Tampines Expressway

The Tampines Expressway (TPE) is a highway in the north-eastern fringe of Singapore, joining the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) near Singapore Changi Airport in the east with the Central Expressway (CTE) and Seletar Expressway (SLE) in the north of the island.

Tampines Expressway
Lebuhraya Tampines (Malay) 淡滨尼高速公路 (Chinese) தெம்பினீஸ் விரைவுச்சாலை (Tamil)
Route information
Length	14 km (8.7 mi)
History	First section completed in June 1989, last section completed in August 1996
Major junctions
West end	Seletar (CTE, SLE)
Major intersections	CTE, SLE, KPE, PIE
East end	Changi (PIE)
Location
Country	Singapore
Regions	Seletar, Sengkang, Punggol, Hougang, Pasir Ris, Tampines, Changi
Highway system
Expressways of Singapore

History

Tampines Expressway from Jalan Kayu Flyover.

Tampines Expressway from Exit 9, Punggol Road heading towards Exit 7 and 7A

The expressway was constructed alongside the development of Tampines New Town in the 1980s.^[1] On 22 February 1986, tenders were called for the first section of the expressway. Work began on 5 August 1986 to widen the existing portions of Tampines Road. The first section of the expressway, stretching from the PIE to Elias Road, opened on 30 September 1987.^[2]

On 19 November 1987, the contracts for the second phase of the expressway were awarded to Sembawang Construction and Hock Lian Seng Engineering. Phase 2 of the expressway, stretching westward from Elias Road to Lorong Halus, began construction on 24 December 1987 and opened on 30 May 1989.^[3]

In the 1990s, extensions towards the west were made to connect the TPE with the CTE and SLE to serve the newer residential areas of Sengkang and Punggol and provide a continuous expressway link between the northern and eastern parts of the island. These extensions acquired much of Lorong Lumut, Lorong Halus Village, Cheng Lim Farmway, Jalan Kayu Village, Lorong Andong, Lorong Anchak and Boh Sua Tian Road. On 30 August 1992, the Public Works Department began construction of Punggol Flyover. On 13 April 1993, a local firm was awarded the tender to extend the TPE to Seletar. On 30 June 1994, the Public Works Department awarded a $38.9 million contract to Koh Brothers Building and Civil Engineering Contractor Pte Ltd for the construction of the Lorong Halus road interchange. The expressway was completed in August 1996 after the Lorong Halus interchange was completed.^[4]

In 1998, two new viaducts and a loop connecting the TPE and PIE were constructed to reduce travelling times between Pasir Ris, Tampines and Changi Airport.^[1]

On 19 Feb 2023, Tampines Viaduct was opened to the public.^[5] This newly constructed one-way viaduct eased access to the westbound PIE from the eastbound TPE using the new Exit 2A; previously, motorists had to cross a traffic-light junction between Upper Changi Road East and Upper Changi Road North for the same route.^[6] The viaduct was initially scheduled to open in early 2020, but fatal collapse occurred during construction of the viaduct in 2017, which resulted in one dead and 10 injured.^[7] Following the incident, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that the project would be completed by another company instead, which resulted in the viaduct eventually completed after a three-year delay.

On 22 Jan 2024, the Seletar Link Flyover was opened to the public, subsequently followed by Sengkang West Drive on 7 Jan 2025.^[8] The flyover provides an alternative route to/from Seletar Link, which previously only provided westbound access via Exit 11 with additional link to Sengkang Town.^[9] The development of the flyover is intended to support the expected future growth in Sengkang Town as well as in neighbouring Punggol Town and Pulau Punggol Timor (an artificial island located north of Seletar).

List of interchanges and exits

Location[10]	km[11][12] [13]	mi	Flyover[14]	Exit[14]	Destinations[14]	Notes
Tampines	0.0	0.0	Upper Changi	—	PIE (towards Changi)	Eastern terminus; expressway continues as Pan Island Expressway (PIE)
	0.2	0.12	Upper Changi	1A	Changi North Crescent, Changi North Industrial Park	Eastbound exit only
	1.1	0.68		1	PIE, Upper Changi Road North, Upper Changi Road East, Bedok Town	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only
	1.3	0.81	Loyang	2	Loyang Avenue, Pasir Ris Town, Changi Village, Tampines Avenue 7
	1.9	1.2	Tampines Viaduct	2A	PIE (towards Tuas), Upper Changi Road East, Bedok Town	Eastbound exit only; exit was opened on 19 Feb 2023[6]
	2.7	1.7	Sungei Tampines
	3.3	2.1	Pasir Ris	3A	Tampines Avenue 12	Signed as exits 3A, 3B (westbound) and 3C (eastbound)
	3.5	2.2		3B	Pasir Ris Drive 1, Pasir Ris Drive 8
	3.9	2.4		3C	Pasir Ris Drive 1, Pasir Ris Drive 8, Tampines Avenue 12
	4.2	2.6	—	4	Tampines Link (westbound) Elias Road (eastbound)
	4.9	3.0	Api Api	5	Pasir Ris Drive 12, Tampines Avenue 10
	6.7	4.2	Tampines	6	KPE (towards ECP) Halus Link, Lorong Halus, Punggol Central	Signed as exits 6 (westbound) and exits 7, 7A (eastbound)
Sengkang	7.5	4.7		7A	KPE, Tampines Road
	7.6	4.7		Halus Bridge (Serangoon River)
	7.9	4.9		7	Halus Link, Lorong Halus, Punggol Central
	9.1	5.7	Punggol	9	Punggol Road
	9.5	5.9	Punggol West	10	Sengkang East Road, Punggol Way
	11.3	7.0	Punggol Bridge (Sungei Punggol)
	11.6	7.2	Seletar Link	11	Seletar Link, Sengkang West Drive	No eastbound entrance from Sengkang West Drive only
	12.6	7.8	Jalan Kayu	12	Jalan Kayu, Seletar Aerospace Way, Sengkang West Road
	13.2	8.2	Seletar Aerospace	13	CTE (towards City), Yio Chu Kang Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
	14.7	9.1	Seletar	14	Seletar West Link, Yishun Avenue 1	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
Seletar	15.8	9.8	—	—	SLE	Western terminus; expressway continues onto Seletar Expressway (SLE)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Route transition