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Encyclopedia > Bukit Timah Expressway
Bukit Timah Expressway in northbound direction to Johor Bahru.
Bukit Timah Expressway in northbound direction to Johor Bahru.

The Bukit Timah Expressway (abbrev: BKE; Chinese: 武吉知马高速公路; Pinyin: Wǔjízhīmǎ Gāosù Gōnglù) is a highway in Singapore that starts at the PIE in Bukit Timah and travels north to the Woodlands Checkpoint and the Johor-Singapore Causeway. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 586 KB) Bukit Timah Expressway. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 586 KB) Bukit Timah Expressway. ... [[Flag of Johor Bahru جوهر بهارو|Flag]] [[Seal of Johor Bahru جوهر بهارو|Seal]] Nickname: JB, Bandar Raya Selatan Motto: Berkhidmat, Berbudaya, Berwawasan (English: ) Location Location in Malaysia Coordinates: , Government Country State Malaysia Johor Establishment 1855 (Granted city status in 1994) Mayor Latiff Yusof Geographical characteristics Area     City 185 km²  (72. ... Abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is strictly a shorter form of a word, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... The Pan Island Expressway also commonly known as PIE is the oldest and longest of Singapores network of expressways. ... // hello!!! so u are a fucker The summit of Bukit Timah, the highest point in Singapore. ... The Johor-Singapore Causeway across the Straits of Johor. ...


Before the KJE was completed, BKE was the shortest expressway in Singapore, at about 10 km. This expressway is a six-lane dual carriageway, with three lanes on either side. In 2003, the LTA began work to convert a section of the expressway, from the intersection with the KJE to that with the SLE, into a four-lane dual carriageway. This was completed in mid-2005. The Kranji Expressway (KJE) in Singapore connects from the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Bukit Panjang and travels south-west to join with the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in Jurong West. ... This early German Autobahn uses a dual carriageway design. ... The Land Transport Authority (LTA; Chinese: 陆路交通管理局) of Singapore is a statutory board of the Ministry of Transport. ... The Seletar Expressway (SLE) in Singapore is a highway that traverses the north end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Ang Mo Kio to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji. ...

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Features

The Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station is located near the Chantek flyover. The Bukit Timah Satellite Earth Station is the Singapores first satellite earth station. ...


Road interchanges

Exit Interchange To Remarks
1 Chantek Flyover Pan Island Expressway Southbound only
2 Dairy Farm Flyover Dairy Farm Road  
3 Zhenghua Flyover Bukit Panjang Road  
5 Gali Batu Flyover Kranji Expressway  
7 Mandai Flyover Mandai Road  
8 Woodlands South Flyover Seletar Expressway and Turf Club Avenue Northbound only
9 Woodlands South Flyover Seletar Expressway and Turf Club Avenue Southbound only
10A Woodlands Flyover Woodlands Avenue 3 Northbound only
10B Woodlands Crossing Woodlands Road and Woodlands Centre Road Northbound only

The Pan Island Expressway also commonly known as PIE is the oldest and longest of Singapores network of expressways. ... The Kranji Expressway (KJE) in Singapore connects from the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Bukit Panjang and travels south-west to join with the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in Jurong West. ... Mandai Road is a heritage road located in Mandai in the northern area of Singapore. ... The Seletar Expressway (SLE) in Singapore is a highway that traverses the north end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Ang Mo Kio to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji. ... The Seletar Expressway (SLE) in Singapore is a highway that traverses the north end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Ang Mo Kio to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji. ... The Johor-Singapore Causeway is a 1,056 metre causeway that links the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia across the Straits of Johor to the town of Woodlands in Singapore. ...

See Also

The AH2 is a road in the Asian Highway Network running 13,177km from Denpasar, Indonesia to Khosravi, Iran. ...

External links

  • Traffic cameras monitoring the BKE
  • LTA press release on the partial widening of the BKE
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Pan Island Expressway | East Coast Parkway | Ayer Rajah Expressway | Central Expressway | Tampines Expressway | Seletar Expressway | Kranji Expressway | Bukit Timah Expressway | Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway

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Bukit Timah: Information from Answers.com (920 words)
Bukit Timah is a hill in Singapore which stands at an altitude of 164 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore.
Bukit Timah Road is one of the earliest roads in Singapore.
Bukit Timah Road is known as tek kha kang a ki in Hokkien, which means "the side of the stream in the tek kha (or Selegie Road) district".
Seletar Expressway at AllExperts (202 words)
The Seletar Expressway (abbrev: SLE; Chinese: 实里达高速公路; Pinyin: Shílǐdá Gāosù Gōnglù) is a highway in Singapore that traverses the northern end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Ang Mo Kio to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji.
It is one of only two expressways that serve the northern part of Singapore, the other one being the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE).
The first stage of the expressway started as a continuous road from the Central Expressway and ended at Upper Thomson Road.
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