Segamat Inner Ring Road

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Segamat Inner Ring Road
Length (Kilometres)	6
Direction	Half-circular
Start	Taman Pemuda, Segamat
Main destinations	Segamat town center Kampung Gubah
End	Kampung Abdullah
Construction Began	2001
Construction End	2005
Roads joined	1 Federal route 1 J154 Jalan Kampung Tengah J152 Jalan Medoi
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Segamat Inner Ring Road is a 4-lane single carriageway municipal ring road system in Segamat, Johor, Malaysia. The ring road consists of Jalan Pemuda, Jalan Hassan (Johor State Route J154), Segamat Second Bridge, Jalan Hassan Abdullah, Jalan Pee Kang Hai and Jalan Chia Chin Koon.

[edit] History

Before 20th century, the main medium of transportation in Segamat was via rivers. However, the mode of transportation in Segamat began to change when the British colonial government began constructing the national railroad system and road networks (Federal Route 1 and Federal Route 23) passing through Segamat. As a result, several municipal roads were also built as well to connect the nearby villages to Segamat.

Since then, Jalan Pemuda and Jalan Hassan were primarily used as bypass routes when the main road (Federal Route 1) were closed during special occasions and events. The traffic rate along Federal Route 1 continued to rise every year as a result of the population increase, therefore the 8-kilometer section of the main road in Segamat was upgraded to 4-lane single-carriageway (dual-carriageway in the town center) in 1985.

As a result of the rise of traffic rate, traffic jams are common especially at the main bridge of Segamat. As a result, the federal government of Malaysia decided to build a second bridge of Segamat to reduce traffic congestion at the main bridge. The construction of the bridge began at the end of 1998 and completed in 2001. Soon after the completion of the bridge, a new dual-carriageway road, Jalan Hassan Abdullah, was constructed by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) of Segamat, connecting the second bridge to Jalan Pee Kang Hai.

In 1996, Segamat was chosen as the state-level host of the Malaysian National Day. At that time, the detour routes especially the 2-lane Jalan Hassan and Jalan Pemuda were badly congested and were unable to handle the incredible volume of traffic during the celebration. As a result, the JKR of Segamat decided to develop an inner ring road system by upgrading the existing 2-lane municipal roads such as Jalan Pemuda, Jalan Hassan, Jalan Pee Kang Hai and Jalan Chia Chin Koon to 4-lane single carriageway. The construction of Segamat Second Bridge was also included in the ring road package. Construction began right after the completion of Segamat Second Bridge in 2001 and completed in August 2005, several weeks before National Day celebration of 2005.

After the completion of Segamat Inner Ring Road, the ring road was used to divert the traffic when Segamat was once again chosen as the venue of the Johor state-level celebration of the 2005 Malaysian National Day. Unlike the 1996 celebration, the traffic flow was very smooth during the 2005 National Day celebration.

[edit] List of junctions

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		PERSIMPANGAN PEMUDA	1 JALAN BULOH KASAP NORTH 1 Seremban 1 Gemas 1 Buloh Kasap 12 Kuantan SOUTH 1 Segamat town center 23 Muar	T-junction
JALAN PEMUDA
		Kampung Jalan Pemuda	Kampung Jalan Pemuda
JALAN PEMUDA
		Kampung Tengah	NORTH J154 JALAN KAMPUNG TENGAH J154 Kampung Tengah J154 Kampung Tungku Tiga	T-junction
J154 JALAN HASSAN
		Kampung Gubah	Kampung Gubah
		Jalan Arshad	JALAN ARSHAD Jalan Hussin Jalan Awang Segamat High School	T-junction
		Jalan Sekolah	JALAN SEKOLAH Jalan Awang Segamat High School	T-junction
		TNB Segamat	TNB Segamat district branch office
J154 JALAN HASSAN
		PERSIMPANGAN LAKSAMANA	NORTH Segamat town centre (Bandar Atas) WEST J154 JALAN SULTAN 23 Muar 23 Jementah 23 Tangkak E 2AH 2NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY SOUTHERN ROUTE Kuala Lumpur	Junction
JALAN HASSAN ABDULLAH
		Segamat River bridge Segamat Second Bridge		Start/end of dual-carriageway
		Taman Utama	Taman Utama Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) district branch office
JALAN HASSAN ABDULLAH
		PERSIMPANGAN PEE KANG HAI	Segamat town center (Bandar Seberang) KFC, McDonald's & Pizza Hut restaurants 1 Jalan Genuang	Junction Start/end of dual-carriageway
JALAN PEE KANG HAI
		PERSIMPANGAN CENDERAWASIH	EAST Taman Segar WEST JALAN SYED ABUDUL KADIR Upwell Supermarket Kampung Abdullah 1 Jalan Genuang	Junction
		Jalan Medoi	NORTH J152 JALAN MEDOI J152 Kampung Jawa J152Shariff Motocross Circuit J152 FELDA Medoi	T-junction
JALAN PEE KANG HAI
		Taman Kemawan	Taman Kemawan	T-junction
JALAN CHIA CHIN KOON
		Giant Hypermarket Segamat	Giant Hypermarket Segamat (back entrance)	Kampung Abdullah bound
JALAN CHIA CHIN KOON
		PERSIMPANGAN KENAWAR	1 JALAN GENUANG NORTH 1 Segamat town center J14 Bukit Kepong 23 Muar SOUTH 1 Labis 1Yong Peng E 2AH 2NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY SOUTHERN ROUTE Johor Bahru Singapore	T-junction