E39: Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway (SPE)

E05: Shah Alam Expressway (KESAS)

Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway is a 29.8-kilometre expressway between Setiawangsa and Pantai neighbourhoods of Kuala Lumpur. The entire length of the expressway is within Kuala Lumpur. Formerly known as DUKE Phase 3, it was renamed with the present acronym of SPE and the expressway code of E39. Construction of the Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway began in 2016. One section of the expressway opened on 22 December 2021, between Taman Melati to Setiawangsa.

The Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway is an elevated expressway. In addition, a stretch of the expressway comprises a double-decker viaduct. It is one of the few expressways in the country with double-decker viaducts. The exits are numbered from south to north, with the final exit being Exit 3915.

Below is the map of the Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway followed by details of its interchanges.

Map of Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway

Taman Melati Interchange
This is where the expressway starts. Motorists enter the expressway from the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 in front of the KL East Mall. Exit is also only northbound to the MRR2.

Tunku Abdul Rahman University Collage Interchange
Here, the expressway is elevated above Jalan Genting Klang.

Genting Klang Interchange
This is Exit 3915. Exiting westward to Jalan Genting Klang.

Wangsa Maju Toll Plaza
The toll plaza is elevated above Jalan 2/27a in Wangsa Maju, near AEON Wangsa Maju Alpha Angle.

Setiawangsa Interchange
This is Exit 3912, a stacked interchange between the expressway and the Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (E33).

Ampang Interchange
This is Exit 3911 for access between the expressway and the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (E12).

Bulatan Kampung Pandan Interchange
This is a stacked interchange in front of Tun Razak Exchange, meeting point with Jalan Tun Razak, Jalan Kampung Pandan, the Sungai Besi Expressway (E9), Jalan Yew, the Maju Expressway (E20), and Jalan Nakhoda Yusof. The interchange is not actually over the Kampung Pandan roundabout itself, as the expressway bounds east and south.

Bandar Malaysia Interchange
This interchange will only be constructed once Bandar Malaysia is completed.

Salak Interchange
This is a stacked interchange with the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway (E37).

Seputeh Interchange
The final exit on this expressway connects it to the Spring Expressway Kerinchi Link (E23) in the north and the Federal Highway in the west.

Toll Charges on the Setiawangsa-Pantai Expressway

As of October 2022, toll has been set at RM3.50 for cars and buses, RM1.80 for taxis, RM7.00 for lorries and trucks with 6 wheels, RM10.50 for lorries and trucks with 3 or more axles, and free of charge for motorcycles.

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