Editing Transport in Sri Lanka (section)

=== Expressways ===
[[File:E-01 Expressway.jpg|alt=E-01 Expressway|thumb|Dual-carriageway E-Grade road]]
{{main|Expressways of Sri Lanka}}
The [[E01 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Colombo–Matara Expressway]] is a {{convert|126|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} motorway linking [[Colombo]], [[Galle]] and [[Matara, Sri Lanka|Matara]] which was built in 2011 to develop the economy of the [[Southern Province, Sri Lanka|Southern Province]]. The [[E03 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Colombo–Katunayake Expressway]], [[E04 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Colombo-Kandy Expressway]] and [[E02 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Outer Circular Expressway]] (Colombo bypass road) are under construction, and a Colombo–Padeniya expressway has been proposed. The Sri Lankan government has proposed three elevated highways connecting the three main expressways:<ref name="news.lk">{{cite web |url=http://www.news.lk/news/sri-lanka/1206-sri-lanka-to-construct-three-elevated-highways-to-ease-traffic-congestion |title=Sri Lanka to construct three elevated highways to ease traffic congestion |publisher=News.lk |date=2012-01-12 |access-date=2014-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109135243/http://www.news.lk/news/sri-lanka/1206-sri-lanka-to-construct-three-elevated-highways-to-ease-traffic-congestion |archive-date=2013-11-09 }}</ref>
* From [[Kirulapone]] to [[Kadawatha]] (about 19&nbsp;km), connecting the Outer Circular Expressway at Kadawatha and the Colombo–Katunayake Expressway at [[Peliyagoda]]
* From [[Colombo Fort]] to [[Kottawa]] (about 21&nbsp;km), connecting the Colombo–Matara and Outer Circular Expressways at [[Kottawa]]
* From [[Colombo Fort]] to the Peliyagoda interchange on the Colombo–Katunayake Expressway (about 5&nbsp;km)

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Number
! Name
! Start
! End
! Length (km)
! Lanes
! Cost (USD)
! Cost/km (USD)
|-
| align=center |{{Expressway code (Sri Lanka)|01}}
| Colombo–Matara Expressway
| [[Kottawa]]
| Matara
| 126
| 4 (provision for 6)
| 765.4 million
|6.07 million<ref name="Wijesundara opens">{{cite news|last=Wijesundara|first=Janaka|title=Sri Lanka's first highway, Southern Expressway opens|url=http://www.nation.lk/2011/11/27/eyefea5.htm|access-date=9 February 2013|newspaper=The Nation|date=27 November 2011}}</ref> 
|-
| align=center |{{Expressway code (Sri Lanka)|02}}
| Outer Circular Expressway
| Kottawa
| Kerawalapitiya
| 29
| 6
| 1.12 billion
| 38.6 million<ref>{{cite web|title=Outer Circular Highway|url=http://www.rda.gov.lk/supported/expressways/och.htm|publisher=www.rda.gov.lk|access-date=28 Oct 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202437/http://www.rda.gov.lk/supported/expressways/och.htm|archive-date=2013-10-29}}</ref> 
|-
| align=center |{{Expressway code (Sri Lanka)|03}}
| Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
| [[Kelaniya|New Kelani Bridge]]
| [[Katunayake]]
| 25.8
| 6,4 (provision for 6)
| 291 million<ref>{{cite news|title=Sri Lanka President opens Chinese funded expressway linking Katunayake airport to capital|url=http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Oct27_1382864986CH.php|newspaper=colombopage|date=27 Oct 2013}}</ref> 
| 11.28 million
|-
| align=center |{{Expressway code (Sri Lanka)|04}}
| Colombo–Kandy Expressway<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/06/03/govt-to-finalize-colombo-kandy-highway-in-two-months/ |title=Govt. To Finalize Colombo-Kandy Highway In Two Months &#124; The Sunday Leader |publisher=Thesundayleader.lk |access-date=2014-02-14}}</ref>
| [[Kadawatha]]
| [[Katugastota]]
| 98.9
| 4,6<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/12/news52.asp |title=Sri Lanka News &#124; Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers |publisher=Dailynews.lk |date=2011-09-12 |access-date=2014-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930005231/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/09/12/news52.asp |archive-date=2011-09-30 }}</ref>
|4.5 Billion<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hirunews.lk/97066/construction-northern-expressway-begins|title = Hiru News Official Web Site - Most visited website in Sri Lanka}}</ref>
|Under construction
|}
[[File:The-Expressway at Ja-ela.jpg|thumb|The-Expressway at Ja-ela]]