page_title: Limited-access road
section_title: Sri Lanka
hierarchical_section_title: Limited-access road / Regional implementations / Asia / Sri Lanka
caption_attribution_description: English: Ja-ela interchange
context_page_description: A limited-access road, known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway, expressway, and partial controlled access highway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway, including limited or no access to adjacent property, some degree of separation of opposing traffic flow, use of grade separated interchanges to some extent, prohibition of some modes of transport such as cars, bicycles or horses, and very few or no intersecting cross-streets. The degree of isolation from local traffic allowed varies between countries and regions. The precise definition of these terms varies by jurisdiction.
context_section_description: Sri Lanka has ensured to classify the expressways in reference to the connotation of E grades. As of 2014, three expressways namely the  E01  Southern Expressway,  E02  Outer Circular Expressway and the  E03  Colombo – Katunayake Expressway have been created. A tax levying structure is proposed for travelling via the expressways. Speed limits in the range of 80–100 km/h is attested for travelling through the expressways. Up to now two expressways namely the Northern Expressway and the Ruwanpura Expressway are in process to satisfy the needs of public transport.
caption: Colombo-Katunayake Expressway, as viewed from the Ja-Ela interchange
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