Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway (LCE)

Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway (under construction) (26 October 2013)


The Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway, presently under construction, is a highway that runs above and parallel to the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway. It runs a distance of 3.2 kilometers. The elevated highway is intended for motorists approaching and exiting the Second Penang Bridge, to bypass having to merge with the traffic of the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone. The highway was built at a cost of RM337 million and is expected to open to the public in April, 2016.


View of the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway under construction.

The Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway is a viaduct that bypasses junctions of the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway at Hilir Sungai Keluang, Lebuhraya Kampung Jawa and Jalan Kampung Jawa. Motorists will have unimpeded travel from the Sungai Nibong Interchange (in front of Queensbay Mall) until the Batu Maung Interchange.

Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway (26 October 2013)


The Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway is part of a RM380 million road upgrading project for Federal Route 3113, aka Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway. The viaduct will have two lanes on each side while a 4.8-kilometer stretch of the expressway will be widened to three lanes on each side. The upgrading work is expected to be completed in early 2015.

Updates

21 August, 2018
The Star reported that RM4.3million will be spent to ease traffic congestion along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway. This involves creating a paired U-turn on the expressway at the Jalan Sungai Pinang-Lebuh Sungai Pinang junction, to enable motorist to turn back without passing the traffic lights along Lebuh Sungai Pinang.

11 March, 2015
The Star reports that the accident was due to the brakes of the factory bus failing, and that the driver had to ram his vehicle to the T-support column to slow it down.

10 March, 2015
New Straits Times reports that 40 factory workers were seriously hurt when the factory bus they were in crashed into the beam of the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Elevated Highway under construction. The accident that happened at 6:00 am in the morning ripped off the top portion of the bus.