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The newest expressway is the Port Access Elevated Highway running from New Kelani Bridge, Colombo to Athurugiriya, It is estimated to be finished in 2025. All E-Grade highways in Sri Lanka are access-controlled, toll roads with speeds limits in the range of 80–110 kilometres per hour (50–68 mph).
The project was delayed in November 2001 due to protests by residents in the area and the government decided to resettle them in different lands in the same area away from the planned highway. [ 4 ] Construction of the road commenced in October, 2009 and it is projected that the project will take at least eight years to complete.
The 222-kilometre-long (138 mi) highway links the Sri Lankan capital Colombo with Galle, Matara and Hambantota, major cities in the south of the island. The Southern Expressway Project (SEP) was introduced by the Road Development Authority and the Ministry of Highways as far back as late 1980s.
Hokandara is a suburb of Colombo district . It is located approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city centre of Colombo, adjacent to Thalawathugoda to the west, Pelawatte on the north-west, Malabe on the north, Aturugiriya on the east and Pannipitiya on the south.
Kaduwela - Athurugiriya 9.25 B175 Kahambiliyagoda - Suriyagoda 0.40 B176 Kahawa - Batapola 8.37 B177 Kahawatte - Ela-Bemmullegedara 12.23 B178 Kakkapalliya - Thambagalla 6.84 B179 Kalagedihena - Veyangoda 4.10 B180 Kalalpitiya - Ukuwala - Elkaduwa 13.47 B181 Kalawana - Depdene - Rakwana 46.66 B182 Kalawewa - Avukana 4.68 B183
Athurugiriya has one of the interchanges of Outer Circular Expressway, which is located at Pore, about 1 km (0.62 mi) from Colombo centre. Athurugiriya is a major urban centre located along the road connecting Malabe on New Kandy Road, and Godagama on High Level Road. In addition, Kaduwela and Thalawathugoda are major urban centres nearby.
On 14 December 2014 the President Mahinda Rajapaksa, launched the construction of the expressway by laying a foundation stone at the Senkadagala entrance of the expressway. The total cost of the expressway was estimated to be approximately Rs.200 billion and the works were scheduled to be completed by 2018.
Since the policy on numbering and designating US Highways was updated in 1991, AASHTO has been in the process of eliminating all intrastate U.S. Highways under 300 miles (480 km) in length, "as rapidly as the State Highway Department and the Standing Committee on Highways of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ...