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The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the '''NKVE''' (the official name as stated on the website of PLUS Expressways Berhad , the highway concessionaire) refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur . People sometimes call it the ''North'' Klang Valley Expressway due to its location in Malaysia's most populated region, but most refer to it by its initials. Traffic from the north, destined for places further south of Kuala Lumpur (such as Putrajaya , Seremban , Melaka and Singapore ), must enter the Bukit Lanjan interchange and travel west before turning left at Shah Alam (the entry point of North-South Expressway Central Link , E6). Another alternative is by entering Kuala Lumpur via Jalan Duta Interchange and entering Jalan Duta and KL Middle Ring Road 1 which ends at Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway and the Southern Route but this alternative is quite unwise especially during peak hours, therefore the NKVE is built to bypass Kuala Lumpur for traveling north-south or vice-versa. HISTORY Its construction began in 1988 and completed on 1990. The NKVE was opened to traffic on 1991. In 2003 , a rockfall near the Bukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for about six months. During the year 2005, a flyover i.e. the NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover was constructed over the existing NKVE. Unfortunately, this NKVE-Jalan Meru flyover collapsed onto the NKVE on July the 10th 2005, resulting in the death of two Bangladeshi workers and injuries to seven others. Source: NSTP 21 July 2005 FEATURES It is the second link to Kuala Lumpur from Klang after Federal Highway . It has no rest and service areas but there are many petrol station laybys along the highway. Other features of this highway includes traffic CCTVs and VMS. LIST OF INTERCHANGES
''(Bukit Raja toll plaza)''
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