Jelas Expressway

Jelas Expressway
Jelas Expressway (Peninsular Malaysia)
Route information
Maintained by BMT Jelas Sdn Bhd
Length	116 km (72 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Jelapang, Perak
North end	Batu Kawan, Penang
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Serdang Sungai Siput Kuala Kangsar Taiping Selama
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

NPVE Jelas Expressway is an expressway being planned in Malaysia. "Jelas" stands for "Jelapang–Selama–Batu Kawan Expressway". This RM4.6 billion project will begin its construction in 2016 and is targeted for completion in 2018. It is being built to relieve congestion on North–South Expressway Northern Route, especially during weekends and festivals seasons.

Beta Mutiara Corporation (BMC), the concessionary holder of the expressway announced that it will begin the preliminary work on the expressway in January 2016.

It will have the longest road tunnel in Asia, about 3 kilometres long across the Bintang Range.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
North–South Expressway Northern Route	--01	Jelapang South Interchange	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Northwest Alor Setar Kuala Kangsar Changkat Jering Southeast Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Simpang Pulai
	--05	Klebang Interchange	FT 1 Klebang A13 Tanjung Rambutan	Interchange
	--07	Kanthan Baru Interchange	FT 1 Kanthan	Interchange
Kinta–Kuala Kangsar district border
	--08	Sungai Siput North Interchange	FT 1 Sungai Siput	Interchange
	--09	Karai Interchange	A156 Karai A156 Kuala Kangsar	Interchange
		Sungai Perak bridge
	--10	Kati Interchange	FT 76 Kati FT 76 Lenggong FT 76 Gerik FT 4 Kota Bharu	Interchange
Bintang Tunnel 3 km Kuala Kangsar–Larut, Matang and Selama district border
	--12	Anak Kurau Interchange	A-- Anak Kurau A-- Kamunting West Coast Expressway West Coast Expressway ||Changkat Jering Perak to Banting Selangor|| A-- Taiping	Interchange
	--13	Batu Kurau Interchange	A-- Anak Kurau A-- Kuala Kurau	Interchange
	--14	Selama Interchange	FT 147 Selama FT 147 Kubu Gajah FT 147 Parit Buntar	Interchange
Perak Darul Ridzuan Larut, Matang and Selama district border
Perak–Kedah border
Kedah Darul Aman Bandar Baharu district border
1.0	--15	Serdang Interchange	South Kedah Expressway South Kedah Expressway Northeast Serdang Kulim Baling Southwest Bandar Baharu North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Kuala Lumpur	Interchange
1.1	--17	Kampung Padang Interchange	Kampung Padang	Interchange
1.2	--19	Lima Kongsi Interchange	Lima Kongsi	Interchange
Kedah Darul Aman Bandar Baharu district border
Kedah–Penang border
Penang Seberang Perai Selatan district border
1.3
Jelas Expressway Start/End of expressway Under planning
1.4	--20	Batu Kawan Interchange	Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) West Batu Kawan Batu Maung Bayan Lepas George Town East North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Alor Setar Butterworth Ipoh Kuala Lumpur	Interchange