Pan Island Expressway
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 Lebuhraya Rentas Pulau 泛岛高速公路 தீவு விரைவுச்சாலை | |
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 Pan Island Expressway is labelled in single red line | |
| Route information | |
Part of  AH2[1] | |
| Length | 42.8 km (26.6 mi) |
| Existed | 1966–present |
| History | First section completed in 1969, last section completed in 1992 |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Tuas (AYE) |
| AYE, KJE, BKE, ORRS (Adam Road), NSE, CTE, KPE, TPE, ECP | |
| East end | Changi South (ECP) |
| Location | |
| Country | Singapore |
| Regions | Jurong, Bukit Timah, Toa Payoh, Geylang, Bedok, Tampines, Kallang, Tuas, Changi |
| Highway system | |
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The Pan Island Expressway (Abbreviation: PIE) is the oldest and longest of Singapore's expressways. Currently, it is also Singapore's longest road.[2] It extends along the length of the island, connecting Tuas in the west to Singapore Changi Airport in the east. Its length is 42.8 kilometres (26.6 mi).
Construction
Construction of the PIE started in 1964 and took place in four phases. The first phase involved widening the stretch of Whitley Road from Mount Pleasant Flyover to Thomson Flyover, Jalan Toa Payoh, Jalan Kolam Ayer, and Paya Lebar Way, and replacing all the traffic light junctions on these roads with grade-separated interchanges. Those stretches were completed in 1969. Similarly, a second phase was constructed in 1969 and was completed in 1975 from Whitley Road (Mount Pleasant Flyover) all the way to Jalan Anak Bukit.
Subsequently (third phase), the section from Jalan Eunos to East Coast Parkway, which involved the construction of a new road, started construction in 1976 and thus led to the proposed interchanges, Bedok North Road Interchange, Upper Changi Road East Interchange and the connecting T-interchange at East Coast Parkway. This was completed in 1980. The western end started construction in 1977 to parallel via Jurong Road. The fourth phase, the western end from Jalan Anak Bukit to Corporation Road was completed in 1981. The expressway was 35 kilometres (22 mi) long when completed.
Expansion
Modification and extension of the western end of the expressway started in 1992 to connect it to the Kranji Expressway which was being built at that time. A new 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) section was built. It forked from the existing PIE at Hong Kah Flyover, intersecting the Kranji Expressway at Tengah Flyover and ending at the Tuas Flyover with the Ayer Rajah Expressway. It replaces some roads - Hong Kah Circle, Lorong Kabong, Bulim Cemetery, Gek Poh Road and Joo Tiong Road. The 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) section of the old PIE from Hong Kah Flyover to Corporation Road was downgraded to an arterial road and renamed Jurong West Avenue 2.
As the amount of traffic using the KJE and PIE to Jurong Industrial Estate increased, the Land Transport Authority upgraded the stretch of the PIE between Tengah Flyover and Tuas Road to a four-lane dual carriageway from a three-lane dual carriageway. The work started in March 2004 and ended in March 2006.[3]
List of exits
| No. | Eastbound exit to road (destinations) | Interchange | Type | No. | Westbound exit to road (destinations) |
| End of expressway (ECP) | Changi I/C | Trumpet | Start of expressway | ||
| 1 | Changi Airport | ||||
| No exit | Unnamed | Semi-directional T | 1 | Changi South Avenue 3 (Changi Business Park and Singapore Expo) | |
| 2 | Upper Changi Road North/East, Tampines Expressway (SLE), Changi Village and Pasir Ris Town | Upper Changi I/C | Cloverstack | 2 | Upper Changi Road North/East, Tampines Expressway (TPE), Changi Village and Pasir Ris Town |
| 3B | Tampines Street 31/Ave 2 (Tampines New Town) | Simei Road I/C | LILO | 3A | Simei Road (Simei New Town and Changi General Hospital) |
| 4A | Simei Avenue (Simei New Town, Changi General Hospital and Singapore Expo) | Tampines I/C | Cloverturbine | 4B | Tampines Avenue 5/Central (Tampines New Town) and Temasek Polytechnic |
| 4B | Tampines Avenue 5/Central (Tampines New Town) and Temasek Polytechnic | ||||
| 6 | Bedok North Ave 3 | Bedok Reservoir I/C | SPUI | 6 | Bedok North Ave 3 |
| 8A | Bedok North Road (Bedok New Town) | Bedok North I/C | Cloverturbine | No exit | |
| 8B | Bedok North Road (Bedok Reservoir Road) and Tampines Ave 10 | ||||
| 9 | Jalan Eunos, Eunos Crescent, Eunos Link and Still Road | Eunos I/C | SPUI (former Diamond) | 9 | Jalan Eunos, Eunos Crescent, Eunos Link and Still Road |
| 11 | Paya Lebar Road, Geylang Road and Airport Road | Paya Lebar I/C | SPUI | 11 | Paya Lebar Road, Geylang Road and Airport Road |
| 13 | Kallang Way, Sims Way, Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway (TPE) | Kallang I/C | Stack | 12 | Kallang Bahru, Bendemeer Road, Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway (ECP) |
| No exit | Woodsville Flyover | Diamond | 15A | Central Expressway (City), (Balestier Road and Moulmein Road) | |
| 15 | Central Expressway (Braddell Road, Ang Mo Kio, SLE), Upper Serangoon Road, MacPherson Road and Bendemeer Road | Whampoa I/C | Stacked turbine | 15B | Central Expressway (Ang Mo Kio, SLE) |
| 16A | Kim Keat Link (Toa Payoh) | Kim Keat I/C | Semi-directional T | 16 | Kim Keat Link (Toa Payoh) |
| No exit | Toa Payoh South I/C | Trumpet | 17 | Jalan Datoh (Balestier Road), Thomson Road (Newton Road, Moulmein Road), Whitley Road (Catholic Junior College, Thomson Road) | |
| 17D | Thomson Road (Balestier Road, Marymount Road), Lorong 2 Toa Payoh | Thomson I/C | Parclo | 17C | Thomson Road, Whitley Road (Catholic Junior College) |
| 18 | Onraet Road | Unnamed | Semi-directional T | No exit | |
| 19 | Stevens Road and Bukit Timah Road | Mount Pleasant I/C | Trumpet | 19 | Whitley Road and Stevens Road |
| 20B | MacRitchie Reservoir and Lornie Road | Adam I/C | Parclo | 20A | Adam Road and Farrer Road |
| 22 | Eng Neo Avenue and Bukit Timah Road | Eng Neo I/C | Trumpet | 22 | Eng Neo Avenue and Bukit Timah Road |
| 24 | Bukit Timah Expressway (Woodlands) and Dairy Farm Road | Chantek I/C | Trumpet | 24 | Bukit Timah Expressway (Woodlands) and Dairy Farm Road |
| 26B | Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Jurong Kechil | Anak Bukit I/C | Diamond | 26A | Clementi Road, Upper Bukit Timah Road, Jalan Jurong Kechil and Dunearn Road |
| 27 | Clementi Avenue 6, Commonwealth Avenue West (Clementi New Town) and AYE) | Clementi North I/C | Trumpet | 27 | Clementi Avenue 6, (Commonwealth Avenue West (Clementi New Town) and AYE) |
| 28 | Toh Tuck Avenue, Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 and Old Toh Tuck Road | Toh Tuck I/C | Diamond | 28 | Toh Tuck Avenue, Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 and Old Toh Tuck Road |
| 30 | Toh Guan Road (Toh Guan Road East, Jurong East Central) | Toh Guan I/C | Semi-directional T | 30 | Toh Guan Road (Toh Guan Road East, Jurong East Central) |
| 31 | Jurong Town Hall Road, Bukit Batok Road (Bukit Batok New Town, Jurong East New Town) | Bukit Batok I/C | SPUI | 31 | Jurong Town Hall Road, Bukit Batok Road (Bukit Batok New Town, Jurong East New Town) |
| No exit | Unnamed | Semi-directional T | 32 | Jurong Canal Road (Jurong East New Town, Jurong West New Town) | |
| 34 | Jurong West Avenue 2 (Corporation Road) | Hong Kah I/C | Diamond | 34 | Jurong Road, Jurong West Avenue 2 (Corporation Road) |
| 35 | Kranji Expressway (Choa Chu Kang, BKE) | Tengah I/C | Directional T | 35 | Kranji Expressway (Choa Chu Kang, BKE) |
| 36 | Jalan Bahar (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Avenue 3, Jurong West Avenue 5) | Bahar I/C | SPUI | 36 | Jalan Bahar (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Avenue 3, Jurong West Avenue 5) |
| 38 | Pioneer Road North (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Street 91) | Nanyang I/C | SPUI | 38 | Pioneer Road North (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Street 91) |
| 40 | Upper Jurong Road (Benoi Road), Pasir Laba Road (SAFTI) | Pasir Laba I/C | SPUI | 40 | Upper Jurong Road (Benoi Road), Pasir Laba Road (SAFTI) |
| Start of expressway | Tuas I/C | Stacked roundabout | 41 | Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Ayer Rajah Expressway | |
| End of expressway (Tuas Road) | |||||
References
- ^ Asian Highway Database: AH Network in Member Countries – The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- ^ The Book of Singapore Record
- ^ "Widening of Pan Island Expressway (PIE)". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 6 April 2006.
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