Английская Википедия:Butterworth–Kulim Expressway
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Butterworth–Kulim Expressway, BKE, Шаблон:MES-E Шаблон:Jct (Malay: Lebuhraya Butterworth–Kulim), is the only opened toll system's expressway in Penang, Malaysia. The Шаблон:Convert expressway connects Butterworth, Penang in the west to Lunas, Kedah in the east. It is also a main route to 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 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 the remaining 5-km section is not maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad but rather by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth (Penang) Sdn. Bhd.[1]
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 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 km/h
- Four-lane dual carriageway
- SOS emergency phones
- 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 SmartTAGs 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 | Types of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels) |
Free |
| 1 | Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses)) |
1.31 |
| 2 | Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding buses)) |
3.20 |
| 3 | Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses)) |
4.80 |
| 4 | Taxis | 0.65 |
| 5 | Buses | 1.31 |
List of interchanges
The Butterworth–Kulim Expressway is a 4-lane dual-carriageway expressway which allows highway users to drive at a maximum speed of 90 km/h. Upon approaching any toll plazas, highway users have to drive no faster than 60 km/h.
| km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Шаблон:Jct Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Butterworth Outer Ring Road (NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side) Sungai Nyior Butterworth Bagan Ajam Perai George Town (Ferry Шаблон:Port sign) |
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| Шаблон:Jct Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Butterworth Outer Ring Road (NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side) LLB border limit | |||||
| Шаблон:MES-E 0 Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct 0 |
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| Шаблон:Jct Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Butterworth-Kulim Expressway PLUS Expressways border limit | |||||
| 163 | Seberang Jaya Interchange | Шаблон:MES-E Шаблон:Jct North-South Expressway Northern Route North Alor Star/Thailand Permatang Pauh South Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Penang Шаблон:Airport sign |
Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange | ||
| Шаблон:MES-E 5 |
1501 | Permatang Pauh Interchange | Шаблон:JKR(P) Jalan Permatang Pauh Permatang Pauh Bukit Mertajam UiTM Permatang Pauh Campus |
Diamond interchange | |
| Kubang Semang Toll Plaza KSTP Шаблон:TnG Шаблон:TnG Шаблон:TAG MyRFID Шаблон:TAG Шаблон:TnG Шаблон:TnG Opened toll system Pay toll | |||||
| Шаблон:Parking Layby signs Kubang Semang Toll Plaza KSTP |
Шаблон:Parking signs | East bound | |||
| Sungai Kubang Semang bridge | |||||
| 1503 | Permatang Nibong Interchange | Шаблон:JKR(P) Permatang Nibong Шаблон:JKR(P) Kubang Semang Шаблон:JKR(P) Penanti |
Half diamond interchange | ||
| Railway crossing bridge | |||||
| 1505 | Tasik Mengkuang Interchange | Шаблон:JKR(P) Penanti Шаблон:JKR(P) Berapit Шаблон:JKR(P) Kulim Шаблон:JKR(P) Bukit Mertajam Tokun Hill Bukit Mertajam Recreation Area Шаблон:Recreation area sign Institut Perguruan Tuanku Bainun (IPTB) Шаблон:University sign |
Diamond interchange | ||
| Шаблон:RSA-OBR signs Penanti Rest and Service Areas and Overhead Bridge Restaurant | Шаблон:Parking signs Шаблон:Food court sign Шаблон:Toilet sign Шаблон:Surau sign Шаблон:Wakaf sign Шаблон:Telephone sign Шаблон:ATM sign Шаблон:Petrol station signs Petronas Shell | Both bound | |||
| Penang Seberang Perai Tengah district border | |||||
| Kedah-Penang border | |||||
| Kedah Darul Aman Kulim district border | |||||
| Шаблон:Parking Layby signs Lunas toll plaza LNS |
Шаблон:Parking signs | West bound | |||
| Lunas toll plaza LNS Шаблон:TnG Шаблон:TnG Шаблон:TAG MyRFID Шаблон:TAG Шаблон:TnG Шаблон:TnG Opened toll system Pay toll | |||||
| Sungai Kulim bridge | |||||
| 1508 | Lunas Interchange | North Шаблон:JKR Kuala Ketil Шаблон:JKR Padang Serai Шаблон:JKR Lunas Town Centre South Шаблон:JKR Kulim Шаблон:JKR Mahang |
Diamond interchange | ||
| 21.7 | Sungai Seluang Junctions | North Шаблон:JKR(K) Jalan Sungai Seluang Шаблон:JKR(K) Sungai Seluang Шаблон:JKR Sidam Шаблон:JKR Padang Serai Southeast Jalan Perusahan Kulim Industrial Area |
Junctions | ||
| Kulim Hi-Tech Junctions | South Шаблон:JKR Jalan Kulim Hi-Tech Kulim Hi-Tech Sungai Kob Karangan |
Junctions | |||
| Шаблон:Jct Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Butterworth-Kulim Expressway Start/End of Expressway PLUS Expressways border limit | |||||
| Шаблон:MES-E 21.9 |
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| Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct East–West Highway Start/End of highway JKR border limit | |||||
| East Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct East–West Highway Шаблон:JKR Baling Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Gerik Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Jeli Шаблон:JKR Шаблон:Jct Tanah Merah Шаблон:JKR Kota Bharu |
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References
External links
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