Guthrie Corridor Expressway

Expressway 35
Expressway 35
Guthrie Corridor Expressway
	Entering the highway via Elmina Interchange.
Route information
	Maintained by Prolintas with its subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd (PEX)
Length	25 km (16 mi)
Existed	2003–present
History	Completed in 2015
Major junctions
North end	Rawang
	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route; Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway; FT 54 Federal Route 54; Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway; North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 North–South Expressway Central Link; North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 AH141 New Klang Valley Expressway; FT 3214 B9 Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga
South end	Shah Alam
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary; destinations	Shah Alam, Klang, Rawang, Kuang, Lagong, Paya Jaras, Sungai Buloh, Subang, Bukit Jelutong
Highway system
	Highways in Malaysia; Expressways; Federal; State;

Guthrie Corridor Expressway, GCE, Guthrie Corridor Expressway (Malay: Lebuhraya Koridor Guthrie) is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects Shah Alam to Rawang. GCE is approximately 25 km (16 mi) (23 km (14 mi) long on the Prolintas sections and 2 km (1.2 mi) on the PLUS Expressway sections). The expressway is unique in Malaysia in that all project costs, including land acquisition, were completely borne by the concessionaire. Of the land acquired, 80 percent was from a plantation company Guthrie Berhad which in 2007 merged with two other companies to form Sime Darby. Today this expressway is owned by Prolintas and its subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd. The starting point of the highway or 'Kilometre Zero' is located at the Jalan Monfort intersection near Shah Alam.

History

The proposal to develop GCE began in 2002 when Guthrie Berhad became a major shareholder of this project, apart from owning other businesses such as large plantations and property development projects. Construction started in 2003. The expressway was built along an oil palm estate owned by Guthrie and was completed in April 2005. It commenced operations in July that year.

In August 2007, GCE became a subsidiary of Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd, which is ultimately owned by PNB.

On 17 August 2023, a private plane carrying Pahang State Legislative Assembly member Johari Harun and seven other passengers crashed onto the highway, just outside the Elmina interchange. There were ten fatalities, including the passengers and two motorists.^[1]

Features

Smooth access from Shah Alam to northern states without being trapped in common traffic jams in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).
Many oil palm estates with property development potential along this expressway.
Motorcycle lane, including a southbound flyover which passes above the Denai Alam exit, built as part of the DASH Highway construction project.
SOS emergency.
Competitive toll rate.
Speed limits are 90 km/h–110 km/h
Several rest areas (R&R) near toll plazas with free Wi-Fi
Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations

Tolls

GCE adopts an open toll system.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Bukit Jelutong, Elmina and Lagong Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at these three toll plazas on GCE are conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs beginning 2 March 2016.

Toll rates

There are three toll plazas along GCE, each charging the same rate. In October 2022, it was one of the four expressways maintained by PROLINTAS to have its toll rates deducted between 8% and 15%.^[2]^[3]

(Starting 20 October 2022)^[4]^[5]

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 1.75
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 3.80
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 5.70
4	Taxis	RM 0.83
5	Buses	RM 1.29

List of interchanges and rest and service areas

Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and rest and service areas along GCE. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from North to South.

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			North North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Northern Route Ipoh Rawang Sungai Buloh Kuala Lumpur
Rawang Selatan toll plaza RWS Transit Ticket TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG MyRFID Touch 'n Go RM (Cash) Closed 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 Prolintas border limit
	3501A 3501B 3501C 3501D	Kuang Interchange	Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR Experssway) West FT 5 Lumut FT 54 Kuala Selangor B1 Puncak Alam FT 54 Ijok East FT 1 Rawang FT 1 Selayang FT 1 Batu Caves FT 1 Kuala Lumpur	Cloverleaf interchange
		Pipeline crossing bridge
		Lagong toll plaza LGG		North bound
Lagong toll plaza LGG RM (Cash) TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go RM (Cash) Opened toll system Pay toll
Guthrie Corridor Expressway --
	3502	Lagong Interchange	B25 Lagong B25 Kuang	Future trumpet interchange
		Sungai Kundang bridge
Guthrie Corridor Expressway --
	3503	Paya Jaras Interchange	FT 54 Paya Jaras FT 54 Kuala Selangor FT 54 Sungai Buloh	Trumpet interchange
		Sungai Buloh bridge
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 15
		Elmina toll plaza ELM	Prolintas operation office	North bound
Elmina toll plaza ELM RM (Cash) TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS RM (Cash) Opened toll system Pay toll
Guthrie Corridor Expressway --
		Elmina Rest and Service Area	Sate Kajang Haji Samuri	North bound
		JPJ Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations		North bound
		JPJ Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations		South bound
	3504	Elmina Interchange	East Elmina	Parclo B4 interchange
		Elmina Rest and Service Area	Sate Kajang Haji Samuri	South bound
Guthrie Corridor Expressway --
	3505	Bukit Subang Interchange	West Persiaran Metafasa Bukit Subang (Section U--) East FT 3214 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga FT 3214 Kampung Melayu Subang Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Sprint Expressway Kuala Lumpur Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Kota Damansara FT 15 Subang Airport	Diamond interchange
	3505A	Denai Alam Interchange	Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway WEST Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway B49 Puncak Perdana B1 Puncak Alam FT 3217 B1 Meru	Northbound entrance and southbound exit only
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 15
	3506A	Jalan Batu Arang Interchange	West B49 Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari Puncak Alam Batu Arang Kuala Selangor	From Shah Alam only
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 14
Bukit Jelutong toll plaza BKJ RM (Cash) TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS RM (Cash) Opened toll system Pay toll
		Bukit Jelutong toll plaza BKJ		South bound
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 13	3506	Bukit Jelutong North Interchange	West Persiaran Gerbang Utama Bukit Jelutong (Section U8) East FT 3214 B9 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga FT 3214 B9 Subang FT 15 B9 Sungai Buloh B49 Batu Arang	Diamond interchange, no exit from north (Ipoh/Rawang)
	3507	Bukit Jelutong Sentral Interchange	West Persiaran Tebar Layar Bukit Jelutong (Section U8) East B9 Jalan Monfort Taman TTDI Jaya (Section U2) Subang Air Force Base (TUDM Subang) (Section U5)	Parclo A4 interchange
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 2
	3508	Bukit Jelutong-NKVE Interchange	East Persiaran Astaka Taman TTDI Jaya From/to Expressway North–South Expressway Northern Route North–South Expressway Central Link North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 New Klang Valley Expressway West FT 2 Klang Maju Expressway FT 20 Port Klang East North–South Expressway Northern Route AH141 Kuala Lumpur East Coast Expressway FT 2 AH141 Kuantan North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 Damansara North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 North-South Expressway Central Link South North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Johor Bahru North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Singapore	Stacked expressway interchange
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 1
		Bukit Jelutong Exit	Northwest Persiaran Gerban Utama Bukit Jelutong (Section U8)	North bound
		Sungai Damansara bridge
Guthrie Corridor Expressway 0
Guthrie Corridor Expressway Guthrie Corridor Expressway Prolintas border limit
FT 3214 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga]] JKR border limit
			South FT 3214 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga Batu Tiga Shah Alam FT 2 Federal Highway Subang Jaya Petaling Jaya Kuala Lumpur Klang	Start/end of Expressway GCE border limit

Gallery

Bukit Subang Interchange sign near Elmina Rest Area Southbound.
View of Elmina Rest Area Southbound.
Parking area at the Elmina Rest Area (Southbound).

References

^ Wong, Alexander (17 August 2023). "Elmina plane crash: Plane made banked turn before the crash (VIDEO)". Malay Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
^ "Kadar Tol Baharu AKLEH, GCE, LKSA & SILK". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "PENGURANGAN KADAR TOL". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "KADAR TOL TERKINI: Lebuhraya GCE". Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "P.U. (A) 343/2022: FEDERAL ROADS (PRIVATE MANAGEMENT) (COLLECTION OF TOLLS) (GUTHRIE CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2022".

External links

[1] Wong, Alexander (17 August 2023). "Elmina plane crash: Plane made banked turn before the crash (VIDEO)". Malay Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

[2] "Kadar Tol Baharu AKLEH, GCE, LKSA & SILK". Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[3] "PENGURANGAN KADAR TOL". Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[4] "KADAR TOL TERKINI: Lebuhraya GCE". Retrieved 30 October 2022.

[5] "P.U. (A) 343/2022: FEDERAL ROADS (PRIVATE MANAGEMENT) (COLLECTION OF TOLLS) (GUTHRIE CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2022".

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v t e Malaysian Expressway System
Interstate	E1 North–South (northern) E2 North–South (southern) E6 ELITE E8 Kuala Lumpur–Karak East Coast E21 Kajang–Seremban E32 West Coast¹ Paroi–Senawang–KLIA² JELAS² Port Dickson-Banting Expressway² Perlis–Langkawi Bridge²
Greater Kuala Lumpur/ Klang Valley and Selangor	E1 New Klang Valley E5 KESAS E7 Cheras–Kajang E9 Sungai Besi Besraya Extension E10 New Pantai E11 Damansara–Puchong (LDP) E12 AKLEH E13 Kemuning–Shah Alam (LKSA) E18 Kajang SILK E19 SUKE E20 MEX E23 SPRINT E25 LATAR E26 South Klang Valley E27 East Klang Valley¹ E30 New North Klang Straits Bypass E31 DASH E33 DUKE DUKE Extension E35 Guthrie Corridor E37 SALAK Kuala Lumpur–Seremban E38 SMART Tunnel E39 Setiawangsa-Pantai Sungai Klang (SKL)² Bangi-Putrajaya (PBE)² Kuala Lumpur North Dispersal (KL-NODE)² Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD link)³
Greater Penang	E15 Butterworth–Kulim E17 Butterworth Outer Ring E28 Penang Second Bridge E36 Penang Bridge Penang Outer Ring³ Penang Undersea Tunnel³ Sungai Juru Expressway²
Johor	E3 LINKEDUA E14 EDL E22 Senai–Desaru Johor Bahru–Pasir Gudang²
East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan)	E24 Tun Salahuddin Bridge
Elsewhere	E29 Seremban–Port Dickson Malacca Strait Bridge² South Kedah² West Ipoh Span²
¹ under construction ² planned ³ cancelled/postponed/on hold