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{{Short description|Highway in Malaysia}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{infobox road
|country=MYS
|type=E
|route=15
|alternate_name=Butterworth–Kulim Expressway 
|maint=[[PLUS Malaysia Berhad]] with its subsidiary [[Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad]]<br><small>''(Former concessionaries known as Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim (KLBK) Sdn Bhd)''</small>
|length_km=17
|length_round=1
|map={{Highway system OSM map
|highway_system_qid=Q1521575
|frame-lat=5.36
|frame-long=100.47
|frame-width=290
|frame-height=300
|zoom=10
|length=
|plain=yes
|stroke-width=3
}}
|map_notes=BKE in red
|map_custom=yes
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a=[[Butterworth, Penang|Butterworth]], [[Penang]]
|junction={{MES-E|17}} {{JKR|1}} [[Butterworth Outer Ring Road]]<br>{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} [[Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road]]<br>{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} [[North–South Expressway Northern Route]]<br>{{JKR|136}} [[Malaysia Federal Route 136|Federal Route 136]]<br>{{JKR|3053}} [[Jalan Kulim Hi-Tech]]<br>{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} [[East–West Highway (Malaysia)|East–West Highway]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b=[[Lunas, Kedah]]
|formed=1994
|history=Completed in 1996, opened on 15 November 1996
|destinations=[[Butterworth, Penang|Butterworth]], [[Seberang Jaya]], [[Perai|Prai]], [[Permatang Pauh]], [[Lunas, Kedah|Lunas]], [[Kulim]], [[Baling]]
|ahn={{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}}
}}

'''Butterworth–Kulim Expressway''', '''BKE''', {{MES-E|15}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} ([[Malay language|Malay]]: '''''Lebuhraya Butterworth–Kulim'''''), is the only opened toll system's expressway in Penang, [[Malaysia]]. The {{convert|17|km|mi|abbr=on}} expressway connects [[Butterworth, Penang|Butterworth]], [[Penang]] in the west to [[Lunas, Kedah]] in the east. It is also a main route to [[East–West Highway (Malaysia)|East–West Highway]] (Federal Route 4) via [[Baling]], [[Kedah]] and [[Gerik]], [[Perak]].

==Route background==
The Butterworth–Kulim Expressway E15 is an east–west oriented expressway and is concurrent with the [[Malaysia Federal Route 4|Federal Route 4]] and Asian Highway Route [[AH140]] along its entire length. The ''actual'' starting point of the expressway is counted as Kilometre 5. Many maps have mistakenly labelled the section between Exit 1501 Kubang Sebang Interchange and Butterworth as a part of the E15 expressway; that is incorrect because [[Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road|the remaining 5-km section]] is not maintained by [[PLUS Malaysia Berhad]] but rather by [[Butterworth Outer Ring Road|Lingkaran Luar Butterworth (Penang) Sdn. Bhd.]]<ref name="jkr-inventori">{{cite book|title=Inventori Rangkaian Jalan Utama Persekutuan Semenanjung Malaysia|date=2009|publisher=[[Malaysian Ministry of Works]]|isbn=978-983-44278-2-5|location=[[Kuala Lumpur]]|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}<!--|access-date=2015-05-31 --></ref>

The zeroth kilometre is located at [[Jalan Heng Choon Thian]] at [[Butterworth Outer Ring Road]]'s Container Terminal Interchange.

==History==
The construction of BKE started in December 1994 and was completed in September 1996.

===KLBK Sdn Bhd===
Konsortium Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim (KLBK) Sdn Bhd, commercially known as Buterworth Kulim Expressway (BKE), a wholly owned subsidiary of [[PLUS Expressway Berhad]] ("PLUS Expressways",) has been awarded the concession and contract to construct and operate the highway of dual two-lane carriageway with separate motorcycle tracks and related highway facilities for the 16.78&nbsp;km highway. The concession period is for 32 years (June 1994 to June 2026, including two years construction period), after which the highway will be transferred to the Government. On 2011, the company was taken over to [[PLUS Malaysia Berhad]] and its subsidiary [[Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad]].

==Features==
*Geographically, the terrain between KM 5.00 (start point) and KM 11.00 is rather flat, passing through paddy field areas. From KM 11.00 to KM 19.00, the terrain is slightly undulating, where cut and fill slopes are common features. The terrain is again flat from KM 19.00 to KM 21.78 (end point), mainly passing through the estates and developing residential areas.
*Geometrically, there are four grades separated interchanges and one at grade interchange along BKE. Moreover, there are nine reinforced concrete bridges (three of those are river bridges, i.e., Sungai Mengkuang, Sungai Kulim and Sungai Karangan, whereas the rest are bridges over local roads or railway track).
*Tuanku Bainun Teachers Training Institute ''(Institut Perguruan Tuanku Bainun)'' (IPTB) 
*High speed limit 90&nbsp;km/h
*Four-lane [[dual carriageway]]
*SOS [[emergency telephone|emergency phone]]s
*Dedicated motorcycle lane

==Tolls==
The Butterworth–Kulim Expressway uses opened toll systems.

===Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)===
As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transaction at the Lunas and Kubang Semang Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at both toll plazas on the Butterworth–Kulim Expressway will be conducted electronically via [[PLUSMiles]], [[Touch 'n Go]] cards or [[SmartTAG]]s starting 9 September 2015. As of December 2018, the Kubang Semang Toll Plaza and the Lunas Toll Plaza have MyRFID activated on the rightmost lanes sharing the same lanes with those of SmartTAG's lanes. This allows users of MyRFID users to fully utilize those fast lane.

===Toll rates===
''(Since 1 February 2020)''
{|class=wikitable style="margin:0 auto;text-align:center"
|-
!Class||Types of vehicles||Rate (in [[Malaysian Ringgit]] (RM))
|-
|'''0'''||Motorcycles<br><small>(Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)</small>
|Free
|-
|'''1'''||Private Cars<br><small>(Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses))</small>
|1.31
|-
|'''2'''||Vans and other small goods vehicles<br><small>(Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding buses))</small>
|3.20
|-
|'''3'''||Large Trucks<br><small>(Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses))</small>
|4.80
|-
|'''4'''||Taxis
|0.65
|-
|'''5'''||Buses
|1.31
|}

==List of interchanges==
{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

The Butterworth–Kulim Expressway is a 4-lane dual-carriageway expressway which allows highway users to drive at a maximum speed of 90&nbsp;km/h. Upon approaching any toll plazas, highway users have to drive no faster than 60&nbsp;km/h.

{|class=wikitable
|-
!km||Exit||Interchange||To||Remarks
|-
|||||||'''West'''<br>{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} '''[[Butterworth Outer Ring Road]]'''<br>'''(NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side)'''<br>Sungai Nyior<br>Butterworth<br>Bagan Ajam<br>Perai<br>George Town (Ferry {{Port sign}})||
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth Outer Ring Road<br>(NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side)<br>LLB border limit</span>'''
|-
|{{MES-E|15}}<br>'''0'''<br><br>{{JKR|4}}<br><br>{{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}}<br>'''0'''||||||||
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|15}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth-Kulim Expressway<br>PLUS Expressways border limit</span>'''
|-
|||163||'''Seberang Jaya Interchange'''||{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} '''[[North-South Expressway Northern Route]]'''<br><br>'''North'''<br>Alor Star/Thailand<br>[[Permatang Pauh]]<br><br>'''South'''<br>[[Kuala Lumpur]]<br>[[Ipoh, Perak|Ipoh]]<br>[[Penang]] {{Airport sign}}||Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
|-
|{{MES-E|15}}<br>'''5'''||1501||'''Permatang Pauh Interchange'''||{{JKR(P)|7}} Jalan Permatang Pauh<br>[[Permatang Pauh]]<br>[[Bukit Mertajam]]<br>[[Universiti Teknologi Mara|UiTM]] Permatang Pauh Campus||Diamond interchange
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">Kubang Semang Toll Plaza<br>KSTP<br>{{TnG}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} [[MyRFID|<span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#214682; font-weight:bold;">My</span><span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">RFID</span>]] {{TAG}} {{TnG}} {{TnG}}<br>Opened toll system<br>Pay toll</span>'''
|-
|||||{{Parking Layby signs}} Kubang Semang Toll Plaza<br>'''KSTP'''||{{Parking signs}}||East bound
|-
|||||'''Sungai Kubang Semang bridge'''||||
|-
|||1503||'''Permatang Nibong Interchange'''||{{JKR(P)|3}} Permatang Nibong<br>{{JKR(P)|188}} Kubang Semang<br>{{JKR(P)|3}} Penanti||Half diamond interchange
|-
|||||'''Railway crossing bridge'''||||
|-
|||1505||'''Tasik Mengkuang Interchange'''||{{JKR(P)|129}} [[Penanti]]<br>{{JKR(P)|129}} [[Berapit, Bukit Mertajam|Berapit]]<br>{{JKR(P)|129}} [[Kulim]]<br>{{JKR(P)|129}} [[Bukit Mertajam]]<br>Tokun Hill Bukit Mertajam Recreation Area {{Recreation area sign}}<br>Institut Perguruan Tuanku Bainun (IPTB) {{University sign}}||Diamond interchange
|-
|||||{{RSA-OBR signs}} Penanti Rest and Service Areas and Overhead Bridge Restaurant||{{Parking signs}} {{Food court sign}} {{Toilet sign}} {{Surau sign}} {{Wakaf sign}} {{Telephone sign}} {{ATM sign}} {{Petrol station signs}} [[Petronas]] [[Shell Oil Company|Shell]]||Both bound
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">Penang<br>Seberang Perai Tengah district border</span>'''
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|'''<span style="color:black;">Kedah-Penang border</span>'''
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">Kedah Darul Aman<br>Kulim district border</span>'''
|-
|||||{{Parking Layby signs}} Lunas toll plaza<br>'''LNS'''||{{Parking signs}}||West bound
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">Lunas toll plaza<br>LNS<br>{{TnG}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} [[MyRFID|<span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#214682; font-weight:bold;">My</span><span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">RFID</span>]] {{TAG}} {{TnG}} {{TnG}}<br>Opened toll system<br>Pay toll</span>'''
|-
|||||'''Sungai Kulim bridge'''||||
|-
|||1508||'''Lunas Interchange'''||'''North'''<br>{{JKR|136}} Kuala Ketil<br>{{JKR|136}} Padang Serai<br>{{JKR|136}} Lunas Town Centre<br><br>'''South'''<br>{{JKR|136}} Kulim<br>{{JKR|136}} Mahang||Diamond interchange
|-
|21.7||||'''Sungai Seluang Junctions'''||'''North'''<br>{{JKR(K)|811}} '''[[Jalan Sungai Seluang]]'''<br>{{JKR(K)|811}} Sungai Seluang<br>{{JKR|136}} Sidam<br>{{JKR|136}} Padang Serai<BR><BR>'''Southeast'''<br>'''Jalan Perusahan'''<br>Kulim Industrial Area||Junctions
|-
|||||'''Kulim Hi-Tech Junctions'''||'''South'''<br>{{JKR|3053}} '''[[Jalan Kulim Hi-Tech]]'''<br>Kulim Hi-Tech<br>Sungai Kob<br>Karangan||Junctions
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|15}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth-Kulim Expressway<br>Start/End of Expressway<br>PLUS Expressways border limit</span>'''
|-
|{{MES-E|15}}<br>21.9||||||||
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:blue;"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} East–West Highway<br>Start/End of highway<br>JKR border limit</span>'''
|-
|||||||'''East'''<br>{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} '''[[East–West Highway (Malaysia)|East–West Highway]]'''<br>{{JKR|67}} Baling<br>{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Gerik<br>{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Jeli<br>{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Tanah Merah<br>{{JKR|8}} Kota Bharu||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.plus.com.my PLUS Expressways Berhad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208014426/http://www.plus.com.my|date=8 December 2018}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170923214252/http://bke.com.my/ Butterworth–Kulim Expressway]

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{{Malaysian Expressway System}}

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