Central Expressway, Singapore

Central Expressway Lebuhraya Tengah 中央高速公路 மத்திய விரைவுச்சாலை
Central Expressway is labelled in single blue line
Route information
Length:	15.8 km (9.8 mi)
Existed:	1989 – present
History:	First section opened 1989-06-17, last section opened 1991-09-21
Major junctions
South end:	Bukit Merah (AYE)
	SLE, TPE, ORRS (Braddell Road), PIE, NSE, AYE
North end:	Yio Chu Kang (SLE, TPE)
Location
Regions:	Seletar, Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Kallang, Bishan, Toa Payoh, Central Area, Bukit Merah
Highway system
Expressways of Singapore

The Central Expressway (Abbreviation: CTE) in Singapore is the major highway connecting the city centre of Singapore with the northern residential parts of the island, including Toa Payoh, Bishan and Ang Mo Kio and further onwards to the Seletar Expressway and the Tampines Expressway.

As from 29 December 2013, SLE and CTE are the only expressways in Singapore which are linked together.

The first stage of the expressway began as two separate parts: one from Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 to PIE, which was opened on 31 August 1983, followed by an extension to Thomson Road on 18 May 1985 and to Seletar to Bukit Timah Road (next to Cavenagh Road), which was opened on 17 June 1989 and the second from Chin Swee Road in Chinatown to the Ayer Rajah Expressway in Radin Mas. The second stage of the expressway also involved the construction of the two tunnels, the north tunnel being 700 m (766 yards) long and the south tunnel being 1.7 km (1.06 miles) long, that travel underneath previously built-up areas, including the Singapore River, Fort Canning Park and Orchard Road. This stretch was opened on 21 September 1991. Construction required the acquisition of several roads and diversion on 28 September 1986 -

The CTE tunnels were the only underground roads in Singapore until the Fort Canning Tunnel was opened on 16 January 2007 and the only expressway with tunnels until the second stretch of the Kallang–Paya Lebar Expressway were opened on 26 October 2007.