Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
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| 188 Federal route 188 |
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| Length (kilometres) | 4.6 |
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| Direction | Half circular Southwest - Southeast |
| Start | Dataran Bandaraya Jalan Abu Bakar junctions |
| Main destinations | Woodlands (Singapore) |
| End | Stulang Jalan Ibrahim Sultan junctions |
| Construction Began | 1996 |
| Construction End | 2001 |
| Roads joined | J1 Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway Jalan Yahya Awal 1 AH 2 Skudai Highway 3 AH 18 Tebrau Highway J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway Jalan Ibrahim Sultan |
| Asian Highway Network | none |
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, Federal Route 188 is a multi-lane federal 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.
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[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 has been constructed during the mid of 2006 and will be fully operational to the public on 15th December 2007.
[edit] List of interchanges and junctions
| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks |
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| 188 0 |
EXIT 18801 | JALAN ABU BAKAR JUNCTIONS | 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 |  |
East bound | ||
| EXIT 18802 | HYATT REGENCY JUNCTIONS | JALAN KOLAM AYER Hyatt Regency Johor Bahru 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 | ||
| EXIT 18803 | MAHMOODIAH INTERCHANGE | Jalan Wirawan Jalan Mahmoodiah Muslim cemetery Makam Mahmoodiah |
Diamond interchange with tunnel | |
| EXIT 18804 | JALAN YAHYA AWAL INTERCHANGE | JALAN YAHYA AWAL Hutan Bandar Istana Besar |
Junctions Diamond interchange Under planning |
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| EXIT 18805 | JALAN TUN ABDUL RAZAK INTERCHANGE | 1SKUDAI HIGHWAY NORTH Kuala Lumpur Skudai Senai Kulai SOUTH City centre JB Sentral |
Single-point urban interchange | |
| EXIT 18806 | JALAN TEBRAU INTERCHANGE | 3 AH 2 TEBRAU HIGHWAY NORTH Mersing Kota Tinggi Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang SOUTH City centre JB Sentral |
Stack diamond interchange | |
| Jalan Storey | JALAN STOREY | West bound | ||
| EXIT 18807 | CIQ INTERCHANGE | NORTHEAST E 14 FUTURE JB EASTERN DISPERSAL LINKJ5 JOHOR BAHRU EAST COAST PARKWAY JALAN STULANG LAUT Permas Jaya SOUTH Johor Bahru custom, immigration and quarantine checkpoint 1 AH 2 JOHOR CAUSEWAY Woodlands (Singapore) |
Multi-level stacked diamond interchange | |
| 4.6 | EXIT 18808 | JALAN IBRAHIM SULTAN INTERCHANGE | JALAN IBRAHIM SULTAN EAST Stulang Duty Free Complex |
T-junctions |
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