Jelas Expressway

Expressway
Jelas Expressway
Route information
Maintained by BMT Jelas Sdn Bhd
Length:	116 km (72 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Jelapang, Perak
North end:	Batu Kawan, Penang
Location
Primary destinations:	Serdang Sungai Siput Kuala Kangsar Taiping Selama
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Jelas Expressway, is a new expressway under planning in Malaysia. Jelas stands for Jelapang-Selama-Batu Kawan Expressway.This RM4.6 billion project will begin its construction in 2016 and targeted for Completion in 2018.^[1] It is build to relieve the congestion that is happening on North-South Expressway Northern Route, especially during weekends and festivals seasons.^[2]

History

Beta Mutiara Corporation (BMC), the concessionary holder of the expressway has announced to begin the preliminary work on the expressway in January 2016.

Features

It will have the longest road tunnel in Asia, about 3 kilometers long across the Bintang Range.

List of Interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
	EXIT ----	JELAPANG SOUTH INTERCHANGE	NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE NORTHWEST Alor Setar Kuala Kangsar Changkat Jering SOUTHEAST Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Simpang Pulai	Interchange
JELAS EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway Under planning

	EXIT 944	KLEBANG INTERCHANGE	Klebang A13 Tanjung Rambutan	Interchange
	EXIT 949	KANTHAN BARU INTERCHANGE	Kanthan	Interchange
Kinta-Kuala Kangsar district border
	EXIT 954A	SUNGAI SIPUT NORTH INTERCHANGE	Sungai Siput	Interchange
	EXIT 955	KARAI INTERCHANGE	A156 Karai A156 Kuala Kangsar	Interchange
		Sungai Perak bridge
	EXIT 962	KATI INTERCHANGE	Kati Lenggong Gerik Kota Bharu	Interchange
Bintang Tunnel 3 km Kuala Kangsar-Larut, Matang and Selama district border
	EXIT 966	ANAK KURAU INTERCHANGE	A-- Anak Kurau A-- Kamunting A-- Taiping	Interchange
	EXIT 971	BATU KURAU INTERCHANGE	A-- Anak Kurau A-- Kuala Kurau	Interchange
	EXIT 979	SELAMA INTERCHANGE	Selama Kubu Gajah Parit Buntar	Interchange
Perak Darul Ridzuan Larut, Matang and Selama district border
Perak-Kedah border
Kedah Darul Aman Bandar Baharu district border
1.0	EXIT 988	SERDANG INTERCHANGE	SOUTH KEDAH EXPRESSWAY NORTHEAST Serdang Kulim Baling SOUTHWEST Bandar Baharu NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE Kuala Lumpur	Interchange
1.1	EXIT 991	KAMPUNG PADANG INTERCHANGE	Kampung Padang	Interchange
1.2	EXIT 999	LIMA KONGSI INTERCHANGE	Lima Kongsi	Interchange
Kedah Darul Aman Bandar Baharu district border
Kedah-Penang border
Penang Seberang Perai Selatan district border
1.3
JELAS EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway Under planning
1.4	EXIT 999A	BATU KAWAN INTERCHANGE	SULTAN ABDUL HALIM MUADZAM SHAH BRIDGE (PENANG SECOND BRIDGE) WEST Batu Kawan Batu Maung Bayan Lepas George Town EAST NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE Alor Setar Butterworth Kuala Lumpur Ipoh	Interchange

References

↑ "JELAS Expressway Preliminary Works Could Begin in 2016: Targeted for Completion in 2018". CarBay Malaysia. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
↑ "BMC: Work on JELAS to begin soon - Nation | The Star Online". Retrieved 2015-12-14.

Malaysian Expressway System

History	Chronology of the Malaysian Expressway System

Interstate (Peninsula Malaysia)	North–South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) (NSECL/ELITE) Kuala Lumpur – Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT/ECE) Butterworth–Kulim Expressway (BKE) Kajang–Seremban Highway (LEKAS/KASEH) # West Coast Expressway (LPB/WCE) ^ Paroi-Senawang-KLIA Expressway (PSKE) ^ Port Dickson-Banting Expressway (PDBE) ^ Jelas Expressway (Jelas) ^ Perlis-Langkawi Bridge

Interstate (East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan))	Tun Salahuddin Bridge # Pan Borneo Expressway

Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley and Selangor	New Klang Valley Expressway (part of the North–South Expressway Northern Route) Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS) Cheras–Kajang Expressway (CKE/Grand Saga) Besraya Expressway (BESRAYA) New Pantai Expressway (NPE) (including ^ NPE Extension Expressway) Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP) Ampang – Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) Kemuning – Shah Alam Highway (LKSA) Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK) Maju Expressway (MEX) (Kuala Lumpur – Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE) and KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway) Sprint Expressway (Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link) Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway (KLS) (Assam Jawa-Templer Park Highway (LATAR)) South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) (including # DUKE Extension Expressway) Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) East–West Link Expressway and Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) # East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) (Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road (KLORR)) # Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) ^ Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) * Kuala Lumpur Arah Serendah Expressway (KLAS) ^ Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya Expressway (SKIP) * Kinrara–Damansara Expressway (KIDEX)

Iskandar Malaysia and Johor	Second Link Expressway (Malaysia–Singapore Second Link) (MSSC/LINKEDUA) Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (EDL) Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE) ^ Johor Bahru-Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX)

Penang	Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) * Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Penang Bridge * Penang Undersea Tunnel

Others	Seremban – Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) ^ Malacca Strait Bridge ^ South Kedah Expressway (Lekas) D-- # Kota Bharu–Kuala Krai Expressway ^Jelas Expressway

#: under construction, ^: under planning and development, *: cancelled / postponded / on hold

Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER)

NCER Perlis	Kangar Padang Besar Perlis Seed Centre

NCER Kedah	Alor Setar Anak Bukit Langkawi Bukit Kayu Hitam Universiti Utara Malaysia Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Menara Alor Star Trans Eastern Kedah Interland Highway Paddy Museum Gurun Sungai Petani Halal Hub Kulim Hi-Tech Park South Kedah Expressway

NCER Penang	Butterworth Butterworth Outer Ring Road Sungai Juru Expressway Georgetown Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Jelutong Expressway KOMTAR Penang Ferry Service Penang Port Penang Monorail Penang Bridge Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Penang Sentral Penang International Airport Penang Global City Centre Penang Outer Ring Road Penang Undersea Tunnel Rapid Penang Universiti Sains Malaysia

NCER Perak	Belum-Temengor (Temenggor Lake, Temenggor Dam, Banding Island, Lake Temenggor Bridge) East-West Highway Gerik Pengkalan Hulu Lenggong Universiti Teknologi Petronas Jelas Expressway

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