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The Southern Expressway, also known as the Southern Lanka Distributor (Sinhala: දක්ෂිණ ලංකා අධිවේගි මාර්ගය, Tamil: தென்னிலங்கை அதிவேக நெடுஞ்சாலை) is Sri Lanka's first E Class highway. The long highway links the Sri Lankan capital Colombo with Galle and Matara, major cities in the south of the island. Construction of the highway began in 2006 and completion up to Galle was done in November 2011. Later in March 2014, the section from Galle to Matara was declared open for the public. The expressway currently reduces the time taken to travel from Colombo to Galle (116 km) to one hour from three hours and Colombo to Matara (161 km) to one and half hours from four hours taken by the regular A2 highway. The extension of the expressway to Hambantota was inaugurated on 4 July 2015. The extension will be four lanes (with allowance of further two lanes in future), the cost of US $180M is being funded by the Exim Bank of China. On 10 August 2015, a Highway Traffic Management system was inaugurated and currently covers the length of the expressway, including the Outer-Circular Expressway. ==Intersections== {| class="wikitable" |- !scope=col | Location !scope=col | km !scope=col | Exit !scope=col | Name !scope=col | Destinations !scope=col | Notes |- | |align=right | 0.0 |align=center | 1 | Kottawa | – Kottawa (1.8 km), Maharagama (6.3 km), Nugegoda (11.3 km), Colombo (20.6 km), Ratnapura (79.1 km), Avissawella (37 km), Homagama (2.2 km) | The start of the expressway; a continuation of the |- | |align=right|5.9 |align=center | 2 | Kahathuduwa | B084 – Kasbawa (5.8 km), Piliyandala (8.1 km), Colombo (25.7 km), Horana (12.3 km), Ingiriya (25.9 km), Ratnapura (63.5 km) | This intersection will be the beginning point of , Which will connect Rathnapura to the national expressway network.It will be opened in 2019. |- | |align=right|13.7 |align=center | 3 | Gelanigama | – Bandaragama (1.8 km), Panadura (11.6 km), Horana (6.9 km), Ingiriya (20.4 km), Ratnapura (58.1 km) | |- | |align=right|34.8 |align=center | 4 | Dodangoda | B304 – Nagoda (11.5 km), Kalutara (17.0 km), Matugama (5.5 km), Agalawatte (11.3 km) | |- | |align=right|46.0 |align=center | 5 | Welipanna | B157 – Aluthgama (10.3 km), Matugama (11.5 km), Agalawatte (17.5 km) | |- | |align=right|67.6 |align=center | 6 | Kurundugahahetekma | B014 – Elpitiya (3.8 km), Karandeniya (6.0 km), Batapola (7.0 km), Ambalangoda (13.2 km), Balapitiya (13.5 km) | |- | |align=right|79.8 |align=center | 7 | Baddegama | B153 – Baddegama (1.5 km), Hikkaduwa (12.8 km), Nil Hena (2.4 km), Udugama (20.8 km) | |- | |align=right|95.3 |align=center | 8 | Pinnaduwa | B594 – Galle (8.4 km) | Contains the Galle Access road |- | |align=right|108 |align=center | 9 | Imaduwa | – Deniyaya, Ahangama, Dikkumbura, Akuressa, Suriyakanda, Rakwana, Madampe | |- | |align=right|116.5 |align=center | 10 | Kokmaduwa | B465 – Weligama, Kananke | |- | |align=right|127 |align=center | 11 | Godagama | – Matara, Akuressa | The end of the expressway; there are proposals for it to be extended up to Hambantota 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「E01 expressway (Sri Lanka)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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