Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway
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Lebuhraya Kallang-Paya Lebar 加冷－巴耶利峇高速公路 கலாங்-பாயலேபார் விரைவுச்சாலை |
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Kallang – Paya Lebar Expressway is labelled in single brown line
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| Route information | |
| Part of AH143 | |
| Length: | 12 km (7 mi) |
| Existed: | 2001 – present |
| History: | Completed in 2008 |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: | Kallang (ECP, MCE) |
| TPE, ORRS (Bartley Road East), PIE, ECP, MCE | |
| Northeast end: | Lorong Halus (TPE) |
| Location | |
| Regions: | Kallang, Geylang, Paya Lebar |
| Highway system | |
| Expressways of Singapore | |
The Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway (Abbreviation: KPE) is the third newest of Singapore's network of expressways. The southern section of the expressway opened first, on 26 October 2007, with the remaining section fully opened on 20 September 2008.
Connecting the East Coast Parkway in the South and the Tampines Expressway in the north-east, the 6 lane (2x3) expressway extends twelve kilometres, with approximately 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) of main cut and cover underground tunnels running some 10 kilometres underground when fully completed. Built at a cost of approximately S$1.8 billion (USD$1 billion), it is the longest road tunnel in Southeast Asia. The KPE is also believed to be the world's sixth longest underground road project at its time under construction. In all, the dual-carriageway expressway with three lanes in each direction will have eight interchanges, eleven on-ramps, and twelve off-ramps. The KPE also connects to the Marina Coastal Expressway which recently opened.
It was originally divided into two phases in the preliminary plans of 1997. It is called Kallang Expressway (KLE) and Paya Lebar Expressway (PLE).
Construction on the expressway started in the year 2001, and was fully completed in 2008. On 23 June 2007, the northern end of the expressway between Tampines Road from the new Defu Flyover and the Tampines Expressway was opened to traffic, and was temporarily named Tampines Service Road. Tampines Road will therefore no longer connect with the Tampines Expressway at the Tampines Flyover. The Defu Flyover along Tampines Road, along with the traffic signals, were commissioned on the same day from 1000 hours.
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