Butterworth Outer Ring Road

Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) (Malay: Lebuhraya Lingkaran Luar Butterworth) is a coastal expressway located in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. This 14 km (8.7 mi) expressway connects Sungai Dua in the north until Perai in the south.[1]

Expressway 17
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
BORR shown in red
Route information
Maintained by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB)
Length	14.0 km (8.7 mi)
Existed	2003–present
History	Completed in 2005
Major junctions
Beltway around Butterworth, Penang
From	Sungai Dua
	North–South Expressway Northern Route P198 Jalan Sungai Dua Penang Bridge Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road Jalan Chain Ferry Jalan Perusahan Perai Butterworth–Juru Highway
To	Perai
Location
Primary destinations	Bagan Lalang, Sungai Puyu, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Sungai Dua Interchange. Ships can be seen near Bagan Ajam Rest Area. The Penang Megamall is located at the end of the highway. It is a six-lane line and it is also the connecting highway to Federal Route 1, from which north bound traffic will bring travelers to Alor Setar and beyond while motorists travelling south can head to Ipoh and beyond.

History

Construction began in 2003 and work was completed in 2006. The expressway was open to motorists in January 2007. As Sg Nyior residents protested against high toll rate in February 2007, the Sg Nyior toll booth collection was postponed by the Ministry of Works.

This highway is built to reduce the heavy traffic on the Sungai Dua–Juru NSE in the rushing hours and the holiday seasons. Nowadays, it is also used by residents in the Raja Uda area to head to Perai and the Megamall Pinang.

The people of Raja Uda area can also travel on the highway to head to the Sunway Carnival Mall.

With just one toll payment, this highway will bring motorists from both the south and the north to the ferry terminal for onward faster and cheaper ferry-crossing to Penang since the Penang Bridge faces heavy traffic congestion.

Features

Notable features of the expressway include Sungai Prai Bridge over the Perai River and Sungai Maklom Bridge over the Maklom River.

Tolls

The Butterworth Outer Ring Road uses open toll systems.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Perai and Bagan Ajam Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at the two toll plazas are conducted electronically using Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 1 June 2016.

Perai Toll Plaza

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 1.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 3.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 4.50
4	Taxis	RM 0.80
5	Buses	RM 1.20

Bagan Ajam Toll Plaza

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 1.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 3.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 4.50
4	Taxis	RM 0.80
5	Buses	RM 1.20

(Starting 6.00 am on 15 October 2015)[2]

List of interchanges

Legend:

• I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

District	Location	KM	Exit	Interchange	Destinations	Notes
Continues as P198 Jalan Sungai Dua
North Seberang Perai	Sungai Dua	0.0	EXIT 165	Sungai Dua Interchange	North–South Expressway Northern Route North: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Bertam South: Ipoh, Penang Island, Permatang Pauh Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim	Diamond interchange with E1 expressway as priority, controlled by traffic lights
		-.-	-	Unnamed	P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu Mak Mandin Sungai Puyu	T-junctions on both directions; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
	Sungai Puyu	-.-	EXIT 1707	Bagan Lalang I/C	Jalan Padang Lalang North: Mak Mandin, P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu South: Bagan Lalang, Kampung Benggali	Diamond interchange
		-.-	-	Unnamed	P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu	Eastbound exit only, westbound entrance only; T-junction; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
	Bagan Ajam	-.-	-	Unnamed	P191 Jalan Raja Uda North: Residential Area South: Raja Uda Industrial Estate	Eastbound exit towards north, westbound exit towards south; T-junctions on both directions
		-.-	EXIT 1706	Bagan Ajam Interchange	Jalan Bagan Ajam North: Alor Setar, Sungai Petani South: Butterworth	Diamond interchange; Route P198 terminates here
			-.-	Bagan Ajam T/P
	Butterworth	-.-	EXIT 1705	Container Terminal (NBCT) I/C	Jalan Heng Choon Thian West: North Butterworth Container Terminal NBCT-Sungai Nyior side East: Butterworth Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: Seberang Jaya (Sunway), Tesco Extra, Kulim	Diamond interchange
		-.-	EXIT 1704	Ferry Terminal I/C	P186 Jalan Metcher Northeast: Butterworth Southwest: Butterworth Bus Terminal, Butterworth Train Station South: Penang Ferry Service (to Penang Island)	Diamond interchange
		-.-	EXIT 1703	Bagan Luar Interchange	P191 Jalan Assumption Bagan Luar Industrial Area, Bagan Dalam	Full access to northwestbound users, no access to southeastbound users unless taking exit 1704
		-.-	Perai River Bridge 1.85 kilometres
Central Seberang Perai	Perai	-.-	Perai T/P
		-.-	EXIT 1702	Perai Industries I/C	Northeast: Jalan Chain Ferry: Chain Ferry, Seberang Jaya Southwest: Jalan Perusahan Perai: Perai Industrial Estate	Diamond interchange; No access for north bound users to turn right unless taking Penang Bridge highway at exit 162.
		-.-	EXIT 1701	Perai Jaya I/C	Southwest: Perai Jaya (Megamall)	Controlled by traffic lights
		-.-	EXIT 162	Perai I/C	North–South Expressway Northern Route Northeast: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Permatang Pauh Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim Southwest: Ipoh, Penang Island	Partial cloverleaf interchange with E1 expressway as priority, partially controlled by traffic lights
Continues as Butterworth–Juru Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

1. "BORR, Butterworth Outer Ring Road (E17) | Malaysia Airport KLIA2 info". www.klia2.info. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
2. "Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) toll rates up 20-70 sen". Paul Tan's Automotive News. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2019-02-17.

External links

• Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB) website
• The Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)