North–South Expressway (Malaysia)
The North - South Expressway (Abbreviation: NSE), malay Lebuhraya Utara - Selatan, is a Malaysian motorway- expressway, which runs from the Thai - Malaysian border in Perlis, on the west coast along the southern way to Johor Bahru end of the Malay Peninsula. The NSE is also known under the name of Plus Expressway.
The NSE was opened on 8 September 1994, and is 966 km long, up to now the longest expressway in Malaysia.
History
In the 1970s, it began planning a first expressway for the west coast of Malaysia. 1977 received the Infrastructure Ministry commissioned to plan this expressway, which was to connect all the important centers on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula.
Construction began in 1981, which were supervised until the foundation of today's operating company, Plus Expressways Berhad in 1988 by the Malaysian Highway Authority. To get money for ongoing investment in construction, completed sections including toll booths have already been put into operation.
The North - South Expressway was completed 15 months earlier than planned and could therefore already on September 8, 1994 by Mahathir bin Mohamad, the Malaysian prime minister, inaugurated.
Routing
The NSE connects many major cities on the west coast. The NSE runs from the Thai- Malaysian border in the north to Bukit Kayu Hitam in the state of Perlis on the Cities Alor Setar, Sungai Petani, Butterworth, Taiping, Ipoh, Rawang, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban, Melaka ( Malacca ) up to Johor Bahru and the local roads connecting to Singapore.
The NSE is not continuous in Kuala Lumpur. There is a gap of about 100 km. Nevertheless, a journey from north to south is only possible on expressways. For this round to the Greater Kuala Lumpur and the Federal Territory Putrajaya west over the New Klang Valley Expressway and the North - South Expressway Central Link.
Technical design
The NSE is very similar to a German autobahn. Almost the entire route is four lanes designed (two lanes in each direction) and two hard shoulders. Sections are designed to six lanes. The expressway entrance and exit ramps are threaded spacious. Emergency phones there is every two kilometers.
The portion south of Kuala Lumpur has been equipped with a very wide median strip. In many sections it is currently building on this in both directions, a third road, by appending it to the middle. Advantage of this wide center strip is that costly hill cuts and dams need not be widened.
The base was built by Western standards, the road surface as well. The route is designed for high speed driving. The curves have a large radius and the inclination angle is small.
The mountainous section between Gopeng and Tapah is 200 million ringgit per kilometer, compared to the average of 20 million RM / km, the most expensive.
The 800 m long tunnel at Jelapeng menorah is the only tunnel on the NSE and was at the time of completion of the longest on the Malay Peninsula.
Current extensions
Currently, a third track is added to the existing two lanes to multiple sections. Among other things, the entire route section between Kuala Lumpur and the exit Slim River is completed in both directions around a track, for which the mountain cuts and dams must be broadened in this hilly section.
Toll system
The operating company Plus Expressways Berhad used on the majority of the NSE a closed toll system: All vehicles receive at entry tickets and pay the driven section of the motorway on a so-called Toll Plaza.
Commuters can buy cards that you hold when driving slowly through the Toll Plaza on the windshield. A computer deducts a better deal.
Motorway changes ( Expressway Interchange)
There are interchanges or highway triangles with connecting to the motorways: E 1 Expressway Penang Bridge, E 1 New Klang Valley Expressway, E 6 North - South Expressway Central Link, E 29 Seremban - Port Dickson Highway, E 3 Second Link Expressway.