Penchala Tunnel

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Penchala Tunnel
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Penchala Tunnel
Overview
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
StatusOperational
RouteMes-e23.svg Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway
Operation
Work begun2001
Constructed Gamuda Berhad
Opened2004
Owner Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM)
Operator Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint)
Technical
Length700m
Operating speed90 km/h

The Penchala Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [1] It is the widest highway tunnel in the country. This 700-metre tunnel, located on the Sprint Expressway's Penchala Link, connects Sungai Penchala to Mont Kiara. [2] Unlike other highway tunnels in Malaysia which used tunnel boring machines during construction, the Penchala Tunnel was bored by using the slower rock-explosion method, due to unstable rock condition (limestones) at the tunnel site which prevented the concessionaire company Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint) to use the faster tunnel boring machine method.

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References

  1. HENRY, EDWARD R. "Penchala tunnel safe". www.thestar.com. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. "Penchala Tunnel on Western Kuala Lumpur Dispersal Scheme". www.geodata.it.

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