Northern Route

Expressway 1
North–South Expressway Northern Route
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Route information
Part of
Maintained by PLUS Expressways
Length:	460 km (290 mi)
Existed:	1985 – present
History:	Completed in 1994
Major junctions
North end:	Phetkasem Road at the Malaysia–Thailand border near Bukit Kayu Hitam, Kedah
	Federal Route 1 Changlun–Kuala Perlis Highway Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth–Kulim Expressway Penang Bridge Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge Federal Route 136 Federal Route 60 Federal Route 76 Guthrie Corridor Expressway Sungai Buloh Highway
South end:	New Klang Valley Expressway at Bukit Lanjan, Selangor
Location
Primary destinations:	Jitra, Alor Setar, Sungai Petani, George Town, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, Gopeng, Tapah, Rawang, Kuala Lumpur
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The North–South Expressway Northern Route (Malay: Lebuhraya Utara–Selatan Jajaran Utara, Chinese: 南北大道北干线; pinyin: Nánběi Dàdào Běi Gànxiàn), or the Alor Setar-Penang Bridge-Kuala Lumpur Route, designated as expressway E1 and is part of highway 2 of the Asian Highway Network, is a mostly tolled, interstate controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia. The 460 kilometres (290 miles) expressway forms the north section of the larger North–South Expressway, passing through the northwestern states of Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor. The expressway begins at the Bukit Kayu Hitam checkpoint in Kedah where the Malaysia–Thailand border lies, and ends at Bukit Lanjan in Selangor where the expressway interchanges with the New Klang Valley Expressway. The expressway is operated by PLUS Expressways.

The expressway runs in a north–south direction close to the northwestern coast of the peninsula, connecting several major towns including Alor Setar, Butterworth, Taiping, Ipoh and Rawang while also providing access to several rural villages on its path. The expressway runs parallel to the existing Federal Route 1; it is also concurrent to the expressway from Bukit Kayu Hitam to Jitra. The ticket system is used for toll collection between the Hutan Kampung and Sungai Dua toll plazas, and also from the Juru toll plaza up to Bukit Lanjan, where the toll collection system merges with that of the New Klang Valley Expressway. The section from Sungai Dua to Juru in the state of Penang is toll-free due to heavy usage by local commuters.