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 2005
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).

Named after the corridor of estates where 80 percent of the land acquired was from the plantation company Guthrie Berhad (later merged in 2007 with two other two other companies to form Sime Darby), all project costs, including land acquisition of the expressway, were completely borne by the concessionaire. 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

Plans to build the 30 km-long expressway, named after Kumpulan Guthrie's corridor of estates in Selangor, began in late 1996. The expressway would be a way to speed up and link various developments around the corridor, including the Lagong satellite city and the Bukit Jelutong township. The construction of the expressway would cost between RM 300 million and RM 450 million and would be completed in three to four years. Kumpulan Guthrie had submitted an application to the federal government and was still negotiating with the Selangor state government.^[1]

The proposal was revived 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 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.^[2]

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%.^[3]^[4]

(Starting 20 October 2022)^[5]^[6]

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.

The entire route is in Selangor.

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

District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Speed limit	Notes
Gombak		115	Rawang South I/C	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 – Kuala Lumpur, Rawang, Ipoh, Penang, Alor Setar	110 km/h
		T/P	Rawang South Toll Plaza	Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go	60 km/h
		3501	Kuang I/C	Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway (Latar Expressway) – Lumut, Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Sekinchan, Tanjung Karang, Kuala Selangor, Ijok, Puncak Alam, Serendah, Rawang, Selayang, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur B29 Jalan Lagong – Batu Arang, Kundang, Kundang Lake, Gamuda Gardens	110 km/h
		BR	Pipeline crossing bridge		110 km/h
		T/P	Lagong Toll Plaza	Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go	60 km/h
		3502	Lagong I/C	B25 Jalan Kuang – Lagong, Kuang	110 km/h	Planned
		BR	Sungai Kundang bridge
		3503	Paya Jaras I/C	FT 54 Jalan Kuala Selangor – Paya Jaras, Kuala Selangor, Sungai Buloh, Kepong, Bandar Sri Damansara
Petaling		BR	Sungai Buloh bridge
		T/P	Elmina Toll Plaza	Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go	60 km/h
		RSA	Elmina RSA	Elmina RSA -	110 km/h	Northbound
			JPJ Enforcement Station			Northbound
			JPJ Enforcement Station			Southbound
		3504	Elmina I/C	Persiaran Atmosfera – Elmina, Subang Bestari
		RSA	Elmina RSA	Elmina RSA -		Southbound
		3505	Bukit Subang I/C	FT 3214 Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga – Bukit Subang, Subang, Sungai Buloh Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway – Kuala Lumpur, Kota Damansara, Subang	90 km/h
		3505A	Denai Alam I/C	Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway – Puncak Perdana, Puncak Alam, Meru		Exit from northbound only
		3506A	Jalan Batu Arang exit	B49 Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari – Puncak Alam, Batu Arang, Kuala Selangor		Exit from southbound only
		T/P	Bukit Jelutong Toll Plaza	Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go	60 km/h
		3506	Bukit Jelutong North I/C	FT 3214 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga – Bukit Jelutong, Subang, Sungai Buloh, Batu Arang	90 km/h	No entry from northbound Northern terminus of concurrency with FT 3214
		3507	Bukit Jelutong Central I/C	B9 Jalan Montford – Bukit Jelutong, Taman TTDI Jaya, Subang Air Force Base (TUDM Subang)
		3508	Bukit Jelutong-NKVE I/C	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 AH141 New Klang Valley Expressway – Klang, Port Klang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuantan, Damansara North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 North–South Expressway Central Link – Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur International Airport Persiaran Astaka – Taman TTDI Jaya
			Bukit Jelutong exit	Persiaran Gerbang Utama – Bukit Jelutong (Section U8)		Northbound
	0.0	BR	Sungai Damansara bridge
Through to FT 3214 Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga