM (Cash)
Closed toll systems
Pay a distance toll only

P Ipoh South Toll Plaza TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
North bound only
E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE
End of expressway
PLUS Expressway border limit

239 IPOH NORTH-IPOH SOUTH LOCAL EXPRESS LANE
(JALAN AMPANG-JELAPANG)
JKR border limit

Sungai Pinji bridge
TAMBUN INTERCHANGE
A13
JALAN TAMBUN

WEST
Ipoh City Centre

EAST
Tambun
Tanjung Rambutan
Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta
Interchange
IPOH SOUTH INTERCHANGEJALAN SULTAN AZLAN SHAH UTARA

NORTH
Bercham
Tanjung Rambutan
Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta

SOUTH
Ipoh City Centre
Diamond interchange with t-junctions
Sungai Kinta bridge
Railway crossing bridge
IPOH NORTH INTERCHANGE1 JALAN KUALA KANGSAR

NORTH
1 Kuala Kangsar
1 Sungai Siput

SOUTH
1 Ipoh City Centre
Diamond interchange
Sungai Pari bridge
MERU RAYA INTERCHANGEPERSIARAN MERU RAYA

NORTH
Bandar Meru Raya (North)
Chemor

SOUTH
Bandar Meru Raya (South)
Jelapang
Diamond interchange
239 IPOH NORTH-IPOH SOUTH LOCAL EXPRESS LANE
(JALAN AMPANG-AMPANG)
JKR border limit

E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE
Start/End of expressway
PLUS Expressway border limit

JELAPANG INTERCHANGE
A1
JALAN JELAPANG

NORTH
Chemor

SOUTH
Jelapang
Bandar Seri Iskandar
Lumut
Pangkor Island
North bound only
Ipoh North Toll Plaza (North bound)
TnG TAG PLUSTransit
Closed toll system
Collect PLUSTransit cards only

NORTHWEST
E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE
Alor Setar
Penang
Kuala Kangsar

240 Jalan Jelapang-Ampang

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks
E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTEFrom north only
Runaway truck ramp South bound only
Ipoh North Toll Plaza (South bound)
TAG TnG RM (Cash)
Closed toll systems
Pay a distance toll only

P Ipoh North Toll Plaza TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE
Start/End of expressway
PLUS Expressway border limit

240 IPOH NORTH-IPOH SOUTH LOCAL EXPRESS LANE
(JALAN JELAPANG-AMPANG)
JKR border limit

MERU RAYA INTERCHANGEPERSIARAN MERU RAYA

NORTH
Bandar Meru Raya (North)
Chemor

SOUTH
Bandar Meru Raya (South)
Jelapang
Diamond interchange
Sungai Pari bridge
IPOH NORTH INTERCHANGE1 JALAN KUALA KANGSAR

NORTH
1 Kuala Kangsar
1 Sungai Siput

SOUTH
1 Ipoh City Centre
Diamond interchange
Railway crossing bridge
Sungai Kinta bridge
IPOH SOUTH INTERCHANGEJALAN SULTAN AZLAN SHAH UTARA

NORTH
Bercham
Tanjung Rambutan
Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta

SOUTH
Ipoh City Centre
Diamond interchange with t-junctions
TAMBUN INTERCHANGE
A13
JALAN TAMBUN

WEST
Ipoh City Centre

EAST
Tambun
Tanjung Rambutan
Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta
Interchange
Sungai Pinji bridge
240 IPOH NORTH-IPOH SOUTH LOCAL EXPRESS LANE
(JALAN JELAPANG-AMPANG)
JKR border limit

E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE
Start/End of expressway
PLUS Expressway border limit

Ipoh South Toll Plaza (South bound)
TAG TnG PLUSTransit
Closed toll systems
Collect PLUSTransit cards only

SOUTH
E1 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE
Kuala Lumpur
Gopeng
Simpang Pulai