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New North Klang Straits Bypass

road in Malaysia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ17054183
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New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) or Grand Sepadu/Shapadu Highway (E30/AH141) (Malay: Lebuhraya Pintas Selat Klang Utara Baru or Lebuhraya Grand Sepadu/Shapadu) is an expressway in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The 17.5 km (10.9 mi) expressway also acts as the North Klang Straits Bypass (Federal Route 20) to avoid the accident-prone area on this road.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Northport Interchange near Port Klang.

History

Lebuhraya Shapadu Sdn Bhd (LSSB) (a member of the Shapadu Corporation Sdn Bhd) was awarded the highway concession by the government on 1 August 1995 to construct, maintain and operate the NNKSB. The total project including land acquisition cost an estimated RM 536 million. The expressway, with a paid-up capital of RM 20 million, is a 17.5 km (10.9 mi) two-lane dual carriageway, linking Port Klang to Klang town. Once completed, it will be a catalyst to the surrounding infrastructural development and development of Port Klang. This highway is equipped with a Traffic Surveillance System (TSS) and a Rest and Service Area in Kapar.

In 2014, the expressway was taken over to Grand Saga, a subsidiary of LGB Group which changes its name to Grand Sepadu Sdn Bhd.

Toll systems

The New North Klang Straits Bypass uses opened toll systems. Since 1 June 2016, all toll transactions have been conducted electronically using SmartTAG or Touch 'n Go cards.

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This entry incorporates text from New North Klang Straits Bypass” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.