The Pan Island Expressway (Abbreviation: PIE; Chinese: 泛岛高速公路, Pinyin: Fàndǎo Gāosù Gōnglù; Malay: Lebuhraya Seluruh Pulau) is the oldest and longest of Singapore's expressways. Currently, it is also Singapore's longest road.[1] It extends along the length of the island, connecting Tuas in the west to Changi Airport in the east. Its length is 42.8 km (26 miles).
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Construction
Construction of the PIE started in 1966 and took place in three phases. The first phase involved widening the stretch of Whitley Road from Mount Pleasant Flyover to Thomson Flyover, Jalan Toa Payoh, Jalan Kolam Ayer, and Paya Lebar Way, and replacing all the traffic light junctions on these roads with grade-separated interchanges.
Subsequently, the section from Jalan Eunos to East Coast Parkway, which involved the construction of a new road, was completed in 1980. A year later in 1981, the western end from Jalan Anak Bukit to Corporation Road was completed. The expressway was 35 km (22 mile) long when completed.
Expansion
Modification and extension of the western end of the expressway started in 1992 to connect it to the Kranji Expressway which was being built at the time. A new 8 km (5 mile) section was built. It forked from the existing PIE at Hong Kah Flyover, intersecting the Kranji Expressway at Tengah Flyover and ending at the Tuas Flyover with the Ayer Rajah Expressway. The 2 km (1.2 mile) section of the old PIE from Hong Kah Flyover to Corporation Road was downgraded to an arterial road and renamed Jurong West Avenue 2.
As the amount of traffic using the KJE and PIE to Jurong Industrial Estate increased, the Land Transport Authority upgraded the stretch of the PIE between Tengah Flyover and Tuas Road to a four lane dual carriageway from a three lane dual carriageway. The work started in March 2004 and ended in March 2006[2].
List of exits
| No. | Eastbound exit to road (destinations) | Interchange | Type | No. | Westbound exit to road (destinations) |
| End of expressway (ECP) | |||||
| 1 | Changi Airport | Changi Flyover | Trumpet | Start of expressway | |
| No exit | Unnamed | T junction | 1 | Changi South Avenue 3 (Changi Business Park and Singapore Expo) | |
| 2 | Upper Changi Road North/East, TPE (SLE), Changi Village and Pasir Ris Town | Upper Changi Flyover | 2 | Upper Changi Road North/East, TPE (SLE), Changi Village and Pasir Ris Town | |
| 3B | Tampines Street 31/Ave 2 (Tampines New Town) | Simei Flyover | Diamond | 3A | Simei Road (Simei New Town and Changi General Hospital) |
| 4A | Simei Avenue (Simei New Town, Changi General Hospital and Singapore Expo) | Tampines South Flyover | 4B | Tampines Avenue 5/Central (Tampines New Town) and Tampines Polytechnic | |
| 4B | Tampines Avenue 5/Central (Tampines New Town) and Tampines Polytechnic | ||||
| 8A | Bedok North Road (Bedok New Town) | Bedok North Flyover | No exit | ||
| 8B | Bedok North Road (Bedok Reservoir Road) and Tampines Ave 10 | ||||
| 9 | Jalan Eunos, Eunos Crescent, Eunos Link and Still Road | Eunos Flyover | SPUI (former Diamond) | 9 | Jalan Eunos, Eunos Crescent, Eunos Link and Still Road |
| Paya Lebar Way starts | |||||
| 11 | Paya Lebar Road, Geylang Road and Airport Road | Paya Lebar Flyover | SPUI | 11 | Paya Lebar Road, Geylang Road and Airport Road |
| Paya Lebar Way ends, Jalan Kolam Ayer starts | |||||
| U/C | KPE | Not yet named | U/C | U/C | KPE |
| Sims Way | Kallang Way Flyover | Sims Way | |||
| 13B | Kallang Way, Aijunied Road and Macpherson Road | Unnamed | 2 T junctions | 13A | Kallang Bahru and Geylang Bahru |
| No exit | Woodsville Flyover | Diamond | 14A | Bendemeer Road and Geylang Bahru | |
| 15A | CTE (City), (Balestier Road and Moulmein Road) | ||||
| Jalan Kolam Ayer ends, Jalan Toa Payoh starts | |||||
| 15 | CTE (Braddell Road, Ang Mo Kio, Upper Serangoon Road, MacPherson Road and Bendemeer Road) | Whampoa Flyover | 15B | Central Expressway (Braddell Road and Ang Mo Kio) | |
| 16A | Kim Keat Link (Toa Payoh) | Kim Keat Flyover | T junction | 16 | Kim Keat Link (Toa Payoh) |
| No exit | Toa Payoh South Flyover | Trumpet | 17 | Jalan Datoh (Balestier Road), Thomson Road (Newton Road, Moulmein Road), Whitley Road (Catholic Junior College, Thomson Road) | |
| 17D | Thomson Road (Balestier Road, Marymount Road), Lorong 2 Toa Payoh | Thomson Flyover | Parclo | 17C | Thomson Road, Whitley Road (Catholic Junior College) |
| Jalan Toa Payoh ends, Whitley Road starts | |||||
| 19 | Stevens Road and Bukit Timah Road | Mount Pleasant Flyover | Trumpet | 19 | Whitley Road and Stevens Road |
| Whitley Road ends | |||||
| 20B | MacRitchie Reservoir and Lornie Road | Adam Flyover | Parclo | 20A | Adam Road and Farrer Road |
| 22 | Eng Neo Avenue and Bukit Timah Road | Eng Neo Flyover | Trumpet | 22 | Eng Neo Avenue and Bukit Timah Road |
| 24 | BKE (Woodlands) and Dairy Farm Road | Chantek Flyover | Trumpet | 24 | Bukit Timah Expressway (Woodlands) and Dairy Farm Road |
| 26B | Upper Bukit Timah Road and Jalan Jurong Kechil | Anak Bukit Flyover | Diamond | 26A | Clementi Road, Bukit Timah Road, Jalan Jurong Kechil and Dunearn Road]] |
| 27 | Clementi Avenue 6, Commonwealth Avenue West (Clementi New Town) and AYE) | Clementi North Flyover | Trumpet | 27 | Clementi Avenue 6, (Commonwealth Avenue West (Clementi New Town) and AYE) |
| 28 | Toh Tuck Avenue, Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 and Old Toh Tuck Road | Toh Tuck Flyover | Diamond | 28 | Toh Tuck Avenue, Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 and Old Toh Tuck Road |
| 30 | Toh Guan Road (Toh Guan Road East, Jurong East Central) | Toh Guan Flyover | T junction | 30 | Toh Guan Road (Toh Guan Road East, Jurong East Central) |
| 31 | Jurong Town Hall Road, Bukit Batok Road (Bukit Batok New Town, Jurong East New Town) | Bukit Batok Flyover | SPUI | 31 | Jurong Town Hall Road, Bukit Batok Road (Bukit Batok New Town, Jurong East New Town) |
| No exit | Unnamed | T junction | 32 | Jurong Canal Road (Jurong East New Town, Jurong West New Town) | |
| 34 | Jurong West Avenue 2 (Corporation Road) | Hong Kah Flyover | Diamond | 34 | Jurong Road, Jurong West Avenue 2 (Corporation Road) |
| 35 | Kranji Expressway (Choa Chu Kang) | Tengah Flyover | Directional T | 35 | Kranji Expressway (Choa Chu Kang) |
| 36 | Jalan Bahar (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Avenue 3, Jurong West Avenue 5) | Bahar Flyover | SPUI | 36 | Jalan Bahar (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Avenue 3, Jurong West Avenue 5) |
| 38 | Pioneer Road North (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Street 91) | Nanyang Flyover | SPUI | 38 | Pioneer Road North (Nanyang Technological University, Jurong West Street 91) |
| 40 | Upper Jurong Road (Benoi Road), Pasir Laba Road (SAFTI) | Pasir Laba Flyover | SPUI | 40 | Upper Jurong Road (Benoi Road), Pasir Laba Road (SAFTI) |
| Start of expressway | Tuas Flyover and Tuas Underpass | Stacked roundabout | 41 | Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (AYE) | |
| End of expressway (Tuas Road) | |||||
Other uses
Pan Island Expressway is also the title of a play produced by TheatreWorks.
References
- ^ The Book of Singapore Record
- ^ "Widening of Pan Island Expressway (PIE)". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 2006-04-06.
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