The Seletar Expressway ( Abbreviation : SLE ) is a highway in Singapore that traverses the northern end of the island and joins the Central Expressway (CTE) and the Tampines Expressway (TPE) in Seletar to the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) in Kranji .
7-591: In the 1980s, the SLE was proposed to link BKE in Kranji to the junction of TPE and CTE in Yio Chu Kang . In 1983, it was announced that SLE would only be built after work on the northern expansion of CTE from Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang was completed. The first phase of the construction of SLE consisted of a stretch between Yio Chu Kang and Upper Thomson Road and was opened on 24 March 1990. Later on, this stretch
14-580: Is now the home of the Kranji War Cemetery and Kranji War Memorial , commemorating the 30,000 Commonwealth personnel who died in Singapore, Malaya , Java and Sumatra during World War II . In addition, it is now a prime residential area comprising mostly stand-alone properties. There are no towering apartment blocks, unlike most suburbs of Singapore. It is also an industrial area. The Singapore Turf Club operates Kranji Racecourse ,
21-498: The Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway on 28 October 2007. It had the largest clearing of the roads in the history — Lorong Gambas, Jalan Ulu Sembawang, and some dirt tracks. This Singapore road article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kranji Kranji is a suburb in northwestern Singapore , bounded by Sungei Kadut to the north, Turf Club to the east, as well as Lim Chu Kang and
28-563: The Western Water Catchment to the west. It is located about 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the city centre and it came from Malay word "Buah Keranji" due to pronunciation by local Malay, it became "Kranji". Kranji is named after a local tree , pokok kranji or keranji ( Malay for Dialium indum , velvet tamarind tree). Kranji served as a military camp before the Japanese invasion of Singapore in 1942, and
35-626: The only horse racing race course in Singapore. It is located next to the Kranji MRT station . There is also a reservoir known as Kranji Reservoir , which was formed by the damming of the Kranji River. Bollywood Veggies is an organic farming collective and information centre open Wednesdays - Sundays. In 1903, the Singapore-Kranji Railway was launched with four stations, running from Tank Road to Kranji. It
42-456: The second phase began in 1992. The interchange of SLE and BKE was completed in 1994. The third stage of construction, completing in July 1996 from Woodlands Avenue 2 to Lorong Gambas. The final phase involved the construction from Lorong Gambas to Upper Thomson Road. The last sector of this expressway which opened was the last completed expressway project in Singapore until the opening of a section of
49-502: Was extended on 24 March 1990 to connect SLE and CTE. Later, it was extended from Upper Thomson Road to the BKE. It replaced various roads — Lorong Handalan, Lorong Lentor, Lorong Selangin and Lorong Hablor. The SLE is a six-lane dual carriageway . The Upper Thomson Road - BKE extension was opened in two parts: from BKE to Woodlands Avenue 2 on 5 November 1995, and from Woodlands Avenue 2 to Upper Thomson Road on 22 February 1998. Construction of
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