Seletar Expressway

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Seletar Expressway
Lebuhraya Seletar (Malay)
实里达高速公路 (Chinese)
செலேத்தார் விரைவுச்சாலை (Tamil)
Expressways and Semi-expressways of Singapore 2012.png
Seletar Expressway is labelled in single dark blue line
Route information
Length11 km (6.8 mi)
HistoryCompleted in 1998
Major junctions
West end Kranji (BKE)
Major intersections BKE, NSC, CTE, TPE
East end Seletar (CTE, TPE)
Location
Country Singapore
Regions Woodlands, Mandai, Kranji, Seletar, Yio Chu Kang, Yishun, Sengkang (West)
Highway system

The Seletar Expressway (Abbreviation: SLE) is a highway in Singapore that traverses the northern end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and the Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Seletar to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji.

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History

In the 1980s, the SLE was proposed to link BKE in Kranji to the CTE in Yio Chu Kang. [1] In 1983, it was announced that SLE would only be built after work on the northern expansion of CTE from Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang was completed. [2]

The SLE was constructed as a six-lane dual carriageway, remaining as such to this day. The first phase of the construction of SLE consisted of a stretch between Yio Chu Kang and Upper Thomson Road, which included a direct connection with the CTE at Yio Chu Kang Flyover, and was opened on 24 March 1990. [3] By July 1996, the TPE was extended to connect with the SLE at Seletar Flyover.

In the mid-1990s, the SLE was extended from Upper Thomson Road to the BKE. It replaced various roads — Lorong Handalan, Lorong Lentor, Lorong Selangin and Lorong Hablor. The Upper Thomson Road - BKE extension was opened in two parts: from BKE to Woodlands Avenue 2 on 5 November 1995, and from Woodlands Avenue 2 to Upper Thomson Road on 22 February 1998. Construction of the second phase began in 1992. The interchange of SLE and BKE was completed in 1994. The third stage of construction, completing in July 1996 from Woodlands Avenue 2 to Lorong Gambas. The final phase involved the construction from Lorong Gambas to Upper Thomson Road, and involved clearing out Lorong Gambas, Jalan Ulu Sembawang, and some dirt tracks. The last section of this expressway which opened was the last completed expressway project in Singapore until the opening of a section of the Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway on 28 October 2007.

List of interchanges and exits

Location [4] km [5] [6] [7] mi Flyover [8] Exit [8] Destinations [8] Notes
Ang Mo Kio 0.00.0Yio Chu KangSingapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg CTE (towards AYE)Southern terminus, expressway continues as Singapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg CTE
0.40.251Singapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg TPE (towards PIE)Northbound exit and southbound entrance Only
10.621AYio Chu Kang RoadSouthbound exit and northbound entrance only
1.30.81Seletar1BSingapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg TPE (towards PIE)
Yishun 1.30.81Seletar1CSeletar West Link
Seletar Aerospace Drive
3.32.1Lentor3Lentor AvenueSouthbound exit for Lentor Ave. (both bounds)
Northbound exit for only Lentor Ave. (northbound)
Southbound entrance from only Lentor Ave. (southbound)
Northbound entrance from only Lentor Ave. (northbound)
5.13.2Upper Thomson5Upper Thomson Road
7.94.9Sembawang8BMandai Avenue (Eastbound)Soutbound exit and entrance only
Mandai 8.45.28AMandai RoadNorthbound exit and entrance only
9.35.8Ulu Sembawang9Woodlands Avenue 12
Woodlands 10.46.5Marsiling10Woodlands Avenue 2
11.97.4Woodlands South11Singapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg BKE (towards PIE)
Turf Club Avenue
Sungei Kadut 12.47.7Woodlands SouthSingapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg BKE (towards Woodlands)Western terminus; expressway continue as Singapore road sign - Informatory - Expressway begins - Type II.svg BKE
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Seletar Expressway eastbound towards Tampines Expressway before Woodlands Avenue 2 exit. Seletar Expressway.JPG
Seletar Expressway eastbound towards Tampines Expressway before Woodlands Avenue 2 exit.

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