Bukit Timah Expressway
Bukit Timah Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Lebuhraya Bukit Timah (Malay) 武吉知马高速公路 (Chinese) புக்கிட் தீமா விரைவுச்சாலை (Tamil) | |
 Bukit Timah Expressway is labelled in single green line | |
| Route information | |
Part of  AH 2 | |
| Length | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Existed | 1983–present |
| History | Completed in 1986 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Woodlands Checkpoint (Johor–Singapore Causeway) |
| SLE, KJE, PIE | |
| South end | Bukit Timah (PIE) |
| Location | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Regions | Woodlands, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah |
| Highway system | |
The Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) is a highway in Singapore that starts at the Pan Island Expressway in Bukit Timah and travels north to the Woodlands Checkpoint and the Johor–Singapore Causeway in Woodlands.
History
On 22 May 1982, tenders were called to build the expressway and construction began thereafter. Construction of the expressway began in 1983 and it was built in two stages, the first stage from Woodlands to Mandai Road and the second from Mandai Road to the Pan-Island Expressway. Due to the hilly nature of the Bukit Timah area the second stage of the expressway went through, explosives were used to clear the area for construction. During the construction, the new road, Bukit Panjang Road was opened from BKE all the way to Woodlands Road, and new interchanges at Mandai Road and Woodlands Road were also added as well. Kampong roads were demolished such as Jalan Kwok Min, Lorong Kingkit and Lorong Garpu. The small section of Jalan Kwok Min remains and Singapore Armed Forces took over the Jalan Kwok Min area since 1997.[1] It was opened in December 1985.[2]
Before the Kranji Expressway was completed, BKE was the shortest expressway in Singapore, at about 10 km (6.2 mi). This expressway is a six-lane dual carriageway, with three lanes on either side. In 2003, the LTA began work to convert a section of the expressway, from the intersection with the Kranji Expressway to that with the Seletar Expressway, into an eight-lane dual carriageway with four lanes on either side. This was completed in mid-2005.[3]
List of interchanges and exits
| Location[4] | km[5] | mi | Flyover[6] | Exit[6] | Destinations[6] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bukit Timah | 0.0 | 0.0 | Chantek | — |  PIE (towards Tuas) | Southern terminus; expressway continues as Pan Island Expressway (PIE) |
| 0.6 | 0.37 | Chantek | 1 | PIE (towards Changi) | ||
| Bukit Panjang | 2.2 | 1.4 | Dairy Farm | 2 | Dairy Farm Road, Upper Bukit Timah Road | |
| 3.5 | 2.2 | Zhenghua | 3 | Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang Road | ||
| 5.0 | 3.1 | Gali Batu | 5 | KJE (towards PIE, Tuas) | ||
| Sungei Kadut | 7.3 | 4.5 | Mandai | 7 | Mandai Road | |
| 8.5 | 5.3 | Woodlands South | 8 | SLE (towards CTE / TPE), Woodlands Avenue 2 Turf Club Avenue, Kranji Road | Signed as exits 8 (northbound) and 9 (southbound); access to western terminus of Seletar Expressway (SLE) via northbound exit (right fork) and southbound exit (left fork) | |
| 9.4 | 5.8 | 9 | SLE (towards CTE / TPE) Turf Club Avenue, Kranji Road | |||
| 9.7 | 6.0 | Woodlands | 10A | Woodlands Avenue 3 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance only | |
| 10.6 | 6.6 | Woodlands Checkpoint Viaduct | 10B | Woodlands Road, Woodlands Centre Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance only | |
| 10.6 | 6.6 | Woodlands Checkpoint Viaduct | — | Johor–Singapore Causeway | Northern terminus; expressway continues as Woodlands Crossing, Johor–Singapore Causeway | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ "Work on PIE link with Mandai begins". Singapore Monitor. 17 May 1983. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Shorter drive to Johore Baru". Business Times. 5 December 1985. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Land Transport Authority - What's New :: Content". 2007-10-08. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- ^ "Master Plan". Urban Redevelopment Authority. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ Google (2023-12-15). "Bukit Timah Expressway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b c "OneMap" (Map). OneMap. Singapore: Singapore Land Authority. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
External links
- Traffic cameras monitoring the BKE
- LTA press release on the partial widening of the BKE
Media related to Bukit Timah Expressway at Wikimedia Commons
