Pasir Gudang Highway

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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
  E3 AH143 AH143 Second Link Expressway
1 AH2 AH2 Skudai Highway
J3 Kempas Highway
E2 AH2 AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route
3 AH18 AH18 Johor Bahru-Kota Tinggi Highway
J10 Jalan Masai Lama
-- Johor Bahru East Coast Highway
E22 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

Pasir Gudang Highway, also known as Federal Route 17 is a major highway or large road in Iskandar Malaysia Johor, Malaysia that connects Tampoi North in the west to Pasir Gudang, Johor Port and Tanjung Langsat in the east. Pasir Gudang Highway is a four-laned highway, unlike the wider Skudai Highway which has six lanes. The highway boasts a high number of cargo trucks travelling 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 E22 and the Johor Bahru East Coast Highway. There are many accidents area along the highway.

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

Construction of the route began in 1977 and was completed in 1979.

Features

Notable features

  • Four lane carriageway.
  • Narrow and no emergency lanes.
  • Many accidents area along the highway.
  • Flood prones area.

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

Overlaps

Alternate routes

Sections with motorcycle lanes

Current developments

Upgrading the Pasir Gudang Highway into six lane carriageway

On March 10, 2012, the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak announced that the Pasir Gudang Highway would be upgraded from four-lane to six-lane carriageway.

Johor Bahru-Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX)

The Johor Bahru-Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX) is a new expressway under planning in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor Bahru. The expressway will be build by Beta Infra Sdn Bhd a member of Beta Group International.
Johor Bahru-Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX) on Beta Group International website


List of interchanges and junctions

Persisiran Perling

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks
WEST
E3 AH143 AH143 SECOND LINK EXPRESSWAY
E3 PONTIAN-JOHOR BAHRU PARKWAY
-- Bandar Nusajaya
16 Senai International Airport
E3 AH143 AH143 Gelang Patah
5 Pontian
177 Port of Tanjung Pelepas
E3 AH143 AH143 Tuas (Singapore)
E2 AH2 AH2 Kuala Lumpur
E3 AH143 AH143 SECOND LINK EXPRESSWAY
E3 PONTIAN-JOHOR BAHRU PARKWAY
Start/End of expressway
PLUS Expressway border limit

17 PERSISIRAN PERLING

ELEVATED U-TURNU-TURN
17 Pasir Gudang
3 AH18 AH18 Kota Tinggi
1 AH2 AH2 Johor Bahru
1 AH2 AH2 Woodlands (Singapore)
Elevated U-Turn
17
-2
TAMAN PERLING
TAMAN PERLING WEST EXIT
NORTH
JALAN UNDAN
(eastbound only)

SOUTH
JALAN SIMBANG
(westbound only)
Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
TAMAN PERLINGPerling 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
MPJBT-MBJB border limit
Sungai Skudai bridge Start/End of bridge
17
-1
TAMAN TAMPOI UTAMA EXITJALAN SRI PERKASA 2
NORTH
Taman Tampoi Indah
(eastbound only)

SOUTH
Taman Tampoi Utama
(westbound only)
Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
U-TURN INTERCHANGEU-TURN
Taman Perling
-- Bandar Nusajaya
16 Senai International Airport
E3 Gelang Patah
5 Pontian
177 Port of Tanjung Pelepas
E3 Tuas (Singapore)
E2 AH2 AH2 Kuala Lumpur
U-Turn Interchange
17 PERSISIRAN PERLING

Pasir Gudang Highway

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks
17 PASIR GUDANG HIGHWAY
Start/End of highway

17
0
EXIT 1701 TAMPOI NORTH INTERCHANGE1 AH2 AH2 SKUDAI HIGHWAY

NORTH
1 Senai
16 Senai International Airport
1 AH2 AH2 Skudai
1 Kulai
E2 AH2 AH2 Kuala Lumpur

SOUTH
1 AH2 AH2 City centre
1 AH2 AH2 Woodlands (Singapore)
Double u-turn interchange
Start/End of highway
17
1
U-TURNU-TURN
EXIT 1702A DAMANSARA ALIF EXITBandar Damansara AlifLeft in/left out (LILO) junction
Tampoi bound
EXIT 1702B KAMPUNG KEMPAS EXITKampung KempasLeft in/left out (LILO) junction
Pasir Gudang bound
EXIT 1703 KEMPAS HIGHWAY INTERCHANGEJ3 KEMPAS HIGHWAY

NORTH
Kempas
Setia Tropika
E2 AH2 AH2 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY SOUTHERN ROUTE
Kuala Lumpur
Melaka
Senai International Airport

SOUTH
J3 Jalan Datin Halimah
City centre
Tampoi
Diamond interchange
PetronasShellPetronas, Shell and BH Petrol Layby Petronas Shell BH PetrolPasir Gudang bound
Railway crossing bridge
EXIT 1704 TEBRAU INDUSTRIAL AREA II INTERCHANGENORTH
JALAN FIRMA
Tebrau Industrial Area II
Bandar Dato' Onn
Diamond interchange
EXIT 1705B PASIR GUDANG-NSE INTERCHANGENORTH
E2 AH2 AH2 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 EXITSOUTHEAST
JALAN PERSISIRAN PURNAMA
Seri Purnama Industrial Area
Pandan City Mall
Tampoi bound
Mobil BH Petrol and Mobil Layby BH Petrol MobilTampoi bound
Sungai Tebrau bridge
ShellShell Layby ShellTampoi bound
17
20
EXIT 1706 TEBRAU INDUSTRIAL AREA IV INTERCHANGENORTH
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 Mobil Layby MobilPasir Gudang bound
EXIT 1707 JOHOR JAYA INTERCHANGE3 AH18 AH18 JOHOR BAHRU-KOTA TINGGI HIGHWAY

NORTH
3 AH18 AH18 Kota Tinggi
3 AH18 AH18 Mersing
3 AH18 AH18 Kota Tinggi waterfall
90 Desaru
Taman Johor Jaya

SOUTH
Taman Molek
3 AH18 AH18 City centre
3 AH18 AH18 Woodlands (Singapore)
Multi-level stacked diamond expressway interchange
17
24
EXIT 1708 TAMAN MOLEK EXITSOUTH
JALAN ROS MERAH 1/1
Taman Molek
From Pasir Gudang only
U-TURNU-TURN
17
27
EXIT 1709PLENTONG INTERCHANGEJ10 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
CaltexCaltex Layby CaltexTampoi bound
EXIT 1710PERMAS JAYA EXITSOUTH
JALAN PERMAS BARAT
Permas Jaya
Tampoi bound
PetronasShellPetronas and Shell Layby Petronas ShellTampoi bound
EXIT 1711 SRI ALAM (WEST) INTERCHANGENORTH
PERSIARAN SERI ALAM
Bandar Sri Alam

SOUTH
JALAN KOTA
Kota Puteri
Taman Rinting
Diamond interchange
Mobil Petronas Shell Mobil, Petronas and Shell Layby Mobil Petronas ShellPasir Gudang bound
EXIT 1712 KOTA PUTERI EXITNORTH
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) INTERCHANGENORTH
JALAN SERI ALAM
Bandar Sri Alam
Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)
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) INTERCHANGENORTH
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) INTERCHANGEWEST
-- JOHOR BAHRU EAST COAST HIGHWAY
PERMAS JAYA BRIDGE
E14 Johor Bahru
E14 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 PerbadananStadium 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 INTERCHANGEJALAN GANGSA

WEST
Pasir Gudang Industrial Area

EAST
Townships
Institut Latihan Perindustrian (ILP) Pasir Gudang, Johor
Junctions
17 PASIR GUDANG HIGHWAY
Start/End of highway

EXIT 1719 JOHOR PORT INTERCHANGEWEST
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

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks
17 TANJUNG LANGSAT HIGHWAY
Start/End of highway

JOHOR PORT SHIPYARD JUNCTIONSJohor Port Shipyard T-junctions
JALAN BESAR JUNCTIONSNORTH
JALAN BESAR
Pasir Gudang Recreational Park
Bukit Layang Layang
Muzium Layang Layang
Johor Circuit
T-junctions
Railway crossing
Train container depot
JALAN SUASA JUNCTIONSSOUTH
JALAN SUASA
Sime Sembawang
T-junctions
KAMPUNG PASIR PUTEH JUNCTIONSKampung Pasir Puteh T-junctions
TPGCC JUNCTIONSTanjung Puteri Golf and Country Club T-junctions
KOTA MASAI JUNCTIONSNORTH
JALAN PASIR PUTIH
J10 Kota Masai
J10 Taman Scientex
J10 Masai
T-junctions
Sungai Kong Kong bridge
Tanjung Langsat Industrial AreaTitan Petrochemicals Plant T-junctions
Tanjung Langsat Industrial AreaTitan Petrochemicals Plant T-junctions
Tanjung Langsat Industrial Area T-junctions
PASIR GUDANG-SDE INTERCHANGENORTH
E22 SENAI-DESARU EXPRESSWAY = PASIR GUDANG LINK
16 Senai International Airport
3 AH18 AH18 Ulu Tiram
3 AH18 AH18 Kota Tinggi
E2 AH2 AH2 Kuala Lumpur
E3 AH143 AH143 Tuas (Singapore)
92 Bandar Penawar
92 Pengerang
90 Desaru
Trumpet interchange
KAMPUNG PERIGI ACHEH JUNCTIONSKampung Perigi Acheh
Tanjung Langsat Incinerator
T-junctions
17 TANJUNG LANGSAT HIGHWAY
Start/End of highway

TANJUNG LANGSAT
TANJUNG LANGSAT JUNCTIONS
NORTH
Kampung Perigi Acheh

SOUTH
Port of Tanjung Langsat
Pantai Pasir Layar
T-junctions
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