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A familiar northern landmark, the 13.5km Penang Bridge has been connecting the mainland and Penang Island since 1985.
Malaysia’s longest tunnel, Southeast Asia’s longest stormwater drainage tunnel and the world’s longest multi-purpose tunnel. Its success at simultaneously easing traffic congestion and preventing disastrous flash floods earned SMART the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Award in 2010.
Other major urban highways are: the Sprint Highway, the first double deck highway in Malaysia, connecting the major suburbs of Petaling
Jaya, Damansara Jaya, Damansara Utama and Bandar Utama in the Klang Valley; the Damansara Puchong Highway (LDP) which runs 40km from Sri Damansara to Serdang, linking major townships along the way; the 7.4km Ampang Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH), connecting Ampang and
Expressway Central Link (ELITE Highway), the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), the Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH), the Kulim-Butterworth Expressway (BKE), the Malaysia-Singapore Second link Highway (Secondlink), and the two Penang Bridges connecting Penang
Island to the mainland.
The high concentration of
highways in the Klang Valley caters to the estimated 4 million vehicles in the area. The most notable is the Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART), which doubles as a flood prevention system for
parts of Kuala Lumpur. It is
Kuala Lumpur’s UN award-winning Stormwater
The Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) Management and Road Tunnel (SMART) is the world’s
is the first elevated highway in Malaysia. longest multi-purpose tunnel.