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{{short description|Expressway in Malaysia}}
{{Infobox road
| country        = MYS
| type           = E
| route          = 35
| alternate_name = Guthrie Corridor Expressway
| maint          = Prolintas with its subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd (PEX)
| length_km      = 25
| length_round   = 1
| direction_a    = North
| terminus_a     = [[Rawang, Selangor|Rawang]] 
| junction       = {{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} [[North–South Expressway Northern Route]]<br>{{MES-E|25}} [[Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway]]<br>{{JKR|54}} [[Malaysia Federal Route 54|Federal Route 54]]<br>{{MES-E|31}} [[Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway]]<br>{{MES-E|6}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} [[North–South Expressway Central Link]]<br>{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|141}} [[New Klang Valley Expressway]]<br>{{JKR|3214}} {{JKR(B)|9}} [[Jalan Subang–Batu Tiga]]
| direction_b    = South
| terminus_b     = [[Shah Alam]] 
| formed         = 2003
| history        = Completed in 2015
| destinations   = [[Shah Alam]], [[Klang (city)|Klang]], [[Rawang, Selangor|Rawang]], [[Kuang (town)|Kuang]], [[Lagong]], [[Paya Jaras]], [[Sungai Buloh]], [[Subang, Selangor|Subang]], [[Bukit Jelutong]]
| image = GCE 1.jpg
| image_notes = Entering the highway via Elmina Interchange.
}}

'''Guthrie Corridor Expressway''', '''GCE''', {{MES-E|35}} ([[Malay Language|Malay]]: '''''Lebuhraya Koridor Guthrie''''') is an expressway in [[Klang Valley]], [[Selangor]], [[Malaysia]]. It connects [[Shah Alam]] to [[Rawang, Selangor|Rawang]]. GCE is approximately {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} ({{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}} long on the Prolintas sections and {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} on the [[PLUS Expressway]] sections). 

Named after the corridor of estates where 80 percent of the land acquired was from the plantation company [[Guthrie Berhad]] (later merged in 2007 with two other two other companies to form [[Sime Darby]]), all project costs, including land acquisition of the expressway, were completely borne by the concessionaire. Today this expressway is owned by Prolintas and its subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd.

The starting point of the highway or 'Kilometre Zero' is located at the [[Jalan Monfort]] intersection near [[Shah Alam]].

==History==
Plans to build the 30 km-long expressway, named after [[Guthrie (company)|Kumpulan Guthrie]]'s corridor of estates in Selangor, began in late 1996. The expressway would be a way to speed up and link various developments around the corridor, including the Lagong satellite city and the Bukit Jelutong township. The construction of the expressway would cost between RM 300 million and RM 450 million and would be completed in three to four years. Kumpulan Guthrie had submitted an application to the federal government and was still negotiating with the Selangor state government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kumpulan Guthrie begins building its 'corridor' |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19961111-1.2.67.6?qt=rawang,%20selangor&q=rawang%20selangor |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Straits Times |date=11 November 1996}}</ref>

The proposal was revived in 2002 when Guthrie Berhad became a major shareholder of this project, apart from owning other businesses such as large plantations and property development projects. Construction started in 2003 and was completed in April 2005. It commenced operations in July that year.

In August 2007, GCE became a subsidiary of Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd, which is ultimately owned by [[Permodalan Nasional Berhad|PNB]].

On 17 August 2023, a private plane carrying [[Pahang State Legislative Assembly]] member [[Johari Harun]] and seven other passengers [[Elmina plane crash|crashed ]] onto the highway, just outside the Elmina interchange. There were ten fatalities, including the passengers and two motorists.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.malaymail.com/amp/news/malaysia/2023/08/17/elmina-plane-crash-plane-made-banked-turn-before-the-crash-video/85788 |title = Elmina plane crash: Plane made banked turn before the crash (VIDEO) |last = Wong |first = Alexander |date = 17 August 2023 |website = [[Malay Mail]] |access-date = 19 August 2023 }} </ref>

==Features==
[[File:Lebuhraya Guthrie (E35) in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam (220718) 1.jpg|thumb|GCE view from ELITE ramp.]]
*Smooth access from Shah Alam to northern states without being trapped in common traffic jams in the [[New Klang Valley Expressway]] (NKVE).
*Many [[oil palm]] estates with property development potential along this expressway.
*[[Motorcycle lane]], including a southbound flyover which passes above the Denai Alam exit, built as part of the DASH Highway construction project.
*SOS emergency.
*Competitive toll rate.
*Speed limits are 90&nbsp;km/h–110&nbsp;km/h
*Several rest areas (R&R) near [[toll plaza]]s with free Wi-Fi
*[[Malaysian Road Transport Department]] (JPJ) Enforcement Stations

==Tolls==
GCE adopts an open toll system.

===Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)===
As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Bukit Jelutong, Elmina and Lagong Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at these three toll plazas on GCE are conducted electronically via [[Touch 'n Go]] cards or [[SmartTAG]]s beginning 2 March 2016.

===Toll rates===
There are three [[toll plaza]]s along GCE, each charging the same rate. In October 2022, it was one of the four expressways maintained by PROLINTAS to have its toll rates deducted between 8% and 15%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/prolintas/posts/pfbid0C6qN62JdfZD5Nqn12aEtBwvogUr1eaVRCUFdX5YQUbEW8i7EGsUG2Jx5MYsH8xYUl?__cft__[0]=AZWfsBBA-_wHOBZ8WHXl3vKoYu2N1TIjwq6-KZAZMsYKATx9JzCwPN-FLZNQrLD2hOBjLH6pKf-E2MMXZmVvYL6BPsKlY1nqxVSjvV61V8BLte2sMYt1Dyop3z-E-8LJH_dB0oqwzYcbdA5J4jvsK6dyMAb8VFdE6vY6DgtI27myjqQtxdQU5u-4C543f1q97eWfxeAISZThivY09U8JJbNH&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R|title=Kadar Tol Baharu AKLEH, GCE, LKSA & SILK|accessdate=30 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PENGURANGAN KADAR TOL|url=https://scontent.ftun7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/312428284_5632775623474135_2134816997030326987_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=jdC8J26pxccAX8Ob63W&_nc_ht=scontent.ftun7-1.fna&oh=00_AfDi5xkSrNSx11-7XLyiLrZdqIfCtm7XE6lzAYsWGhooEA&oe=636335F7|accessdate=30 October 2022|archive-date=30 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030210059/https://scontent.ftun7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/312428284_5632775623474135_2134816997030326987_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=jdC8J26pxccAX8Ob63W&_nc_ht=scontent.ftun7-1.fna&oh=00_AfDi5xkSrNSx11-7XLyiLrZdqIfCtm7XE6lzAYsWGhooEA&oe=636335F7|url-status=dead}}</ref>

(Starting 20 October 2022)<ref>{{cite web|title=KADAR TOL TERKINI: Lebuhraya GCE|url=https://scontent.ftun8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/312274026_5632776210140743_3399523784071583553_n.png?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=973b4a&_nc_ohc=ZrZlzeHpKygAX9R4SvH&_nc_ht=scontent.ftun8-1.fna&oh=00_AfDxXUeX3GovTKoAhlQbOTO8-YOXQR8t1wK0-ShL7RuTVg&oe=636439D9|accessdate=30 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=P.U. (A) 343/2022: FEDERAL ROADS (PRIVATE MANAGEMENT) (COLLECTION OF TOLLS) (GUTHRIE CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY) (NO. 2) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 2022|url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?language=BI&type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20343/2022}}</ref>
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Class||Type of vehicles||Rate<br>(in [[Malaysian Ringgit]] (RM))
|-
|'''0'''||Motorcycles||Free
|-
|'''1'''||Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis||RM 1.75
|-
|'''2'''||Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses||RM 3.80
|-
|'''3'''||Vehicles with 3 or more axles||RM 5.70
|-
|'''4'''||Taxis||RM 0.83
|-
|'''5'''||Buses||RM 1.29
|}

==List of interchanges and rest and service areas==
{{RJL|date=November 2021}}
Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and [[Rest area|rest and service areas]] along GCE. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from North to South.

{|class="wikitable" 
|-
!km||Exit||Interchange||To||Remarks
|-
| || 115|| '''Rawang Selatan Interchange'''||'''{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|1}}''' '''{{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}}'''
'''North'''<br>Alor Setar<br>Ipoh<br>Rawang

'''South'''<br>Sungai Buloh<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>Kuantan<br>Johor Bahru
||Trumpet interchange
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">Rawang Selatan toll plaza<br>RWS<br>{{TransitTicket}} {{TnG POS}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} {{TAG}} [[MyRFID|<span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#214682; font-weight:bold;">My</span><span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">RFID</span>]] {{TnG}} [[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]]<br>Closed toll system<br>Collect transit ticket and pay a distance toll</span>'''
|-
||| ||Rawang Selatan toll plaza<br>'''RWS'''<br>{{TnG TAG}}||{{Parking signs}}{{TnG TAG}} ||South bound
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|1}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} North-South Expressway Northern Route<BR>PLUS Expressway border limit</span>'''
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|35}} Guthrie-Corridor Expressway<BR>Prolintas border limit</span>'''
|-
|||3501A<br>3501B<br>3501C<br>3501D ||'''[[Kuang Interchange]]'''||'''{{MES-E|25}}''' '''(LATAR Experssway)'''<br><br>'''West'''<br>{{JKR|5}} Lumut<br>{{JKR|54}} - Kuala Selangor, Ijok<br>{{JKR(B)|1}} Puncak Alam<br><br>'''East'''<br>{{JKR|1}} Rawang, Selayang, Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur (Jalan Kuching)  ||Cloverleaf interchange
|-
|||||'''Pipeline crossing bridge'''|| ||
|-
|||||{{Parking Layby signs}} Lagong toll plaza<br>'''LGG'''||{{Parking signs}} ||North bound
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">Lagong toll plaza<br>LGG<br>[[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]] {{TnG POS}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} [[MyRFID|<span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#214682; font-weight:bold;">My</span><span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">RFID</span>]] {{TAG}} {{TnG}} [[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]]<br>Opened toll system<br>Pay toll</span>'''
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''--''' || || || ||
|-
|||3502 ||'''[[Lagong Interchange]]'''||{{JKR(B)|25}} [[Lagong]]<br>{{JKR(B)|25}} [[Kuang (town)|Kuang]] ||'''Future trumpet interchange'''
|-
| || ||'''Sungai Kundang bridge'''|| ||
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''--''' || || || ||
|-
|||3503 ||'''[[Paya Jaras Interchange]]'''||{{JKR|54}} - [[Paya Jaras]], [[Kuala Selangor]], [[Sungai Buloh]] ||Trumpet interchange
|-
| || ||'''Sungai Buloh bridge'''|| ||
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''15''' || || || ||
|-
|||||{{Parking Layby signs}} Elmina toll plaza<br>'''ELM'''||{{Parking signs}}<br>Prolintas operation office||North bound
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">Elmina toll plaza<br>ELM<br>[[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]] {{TnG POS}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} [[MyRFID|<span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#214682; font-weight:bold;">My</span><span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">RFID</span>]] {{TAG}} {{TnG}} {{TnG POS}} [[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]]<br>Opened toll system<br>Pay toll</span>'''
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''--''' || || || ||
|-
|||||{{RSA-OBR signs}} Elmina Rest and Service Area||{{Parking signs}} {{Toilet sign}} {{Food court sign}} {{Surau sign}}<br>[[Sate Kajang Haji Samuri]]||North bound
|-
|||||{{JPJ}} [[Malaysian Road Transport Department]] (JPJ) Enforcement Stations|| ||North bound
|-
|||||{{JPJ}} [[Malaysian Road Transport Department]] (JPJ) Enforcement Stations|| ||South bound
|-
|||3504 ||'''[[Elmina Interchange]]'''||'''East'''<br>[[Elmina, Malaysia|Elmina]]||[[Parclo]] B4 interchange
|-
|||||{{RSA-OBR signs}} Elmina Rest and Service Area||{{Parking signs}} {{Toilet sign}} {{Food court sign}} {{Surau sign}}<br>[[Sate Kajang Haji Samuri]]||South bound
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''--''' || || || ||
|-
|||3505 ||'''[[Bukit Subang Interchange]]'''||'''West'''<br>'''Persiaran Metafasa'''<br>Bukit Subang (Section U16)<br><br>'''East'''<br>{{JKR|3214}} '''[[Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga]]'''<br>{{JKR|3214}} Kampung Melayu Subang<br>'''{{MES-E|31}}''' - Kuala Lumpur, Kota Damansara<br>{{JKR|15}} [[Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport|Subang Airport]] ||Diamond interchange
|-
|||3505A ||'''[[Denai Alam Interchange]]'''||'''WEST'''
'''{{MES-E|31}}''' - Puncak Perdana, Puncak Alam, Meru
|Northbound entrance and southbound exit only
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''15''' || || || ||
|-
|||3506A ||'''Jalan Batu Arang Interchange'''||'''West'''<br>{{JKR(B)|49}} '''[[Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari]]'''<br>Puncak Alam<br>Batu Arang<br>Kuala Selangor||From Shah Alam only
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''14''' || || || ||
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">Bukit Jelutong toll plaza<br>BKJ<br>[[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]] {{TnG POS}} {{TnG}} {{TAG}} [[MyRFID|<span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#214682; font-weight:bold;">My</span><span style="padding:1px .2em; background-color:#e6e6e6; color:#ff0000; font-weight:bold;">RFID</span>]] {{TAG}} {{TnG}} {{TnG POS}} [[Malaysian ringgit|<span style="padding:1px .5em; color:#ffffff; background-color:#007700; font-weight:bold;">RM (Cash)</span>]]<br>Opened toll system<br>Pay toll</span>'''
|-
|||||{{Parking Layby signs}} Bukit Jelutong toll plaza<br>'''BKJ'''||{{Parking signs}}||South bound
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''13'''||3506 ||'''[[Bukit Jelutong North Interchange]]'''||'''West'''<br>'''Persiaran Gerbang Utama'''<br>Bukit Jelutong (Section U8)<br><br>'''East'''<br>{{JKR|3214}} {{JKR(B)|9}} '''[[Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga]]'''<br>{{JKR|3214}} {{JKR(B)|9}} Subang<br>{{JKR|15}} {{JKR(B)|9}} Sungai Buloh<br>{{JKR(B)|49}} Batu Arang||Diamond interchange, no exit from north (Ipoh/Rawang)
|-
|||3507 ||'''[[Bukit Jelutong Sentral Interchange]]'''||'''West'''<br>'''Persiaran Tebar Layar'''<br>Bukit Jelutong (Section U8)<br><br>'''East'''<br>{{JKR(B)|9}} '''[[Jalan Monfort]]'''<br>Taman TTDI Jaya (Section U2)<br>Subang [[Royal Malaysian Air Force|Air Force]] Base (TUDM Subang) (Section U5)||[[Parclo A4]] interchange
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''2'''|| || || ||
|-
|||3508 ||'''[[Bukit Jelutong-NKVE Interchange]]'''||'''East'''<br>'''Persiaran Astaka'''<br>[[Taman TTDI Jaya]]<br><br><br>'''From/to Expressway''' {{MES-E|1}} {{MES-E|6}}<br>{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} '''[[New Klang Valley Expressway]]'''<br><br>'''West'''<br>{{JKR|2}} [[Klang, Malaysia|Klang]]<br>{{MES-E|20}} {{JKR|20}} [[Port Klang]] {{Port sign}}<br><br>'''East'''<br>{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|141}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]<br>{{MES-E|8}} {{JKR|2}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|141}} [[Kuantan]]<br>{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} [[Damansara, Selangor|Damansara]]<br><br><br>{{MES-E|6}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} '''[[North-South Expressway Central Link]]'''<br><br>'''South'''<br>{{MES-E|6}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] (KLIA) {{Airport sign}}<br>{{MES-E|2}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} [[Johor Bahru]]<br>{{MES-E|2}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} [[Singapore]] ||Stacked expressway interchange
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''1'''|| || || ||
|-
| || ||'''[[Bukit Jelutong|Bukit Jelutong Exit]]'''||'''Northwest'''<br>'''Persiaran Gerban Utama'''<br>Bukit Jelutong (Section U8)||North bound
|-
| || ||'''Sungai Damansara bridge'''|| ||
|-
|{{MES-E|35}}<br>'''0'''|| || || ||
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|35}} Guthrie Corridor Expressway<BR>Prolintas border limit</span>'''
|-
|style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="blue"|'''<span style="color:white;">{{JKR|3214}} Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga]]<br>JKR border limit</span>'''
|-
||| || ||'''South'''<br>{{JKR|3214}} '''[[Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga]]'''<br>Batu Tiga<br>Shah Alam<br>{{Jct|country=MYS|FT2|2}} '''[[Federal Highway, Malaysia|Federal Highway]]'''<br>Subang Jaya<br>Petaling Jaya<br>Kuala Lumpur<br>Klang ||Start/end of Expressway<br>GCE border limit
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Bukit Subang Interchange, GCE (221002) 2.jpg|Bukit Subang Interchange sign near Elmina Rest Area Southbound.
Kawasan Rehat Elmina Arah Selatan, GCE (221002) 1.jpg|View of Elmina Rest Area Southbound.
Kawasan Rehat Elmina Arah Selatan, GCE (221002) 3.jpg|Parking area at the Elmina Rest Area (Southbound).
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.prolintas.com.my Prolintas website]
*[http://www.gce.com.my Guthrie Corridor Expressway]

{{Malaysian Expressway System}}

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