Sprint Expressway
Expressway 23 | |
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SPRINT Expressway (System of Traffic Dispersal in Western Kuala Lumpur) | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (Sprint) | |
Length | 26.5 km (16.5 mi) Kerinchi Link: 11.5 km (7.1 mi) Damansara Link: 9.5 km (5.9 mi) Penchala Link: 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
Existed | 1999–present |
History | Completed in 2004 |
Component highways | ![]() (Kg. Kerinchi–Mont Kiara) ![]() (Jalan Duta–Sungai Penchala) ![]() (Semantan–Damansara Interchange) |
Major junctions | |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta) | |
Location | |
Country | Malaysia |
Primary destinations | Damansara Utama, Damansara City, Petaling Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Mont Kiara, Pusat Sains Negara, Sri Hartamas, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kerinchi, Jalan Duta |
Highway system | |
SPRINT Expressway Sprint Expressway(Malay: Sistem Penyuraian Trafik Kuala Lumpur Barat, English: System of Traffic Dispersal in Western Kuala Lumpur) is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The 26.5 km (16.5 mi) expressway is divided into three sections: the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link. It is a three-lane dual carriageway that was built to disperse traffic from congested inner city roads and narrow residential streets leading into Kuala Lumpur from the western suburbs, including Petaling Jaya, Damansara, and surrounding areas. It is one of the busiest expressway during rush hour to and from the city centre.
Route background
[edit]Kerinchi Link
[edit]The 11.5 km (7.1 mi) sections from Seputeh Interchange at Federal Highway to NKVE at Jalan Duta. The Kilometre Zero of the Kerinchi Link's section is located at Mont Kiara-NKVE Interchange.
Damansara Link
[edit]The 9.5 km (5.9 mi) sections from Kayu Ara to Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of the Damansara Link's section is located at Kampung Kayu Ara in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Penchala Link
[edit]The 5.5 km (3.4 mi) sections from Damansara–Puchong Expressway at Penchala, Penchala Tunnel to Mont Kiara. The Kilometre Zero of the Penchala Link's section is located at Mont Kiara Interchange
History
[edit]The proposal to build the expressway was motivated by heavy traffic on Jalan Damansara. The concession for the expressway was awarded to Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (SPRINT). On 23 October 1997, the concession agreement was signed between the Government of Malaysia and Sprint for the privatisation of the improvement, upgrading, design, construction, maintenance, operations, and management of the expressway.
A supplementary agreement was subsequently signed on 4 September 1998 to defer the construction of the Penchala Link. The concession period is for 33 years and commenced on the effective date on 15 December 1998. After this period, the toll collection will cease and the highways will be handed over to the government. Construction began in 1999, which included acquiring and upgrading several major roads, such as Jalan Damansara, Jalan Kayu Ara, Jalan Sri Hartamas, and Jalan Semantan. The Kerinchi Link and Damansara Link were opened in 2001, followed by the Penchala Link in 2004.
This expressway also featured its own toll collection system known as the "FasTrak". On 1 July 2004, the FasTrak electronic payment system was replaced by Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG electronic payment systems.
Pioneer roads
[edit]The construction of the SPRINT Expressway included acquiring and upgrading several major roads:
Kerinchi Link
[edit]Roads | Sections |
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Jalan Sri Hartamas | Sri Hartamas |
Jalan Bukit Kiara | Sri Hartamas–Bukit Kiara |
Damansara Link
[edit]Roads | Sections |
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Jalan Semantan | Jalan Duta–Damansara Town Centre |
Jalan Beringin | South side Jalan Johar–Semantan |
Jalan Johar | Jalan Beringin–Jalan Damansara |
Jalan Damansara | Damansara Town Centre–Damansara |
Jalan Kayu Ara | Damansara–Kampung Kayu Ara |
Features
[edit]The expressway has several notable features:
- Kerinchi Link, the first double deck carriageway in Malaysia.
- Penchala Tunnel, the widest road tunnel in Malaysia.
- The former Damansara Town Centre on Damansara Link as the "island" of separated carriageway.
- The 3 km toll-free road at Damansara Link as an alternative to residents who live in Sections 16 and 17 of Petaling Jaya
- The Speed Indicator Display (SID) at Kerinchi Link.
- The elevated Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT line from Taman Tun Dr Ismail to Jalan Duta
Controversies and criticisms
[edit]Kerinchi Link at the Universiti Malaya site
[edit]The double-deck carriageway design of Kerinchi Link from Bukit Kiara Interchange Exit 2310 to Kerinchi Interchange Exit 2310 was made as a result of the early controversial issues during the development stage. The construction of the stretch took place at the border of Universiti Malaya, which meant that the construction could take up some of the university area, which sparked complaints. As a result, the expressway concessionaire Sprint came up with the idea of a double-deck carriageway which could reduce the land usage.
Damansara Town Centre as the "island" of separated carriageway
[edit]During the construction of the expressway, Jalan Semantan could not be widened to six lanes; consequently, the highway concessionaire took another main road at Damansara Town Centre for the Eastbound route, including Jalan Johar and Jalan Beringin. Damansara Town Centre became the "island" of the separated carriageways.
Unopened 2-lane off-ramp to Penchala Link at Sri Hartamas
[edit]Disputed ramp
[edit]When the expressway was opened to the traffic, the 530 m-long two-lane off-ramp from the Northbound direction of Kerinchi Link to Penchala Link at the Mont Kiara Interchange Exit 2303 could not be opened to traffic as a result of a land owner fencing the land which became a part of the ramp. The land owner's action has created difficulties among the residents of Bukit Kiara and Sri Hartamas, and even the highway concessionaire itself.
Meanwhile, the highway concessionaire has made a narrower temporary ramp to Penchala Link but according to the highway concessionaire, the temporary ramp is quite unsafe due to risks of being collided from behind. For the time being, the highway concessionaire is still negotiating with the land owner in order to open the two-lane ramp.[1]
Opening the ramp
[edit]At 3pm, 3 June 2010, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor officially opened this disputed ramp.
Hitherto, road users living in the Mont Kiara and Sri Hartamas areas wanting to go to Jalan Duta, Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) and Penchala Link only had two lanes to use.
"This new ramp will ease the movement of almost 22,000 vehicles per day", he told reporters after opening the ramp.
Shaziman said the 50-metre ramp, which was delayed for seven years owing to problems related to acquisition of land, was completed in five months after the intervention by the Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who had immediately approved about RM20 million for the acquisition of land.
The old SJKC Damansara near Sprint Expressway
[edit]The old SJKC Damansara has one block located at Section 17 near Jalan Damansara (now Sprint Expressway). However, on 26 January 2001, the school was moved from old block at Section 17 to the new smart school at PJU 3, near Tropicana Golf and Country Club following the instructions from federal government that it no longer provided a "conducive learning environment" because of traffic congestion and noise pollution from the neighbouring Sprint Expressway.
Tolls
[edit]The Sprint Expressway uses open toll systems.
Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)
[edit]As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at three stretches toll plazas on the Sprint Expressway have been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 2 March 2016.[2][3]
Toll rates
[edit](As of 15 October 2015)[4][5][6]
Kerinchi Link
[edit]Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
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0 | Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels | Free |
1 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis | RM2.50 |
2 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses | RM7.00 |
3 | Vehicles with 3 or more axles | RM10.50 |
4 | Taxis | RM1.80 |
5 | Buses | RM1.50 |
Damansara Link (NKVE and TTDI bound only)
[edit]Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
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0 | Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels | Free |
1 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis | RM2.00 |
2 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses | RM4.00 |
3 | Vehicles with 3 or more axles | RM6.00 |
4 | Taxis | RM1.00 |
5 | Buses | RM1.00 |
Penchala Link
[edit]Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
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0 | Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels | Free |
1 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis | RM3.00 |
2 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses | RM6.00 |
3 | Vehicles with 3 or more axles | RM9.00 |
4 | Taxis | RM1.50 |
5 | Buses | RM2.00 |
List of interchanges
[edit]![]() | This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.(November 2021) |
Kerinchi Link (north–south)
[edit]km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
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2301 | Jalan Duta Interchange | ![]() ![]() West ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() East Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta) Jalan Duta City Centre Segambut |
Directional T expressway interchange | |
![]() ![]() PLUS Expressway border limit | |||||
![]() ![]() Kerinchi Link (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Sprint border limit | |||||
2302 | Mont Kiara Interchange | West![]() Penchala Tunnel ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stacked interchange | ||
Jalan Sri Hartamas 22 Exit | West Jalan Sri Hartamas 22 Desa Sri Hartamas |
Mont Kiara bound | |||
2303 | Sri Hartamas Interchange | Jalan 19/70A Northwest Desa Sri Hartamas Mont Kiara Segambut East Sri Hartamas Jalan Duta Plaza Damas |
Diamond interchange | ||
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Jalan 48/70 Exit | Northwest Jalan 48/70 Kiara View |
Mont Kiara bound | |||
3.9 | 2305 | Pusat Sains Negara Interchange | West Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort East Persiaran Bukit Kiara Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre) Bukit Damansara |
Diamond interchange | |
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Securities Commission Malaysia | Securities Commission Malaysia | Kerinchi bound | |||
Selangor Club | Selangor Club | Mont Kiara bound | |||
2306 | INTAN Interchange | West Jalan Bukit Kiara 1 Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club Sime Darby Convention Centre East Institut Tadbiran Awam Negara (INTAN) (National Institute of Public Administration) Main Gate |
Diamond interchange | ||
Jalan Bukit Kiara Exit | Northwest Jalan Bukit Kiara 1 Bukit Kiara Bukit Kiara Sports Complex Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club |
Mont Kiara bound | |||
2307 | Bukit Kiara Interchange | West Slip Roads to Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar Section—until -- Section 17 commercial centre Section 17 ![]() West ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() East ![]() ![]() City Centre Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) |
Stacked interchange | ||
Double deck carriageway | Start/End of double deck carriageway | ||||
Double deck carriageway Upper double deck carriageway (Kerinchi-Federal Highway-bound) Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL SmartTAG BET MyRFID Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG) only) | |||||
Double deck carriageway Below double deck carriageway (Mont Kiara-NKVE-bound) Kerinchi Link toll plaza KCL TnG POS MyRFID Touch 'n Go SmartTAG BET Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG) only) | |||||
Double deck carriageway![]() KCL |
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Northbound | |||
Double deck carriageway | Start/End of double deck carriageway | ||||
![]() ![]() Kerinchi Link (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) | |||||
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2308 | Kerinchi Interchange | West![]() ![]() ![]() South KL Gateway-Universiti LRT station 5 Northeast
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Directional T expressway interchange Diamond interchange Stacked interchange |
Damansara Link (east–west)
[edit]km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | Pictures | |
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Jalan Duta-Semantan Interchange | Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta) North ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Segambut South City Centre ![]() ![]() ![]() Malaysian Houses of Parliament Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) |
Trumpet interchange | ![]() | |||
Wisma ELM | HELP University (ELM Business School) ![]() |
From Damansara only | ||||
Jalan Semanatan DBKL border limit | ||||||
![]() ![]() Damansara Link (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Start/End of expressway Sprint border limit | ||||||
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Wisma Damansara | Wisma Damansara | From Damansara only | ||||
Changkat Semanatan Underpass Exit | North Changkat Semanatan Istana Negara (Gate 2) Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia Headquarters Wisma Chase Perdana |
Trumpet interchange | ![]() | |||
Jalan Dungun Exit | North Jalan Dungun Wisma UN (United Nations Headquarters in Malaysia) Wisma I&P |
Junctions from Damansara only | ![]() | |||
Jalan Damansara Endah Exit | South Jalan Damansara Endah ECM Libra Building |
Junctions from Jalan Duta only | ![]() | |||
Semantan MRT station | Semantan MRT station 9 |
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Start/End of separated carriageway | ||||||
2315A | Semantan Interchange | Northwest Jalan Dungun Jalan Beringin U-turn to Kuala Lumpur |
Interchange | ![]() | ||
2315C | Interchange | East Jalan Damansara Galeria Sri Perdana West Medan Damansara Bukit Damansara Jalan Johar Bangsar |
Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only | |||
2315D | Interchange | West Bangsar Jalan Maarof Taman Duta HELP Residency ![]() |
Trumpet interchange from Jalan Duta only | |||
Damansara City Exit | West Damansara City |
Off ramp from Damansara only | ||||
2314B | Interchange | Jalan Damanlela | Off ramp from Damansara only | |||
2314A | Bukit Damansara Interchange | North Jalan Beringin Jalan Johar Bukit Damansara Damansara Town Centre Damansara City U-turn to Petaling Jaya |
Interchange from Damansara only | |||
Jalan Johar Exit | East Jalan Johar |
Junctions from Jalan Duta only | ||||
P&R Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT station | P&R Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT station 9 |
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Jalan Kasah Exit | West Jalan Kasah |
Junctions from Damansara only | ||||
Start/End of separated carriageway | ||||||
2314 | Maarof Interchange | East Jalan Maarof Bangsar KL Sentral Mid Valley City |
Interchange | ![]() | ||
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Jalan Medang Tanduk Exit | East Jalan Medang Tanduk Bukit Bandaraya |
Junctions from Jalan Duta only | ||||
Jalan Setiapuspa Exit | West Jalan Setiapuspa Taman Bukit Damansara |
Junctions from Damansara only | ||||
Jalan Gegambir Exit | East Jalan Gegambir Universiti Malaya ![]() |
Junctions from Jalan Duta only | ||||
2307 | Bukit Kiara Interchange | West Slip Roads (Jalan 16/11) to Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar Section—until -- Section 16 commercial centre Section 16 Section 17 ![]() North ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() South ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stacked interchange | ![]() | ||
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2313 | Section 16 Interchange | North Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA) West Section 17 Slip Roads (Jalan 16/11) Section 16 commercial centre Section 16 Section 17 South Jalan Dato' Abu Bakar Jalan Universiti Jalan Kemajuan Universiti Malaya Petaling Jaya |
Diamond interchange | ||
Elevated U-Turn | East Kuala Lumpur Damansara Town Centre Damansara City |
From Section 17 slip roads (Jalan 16/11) to Kuala Lumpur via Damansara Link | ||||
TTDI Bound Exit | Northwest TTDI Bound T Damansara Link= Toll Plaza (Plaza A) Jalan Damansara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Phileo Damansara MRT station | Phileo Damansara MRT station 9 |
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![]() ![]() Petronas petrol station with Dunkin' Donuts drive thru |
Jalan Duta bound | ||||
Damansara Link toll plaza (PLAZA A = TTDI bound) DRL MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG) only) | ||||||
Jalan 17/1 Exit | South Jalan 17/1 Section 17 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) (Petaling Jaya Campus) ![]() |
Junctions on the Eastin Hotel one way | ||||
Damansara Link toll plaza (Plaza B = NKVE bound) DRL MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Opened toll systems Pay toll (Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG) only) | ||||||
3 | ![]() DRL |
![]() ![]() Customer Service Centre Sprint operation office |
TTDI bound only | |||
2312 | TTDI South Interchange | Northwest Jalan Damansara Taman Tun Dr. Ismail ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Interchange with ramp to Jalan Damansara | ![]() | ||
2311 | Section 17 Interchange | South Jalan 17/21 Section 17 |
Interchange | |||
Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery | Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery![]() |
Eastbound For Muslims only |
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Sungai Penchala bridge | ||||||
SS 20 Exit | North Jalan Damansara SS 20 Tropicana City Mall ![]() |
Eastbound | ||||
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur | ||||||
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border | ||||||
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border | ||||||
Tropicana City Mall | Tropicana City Mall ![]() |
Parking ramp interchanges | ||||
1 | 2310 | Damansara Utama Interchange | ![]() North ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() South ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Multi-level stacked diamond interchange | ||
Jalan SS 22/11 Exit | South Jalan SS 22/11 Damansara Jaya |
Junctions from Jalan Duta only | ||||
0.4 | Jalan SS 21/1 Exit | North Jalan SS 21/1 Damansara Utama |
Junctions from NKVE only | |||
0.3 | Kayu Ara flyover | Start/End of flyover | ||||
0.2 | 2309 | Kayu Ara flyover Kayu Ara Interchange |
South Jalan SS 23/23 Damansara Jaya Atria Shopping Gallery |
Half-diamond interchange | ||
0.1 | Kayu Ara flyover Sungai Kayu Ara bridge |
Start/End of flyover | ||||
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Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara | Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara | ||||
![]() ![]() Damansara Link (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) Sprint border limit | ||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only) PLUS Expressway border limit | ||||||
Restricted Routes Heavy vehicles (laden and unladen heavy vehicles weighing 10,000 kg or more) are not allowed to enter the expressway Monday to Friday (except public holidays) 6:30 am to 9:30 am Shah Alam - Jalan Duta (km 9.3 - km 31) | ||||||
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West bound | ||||
Damansara toll plaza DMR MyRFID Touch 'n Go TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS Touch 'n Go Closed toll systems Touch in and Touch out your Touch n go cards and pay a distance toll | ||||||
Damansara-NKVE Interchange | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() North ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() South ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Closed tolled expressway trumpet interchange |
Penchala Link (west–east)
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Missing link is the cause of Mont Kiara's daily crawl Archived 25 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine The Star, 22 June 2009
- ^ Chin, Graham (27 January 2016). "LDP and Sprint tolls to go fully cashless this year".
- ^ Lee, Jonathan (26 February 2016). "Cashless toll collection on KESAS, SPRINT, Guthrie, LEKAS and LATAR to begin on March 2, 2016".
- ^ "SPRINT Toll Fares". litrakgroup.com.my.
- ^ "Information you should know on SPRINT Highway's toll review dated 15th October 2015". litrakgroup.com.my.
- ^ Lim, Anthony (13 October 2015). "Sprint Expressway toll rates to go up on October 15 – Kerinchi Link, Penchala Link and Damansara Link".
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