Sungai Besi Expressway

Sungai Besi Expressway, SBE, (Malay: Lebuhraya Sungai Besi) or Besraya Expressway is an expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia connecting Kuala Lumpur to UPM Interchange. This 16 km expressway is build to reduced traffic jam along North–South Expressway Southern Route to Sungai Besi toll plaza and Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway to Kuala Lumpur.

Route background
The Kilometre Zero begins at Jalan Istana Interchange in Kuala Lumpur which connects the expressway with Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 and Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway. The southern terminus is at UPM Interchange which connects the expressway with North–South Expressway Southern Route,  Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway and  Jalan Serdang.

History
Construction of the expressway began in 1997, by Road Builder (M) Holdings Bhd (RBH). (In 2007, RBH was acquired by IJM Corporation Berhad). The expressway used to be a state road, and the official name was Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Sungai Besi. During the construction of this expressway, the status of the road was changed to a toll expressway and the route code was changed to. The expressway commenced tolling operation on 15 May 1999.

Closure of the Salak Jaya toll plaza (south bound) and future expansion
The toll collection at the Salak Jaya toll plaza (south bound) was abolished on 25 February 2009. To compensate with the closure, the Works Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd. Zin Mohamad announced the future expansion of the expressway to the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 near Pandan Indah, whose concession will be awarded to Besraya. The 12.3 km extension will be mostly elevated.

The 13.4 km extension will have interchanges at Salak South, Jalan Istana, Taman Ikan Emas, Jalan Loke Yew, Jalan Cheras Lama, Shamelin Perkasa, MRR2 North (where Jalan Pandan Jaya intersects the MRR2), MRR2 South (where Jalan Pandan Indah intersects the MRR2), Pandan Jaya and Jalan Pandan Utama near Pandan Indah.

Upgrading of the Sungai Besi interchange (from half-diamond interchange to non-stop interchange)
This project started on 2005 and completed in 2007.

Upgrading of the Balakong interchange (from t-junctions to directional-t interchange)
This project started on 2004 and completed in 2006.