Kempas Highway

Johor Route 3
Route information
Maintained by PLUS Expressway Berhad
Existed:	1992 – present
History:	Completed in 1994
Major junctions
North end:	J193 Jalan Kempas Lama
	J192 Jalan Kempas Lama Jalan Kempas Denai Pasir Gudang Highway Jalan Tampoi J3 Jalan Datin Halimah
South end:	Jalan Tampoi
Location
Major cities:	Senai, Pasir Gudang, Tampoi, Larkin, Johor Bahru
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Kempas Highway or Jalan Kempas (Johor state route J3) is a major highway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is the only state road in Malaysia constructed as a 2-lane highway by an expressway concessionaire company, PLUS Expressway Berhad as a part of the North-South Expressway project. Kempas Highway was built to provide access to Johor Bahru from North-South Expressway Southern Route via EXIT 255 Kempas Interchange.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero (0) of Kempas Highway starts at Jalan Kempas Lama junctions.

Features

Notable features

• Setia Tropika

At most section, the Federal Route J3 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

Alternate routes

None

Sections with motorcycle lanes

None

List of Interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
J3 0	EXIT 1	JALAN KEMPAS LAMA JUNCTIONS	J193 JALAN KEMPAS LAMA WEST Skudai Tampoi EAST Kampung Maju Jaya Senai Senai International Airport NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY SOUTHERN ROUTE Kuala Lumpur Melaka Johor Bahru Woodlands (Singapore)	T-junctions Start/End of highway
J3 KEMPAS HIGHWAY Start/End of highway PLUS Expressway border limit
	EXIT 2	SETIA TROPIKA JUNCTIONS	EAST JALAN SETIA TROPIKA UTAMA Setia Tropika Kompleks Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri Johor	T-junctions
		Railway crossing bridge
	EXIT 3	TAMAN KEMPAS JUNCTIONS	Taman Kempas	T-junctions
	EXIT 4	KAMPUNG KEMPAS JUNCTIONS	WEST JALAN KEMPAS DENAI Tampoi Taman Johor Taman Munshi Ibrahim EAST JALAN PERMATANG 8 Kempas railway station
		Petronas Petronas Layby	Petronas TnG TAG Hub	North bound
		Masjid Kempas		North only
		Petronas Petronas Layby	Petronas	South bound
		The Southern Hospital		North only
		Shell Shell Layby	Shell	North bound
		Masjid Baru Kempas		North only
	EXIT 5	KEMPAS-PASIR GUDANG HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE	PASIR GUDANG HIGHWAY WEST Tuas Nusajaya Skudai Senai International Airport Kulaijaya EAST Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 6	KEMPAS INDUSTRIAL AREA JUNCTIONS	Kempas Industrial Area	Junctions
J3 KEMPAS HIGHWAY Start/End of highway PLUS Expressway border limit
	EXIT 7	JALAN TAMPOI INTERCHANGE	JALAN TAMPOI WEST Tampoi Bandar Damansara Alif EAST AH18 Kota Tinggi Kampung Melayu Majidee	Diamond interchange Start/End of highway
			SOUTH J3 JALAN DATIN HALIMAH Larkin Johor Bahru city centre Larkin Sentral