North–South Expressway Central Link

Expressway 6
North–South Expressway Central Link (ELITE Expressway)
North–South Expressway Central Link (Peninsular Malaysia)
Route information
Part of
Maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad with its subsidiary Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Former concessionaries known as Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (ELITE))
Length	60 km (40 mi)
Existed	1994 – present
History	Completed in 1996
Component highways	Main link (Shah Alam–Nilai) Putrajaya Link (Putrajaya Interchange–Putrajaya) KLIA Expressway (KLIA Interchange–Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
Major junctions
North end	Shah Alam, Selangor
	Guthrie Corridor Expressway New Klang Valley Expressway Shah Alam Expressway Damansara–Puchong Expressway South Klang Valley Expressway Putrajaya Link KLIA Expressway North–South Expressway Southern Route
South end	Nilai North, Negeri Sembilan
Location
Primary destinations	Shah Alam, Batu Tiga, HICOM, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights, Puchong, Bandar Saujana Putra, Cyberjaya, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Nilai
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

North–South Expressway Central Link, NSECL , , (Malay: Lebuhraya Utara–Selatan Hubungan Tengah) also known as ELITE or ELITE Expressway (Expressway Lingkaran Tengah), is a major expressway in Malaysia. The 60 km (37 mi) expressway connects Shah Alam Interchange Exit 601 to Nilai North Interchange Exit 612. This expressway is part of the North South Expressway network and it is a critical link for the North–South Expressway linking the North–South Expressway Northern Route (via the New Klang Valley Expressway) E1 and North–South Expressway Southern Route E2, providing northbound and southbound travelers with an uninterrupted journey bypassing the city congestion in Kuala Lumpur. It also provides highway access to Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) via the Putrajaya Link and KLIA Expressway respectively.

The expressway is part of the Asian Highway Network of route AH2.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero is located at Shah Alam Interchange in Shah Alam, Selangor and its interchange with the New Klang Valley Expressway E1 and the Guthrie Corridor Expressway E35.

History

The new expressway bypass for the North–South Expressway in the Klang Valley was announced in 1994 in conjunction with the opening of the main routes of the North–South Expressway. Construction started in March 1994 and was completed in August 1997. The Section 1 of the North–South Expressway Central Link from Shah Alam Interchange (NKVE) to USJ (Hicom East) Interchange was opened in June 1996. In October 1997, all of the sections in the North–South Expressway Central Link and KLIA Expressway opened to traffic. When the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) was opened on 27 June 1998, it became the main route to the airport replacing the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang. The Putrajaya Link which is connected to Putrajaya was opened in 2000.

The expressway is divided into three sections as follows:

• Section 1 of the Expressway, which extends from the Shah Alam Interchange (NKVE) to the USJ (Hicom East) Interchange, inclusive of the ramps in (Ebor North) and out (Ebor South) connecting the Expressway to the Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga 3214.
• Section 2 which extends from just South of the USJ Interchange to the Nilai (North) Interchange and includes that part of the KLIA Expressway up to the bridge crossing Sg. Langat.
• Section 3 includes Putrajaya Interchange, Bandar Baru Nilai Interchange, Salak Tinggi Interchange and the -2.74 km continuation of the KLIA Expressway (KLIA Expressway Extension) 26, just south of Sg. Langat up to the boundary of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

On September 2003, the company Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (ELITE) became a member company of PLUS Expressways Berhad.

Features

• Closed toll system (refer to PLUS)
• Batu Tiga flyover longest in NSE network
• Act as bypass from bustling Kuala Lumpur travelling from north to south and vice versa
• Smooth access to KLIA
• PLUS Speedway (formerly ELITE Speedway) in USJ Rest and Service Area is the first highway go-kart circuit in Malaysia
• Safety CS Team (PROPEL) roadworks

List of interchanges, and rest and service areas

Legend:

• I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

State	District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Speed limit	Notes
Selangor	Petaling	0.0	601	Shah Alam I/C	New Klang Valley Expressway – Bukit Lanjan, Kota Damansara, Kuala Lumpur (Jalan Duta), Ipoh, Klang, Port Klang , Setia Alam, Subang Guthrie Corridor Expressway – Shah Alam, Bukit Jelutong, Sungai Buloh, Kuala Selangor, Rawang, Selayang	90 km/h
			BR	Batu Tiga flyover Railway crossing bridge Sungai Damansara bridge			Length: 2 km
		4.3	602	Ebor I/C (North)	Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga – HICOM Industrial Area, Shah Alam		On-ramp to southbound only
		4.5	602	Ebor I/C (South)	Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga – HICOM, Shah Alam, Batu Tiga, i-City		Off-ramp from southbound only
		5.3	603	Seafield I/C	Shah Alam Expressway – Pulau Indah , Klang, Kota Kemuning, Subang Jaya, Sri Petaling, Cheras, Kuantan
			RSA	USJ OBR & RSA	USJ OBR & RSA - Caltex, MUFORS Gallery		Southbound, accessible from both directions
			604	USJ I/C	Persiaran Kewajipan – UEP Subang Jaya (USJ 1 to USJ 27), Subang Jaya (SS12 to SS19) Persiaran Klang – HICOM, Alam Megah (Section 27, 28) Persiaran Kuala Selangor  – Batu Tiga, Shah Alam (Section 1 to 26, Section U1 to U20) Damansara–Puchong Expressway – Puchong, Putrajaya USJ 21 LRT Station  5
		13.2	605	Putra Heights I/C	Persiaran Putra Indah – Putra Heights, Bukit Lanchong, Alam Megah (Section 27 & 28), USJ, Putra Heights LRT Station  5  4	110 km/h
	Kuala Langat		BR	Sungai Klang bridge
		17.0	606	Saujana Putra I/C	Persiaran Saujana Putra – Bandar Saujana Putra, Kampung Lombong South Klang Valley Expressway – Kajang, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Banting, Telok Panglima Garang, Pulau Indah
		21.0	607	Putrajaya I/C	Putrajaya Link – Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Puchong (Bandar Nusaputra/Taman Putra Perdana) Kuala Lumpur (Jalan Tun Razak), Multimedia University
		22.9	RSA	Dengkil RSA	Dengkil RSA - Caltex, Petronas		Northbound
		23.6	RSA	Dengkil RSA	Dengkil RSA - Petron, Shell		Southbound
				Gamuda Cove I/C	Gamuda Cove, Cyberjaya		Under construction
	Sepang	31.6	608	KLIA I/C	KLIA Expressway – Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) , Sepang, Sepang International Circuit, Bandar Enstek
			BR	Sungai Langat bridge
			609	Bandar Serenia I/C	Putrajaya–Cyberjaya Expressway – Bandar Serenia, Dengkil, Salak Tinggi		Under construction
			BR	Railway crossing bridge
			610	Salak Tinggi I/C	B48 Jalan Besar Salak – Salak Tinggi, Dengkil, Bandar Enstek		Planned
			BR	Sungai Jenderam bridge
Negeri Sembilan	Seremban		611	Bandar Baru Nilai I/C	Labohan Dagang–Nilai Route – Bandar Baru Nilai, Nilai		Planned
		46.0	612	Nilai North I/C	North–South Expressway Southern Route – Kuala Lumpur, Kajang, Bangi, Nilai, Seremban, Melaka, Johor Bahru

External links

• PLUS Expressway Berhad
• ELITE
• Malaysian Highway Authority