NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY

The 'New Klang Valley Expressway', or the 'NKVE' (the official name as stated on the website of PLUS Expressways Berhad, the highway concessionaire) refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. People sometimes call it the ''North'' Klang Valley Expressway due to its location in Malaysia's most populated region, but most refer to it by its initials.
Traffic from the north, destined for places further south of Kuala Lumpur (such as Putrajaya, Seremban, Melaka and Singapore), must enter the Bukit Lanjan interchange and travel west before turning left at Shah Alam (the entry point of North-South Expressway Central Link, ). Another alternative is by entering Kuala Lumpur via Jalan Duta Interchange and entering Jalan Duta and KL Middle Ring Road 1 which ends at Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway and the southern route but this alternative is quite unwise especially during peak hours, therefore the NKVE is built to bypass Kuala Lumpur for traveling north-south or vice-versa.
The Setia Alam Interchange on was now opened to traffic on 14 June 2006.

Contents

History

Incidents

Rockfall near Bukit Lanjan

Beam collapsed on NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (Setia Alam Interchange)

Features

List of interchanges

See also

External links

History

Its construction began in 1988 and completed on 1993. The first sections of the NKVE between Bukit Raja and Damansara was opened to traffic on 7 December 1990.
The all sections of the NKVE between Bukit Raja and Jalan Duta was officially opened by the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad at Jalan Duta toll plaza on 11 January 1993.

Incidents

Rockfall near Bukit Lanjan

In late 2003, a rockfall near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for more than six months, causing massive traffic jams to occur in areas surrounding Klang Valley. Fortunately, road repairs managed to be fixed and finally, the roads were all opened to public by mid-2004.

Beam collapsed on NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (Setia Alam Interchange)

During the year 2005, a flyover i.e. the NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover (now Setia Alam Interchange) was constructed over the existing NKVE. Unfortunately, this NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover collapsed onto the NKVE on July the 10th 2005, resulting in the death of two Bangladeshi workers and injuries to seven others.
''(Source: New Straits Times 21 July 2005)''

Features

It is the second link to Kuala Lumpur from Klang after Federal Highway. It has no rest and service areas but there are many petrol station laybys along the highway. Other features of this highway includes traffic CCTVs and VMS. Many viaducts along this expressway including Penchala, Bukit Lanjan and Segambut viaducts.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0	'101'	Bukit Raja	Bukit Raja Industrial Estate 'NORTH KLANG STRAITS BYPASS' 'NORTH' Port Klang Meru Kapar 'SOUTH' Klang	Trumpet expressway interchange
' NORTH KLANG STRAITS BYPASS Shahpadu border limit'
' NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit'
'Tarmac carriageway'
'Concrete carriageway'
		Bukit Raja toll plaza 'BKR'		Klang bound
'Bukit Raja toll plaza BKR Closed toll systems Collect transit ticket and pay a distance toll'
	'102'	Setia Alam 'STA'	'SETIA ALAM HIGHWAY' Setia Alam Meru Kapar	Directional T interchange with toll plaza
	'103'	Shah Alam 'SHA'	'NORTH' Shah Alam Bukit Jelutong 'GUTHRIE CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY' Rawang Kuala Selangor 'SOUTH' 'NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY CENTRAL LINK' Singapore Johor Bahru Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)	Trumpet expressway interchange with toll plaza Closed tolled trumpet expressway interchange
'Concrete carriageway'
'Tarmac carriageway'
	'104'	Subang 'SBG'	'SUBANG AIRPORT-KEWAJIPAN HIGHWAY' Subang Subang Jaya Kelana Jaya	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
'Tarmac carriageway'
'Concrete carriageway'
		Petronas and Shell Layby		Bukit Lanjan bound
'Concrete carriageway'
'Tarmac carriageway'
	'106'	Damansara 'DMR'	'SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = DAMANSARA LINK' Damansara Petaling Jaya	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
'Tarmac carriageway'
'Concrete carriageway'
	'107'	Kota Damansara 'KDR'	Kota Damansara	Trumpet interchange with toll plaza
'Concrete carriageway'
'Tarmac carriageway'
	'108'	Bukit Lanjan	'NORTH' 'NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN LINK' Bukit Kayu Hitam Penang Ipoh Sungai Buloh	Closed tolled directional T expressway interchange
'Tarmac carriageway'
'Concrete carriageway'
		'Penchala viaduct'
'Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border'
'DBKL border arch Selangor-FT Kuala Lumpur border'
'Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur'
		'Bukit Lanjan viaduct'
		'Segambut viaduct'		'Kuala Lumpur bound, Use lower gear'
'Jalan Duta toll plaza JLD Closed toll systems Collect transit ticket and pay a distance toll'
		Jalan Duta toll plaza 'JLD'		Kuala Lumpur bound
	'110'	Jalan Duta-DUKE	'EAST' 'DUTA-ULU KLANG EXPRESSWAY' Segambut Sentul Gombak Kuantan Ulu Klang	Directional-T interchange 'Under construction'
	'112'	Mont Kiara	'SOUTH' 'SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = KERINCHI LINK' Mont Kiara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail Sri Hartamas Damansara Petaling Jaya	Directional T expressway interchange
'Concrete carriageway'
'Tarmac carriageway'
' NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressway border limit'
' JALAN DUTA-SEGAMBUT HIGHWAY DBKL border limit'
0	'111'	Jalan Duta	'JALAN DUTA-SEGAMBUT HIGHWAY' 'NORTH' Kuantan Segambut 'SOUTH' Kuala Lumpur city centre	Directional T expressway interchange

See also

★ New North Klang Valley Expressway

External links

★ PLUS Expressway Berhad

★ PLUS

★ Malaysian Highway Authority