Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway

Expressway 37
Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur-Seremban
Route information
Maintained by FT 217 Bukit Jalil Highway North–South Expressway Southern Route
South end	Sungai Besi Toll Plaza
Location
Country	Kompleks Sukan Negara, Seremban, Malacca, Johor Bahru
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway East–West Link Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This 8.1 km (5.0 mi) expressway links Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south.

Some maps label this highway as E2 as it links directly with the

In 2007, the expressway was assigned its own route number of E37 together with Salak Expressway.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts at the Razak Mansion Interchange while its southern terminus is right before the Sungai Besi toll plaza at the North–South Expressway Southern Route E2. Its final kilometre (KM8.1) is also the final kilometre of the North–South Expressway E2 (KM310.8).^[1]

History

The construction of the 63.4 km (39.3 mi) controlled-access expressway from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban began on 27 March 1974 as one of the Second Malaysia Plan (RMK-2) project, with the total cost of RM32.9 million.^[2] It consists of 14 interchanges, 2 laybys and 6 toll plaza (Sungai Besi, UPM, Kajang, Bangi, Nilai and Seremban). Funded by a World Bank loan,^[3] the expressway was constructed in three phases; the first phase was from Kuala Lumpur to Nilai, while the second phase was from Nilai to Seremban.^[2] The third phase was the rehabilitation of the old Federal Route 1 from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban as a toll-free alternative to motorists.^[2]

The expressway was opened to motorists on 16 June 1982, along with introduction of toll payment.^[4] The Minister of Works at that time, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu himself became the first motorist to pay the toll of the expressway.^[3] The Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway was the first expressway in Malaysia to implement the closed-toll system.^[1]

The RM32.9 million expressway became a pioneer route for the North–South Expressway Southern Route. Initially, the expressway ended at Jalan Seremban–Tampin intersection in Senawang before being extended southwards as part of the North–South Expressway; Exit 220 Senawang Interchange was constructed to divert the expressway through traffic to Ayer Keroh. After the extension of the expressway to Ayer Keroh was completed in 1986, the old Seremban toll plaza at Labu was demolished and was replaced with three toll plazas at Seremban, Port Dickson and Senawang interchanges.^[1]

In 1987, the North–South Expressway project was privatised and was taken over by Highway Concessionaires Berhad (now PLUS Expressways Berhad). However, Plus Expressways Berhad only took over the section from Sungai Besi Toll Plaza southwards, leaving the remaining 8.1-km section under the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) management until 1992 when the remaining 8.1-km section was upgraded to six lanes by Metramac Corporation Sdn Bhd (MetaCorp), together with the East–West Link Expressway.^[1]

On 7 April 2011, MetaCorp changed its name to

The toll collection for the highway at Sungai Besi toll plaza has ceased on June 1, 2018. This is following announcement by the Malaysian Highway Authority, toll concessions for the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway and Salak Expressway will end.[5]

Toll Road D

List of interchanges

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Below is a list of interchanges (exits) and laybys along the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway. The entire expressway is built as a six-lane

.

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
Through to Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1
		Jalan Istana Interchange	KL Sentral Jalan Damansara Jalan Duta East Pudu Jalan Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur city centre	Interchange
East–West Link Expressway		Razak Mansion Interchange	South Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi Expressway Salak South Seri Kembangan Balakong Kajang	Interchange
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 DBKL border limit
East–West Link Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway Start/end of expressway MetaCorp border limit
	37--	SMART Tunnel	Tunnel SMART Tunnel Bukit Bintang Imbi Jalan Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur City Centre	From/to south only Light vehicles only Maximum height limit 2.1 m
	37--	Salak Interchange	Klang Taman Desa Desa Waterpark East East–West Link Expressway Bandar Tun Razak FT 1 Cheras Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Kajang	Cloverleaf interchange
		Sungai Kerayong Bridge
	37--	Kuchai Lama Interchange	West Bandar Sunway Subang Jaya Bangsar From/to Maju Expressway South Maju Expressway Putrajaya Cyberjaya Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)	Trumpet interchange
		Esso Esso Layby	Esso	South bound
	37--	Desa Petaling Interchange	Desa Petaling	Interchange From/to Kuala Lumpur only
	37--	SBE Exit	Northwest Sungai Besi Expressway Jalan Kuchai Lama Salak South	Off-ramp to Sungai Besi Expressway
		Shell Layby	Shell Sri Petaling Furnishing Centre Shell petrol stations	North bound
	37--	Sri Petaling Interchange	FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Cheras Ampang Kuantan	Stacked expressway interchange
		Sungai Mindah Bridge
		Kompleks Sukan Negara car park	Car park to Kompleks Sukan Negara	North bound
		Petronas Layby	Petronas McDonald's Petronas petrol stations with McDonald's drive through	North bound
	37--	Technology Park Interchange	MINES Resort City	Parcelo interchange
		12 MRT Putrajaya Line railway bridge
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
DBKL border arch FT Kuala Lumpur-Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border
		Mobil Mint Hotel and Mobil Layby	Mobil McDonald's Mint Hotel Mobil petrol stations with McDonald's drive through	South bound
East–West Link Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway MetaCorp border limit
North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Southern Route PLUS Expressway border limit
			South North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Johor Bahru North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Melaka North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Seremban North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport
		Sungai Besi–Seremban	see also North–South Expressway Southern Route
Through to North–South Expressway Southern Route

References

External links

• ANIH Berhad (Formally known as Metramac Corporation Sdn Bhd)