The Kemuning –Shah Alam Highway ( Malay: ''Lebuhraya Kemuning–Shah Alam''), (''LKSA''), is an expressway in Klang Valley,

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. The expressway connects Kemuning Interchange of the

Shah Alam Expressway The Shah Alam Expressway is a controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia running between Pandamaran in Klang, Selangor to Sri Petaling in Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam Expressway is the third east–west-oriented expressway in the Klang Valley ...

E5 near

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until Federal Highway Route 2 Interchange (also known as Bulatan Darul Ehsan Interchange) of the

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Route 2 near Klang. It originally was given route code but later changed to and was used by South Kedah Expressway.

Route background

The expressway starts at Kemuning Interchange and its interchange with the Persiaran Kota Kemuning and Shah Alam Expressway E5. After that, it passes the Jalan Bukit Kemuning Interchange, a toll plaza near Taman Sri Muda and Alam Impian Interchange. The expressway crosses the

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bridge to Section 24. The expressway overlaps with the Persiaran Sultan from Bulatan Jubli Perak Interchange towards Bulatan Selangor Interchange, Federal Highway Route 2 Interchange of the Federal Highway Route 2 and finally towards the Shah Alam city centre.

History

Construction of the expressway began in 2007. The expressway used to be known as Persiaran Sultan, and covers areas from Shah Alam city to Section 24. It was built at the Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) (Shah Alam City Council) area and took 24 months to construct. It was completed in the middle of 2010. The expressway was opened to traffic on 18 May 2010.

Features

*Linking

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to Klang. *Straight and long expressway between Shah Alam city centre and Section 24. *An access route to Alam Impian. *A main route to the

from Shah Alam and to the

from

. *Federal Highway Route 2 Interchange is the biggest cloverleaf interchange in Malaysia *The

Touch 'n Go The Touch 'n Go smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system (EPS). The credit card-sized smart card is made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE Classic microchip technology embedded i ...

Drive-Through Purchase and Refill (POS) lane is provided here at all toll plazas along the highway.

Tolls

The Kemuning–Shah Alam Highway uses opened toll systems where all toll transactions at both toll plazas on the Kemuning–Shah Alam Highway are conducted electronically via

cards or

SmartTAG SmartTAG (acronym in Malay for Sistem Membayar Automatik Rangkaian Tol or "Toll Network Automatic Payment Systems") is an on-board unit (OBU) vehicle-based device used as an electronic toll collection (ETC) system over long distances (maximum ...

s starting 13 January 2016. Cash payments are no longer available. In October 2022, it was one of the four expressways maintained by PROLINTAS to have its toll rates deducted between 8% to 15%.

Toll rates

(Starting 20 October 2022)

Seri Muda toll plaza

Alam Impian toll plaza

List of interchanges

References

External links

Prolintas websiteLKSA website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kemuning-Shah Alam Highway 2010 establishments in Malaysia Prolintas Expressway Networks Expressways in Malaysia Expressways and highways in the Klang Valley