 thumb|right|150px|symbol of the expressway network in singapore   thumb|right|200px|the bukit timah expressway is part of the asian highway network. the expressways of singapore are special roads that allow motorists to travel quickly from one urban area to another. all of them are dual carriageways with grade-separated access. they usually have three to four lanes in each direction, although there are two-lane carriageways at many expressway - expressway intersections and five-lane carriageways in some places. there are ten expressways, including the new marina coastal expressway. studies about the feasibility of additional expressways are ongoing. construction on the first expressway, the pan island expressway, started in 1966. , there are  of expressways in singapore. the singaporean expressway networks are connected with malaysian expressway networks via ayer rajah expressway (connects with the second link expressway in malaysia) and bukit timah expressway (connects with the skudai highway via johorâsingapore causeway). == history == {|class="wikitable" |+ chronology of major events |- !scope="col"|date !scope="col"|events !scope="col"|remarks |- |15 april 1962 ||construction of the pan island expressway (pie) begins.|| |- |8 may 1966 ||first phase of the pan island expressway (pie) completed. construction of the second phase of the pie begins.||whitley road: mount pleasant flyover - thomson flyover - jalan toa payoh - jalan kolam ayer - paya lebar way |- |14 december 1970||toa payoh flyover, singapore's first flyover is opened to motorists.||length: 1.2 kilometres |- |23 january 1971 ||construction of the east coast parkway (ecp) begins with the land reclamation of east coast.|| |- |12 december 1974 ||first phase of the east coast parkway (ecp) completed.||fort road â marine paradeformerly called bedok highway |- |20 january 1975 ||second phase of the pan island expressway (pie) completed. ||length: 42.8 kilometreswhitley road (mount pleasant flyover) - jalan anak bukit |- |15 july 1975 ||planning for th
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