Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka

E402884

The Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka is a major controlled-access highway linking Colombo with key southern cities, significantly reducing travel time and boosting regional economic development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf controlled-access highway
expressway
accessControl limited access via interchanges
connectsCity Colombo
Galle
Hambantota
Matara
connectsTo Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Matara–Hambantota extension

Outer Circular Expressway (Sri Lanka)
country Sri Lanka
designedFor motor vehicles only
hasEconomicImpact improved logistics for southern ports and tourism areas
stimulated investment in southern Sri Lanka
hasJunction Galle interchange
Godagama interchange
Hambantota interchange
Kottawa interchange
Matara interchange
hasLaneConfiguration dual carriageway
hasServiceArea roadside service facilities at selected interchanges
hasSpeedLimit typically 100 km/h
hasToll yes
languageOfSignage English
Sinhala
Tamil
locatedIn Sri Lanka
maintainedBy Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka
openedInPart 2011
2014
2019
partOfNetwork Sri Lankan expressway network
passesNear Bentota
Galle
Matara
passesThroughProvince Southern Province
Western Province
primaryFunction reduces travel time between Colombo and southern Sri Lanka
supports regional economic development in southern Sri Lanka
roadType E-class expressway
safetyFeature central median
emergency telephones
grade-separated interchanges
guard rails
terminusNorth Colombo Metropolitan Region
surface form: Colombo region

Dematagoda
surface form: Kottawa
terminusSouth Hambantota

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A2 coastal highway parallelTo Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka
Hikkaduwa railway station lineDirection Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka
this entity surface form: Colombo–Matara corridor
Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka connectsTo Southern Expressway of Sri Lanka self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Southern Expressway (Sri Lanka)
this entity surface form: Matara–Hambantota extension