Jelas Expressway

NPVE Jelas Expressway is an expressway being planned in Malaysia. "Jelas" stands for "Jelapang–Selama–Batu Kawan Expressway". This RM4.6 billion project will begin its construction in 2016 and is targeted for completion in 2018.^[1] It is being built to relieve congestion on North–South Expressway Northern Route, especially during weekends and festivals seasons.^[2]

Jelas Expressway
Jelas Expressway (Peninsular Malaysia)
Route information
Maintained by BMT Jelas Sdn Bhd
Length	116 km (72 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Jelapang, Perak
North end	Batu Kawan, Penang
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Serdang Sungai Siput Kuala Kangsar Taiping Selama
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Beta Mutiara Corporation (BMC), the concessionary holder of the expressway announced that it will begin the preliminary work on the expressway in January 2016.

It will have the longest road tunnel in Asia, about 3 kilometres long across the Bintang Range.^{[citation needed]}

List of interchanges

Legend:

• I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge restaurant, R/R - Restaurant and rest plaza, L/B - Layby, V/P - Vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - Toll plaza, BR - Bridge

States	District	Km	Exit	Interchange	Destinations	Remarks
Penang	South Seberang Perai		--20	Batu Kawan I/C	Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) – Batu Kawan, Batu Maung, Bayan Lepas, George Town North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 – Alor Setar, Butterworth, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur	Interchange
Kedah	Bandar Baharu		--19	Lima Kongsi I/C	Lima Kongsi	Interchange
			--17	Kampung Padang I/C	Kampung Padang	Interchange
			--15	Serdang I/C	South Kedah Expressway – Serdang, Kulim, Baling, Bandar Baharu, Kuala Lumpur	Interchange
Perak	Larut, Matang and Selama		--14	Selama I/C	FT 147 Selama FT 147 Kubu Gajah FT 147 Parit Buntar	Interchange
			--13	Batu Kurau I/C	A-- Anak Kurau A-- Kuala Kurau	Interchange
			--12	Anak Kurau I/C	A-- Anak Kurau A-- Kamunting West Coast Expressway – Taiping	Interchange
	Kuala Kangsar–Larut, Matang and Selama district border		TN	Bintang Tunnel		Length: 3 km
	Kuala Kangsar		--10	Kati I/C	FT 76 Kati FT 76 Lenggong FT 76 Gerik FT 4 Kota Bharu	Interchange
			BR	Sungai Perak bridge
			--09	Karai I/C	A156 Karai A156 Kuala Kangsar	Interchange
			--08	Sungai Siput North I/C	FT 1 Sungai Siput	Interchange
	Kinta		--07	Kanthan Baru I/C	FT 1 Kanthan	Interchange
			--05	Klebang I/C	FT 1 Klebang A13 Tanjung Rambutan	Interchange
			--01	Jelapang South I/C	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 – Alor Setar, Kuala Kangsar, Changkat Jering, Ipoh, Simpang Pulai, Kuala Lumpur