Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway

Expressway 12
Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH)
Route information
Maintained by Prolintas
Length:	7.7 km (4.8 mi)
Existed:	1996 – present
History:	Completed in 2000, opened in 2001
Major junctions
West end:	Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur
	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 B36 Jalan Kerja Ayer Lama B31 Jalan Ampang
East end:	Jalan Memanda, Ampang, Selangor
Location
Primary destinations:	Jalan Sultan Ismail Jalan Tun Razak Ulu Klang Ampang
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

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The highway's interchange with MRR2 in Ampang.

The Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway stretch between Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan Sultan Ismail exits with Kampung Baru in the background.

Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH), (Malay: Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang–Kuala Lumpur) is the first elevated highway in Malaysia. The 7.7 km (4.8 mi) elevated highway connects Ampang (Selangor) and Kuala Lumpur. This highway was built to reduce traffic jams at Jalan Ampang and make access to the city more convenient. Motorcycles and other vehicles with 2 wheels or less were initially banned from using this highway due to safety reasons; however, the ban on motorcycles has been lifted since 19 June 2008 due to escalating fuel prices. This highway connect Kuala Lumpur and Selangor state.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the highway starts at Jalan Sultan Ismail Interchange, Kuala Lumpur.

History

The construction of the Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway was approved on 16 May 1996 with Prolintas being awarded with the concession of the highway which will end in 2029. Construction began in the same year at the banks of Klang River and was completed in 2001. The highway was opened to traffic on 17 May 2001 after numerous delays, and the toll collection started on 1 June 2001.

Future plans

The highway was designed to accommodate future expansion of the Jelatek-MRR2 section from the current four-lane carriageway to six-lane carriageways. The expansion will take place along the northern bank of the Klang River and Ampang River. According to the concessionaire agreement between Prolintas and the federal government, Prolintas is required to expand the highway once the average daily traffic exceeds 93,000 vehicles daily. As a result, a chicane was formed right after the EXIT 1203 Jelatek Interchange for Ampang-bound traffic. Prolintas will only be allowed to raise the toll rate once the upgrading works of the Jelatek-MRR2 section to six-lane carriageway begins.

On 5 November 2015, the Phase 2 of the AKLEH (Ampang-bound traffic) from Jelatek to Ampang-MRR2 has now opened to traffic.

Features

• Tunnel to Suria KLCC parking.
• Smooth access to Ampang and Kuala Lumpur.
• Spectacular sceneries of Kuala Lumpur skyline from Ampang.

Tolls

The Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) using opened toll systems.

Keramat toll plaza fully Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transaction at the Keramat Toll Plaza, all toll transactions at this toll plaza on the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs start 9 September 2015.

Toll rates

(Starting 15 October 2015)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 2.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 7.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 10.50
4	Taxis	RM 1.80
5	Buses	RM 1.50

Note: Toll charges can only be paid with the Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAG. Cash payment is not accepted.

List of interchanges

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0		JALAN RAJA ABDULLAH RAMP		Enter only
DBKL border limit
AMPANG-KUALA LUMPUR ELEVATED HIGHWAY Start/End of expressway (TnG and TAG ETC only) Prolintas border limit
0	EXIT 1201B	JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL INTERCHANGE Jalan Ampang ramp	EAST B31 JALAN AMPANG Jalan Sultan Ismail (KLIRR)	Exit only
	EXIT 1201A	JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL INTERCHANGE Jalan Sultan Ismail ramp	KUALA LUMPUR INNER RING ROAD SOUTH JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL (Jalan Treacher) Jalan P. Ramlee (Jalan Parry) Jalan Raja Chulan (Jalan Weld) Jalan Bukit Bintang Jalan Imbi	Interchange with KL Monorail truss girder bridge From/To Ampang only
1
		KLCC CAR PARK	TUNNEL KLCC CAR PARK Suria KLCC Petronas Twin Towers	Westbound only
	EXIT 1202A	JALAN TUN RAZAK INTERCHANGE	KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD 1 NORTH JALAN TUN RAZAK (Jalan Pekeliling) Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra (Jalan Semarak) Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz (Princes Road) Sentul Petaling Jaya	Expressway interchange
	EXIT 1202B	JALAN TUN RAZAK INTERCHANGE	KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD 1 SOUTH JALAN TUN RAZAK (Jalan Pekeliling) Jalan Yap Kwan Seng B31 Jalan Ampang Cheras Seremban Johor Bahru	Expressway interchange
Keramat toll plaza KER TnG TnG TAG TAG TAG TAG TnG TnG Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (TnG and TAG) only)
		Keramat toll plaza KER	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre Prolintas operation office	Ampang bound
	EXIT 1203	JELATEK INTERCHANGE	NORTH JALAN JELATEK Kampung Datuk Keramat Taman Setiawangsa Setapak Seri Maya Condominium	Interchange from/to Kuala Lumpur only
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur-Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border
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		Sungai Klang bridge		Ampang bound
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	EXIT 1204	AMPANG-MRR2 INTERCHANGE	KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD 2 NORTH Ulu Klang Kuantan Taman Melawati SOUTH Cheras Johor Bahru Seremban Shah Alam	Interchange from/to Kuala Lumpur only
	EXIT 1205	JALAN KERJA AYER LAMA INTERCHANGE	EAST B36 JALAN KERJA AYER LAMA Taman Tun Razak Kelab Darul Ehsan	Ramp off
7.9
8
AMPANG-KUALA LUMPUR ELEVATED HIGHWAY Start/End of expressway (TnG and TAG ETC only) Prolintas border limit
B31 JALAN AMPANG JKR and MPAJ border limit
	EXIT 1206	JALAN MEMANDA INTERCHANGE	NORTH JALAN MEMANDA Town centre Ampang Putri Specialist Hospital EAST B31 JALAN AMPANG Taman Lembah Jaya B62 Hulu Langat Pandan Indah Other townships Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau (Kuala Lumpur Look Out Point Tourist Complex)

See also

• Jalan Ampang

External links

• Prolintas website
• Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway