Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road

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Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road is a multi-lane urban and municipal ring road highway that circles the Central Business District of Johor Bahru or Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The 4.6 kilometre highway was the most expensive road infrastructure project per kilometre of its time in the country.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Phase 1 1.2 Phase 2 1.3 Phase 3 2 Current developments 3 List of interchanges and junctions

[edit] History

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road commenced construction in 1996 with the objective of diverting traffic not destined for the centre of the city to bypass it through the ring road that connects all four arterial highways and major roads leading into the area.

The construction was divided into three phases:

[edit] Phase 1

From the Tanjung Puteri Customs Complex/Jalan Sultan Ibrahim to Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway), this 500 metre section links the Malaysia-Singapore commercial vehicles customs complex to Tebrau Highway, one of the two major arterial highways into the city. This 6 to 8 lane section comprised two ground-level traffic-light- controlled intersections with provisions for future tri-level interchange, and a two-level interchange with provision for future tri-level interchange. This phase was opened to traffic in 1998.

[edit] Phase 2

This 600 metre elevated section from Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway) to Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak comprises only one interchange, 25 metres high, roughly equivalent to a four-storey building. It links Tebrau Highway to Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (Skudai Highway) near Plaza Best World. The tri-level interchange was the tallest traffic interchange at the time of construction in Malaysia. This phase was opened to traffic in 1999.

[edit] Phase 3

This 3.5 kilometre section runs from Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak to Jalan Tun Dato Ismail near the City Square clock tower, or Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru. It comprises four ground level traffic-lights controlled intersections with provisions for future dual or tri-level interchanges. This phase was opened to traffic after multiple delays in 2001.

[edit] Current developments

Traffic interchanges at Jalan Sultan Ibrahim and Jalan Lumba Kuda are being upgraded to multi-level interchanges in anticipation for the new customs and immigration complex of Southern International Gateway. This project is expected to divert all inbound and outbound traffic to Singapore away from the CBD. The new flyover on Tebrau Highway Interchange near hockey stadium will be constructed in the mid of 2006.

[edit] List of interchanges and junctions

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0	1	Jalan Abu Bakar	J1JOHOR BAHRU WEST COAST PARKWAY WEST Danga Bay Skudai Senai Kulai EAST Hospital Sultanah Aminah Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar Istana Besar City centre	T-junctions
		Dataran Bandaraya	Dataran Bandaraya	East bound
	2	Hyatt Regency Johor Bahru	Hyatt Regency Johor Bahru Jalan Kolam Ayer Jalan Mahmoodiah Makam Mahmoodiah	T-junctions
		Jalan Abdul Samad	Jalan Abdul Samad Sedap Corner	East bound
		Jalan Petrie	Jalan Petrie Muslim cemetery Jalan Mahmoodiah	West bound
	3	Mahmoodiah	Jalan Wirawan Jalan Mahmoodiah Muslim cemetery Makam Mahmoodiah	Diamond interchange with tunnel
	4	Jalan Yahya Awal	JALAN YAHYA AWAL Hutan Bandar Istana Besar	Junctions
	5	Danga City Mall (fomerly Best World)	1SKUDAI HIGHWAY NORTH Kuala Lumpur Skudai Senai Kulai SOUTH City centre Singapore	Single-point urban interchange
	6	MBJB Indoor Stadium	3TEBRAU HIGHWAY NORTH Mersing Kota Tinggi Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang SOUTH City centre Singapore	Diamond interchange The construction of new flyover on Tebrau Highway Interchange near hockey stadium has begin
		Jalan Storey	Jalan Storey	West bound
	7	Southern Integrated Gateway	NORTHEAST E --FUTURE JB EASTERN DISPERSAL LINK J5JALAN STULANG LAUT Permas Jaya SOUTH Johor Bahru new custom, immigration and quarantine checkpoint 1 AH 2 JOHOR CAUSEWAY Singapore via Woodlands	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
4.6	8	Jalan Ibrahim Sultan	Jalan Ibrahim Sultan Stulang	T-junctions