Sprint Expressway

Sprint Expressway (Malay: Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat, Western KL Traffic Dispersial System or Lebuhraya Sprint) is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The 26.5 km (16.5 mi) of expressway is divided into three sections: the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link. It is a three-lane dual carriageway that was built to disperse traffic from congested inner city roads and narrow residential roads leading into the city of Kuala Lumpur from the Western suburbs of Petaling Jaya and Damansara and surrounding areas. This expressway is also known as Western Dispersal Link Scheme. It is one of the busiest expressway during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur.

Expressway 23
Sprint Expressway
(Western KL Traffic Dispersial System)
Route information
Maintained by Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint)
Length26.5 km (16.5 mi)
Kerinchi Link: 11.5 km (7.1 mi)
Damansara Link: 9.5 km (5.9 mi)
Penchala Link: 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Existed1999–present
HistoryCompleted in 2004
Component
highways
Kerinchi Link
(Kg. Kerinchi–Mont Kiara)
Penchala Link
(Jalan Duta–Sungai Penchala)
Damansara Link
(Semantan–Damansara Interchange)
Major junctions
  New Klang Valley Expressway
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
Damansara–Puchong Expressway
Federal Highway
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta)
Location
Primary
destinations
Damansara Utama, Damansara City, Petaling Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Mont Kiara, Pusat Sains Negara, Sri Hartamas, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kerinchi, Jalan Duta
Highway system

Route background

The 11.5 km (7.1 mi) sections from Seputeh Interchange at Federal Highway to NKVE at Jalan Duta. The Kilometre Zero of the Kerinchi Link's section is located at Mont Kiara-NKVE Interchange.

The 9.5 km (5.9 mi) sections from Kayu Ara to Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of the Damansara Link's section is located at Kampung Kayu Ara in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) sections from Damansara–Puchong Expressway at Penchala, Penchala Tunnel to Mont Kiara. The Kilometre Zero of the Penchala Link's section is located at Mont Kiara Interchange

History

The proposal to build the expressway began in 1997 while the massive traffic jams on Jalan Damansara were a main motivation to build it. The concession for the expressway was awarded to Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint). On 23 October 1997, the concession agreement was signed between the Government of Malaysia and Sprint for the privatization of the improvement, upgrading, design, construction, maintenance, operations and management of Sprint Expressway. A Supplementary Agreement was subsequently signed on 4 September 1998 to defer the construction of the Penchala Link. The Concession Period is for 33 years and commenced on the effective date on 15 December 1998. After this period, the toll collection will cease and the highways will be handed over to the government.

The construction began in 1999. The expressway includes the acquisition and upgrades of several major roads such as Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kayu Ara, Jalan Sri Hartamas, and Jalan Semantan. The Kerinchi Link and Damansara Link were opened in 2001, followed by the Penchala Link in 2004.

This expressway also featured its own toll collection system known as the "FasTrak". On 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system was replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems.

Pioneer roads

The construction of the Sprint Expressway includes the acquisition and upgrades of several major roads as follows:

RoadsSections
Jalan Sri HartamasSri Hartamas
Jalan Bukit KiaraSri Hartamas–Bukit Kiara
RoadsSections
Jalan SemantanJalan Duta–Damansara Town Centre
Jalan BeringinSouth side
Jalan Johar–Semantan
Jalan JoharJalan Beringin–Jalan Damansara
Jalan DamansaraDamansara Town Centre–Damansara
Jalan Kayu AraDamansara–Kampung Kayu Ara

Features

The Damansara Link section of Klang Valley's Sprint Expressway.
A section of the former Damansara Town Centre building as seen from Sprint Expressway's Damansara Link.

The expressway has several notable features:

Controversies and criticisms

The double-deck carriageway design of Kerinchi Link from Bukit Kiara Interchange Exit 2310 to Kerinchi Interchange Exit 2310 was made as a result of the early controversial issues during the development stage. The construction of the stretch took place at the border of Universiti Malaya, which meant that the construction could take up some of the university area, which sparked complaints. As a result, the expressway concessionaire Sprint came up with the idea of a double-deck carriageway which could reduce the land usage.

Damansara Town Centre as the "island" of separated carriageway

During the construction of the expressway, Jalan Semantan could not be widened to 6-lane expressway, therefore the highway concessionaire took another main road at Damansara Town Centre for the Eastbound route such as Jalan Johar and Jalan Beringin. As a result, Damansara Town Centre became as the "island" of the separated carriageways.

Disputed ramp

When the expressway was opened to the traffic, the 530 m-long two-lane off-ramp from the Northbound direction of Kerinchi Link to Penchala Link at the Mont Kiara Interchange Exit 2303 could not be opened to traffic as a result of a land owner fencing the land which became a part of the ramp. The land owner's action has created difficulties among the residents of Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas, and even the highway concessionaire itself.

Meanwhile, the highway concessionaire has made a narrower temporary ramp to Penchala Link but according to the highway concessionaire, the temporary ramp is quite unsafe due to risks of being collided from behind. For the time being, the highway concessionaire is still negotiating with the land owner in order to open the two-lane ramp.[1]

Opening the ramp

At 3pm, June 3, 2010, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor officially opened this disputed ramp.

Hitherto, road users living in the Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas areas wanting to go to Jalan Duta, Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) and Penchala Link only had two lanes to use.

"This new ramp will ease the movement of almost 22,000 vehicles per day", he told reporters after opening the ramp.

Shaziman said the 50-metre ramp, which was delayed for seven years owing to problems related to acquisition of land, was completed in five months after the intervention by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who had immediately approved about RM20 million for the acquisition of land.

The old SJKC Damansara near Sprint Expressway

The old SJKC Damansara has one block located at Section 17 near Jalan Damansara (now Sprint Expressway). However, on 26 January 2001, the school was moved from old block at Section 17 to the new smart school at PJU 3, near Tropicana Golf and Country Club following the instructions from federal government that it no longer provided a "conducive learning environment" because of traffic congestion and noise pollution from the neighbouring Sprint Expressway.

Tolls

The Sprint Expressway uses open toll systems.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at three stretches toll plazas on the Sprint Expressway have been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 2 March 2016.

ClassType of vehiclesRate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheelsFree
1Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxisRM2.50
2Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding busesRM7.00
3Vehicles with 3 or more axlesRM10.50
4TaxisRM1.80
5BusesRM1.50
ClassType of vehiclesRate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheelsFree
1Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxisRM2.00
2Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding busesRM4.00
3Vehicles with 3 or more axlesRM6.00
4TaxisRM1.00
5BusesRM1.00
ClassType of vehiclesRate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheelsFree
1Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxisRM3.00
2Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding busesRM6.00
3Vehicles with 3 or more axlesRM9.00
4TaxisRM1.50
5BusesRM2.00

List of interchanges

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks

0
EXIT 2301Jalan Duta Interchange New Klang Valley Expressway

West
Ipoh
Klang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Johor Bahru
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
Kepong
Batu Caves
Kuantan
Genting Highlands
Ampang
Ulu Klang

East
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta)
Jalan Duta
City Centre
Segambut
Directional T expressway interchange
New Klang Valley Expressway
PLUS Expressway border limit
Sprint Expressway
Kerinchi Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Sprint border limit
EXIT 2302Mont Kiara InterchangeWest
Penchala Link
Penchala Tunnel
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
Mutiara Damansara
Damansara
Puchong
Putrajaya
Cyberjaya
Sungai Besi
Stacked interchange
Jalan Sri Hartamas 22 ExitWest
Jalan Sri Hartamas 22
Desa Sri Hartamas
Mont Kiara bound
EXIT 2303Sri Hartamas InterchangeJalan 19/70A

Northwest
Desa Sri Hartamas
Mont Kiara
Segambut

East
Sri Hartamas
Jalan Duta
Plaza Damas 🏬
Diamond interchange

3
Jalan 48/70 ExitNorthwest
Jalan 48/70
Kiara View
Mont Kiara bound
3.9EXIT 2304Pusat Sains Negara InterchangeWest
Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort

East
Persiaran Bukit Kiara
Pusat Sains Negara
(National Science Centre)
Bukit Damansara
Diamond interchange

4
Securities Commission MalaysiaSecurities Commission MalaysiaKerinchi bound
Selangor ClubSelangor ClubMont Kiara bound
EXIT 2306INTAN InterchangeWest
Jalan Bukit Kiara 1
Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club
Sime Darby Convention Centre

East
Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara (INTAN)
(National Institute of Public Administration)
Main Gate
Diamond interchange
Jalan Bukit Kiara ExitNorthwest
Jalan Bukit Kiara 1
Bukit Kiara
Bukit Kiara Sports Complex
Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club
Mont Kiara bound
EXIT 2307Bukit Kiara InterchangeWest
Slip Roads to Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar
Section—until --
Section 17 commercial centre
Section 17


Damansara Link

West
Damansara
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
New Klang Valley Expressway
Ipoh
Klang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Johor Bahru

East
Bangsar
Damansara Town Centre
City Centre
Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC)
Stacked interchange
Double deck carriagewayStart/End of double deck carriageway
Double deck carriageway

Upper double deck carriageway (Kerinchi-Federal Highway-bound)
Kerinchi Link toll plaza
KCL
SmartTAG BET Touch 'n Go TnG POS
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
Double deck carriageway

Below double deck carriageway (Mont Kiara-NKVE-bound)
Kerinchi Link toll plaza
KCL
TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG BET
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
Double deck carriageway
Kerinchi Link toll plaza
KCL
Northbound
Double deck carriagewayStart/End of double deck carriageway
Sprint Expressway
Kerinchi Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Federal Highway
EXIT 2308Kerinchi InterchangeWest
Federal Highway
Petaling Jaya
Subang Jaya
Shah Alam
Klang
South
KL Gateway-Universiti LRT station 5
Directional T expressway interchange
Diamond interchange
Kerinchi InterchangeSeputeh Interchange
see also
Federal Highway
kmExitInterchangeToRemarksPictures
Jalan Duta-Semantan InterchangeJalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta)

North
Ipoh
Kuantan
Segambut

South
City Centre
Seremban
Malaysian Houses of Parliament
Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC)
Trumpet interchange
Wisma ELMHELP University (ELM Business School) From Damansara only
Jalan Semanatan
DBKL border limit
Sprint Expressway
Damansara Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Start/End of expressway
Sprint border limit
8
Wisma DamansaraWisma DamansaraFrom Damansara only
Changkat Semanatan Underpass ExitNorth
Changkat Semanatan
Istana Negara (Gate 2)
Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia Headquarters
Wisma Chase Perdana
Trumpet interchange
Jalan Dungun ExitNorth
Jalan Dungun
Wisma UN (United Nations Headquarters in Malaysia)
Wisma I&P

HELP University

Junctions from Damansara only
Jalan Damansara Endah ExitSouth
Jalan Damansara Endah
ECM Libra Building
Junctions from Jalan Duta only
🚉 Semantan MRT station🚉 Semantan MRT station
9
Start/End of separated carriageway
EXIT 2315ASemantan InterchangeNorthwest
Jalan Dungun
Jalan Beringin
U-turn to Kuala Lumpur
Interchange
EXIT 2315CInterchangeEast
Jalan Damansara
Galeria Sri Perdana

West
Medan Damansara
Bukit Damansara
Jalan Johar
Bangsar
Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only
EXIT 2315DInterchangeWest
Bangsar
Jalan Maarof
Taman Duta
HELP Residency
Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only
Damansara City ExitWest
Damansara City
Off ramp from Damansara only
EXIT 2314BInterchangeJalan DamanlelaOff ramp from Damansara only
EXIT 2314ABukit Damansara InterchangeNorth
Jalan Beringin
Jalan Johar
Bukit Damansara
Damansara Town Centre
Damansara City

U-turn to Petaling Jaya

Interchange from Damansara only
Jalan Johar ExitEast
Jalan Johar
Junctions from Jalan Duta only
P&R Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT stationP&R Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT station
9
Jalan Kasah ExitWest
Jalan Kasah

Petron

Junctions from Damansara only
Start/End of separated carriageway
EXIT 2314Maarof Interchange East
Jalan Maarof
Bangsar
KL Sentral
Mid Valley City
Interchange
7
Jalan Medang Tanduk ExitEast
Jalan Medang Tanduk
Bukit Bandaraya
Junctions from Jalan Duta only
Jalan Setiapuspa ExitWest
Jalan Setiapuspa
Taman Bukit Damansara
Junctions from Damansara only
Jalan Gegambir ExitEast
Jalan Gegambir
Universiti Malaya
Junctions from Jalan Duta only
EXIT 2307Bukit Kiara InterchangeWest
Slip Roads (Jalan 16/11) to Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar
Section—until --
Section 16 commercial centre
Section 16
Section 17

Kerinchi Link

North
Ipoh
Segambut
Mont Kiara
Sri Hartamas

South
Kerinchi
Federal Highway
Seremban
Cheras
Petaling Jaya
Stacked interchange

4
EXIT 2313Section 16 InterchangeNorth
Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA)


West
Section 17 Slip Roads (Jalan 16/11)
Section 16 commercial centre

Section 16
Section 17



South
Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar
Jalan Universiti
Jalan Kemajuan
Universiti Malaya
Petaling Jaya
Diamond interchange
Elevated U-TurnEast
Kuala Lumpur
Damansara Town Centre
Damansara City
From Section 17 slip roads (Jalan 16/11) to Kuala Lumpur via Damansara Link
TTDI Bound ExitNorthwest
TTDI Bound
T Damansara Link= Toll Plaza (Plaza A)
Jalan Damansara
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
Damansara–Puchong Expressway
Bandar Utama
Mutiara Damansara
Sungai Buloh
Kepong
🚉 Phileo Damansara MRT station🚉 Phileo Damansara MRT station
9
Petronas Layby Petronas Dunkin' Donuts
Petronas petrol station with Dunkin' Donuts drive thru
Jalan Duta bound
Damansara Link toll plaza (PLAZA A = TTDI bound)
DRL
SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
Jalan 17/1 ExitSouth
Jalan 17/1
Section 17
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) (Petaling Jaya Campus)
Junctions on the Eastin Hotel one way
Damansara Link toll plaza (Plaza B = NKVE bound)
DRL
SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
3 Damansara Link toll plaza
DRL
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
Sprint operation office
TTDI bound only
EXIT 2312TTDI South InterchangeNorthwest
Jalan Damansara
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
Damansara–Puchong Expressway
Bandar Utama
Mutiara Damansara
Sungai Buloh
Kepong
Interchange with ramp to Jalan Damansara
EXIT 2311Section 17 InterchangeSouth
Jalan 17/21
Section 17
Interchange
Bukit Kiara Muslim CemeteryBukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery
Eastbound
For Muslims only
Sungai Penchala bridge
SS 20 ExitNorth
Jalan Damansara
SS 20
Tropicana City Mall
Eastbound
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Petaling district border
Tropicana City MallTropicana City Mall 🏬
Parking ramp interchanges
1EXIT 2310Damansara Utama Interchange Damansara–Puchong Expressway

North
Kepong
Sungai Buloh
Bandar Utama
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail

South
Puchong
Putrajaya
Cyberjaya
Sungai Besi
Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
Jalan SS 22/11 ExitSouth
Jalan SS 22/11
Damansara Jaya
Junctions from Jalan Duta only
0.4Jalan SS 21/1 ExitNorth
Jalan SS 21/1
Damansara Utama
Junctions from NKVE only
0.3Kayu Ara flyoverStart/End of flyover
0.2EXIT 2309Kayu Ara flyover
Kayu Ara Interchange
South
Jalan SS 23/23
Damansara Jaya
Atria Shopping Gallery 🏬
Half-diamond interchange
0.1Kayu Ara flyover
Sungai Kayu Ara bridge
Start/End of flyover

0
Kampung Sungai Kayu AraKampung Sungai Kayu Ara
Sprint Expressway
Damansara Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Sprint border limit
New Klang Valley Expressway
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
PLUS Expressway border limit
Restricted Routes
Heavy vehicles (laden and unladen heavy vehicles weighing 10,000 kg or more)
are not allowed to enter the expressway Monday to Friday (except public holidays) 6:30 am to 9:30 am

Shah Alam - Jalan Duta (km 9.3 - km 31)
Damansara toll plaza
DMR
TnG TAG
Customer Service Centre
West bound
Damansara toll plaza
DMR
Touch 'n Go TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Touch 'n Go
Closed toll systems
Touch in and Touch out your Touch n go cards and pay a distance toll
Damansara-NKVE Interchange New Klang Valley Expressway

North
Ipoh
Alor Setar
George Town
Kuala Lumpur
Sungai Buloh
Rawang
Kuantan

South
Klang
Shah Alam
Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
Sungai Besi
Seremban
Melaka
Johor Bahru
Closed tolled expressway trumpet interchange
kmExitInterchangeToRemarksPictures
6.2EXIT 2304Penchala InterchangeNorthwest
Jalan PJU 8/1
Damansara Perdana
Desa Temuan
Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway
Puncak Alam
Subang
Sungai Buloh
Kota Damansara
(Under construction)


Southwest
Jalan PJU 7/9
Mutiara Damansara
The Curve 🏬
IKANO Power Centre-IKEA 🏬


Damansara–Puchong Expressway

North
Kepong
Sungai Buloh
Ipoh
Bandar Sri Damansara

South
Petaling Jaya
Puchong
Putrajaya
Cyberjaya
Sungai Besi
Stacked expressway interchange
Damansara–Puchong Expressway
Litrak border limit
Sprint Expressway
Penchala Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Sprint border limit
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Petaling district border
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

6
Petronas Layby PetronasEastbound
TTDI North flyoverStart/End of flyover

5
TTDI North flyover
Sungai Penchala bridge
EXIT 2312TTDI North flyover
TTDI North Interchange
Jalan Datuk Sulaiman

North
Kampung Sungai Penchala

South
Taman Tun Dr. Ismail
Rasta @ TTDI
Diamond interchange
TTDI North flyoverStart/End of flyover
Motorcycle shelter points Eastbound
Motorcycles only

4
Penchala Tunnel
700 metres
Start/End of tunnel
Penchala Tunnel
700 metres
Maximum height 5 m
Penchala Tunnel
700 metres
Start/End of tunnel
Motorcycle shelter points Westbound
Motorcycles only
Petronas Layby PetronasWestbound
Mont Kiara toll plaza
MTK
TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS TnG POS
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
Mont Kiara toll plaza
MTK
Eastbound
Mont Kiara flyoverStart/End of flyover
Mont Kiara flyover
Penchala Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
Kerinchi Link
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)

0
EXIT 2302Mont Kiara flyover
Mont Kiara Interchange
Kerinchi Link

Upper Flyover
North
New Klang Valley Expressway
Ipoh
Klang
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Johor Bahru
Jalan Duta
City Centre
Segambut
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
Kepong
Batu Caves
Kuantan
Genting Highlands
Ampang
Ulu Klang

Below Flyover
South
Mont Kiara
Sri Hartamas
Bukit Damansara
Damansara Town Centre
Petaling Jaya
Cheras
Seremban
Stacked interchange

References

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