Malaysian Expressway System - Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

• PLUS Expressway Berhad is the biggest highway concessionaries operator company in Malaysia, also the largest listed toll expressway operator in Southeast Asia, Asia, and the eighth largest in the world. The second biggest is Prolintas.
• The longest bridge in Malaysia is Penang Bridge with a total length 13.5 km (8.4 mi).
• The longest expressway in Malaysia is North-South Expressway with a total length 966 km (600 mi).
• The longest expressway river bridge in Malaysia is the Sungai Johor Bridge on Senai-Desaru Expressway with a total length 4 km (2.5 mi)
• The section between Cahaya Baru and Penawar of the Senai-Desaru Expressway is built as a two-lane single carriageway making the first two-lane controlled-access expressway in Malaysia.
• The first cable-stayed land bridge in Malaysia is the LDP cable stayed bridge at the Freescale Bridge on Damansara-Puchong Expressway with a total length 1.1 km (0.68 mi)
• The most expensive section of the expressway is the Gopeng-Tapah section on the North-South Expressway Northern Route . At RM200 million, it translates to RM 20 million per kilometre. Embankment strengthening is the major contributor for this escalating cost.
• The widest toll plaza in Malaysia is Sungai Besi toll plaza in North-South Expressway Southern Route with over 18 lanes (excluding additional toll booths).
• The highest toll plaza in Malaysia is Setul toll plaza in Kajang-Seremban Highway is located at the hilly top of Gunung Mantin-Seremban.
• Bandar Saujana Putra Interchange on North-South Expressway Central Link and South Klang Valley Expressway is the only expressway interchange in Malaysia to have two toll plazas.
• The North-South Expressway is the first expressway in Malaysia that provided an Overhead Bridge Restaurant (OBR).
• The busiest expressway in Malaysia is Federal Highway route from Klang to Kuala Lumpur
• Federal Highway route is the first highway in Malaysia to have a motorcycle lane.
• The first highway tunnel in Malaysia is Genting Sempah Tunnel on Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway .
• The first elevated highway in Malaysia is Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) .
• The longest flyover bridge in Malaysia is Batu Tiga Flyover on North-South Expressway Central Link .
• SMART Tunnel (4 km (2.5 miles)) is the longest motorway tunnel, as well as the first double-decked tunnel and the first tunnel that has a stormwater tunnel and a motorway tunnel in Malaysia.
• The widest tunnel in Malaysia is Penchala Tunnel on Penchala Link of Sprint Expressway .
• The first expressway with double-decked carriageway in Malaysia is Kerinchi Link on Sprint Expressway .
• The biggest cloverleaf highway interchange in Malaysia is Bulatan Darul Ehsan Interchange of Federal Highway route and Kemuning-Shah Alam Highway in Shah Alam, Selangor.
• The largest highway interchange in Malaysia is Gelugor Complex Interchange at Penang Bridge .
• The PLUS Speedway (formerly ELITE Speedway), is the first go-kart circuit in the Malaysian expressways. The circuit is located near the USJ Rest and Service Area on North-South Expressway Central Link .
• Tapah Rest and Service Area (both bound) on North-South Expressway Northern Route in Perak is the first rest and service area in the Malaysian expressway to have wireless broadband internet facilities.
• The PLUS Art Gallery in Ayer Keroh Overhead Bridge Restaurant (OBR) North-South Expressway Southern Route is the first highway art gallery in Malaysia.
• The largest advertising board on the Malaysian expressways is the Giant Wau Kite Spectacular Advertising Board on the North-South Expressway Southern Route near Sungai Besi and the North-South Expressway Central Link near Putrajaya.
• While most toll expressways in Malaysia use green signboards with white letters, the MetaCorp expressway networks (East-West Link Expressway and Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway) use blue signboards instead, as if they are municipal expressways.
• Before 2007, all federally-funded expressways have no exit numbering system; however, the exit number system similar to toll expressways was introduced in 2007 exclusively for Federal Highway route (then followed by the Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Expressway route ); thus making the Federal Highway as the first federal expressway with expressway exit numbering system.
• Tun Salahuddin Bridge is the first and currently the only toll expressway in the East Malaysia, while almost all toll expressways are built in the Peninsular Malaysia. The Tun Salahuddin Bridge is also the only toll expressway without any grade-separated interchanges.
• The Machap Rest and Service Area (north bound) at the North-South Expressway Southern Route is the first fully air-conditioned rest area in Malaysia.
• The Sungai Perak Rest and Service Area (south bound) at the North-South Expressway Northern Route in Perak is the first rest and service area in the Malaysian expressway to have an eco-management theme known as "The Green Trail" or "Jejak Hijau".
• Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Expressway route is the first future federal highway on Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC).
• PLUSMiles is the first and only toll rebate loyalty programme in the Malaysian expressways.
• Shah Alam is the first and currently the only city in Malaysia to have its own municipal route numbering system, while other municipal routes in Malaysia do not bear any route numbering scheme.
• The longest closed toll collection system coverage in Malaysia is from Juru toll plaza to Skudai toll plaza (previously Ipoh South toll plaza to Skudai toll plaza), which runs through the North-South Expressway Northern Route, New Klang Valley Expressway, North-South Expressway Central Link and North-South Expressway Southern Route .
• The North-South Expressway Northern Route is the first and currently the only expressway in Malaysia to have a runaway truck ramp near Jelapang, Ipoh.
• There is one semi tunnel on the East-West Highway (Route ) from Gerik, Perak to Jeli, Kelantan. It is probably the only one of its type in Malaysia.
• The first true two-lane expressway with full access control in Malaysia is the Cahaya Baru-Penawar section of the Senai-Desaru Expressway .
• The Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway is the only expressway in Malaysia has a controlled-access toll free expressway.