Bukit Timah Expressway

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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
Length10 km (6.2 mi)
Existed1983–present
HistoryCompleted in 1986
Major junctions
North endWoodlands Checkpoint (Johor–Singapore Causeway)
Major intersectionsSLE, KJE, PIE
South endBukit Timah (PIE)
Location
CountrySingapore
RegionsWoodlands, 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

Bukit Timah Expressway, northbound direction heading towards Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Bukit Timah Expressway, looking south towards the PIE.
Location[4]km[5]miFlyover[6]Exit[6]Destinations[6]Notes
Bukit Timah0.00.0Chantek PIE (towards Tuas)Southern terminus; expressway continues as Pan Island Expressway (PIE)
0.60.37Chantek1 PIE (towards Changi)
Bukit Panjang2.21.4Dairy Farm2Dairy Farm Road, Upper Bukit Timah Road
3.52.2Zhenghua3Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang Road
5.03.1Gali Batu5 KJE (towards PIE, Tuas)
Sungei Kadut7.34.5Mandai7Mandai Road
8.55.3Woodlands South8 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)
9.45.89 SLE (towards CTE / TPE)
Turf Club Avenue, Kranji Road
9.76.0Woodlands10AWoodlands Avenue 3Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
10.66.6Woodlands Checkpoint Viaduct10BWoodlands Road, Woodlands Centre RoadNorthbound exit and southbound entrance only
10.66.6Woodlands Checkpoint ViaductJohor–Singapore CausewayNorthern terminus; expressway continues as Woodlands Crossing, Johor–Singapore Causeway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ "Work on PIE link with Mandai begins". Singapore Monitor. 17 May 1983. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ^ "Shorter drive to Johore Baru". Business Times. 5 December 1985. Retrieved 27 November 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  3. ^ "Land Transport Authority - What's New :: Content". 2007-10-08. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
  4. ^ "Master Plan". Urban Redevelopment Authority. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  5. ^ Google (2023-12-15). "Bukit Timah Expressway" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  6. ^ a b c "OneMap" (Map). OneMap. Singapore: Singapore Land Authority. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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