Guthrie Corridor Expressway

Expressway 35
Guthrie Corridor Expressway
Route information
Maintained by Prolintas with its subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd (PEX)
Length:	25.0 km (15.5 mi)
Existed:	2003 – present
History:	Completed in 2005
Major junctions
North end:	Rawang South Interchange
	North-South Expressway Northern Route Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway Federal Route 54 Damansara-Shah Alam Highway North-South Expressway Central Link New Klang Valley Expressway B9 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga
South end:	Shah Alam
Location
Primary destinations:	Rawang, Kuang, Lagong, Paya Jaras, Sungai Buloh, Subang, Bukit Jelutong
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Guthrie Corridor Expressway, GCE, is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects Shah Alam to Rawang. The length of GCE is approximately 25 km (16 mi) (23 km (14.2 miles) on the Prolintas sections and 2 km (1.2 mi) on the PLUS Expressway sections). The expressway is unique in Malaysia in that all project costs, including land acquistition, were borne by the concessionaire alone. Of the land acquired, 80 percent was from plantation company Guthrie Berhad which in 2007 merged with two other companies to form Sime Darby. Today this expressway is owned by Prolintas with it subsidiaries Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts at Jalan Monfort intersection near Shah Alam.

History

The purpose of building the expressway began on 2002 while Guthrie Berhad had become a major owner of this project after plantations and property. The construction started in 2003. The expressway was built along an oil palm estate that was owned by Guthrie Berhad too. The expressway was completed in April 2005 and commenced operations in July 2005.

In August 2007, GCE has become a subsidiary of Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd (PEX).

Features

• Smooth access from Shah Alam to northern state without being trapped in jams in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).
• Many oil palm estates along this expressway.
• Motorcycle lane.
• SOS emergency.
• Cheap and affordable toll rate.
• Speed limits are 90 km/h - 110 km/h
• Several rest areas (R&R) near toll plazas.
• Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations

Toll rates

There are 3 toll plazas along Guthrie Corridor Expressway, of which it charged the same rate.

(Starting 15 October 2015)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 1.90
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 3.80
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 5.70
4	Taxis	RM 0.90
5	Buses	RM 1.40

List of Interchange and rest and service areas

Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and rest and service areas along the Guthrie Corridor Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from North to South.

Legend:

• I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

State	District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Speed limit	Notes
Selangor	Gombak		115	Rawang South I/C & JCT	North-South Expressway Northern Route – Kuala Lumpur, Rawang, Ipoh, Penang, Alor Setar	110 km/h
			T/P	Rawang South Toll Plaza	PLUSTransit TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash)	60 km/h
			3501	Kuang I/C & JCT	Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway (Latar Expressway) – Lumut, Kuala Selangor, Ijok, Rawang, Selayang, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur	110 km/h
			BR	Pipeline crossing bridge
			T/P	Lagong Toll Plaza	RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash)	60 km/h
			3502	Lagong I/C	B25 Selangor State Route B25 – Lagong, Kuang	110 km/h	Stub interchange
			BR	Sungai Kundang bridge
	Petaling		3503	Paya Jaras I/C	Jalan Kuala Selangor – Paya Jaras, Kuala Selangor, Sungai Buloh
			BR	Sungai Buloh bridge
			T/P	Elmina Toll Plaza	RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash)	60 km/h
			RSA	Elmina RSA	Elmina RSA -	110 km/h	Northbound
				JPJ Enforcement Station			Northbound
				JPJ Enforcement Station			Southbound
			3504	Elmina I/C	Persiaran Atmosfera - Elmina, Subang Bestari
			RSA	Elmina RSA	Elmina RSA -		Northbound
			3505	Bukit Subang I/C	Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga – Bukit Subang, Subang, Sungai Buloh	90 km/h
			3505A	Denai Alam I/C	Damansara-Shah Alam Highway – Puncak Perdana, Puncak Alam, Kuala Lumpur, Kota Damansara, Subang		Planned
			3506A	Jalan Batu Arang exit	B49 Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari – Puncak Alam, Batu Arang, Kuala Selangor		Exit from southbound only
			T/P	Bukit Jelutong Toll Plaza	RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash)	60 km/h
			3506	Bukit Jelutong North I/C	Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga – Bukit Jelutong, Subang, Sungai Buloh, Batu Arang	90 km/h	No entry from northbound Northern terminus of concurrency with
			3507	Bukit Jelutong Central I/C	B9 Jalan Montford – Bukit Jelutong, Taman TTDI Jaya, Subang Air Force Base (TUDM Subang)
			3508	Bukit Jelutong-NKVE I/C	New Klang Valley Expressway – Klang, Port Klang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan, Damansara North-South Expressway Central Link - Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur International Airport Persiaran Astaka – Taman TTDI Jaya
				Bukit Jelutong exit	Persiaran Gerbang Utama – Bukit Jelutong (Section U8)		Northbound
		0.0	BR	Sungai Damansara bridge
Through to Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga

External links

• Prolintas website
• Guthrie Corridor Expressway