Pasir Gudang Highway

Pasir Gudang Highway, also known as Federal Route 17, is a highway in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia that connects Tampoi North in the west to Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Langsat in the east.[1] Pasir Gudang Highway is a four-laned highway, unlike the wider Skudai Highway which has six lanes. Many cargo trucks travel along the highway daily. Pasir Gudang Highway became the backbone of the road system linking Johor Bahru to Pasir Gudang before being surpassed by the Senai–Desaru Expressway, SDE 22, and the Johor Bahru East Coast Highway 35.

Federal Route 17
Pasir Gudang Highway
Route information
Length	30.4 km (18.9 mi)
Existed	1977–present
History	Completed in 1979
Major junctions
West end	Taman Perling
	Second Link Expressway Skudai Highway J3 Kempas Highway North–South Expressway Southern Route Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway J10 Jalan Masai Lama Johor Bahru East Coast Highway Senai–Desaru Expressway
East end	Tanjung Langsat
Location
Primary destinations	Tampoi Kempas Tebrau Johor Jaya Plentong Bandar Sri Alam Masai Pasir Gudang Johor Port Kampung Pasir Puteh
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Pasir Gudang Highway is located at Tampoi, Johor, at its interchange with the Skudai Highway (Federal Route 1), the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

With the opening of the Johor Port on 1977. The new highway from Johor Bahru to Pasir Gudang was constructed. Construction of the highway began in 1977 and was completed in 1979.

Features

• Four lane carriageway
• Narrow and no emergency lanes
• Some accident hot spots along the highway[2]
• Flood prone area

At most sections, the Federal Route 17 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

There are no overlaps, alternate routes, or sections with motorcycle lanes.

On 10 March 2012, the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak announced that the 15 km stretch from Tebrau to Seri Alam of the 32 km-long Pasir Gudang Highway would be upgraded from four-lane to six-lane carriageway.

List of interchanges and junctions

Persisiran Perling

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			West Second Link Expressway Pontian–Johor Barhu Parkway Iskandar Puteri Senai International Airport Gelang Patah Pontian Port of Tanjung Pelepas Tuas (Singapore) Kuala Lumpur
Second Link Expressway Pontian–Johor Bahru Parkway Start/End of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
Persisiran Perling Start/End of highway
		Elevated U-Turn	U-Turn East Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi Johor Bahru Woodlands (Singapore)	Elevated U-Turn
-2		Taman Perling Taman Perling West Exit	North Jalan Undan (eastbound only) South Jalan Simbang (westbound only)	Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
		Taman Perling	Perling Mall	West bound
		Taman Perling Taman Perling East Exit	North Jalan Undan (eastbound only) South Persisiran Perling 2 Taman Sutera Kampung Danga Bukit Indah (westbound only)	Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
		Sungai Skudai bridge		Start/End of bridge
Sungai Skudai bridge MBIP–MBJB border limit
		Sungai Skudai bridge		Start/End of bridge
-1
		Taman Tampoi Utama Exit	Jalan Sri Perkasa 2 North Taman Tampoi Indah (eastbound only) South Taman Tampoi Utama (westbound only)	Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
		U-Turn Interchange	U-Turn West Taman Perling Second Link Expressway Pontian–Johor Baru Parkway Iskandar Puteri Senai International Airport Gelang Patah Pontian Port of Tanjung Pelepas Tuas (Singapore) Kuala Lumpur	U-Turn Interchange
Persisiran Perling

Pasir Gudang Highway

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
Pasir Gudang Highway
0	EXIT 1701	Tampoi North Interchange	Skudai Highway North Skudai Senai Senai International Airport Skudai Kulai Kuala Lumpur South City Centre Woodlands (Singapore)	Double U-turn interchange
1
		U-Turn	U-Turn
	EXIT 1702A	Damansara Alif Exit	South Persiaran Alif Perdana Bandar Damansara Alif	Left in/left out (LILO) junction Tampoi bound
	EXIT 1702B	Kampung Kempas Exit	Kampung Kempas	Left in/left out (LILO) junction Pasir Gudang bound
	EXIT 1703	Kempas Highway Interchange	J3 Kempas Highway North J3 Kempas Setia Tropika North–South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Melaka Senai International Airport South J3 Jalan Datin Halimah City Centre Tampoi	Diamond interchange
		PetronasShell and BH Petrol Layby	Petronas Shell BH Petrol	Pasir Gudang bound
		Railway crossing bridge
	EXIT 1704	Tebrau Industrial Area II Interchange	North Jalan Firma Tebrau Industrial Area II Bandar Dato' Onn	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 1705B	Pasir Gudang-NSE Interchange	North North–South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Melaka Senai International Airport Bandar Dato' Onn Setia Tropika	Expressway interchange From/To Pasir Gudang
	EXIT 1705A	Jalan Persisiran Purnama Exit	Southeast Jalan Persisiran Purnama Seri Purnama Industrial Area Pandan City Mall	Tampoi bound
		Mobil and BH Petrol Layby	BH Petrol Mobil	Tampoi bound
		Sungai Tebrau bridge
		ShellShell Layby	Shell	Tampoi bound
20	EXIT 1706	Tebrau Industrial Area IV Interchange	North Jalan Bertam 23 Taman Daya Setia Indah Adda Heights Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Johor state headquarters South Jalan Angkasa Mas Utama Tebrau Industrial Area IV	Diamond interchange
		Sungai Pandan bridge
		Mobil Layby	Mobil	Pasir Gudang bound
	EXIT 1707	Johor Jaya Interchange	Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway North Kota Tinggi Mersing Kota Tinggi waterfall Desaru Taman Johor Jaya South Taman Molek City Centre Woodlands (Singapore)	Multi-level stacked diamond expressway interchange
24
	EXIT 1708	Taman Molek Exit	South Jalan Ros Merah 1/1 Taman Molek	From Pasir Gudang only
		U-Turn	U-Turn
27
	EXIT 1709	Plentong Interchange	J10 Jalan Masai Lama North Plentong Taman Johor Jaya Permas Jaya Giant Hypermarket Plentong South Taman Molek Tesco Extra Hypermarket	Diamond interchange
		Sungai Plentong bridge
		Sungai Tengkorak bridge
		Caltex Layby	Caltex	Tampoi bound
	EXIT 1710	Permas Jaya Exit	South Jalan Permas Barat Permas Jaya	Tampoi bound
		Petronas Shell Layby	Petronas Shell	Tampoi bound
	EXIT 1711	Sri Alam (West) Interchange	North Persiaran Seri Alam Bandar Sri Alam South Jalan Kota Kota Puteri Taman Rinting	Diamond interchange
		Mobil Petronas Shell Layby	Mobil Petronas Shell	Pasir Gudang bound
	EXIT 1712	Kota Puteri Exit	North J10 Jalan Masai Lama Masai South Jalan Puteri Kota Puteri Taman Rinting	Left in/left out (LILO) junction Both bound
	EXIT 1713	Sri Alam (East) Interchange	North Jalan Seri Alam Bandar Sri Alam Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) Bandar Seri Alam Campus Tesco Hypermarket Bandar Seri Alam South Jalan Rinting Taman Rinting Permas Jaya Johor Bahru	Diamond interchange
		Sungai Rinting bridge
Sungai Masai bridge MBJB–MPPG border limit
	EXIT 1714	Pasir Gudang (North) Interchange	North Jalan Besar Taman Dahlia Taman Mawar Masjid Jamek Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Recreational Park Bukit Layang Layang Muzium Layang Layang Johor Circuit South Jalan Kampung Pasir Gudang Kampung Pasir Gudang Johor Bahru East Coast Highway Permas Jaya Bridge Johor Bahru Woodlands (Singapore) Bakar Batu Permas Jaya Taman Rinting	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 1715	Pasir Gudang (West) Interchange	West Johor Bahru East Coast Highway Permas Jaya Bridge Johor Bahru Woodlands (Singapore) Bakar Batu Permas Jaya Taman Rinting South Jalan Pekeliling Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering Shipyard Sultan Iskandar Power Station	Cloverleaf interchange
	EXIT 1716	Pasir Gudang Jalan Masjid Interchange	North Jalan Masjid Kong Kong Town Centre Taman Mawar Taman Dahlia Masjid Jamek Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Recreational Park Bukit Layang Layang Muzium Layang Layang Johor Circuit	T-junctions
		Stadium Perbadanan	Stadium Perbadanan Stadium Pasir Gudang	Johor Port bound
	EXIT 1717	Pasir Gudang Jalan Besar Interchange	North Jalan Besar Town Centre Pasir Gudang Recreational Park Bukit Layang Layang Muzium Layang Layang Johor Circuit South Jalan Emas Pasir Gudang Industrial Area	Junctions
	EXIT 1718	Jalan Gangsa Interchange	Jalan Gangsa West Pasir Gudang Industrial Area East Townships Institut Latihan Perindustrian (ILP) Pasir Gudang, Johor	Junctions
Pasir Gudang Highway Start/End of highway
	EXIT 1719	Johor Port Interchange	West Jalan Pekeliling Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering Shipyard Sultan Iskandar Power Station South Johor Port Main terminal Headquarters and control centre	Junctions Start/End of highway

Tanjung Langsat Highway

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
Tanjung Langsat Highway Start/End of highway
		Johor Port Shipyard Junctions	Johor Port Shipyard	T-junctions
		Jalan Besar Junctions	North Jalan Besar Pasir Gudang Recreational Park Bukit Layang Layang Muzium Layang Layang Johor Circuit	T-junctions
		Railway crossing
		Train container depot
		Jalan Suasa Junctions	South Jalan Suasa Sime Sembawang	T-junctions
		Kampung Pasir Puteh Junctions	Kampung Pasir Puteh	T-junctions
		TPGCC Junctions	Tanjung Puteri Golf and Country Club	T-junctions
		Kota Masai Junctions	North Jalan Pasir Putih J10 Kota Masai J10 Taman Scientex J10 Masai	T-junctions
		Sungai Kong Kong bridge
		Tanjung Langsat Industrial Area	Titan Petrochemicals Plant	T-junctions
		Tanjung Langsat Industrial Area	Titan Petrochemicals Plant	T-junctions
		Tanjung Langsat Industrial Area		T-junctions
		Pasir Gudang-SDE Interchange	North Senai–Desaru Expressway = Pasir Gudang Link Senai International Airport Ulu Tiram Kota Tinggi Kuala Lumpur Tuas (Singapore) Bandar Penawar Pengerang Desaru	Trumpet interchange
		Kampung Perigi Acheh Junctions	Kampung Perigi Acheh Tanjung Langsat Incinerator	T-junctions
Tanjung Langsat Highway Start/End of highway
		Tanjung Langsat Tanjung Langsat Junctions	North Jalan Perigi Acheh Kampung Perigi Acheh South Jalan Pekeliling Port of Tanjung Langsat Pantai Pasir Layar	T-junctions

References

1. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.
2. "Keeping watch on accident hot spots - Community | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2019-02-17.