North–South Expressway Central Link

Expressway 6
North–South Expressway Central Link (ELITE Expressway)
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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
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 E6, AH2, (Malay: Lebuhraya Utara–Selatan Hubungan Tengah) also known as ELITE or ELITE Expressway (Expressway Lingkaran Tengah), is the main 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 providing northbound and southbound travelers with an uninterrupted journey bypassing the city congestion in Kuala Lumpur. The expressway is part of the Asian Highway Network of route AH2.

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.

When the opening stages of the North–South Expressway on 1994. The new expressway bypass for the North–South Expressway in the Klang Valley was announced. Construction started on March 1994 and was completed on August 1997. The Section 1 of the North–South Expressway Central Link from Shah Alam Interchange (NKVE) to USJ (Hicom East) Interchange was opened on June 1996. On 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 a main route to the airport replacing the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang. The Putrajaya Link which was connected to Putrajaya was opened in 2000.