Guthrie Corridor Expressway

Guthrie Corridor Expressway, GCE, is an expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It connects Shah Alam to Rawang. The length of GCE is approximately 25 km (23 km (14.2 miles) on the Prolintas sections and 2 km on the PLUS Expressway sections). The expressway is unique in Malaysia in that all project costs, including land acquistition, were borne by the concessionaire alone. Of the land acquired, 80 percent was from plantation company Guthrie Berhad which in 2007 merged with two other companies to form Sime Darby. Today this expressway is owned by Prolintas with it subsidiaries Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd.

Route background
The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts at Jalan Monfort junctions near Shah Alam.

History
The purpose of building the expressway began on 2002 while Guthrie Berhad had become a major owner of this project after plantations and property. The construction started in 2003. The expressway was built along an oil palm estate that was owned by Guthrie Berhad too. The expressway was completed in April 2005 and commenced operations in July 2005.

In August 2007, GCE has become a subsidiary of Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd (PEX).

Features

 * Smooth access from Shah Alam to northern state without being trapped in jams in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).
 * Many oil palm estates along this expressway.
 * Motorcycle lane.
 * SOS emergency.
 * Cheap and affordable toll rate.
 * Speed limits are 90 km/h - 110 km/h
 * Several rest areas (R&R) near toll plazas.
 * Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations

Toll rates
There are 3 toll plazas along Guthrie Corridor Expressway, of which it charged the same rate.

List of Interchange and rest and service areas
Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and rest and service areas along the Guthrie Corridor Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from North to South.


 * I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge