Ayer Rajah Expressway
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 Ayer Rajah Expressway is labelled in single yellow line |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 26.5 km (16.5 mi) |
| Existed: | 1983 – present |
| History: | First section completed in 1988, last section completed in 1998 |
| Major junctions | |
| From: | Tuas |
| PIE, ORRS (Portsdown Avenue), CTE, ECP | |
| East end: | Keppel (ECP) |
| Location | |
| Regions: | Tuas, Clementi, West Coast, Bukit Merah, Keppel |
| Highway system | |
The Ayer Rajah Expressway (Abbreviation: AYE; Chinese: 亚逸拉惹高速公路; pinyin: Yàyìlārě Gāosù Gōnglù; Tamil: ஆயர் ராஜா விரவுச்சாலை; Malay: Lebuhraya Ayer Rajah) extends from the western end of the East Coast Parkway in the south of Singapore to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. Together with the East Coast Parkway, it forms a second east-west link to complement the role played by the Pan Island Expressway.
Construction on the expressway commenced in 1983, with the first two phases completed by 1988. This section involved the widening of several existing roads along the way, such as Ayer Rajah Road and Upper Ayer Rajah Road, as well as the construction of what was then the longest road viaduct, the Keppel Viaduct, from where the eastern end of the expressway commences. This section extended for 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) and ended at the Teban Flyover with Jurong Town Hall Road.
In 1998,[1] the expressway was extended to Tuas from the Teban Flyover in conjunction with the opening of the Tuas Second Link to Johor. This construction, which followed the alignment of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, involved the expansion of the existing road to match with the width of the rest of the AYE, construction of "filter" roads on both sides of the expressway (which eventually took the name of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim), and the building of five flyovers and two underpasses. It meets up with the Pan Island Expressway at the Tuas Flyover.
[edit] List of exits
| No. | Eastbound exit to road (destinations) | Interchange | Type | No. | Westbound exit to road (destinations) |
| End of expressway (ECP) | Keppel Viaduct | - | Start of expressway | ||
| 2B | Keppel Road | 2A | Keppel Road | ||
| 2C | Central Expressway (CTE) | Radin Mas Flyover | No exit | ||
| 3 | Lower Delta Road | Lower Delta Flyover | Diamond | 3 | Lower Delta Road |
| 6 | Alexandra Road | Gillman Flyover | Diamond | No exit | |
| 7A | Queensway and Normanton Park | Diamond | 7A | Queensway and Normanton Park | |
| 7B | Portsdown Road | - | LILO | No exit | |
| 8 | North Buona Vista Road and South Buona Vista Road | Buona Vista Flyover | Cloverturbine | 8 | North Buona Vista Road and South Buona Vista Road |
| 9 | Clementi Road | University Flyover | Cloverturbine | 9 | Clementi Road |
| 10B | Clementi Avenue 2 | Clementi Flyover | LILO | 10A | Clementi Avenue 2 |
| 11 | Clementi Avenue 6 | Pandan Flyover | Trumpet | 11 | Clementi Avenue 6 and West Coast Way |
| 13 | Jurong Town Hall Road | Teban Flyover | Diamond | 13 | Jurong Town Hall Road |
| No exit | - | LILO | 14 | Penjuru Road | |
| 15B | Yuan Ching Road | - | LILO | No exit | |
| No exit | Corporation Flyover | Diamond | 15A | Corporation Road and Jurong Port Road | |
| 17 | Jalan Boon Lay, Jurong Pier Road, Corporation Road and Jurong Port Road | Jurong Hill Flyover | Diamond | 17 | Jalan Boon Lay and Jurong Pier Road |
| 18 | First Lok Yang Road, Pioneer Road North and Pioneer Road | Pioneer Flyover | Stacked roundabout | 18 | Pioneer Road North and Pioneer Road |
| 20 | Benoi Road | Benoi Flyover | SPUI | 20 | Benoi Road |
| 22 | Tuas Road and Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) | Tuas Flyover | Stacked roundabout | 22 | Tuas Road and Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) |
| 24 | Tuas West Road | Tuas West Underpass | 24 | Tuas Avenue 8 and Tuas West Road | |
| Start of expressway | Tuas Checkpoint Viaduct | - | 26B | Tuas West Drive | |
| End of expressway (Second Link) | |||||
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