Central Expressway, Singapore

Infobox Singapore Expressway routebox
name = Central Expressway
length-km = 15.8km
direction = North - South
start/end1 = Yio Chu Kang (SLE, TPE)
start/end2 = Bukit Merah (AYE)
area = Seletar
Ang Mo Kio
Serangoon Gardens
Bishan
Toa Payoh
Central Area
Bukit Merah
construct_start =
construct_end =
intersection = SLE, TPE, PIE, AYE
cost =
AHN =
no_ERP = 4
no_tunnel = 2 (Kampong Java Tunnel, Chin Swee Tunnel)

The Central Expressway (Abbreviation: CTE; zh-sp|s=中央高速公路|p="Zhōngyāng Gāosù Gōnglù"; Malay: "Lebuhraya Tengah") in Singapore is the major highway connecting the city centre of Singapore with the northern residential parts of the island, including Toa Payoh, Bishan and Ang Mo Kio and further onwards to the Seletar Expressway and the Tampines Expressway.

The first stage of the expressway begun as two separate parts: one from Seletar to Bukit Timah Road (next to Cavenagh Road), and the second from Chin Swee Road in Chinatown to the Ayer Rajah Expressway in Radin Mas. The second stage of the expressway involved the construction of the two tunnels that travel underneath previously built-up areas, including the Singapore River, Fort Canning Park and Orchard Road. The CTE tunnels were the only underground roads in Singapore till the Fort Canning Tunnel and Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway opened in 2007.

As it is the only expressway to connect the city and the northern residential areas, it is more prone to congestion than the other expressways in Singapore. In the latest attempt to relieve congestion, the Land Transport Authority announced on 27 May 2005 that with effect from 1 August 2005, Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) operation hours for the CTE will be extended into the evening, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is the first time that evening ERP hours are introduced for a Singapore road.

Road interchanges

External links

* [http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/traffic/camera/cte.html Traffic cameras monitoring the CTE]
* [http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/articles/SIP_369_2005-01-03.html Infopedia article on Central Expressway]