Ayer Rajah Expressway

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Ayer Rajah Expressway
Lebuhraya Ayer Rajah (Malay)
亚逸拉惹高速公路 (Chinese)
ஆயர் ராஜா விரவுச்சாலை (Tamil)
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Ayer Rajah Expressway is labelled in single yellow line
Route information
Part of Tabliczka AH143.svg AH143
Length26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Existed1983–present
HistoryFirst section completed in 1988,
last section completed in 1998
Major junctions
West end Tuas Checkpoint (Tuas Second Link)
Major intersections PIE, ORRS (Portsdown Avenue), CTE, MCE
East endKeppel (MCE)
Location
Country Singapore
Regions Tuas, Clementi, West Coast, Bukit Merah, Keppel
Highway system

The Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) extends from the western end of the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) in the south of Singapore [1] [2] [3] [4] to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. Together with the MCE and the East Coast Parkway (ECP), it forms a second east-west link to complement the role played by the Pan Island Expressway (PIE).

Contents

As from 29 December 2013, ECP and AYE are no longer linked together after the MCE was opened.

History

Construction on the expressway commenced in 1983, with the first two phases completed by 1988. This section involved the widening of several existing roads along the way, such as Ayer Rajah Road and Upper Ayer Rajah Road, as well as the construction of what was then the longest road viaduct, the Keppel Viaduct, from where the eastern end of the expressway commences. The road extends from Alexandra Road until Keppel Road. It ends at Teban Flyover along Jurong Town Hall Road.

With the construction beginning from 5 December 1993, the existing Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim from Tuas West Drive to Jurong Town Hall Road was widened and merged into Ayer Rajah Expressway which was opened on 18 November 1997. The expressway was extended to Tuas from Teban Flyover in conjunction with the opening of the Tuas Second Link to Johor on 2 January 1998. This construction, which followed the alignment of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, involved the expansion of the existing road to match with the width of the rest of the AYE, construction of "filter" roads on both sides of the expressway (which eventually took the name of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim), and the building of five flyovers and two underpasses. It meets up with the PIE at the Tuas Flyover.

The eastern terminus of the AYE used to continue onto the western terminus of the East Coast Parkway (ECP). After the MCE was opened on 29 December 2013, the ECP was truncated and the MCE had taken over parts of the route, which connects AYE to the Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) and ECP.

List of exits

No.Eastbound exit to road (destinations)InterchangeTypeNo.Westbound exit to road (destinations)
End of expressway (MCE)Keppel ViaductStart of expressway
2BKeppel Road2AWest Coast Highway & Telok Blangah Road
2C Central Expressway (CTE)Radin Mas I/CNo exit
3Lower Delta RoadLower Delta I/C Diamond 3Lower Delta Road
6Alexandra RoadGillman I/CDiamondNo exit
No exitPortsdown I/CDiamond7AQueensway and Normanton Park
7BQueensway, Portsdown Flyover and one-north AvenueDiamondNo exit
8North Buona Vista Road and South Buona Vista RoadBuona Vista I/CParclo8North Buona Vista Road and South Buona Vista Road
9 Clementi Road University I/CParclo B49Clementi Road
10BClementi Avenue 2Clementi I/CLILO10AClementi Avenue 2
11Clementi Avenue 6Pandan I/C Trumpet 11Clementi Avenue 6 and West Coast Way
13 Jurong Town Hall Road Teban I/CDiamond13Jurong Town Hall Road
No exitLILO14Penjuru Road
15BYuan Ching RoadLILONo exit
No exitCorporation I/CDiamond15A Corporation Road and Jurong Port Road
17 Jalan Boon Lay, Jurong Pier Road, Corporation Road and Jurong Port RoadJurong Hill I/CDiamond17Jalan Boon Lay and Jurong Pier Road
18First Lok Yang Road, Pioneer Road North and Pioneer RoadPioneer I/C Stacked roundabout 18Pioneer Road North and Pioneer Road
20Benoi RoadBenoi I/C SPUI 20Benoi Road
22Tuas Road and Pan-Island Expressway (PIE)Tuas I/CStacked roundabout22Tuas Road and Pan-Island Expressway (PIE)
26ATuas West RoadTuas West Underpass24Tuas Avenue 8 and Tuas West Road
Start of expresswayTuas Link I/C26BTuas West Drive
End of expressway (Second Link)

See also

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