Guthrie Corridor Expressway

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GCE along oil palm estate

Guthrie Corridor Expressway, GCE, Guthrie Corridor Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley. It connects Shah Alam to Rawang. It is owned by Guthrie Berhad with it subsidiaries GCE Sdn Bhd. The length of GCE is approximately 25 km (-- miles) (23 km (-- miles) on the GCE sections and 2 km (-- miles) on the PLUS Expressway sections).

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.

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.

Toll rates

There are 4 toll plazas along Guthrie Corridor Expressway. Each toll plaza is located around 1 - 3 km away. All 4 toll plazas charge the same rate which can be seen below.

(Starting 1 January 2007)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM1.40
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM2.80
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM4.20
4	Taxis	RM0.70
5	Buses	RM1.40

(Source: Utusan Malaysia, 15 December 2006)

List of Interchange and rest and service areas

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Rawang Selatan	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE NORTH Bukit Kayu Hitam Ipoh Rawang SOUTH Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya Sungai Buloh	Closed tolled trumpet expressway interchange
Rawang Selatan toll plaza RWS Transit Ticket TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Closed toll system toll system Collect transit ticket and pay a distance toll
		Rawang Selatan toll plaza RWS TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre	South bound
North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE PLUS Expressway border limit
Guthrie Corridor Expressway GUTHRIE-CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY GCE border limit
				PLUS Expressway border limit GCE border limit
	3501A 3501B 3501C 3501D	Kuang	Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway ASSAM JAWA-TEMPLER PARK HIGHWAY WEST Ijok Assam Jawa Kuala Selangor EAST Rawang Selayang Batu Caves Kuala Lumpur	Future cloverleaf expressway interchange
		Lagong toll plaza LGG		North bound
Lagong toll plaza LGG Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Opened toll system Pay toll
	3502	Lagong	B25Lagong B25Kuang	Future trumpet interchange
	3503	Paya Jaras	FT 54Paya Jaras FT 54Kuala Selangor FT 54Sungai Buloh	Trumpet interchange
		Elmina toll plaza ELM		Opened toll systems Pay toll
Elmina toll plaza ELM Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Opened toll system Pay toll
		Elmina Rest and Service Area		North bound
		Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations	Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations	Both bound
	3504	Elmina	U-Turn only	Future parcelo interchange
		Elmina Rest and Service Area		South bound
	3505	Bukit Subang	Bukit Subang (Section U--) B9Subang	Diamond interchange
Bukit Jelutong toll plaza BKJ Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Opened toll system Pay toll
		Bukit Jelutong toll plaza BKJ		South bound
	3506	Bukit Jelutong Utara	Bukit Jelutong (Section U--) B9JALAN SUBANG-BATU TIGA Subang Sungai Buloh	Diamond interchange
	3507	Bukit Jelutong Sentral	WEST Bukit Jelutong(Section U--) EAST B9JALAN MONFORT Taman TTDI Jaya (Section U--) Subang Air Force Base (TUDM Subang) (Section U5)	Parcelo interchange
	3508	Bukit Jelutong-NKVE	North–South Expressway Northern Route NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY EAST Kuala Lumpur Subang WEST Klang Port Klang North–South Expressway Central Link NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY CENTRAL LINK SOUTH Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) North–South Expressway Southern Route Johor Bahru North–South Expressway Southern Route Singapore	Stacked expressway interchange
		Bukit Jelutong	Bukit Jelutong (Section U--)	North bound
Guthrie Corridor Expressway GUTHRIE-CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY GCE border limit
B9 JALAN SUBANG-BATU TIGA JKR border limit
0			B9JALAN SUBANG-BATU TIGA Shah Alam FT 2FEDERAL HIGHWAY EAST Subang Jaya Petaling Jaya Kuala Lumpur WEST Klang	Start/End of Expressway GCE border limit

External links

• Guthrie Berhad
• Guthrie Corridor Expressway