Sultanah Bahiyah Highway

Federal Route 255
Sultanah Bahiyah Highway
Route information
Length:	15.7 km (9.8 mi)
Major junctions
Northeast end:	Alor Setar (North) Interchange
	K8 Jalan Langgar Darul Aman Highway Federal Route 7 Kuala Kedah Highway Sultan Abdul Halim Highway Federal Route 1 North-South Expressway Northern Route
Southeast end:	Alor Star (South) Interchange
Location
Primary destinations:	Bukit Kayu Hitam Kangar Kuala Kedah Penang Ipoh Kuala Lumpur
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Sultanah Bahiyah Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Sultanah Bahiyah), Federal Route 255 (formerly Alor Setar Bypass and Jalan Sultanah, both Kedah State Route K139) is a major highway bypass in Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia.^[1] It was named after the late Sultanah Bahiyah, a first consort of Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah. The Kilometre Zero is located at Alor Setar North.

History

On November 2003, after a first consort of Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah, Sultanah Bahiyah, died on 26 August 2003, the Kedah state government renamed the highway Sultanah Bahiyah Highway in her honour.

In 2013, the highway was gazetted as Federal Route 255.

Features

At most sections, the Federal Route 255 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of junctions

Km	Exit	Junctions	To	Remarks
0	EXIT 25501 EXIT 178	Alor Star (North)-NSE Interchange	North-South Expressway Northern Route North Hat Yai (Thailand) Bukit Kayu Hitam Jitra South Kuala Lumpur Penang	Closed tolled trumpet expressway interchange
Alor Star (North) toll plaza ASU PLUSTransit TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Closed toll system Collect PLUSTransit cards and pay a distance toll
1.3		Alor Setar (North) Toll Plaza	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre
1.4		PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintainences office PROPEL PROPEL section maintainences office	PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintainences office PROPEL PROPEL section maintainences office	Service t-junctions
North-South Expressway Northern Route Start/End of expressway PLUS Expressways border limit
Sultanah Bahiyah Highway JKR border limit
1.6	EXIT 25502	Jalan Langgar Junctions	K8 Jalan Langgar North Langgar Pokok Sena Jitra Kepala Batas Sultan Abdul Halim Airport South Kota Sarang Semut Gurun Sungai Petani	Junctions
4.1	EXIT 25506	Darul Aman Highway Junctions	Darul Aman Highway North Anak Bukit Kepala Batas Jitra Sultan Abdul Halim Airport South City Centre	T-junctions
		Sungai Anak Bukit bridge
		Kampung Pumpong
	EXIT 25507	Jalan Gangsa Junctions	K137 Jalan Gangsa	Junctions
		Taman Wira Mergong
		Taman Shahab
		Taman Senangin
		Taman Mergong Indah
7	EXIT 25512	Alor Setar Utara Junctions	Northwest Kangar Kuala Perlis Padang Besar Southeast City Centre	Junctions
		Sungai Kedah bridge
12	EXIT 25517	Kuala Kedah Highway	Kuala Kedah Highway West Kuala Kedah Kuala Kedah jetty ( Ferry to Langkawi Island) East City Centre	Junctions
		Desa Seraya
		Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct Bridge
14	EXIT 25519	Alor Setar Selatan Junctions	North Sultan Abdul Halim Highway City Centre South Sungai Petani Gurun Kota Sarang Semut	Junctions
14.6		Tesco Hypermarket Alor Setar
Sultanah Bahiyah Highway JKR border limit
Alor Star Welcome Arch
North-South Expressway Northern Route Start/End of expressway PLUS Expressways border limit
15.3		Alor Star (South) toll plaza	TnG TAG Customer Service Centre
Alor Star (South) toll plaza ASS RM (Cash) RM (Cash) TnG TAG TnG PLUSTransit PLUSTransit Closed toll system Collect PLUSTransit cards and pay a distance toll
15.6		Railway crossing bridge
15.7	EXIT 25521 EXIT 177	Alor Star (South)-NSE Interchange	North-South Expressway Northern Route North Hat Yai (Thailand) Bukit Kayu Hitam Jitra South Kuala Lumpur Penang Pendang	Closed tolled trumpet expressway interchange

References

↑ Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. p. 16-64. ISSN 1985-9619. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Malaysian Federal Roads System

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Industrial Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia)	3000 3001 3050 3051 3052 3053 3110 3111 3112 3113 3114 3115 3145 3416 3147 3148 3149 3150 3151 3152 3208 3209 3210 3211 3212 3213 3214 3215 3216 3217 3218 3265 3374 3484 3485 3486 3487 3488 3489 3684 3685 3686 3739 3740

Institutional Facilities Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia)	313 315 317 341 342 343 344 345 361 362 399 401 420 421 422 423 424 432 433 434 435 436 459 479 480

Main Federal Roads (Sarawak)	1 ( 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 1-17 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 1-43 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 1-66 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92)

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Main Federal Roads (Sabah)	1 13 22 500 501 502 503

FELDA/FELCRA Federal Roads (Sabah)	1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806

Institutional Facilities Federal Roads (Sabah)	600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608

Main Federal Roads (Labuan)	700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 728 729 730 731

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