Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)
Butterworth Outer Ring Road | |
BORR shown in red | |
Route information | |
Maintained by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB) | |
Length | 14.0 km (8.7 mi) |
Existed | 2003–present |
History | Completed in 2005 |
Major junctions | |
Beltway around Butterworth, Penang | |
From | Sungai Dua |
To | Perai |
Location | |
Primary destinations | Bagan Lalang, Sungai Puyu, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth |
Highway system | |
Route background
The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Sungai Dua Interchange. Ships can be seen near Bagan Ajam Rest Area. The Penang Megamall is located at the end of the highway. It is a six-lane line and it is also the connecting highway to Federal Route 1, from which north bound traffic will bring travelers to Alor Setar and beyond while motorists travelling south can head to Ipoh and beyond.
History
Construction began in 2003 and work was completed in 2006. The expressway was open to motorists in January 2007. As Sg Nyior residents protested against high toll rate in February 2007, the Sg Nyior toll booth collection was postponed by the Ministry of Works.
This highway is built to reduce the heavy traffic on the Sungai Dua–Juru NSE in the rushing hours and the holiday seasons. Nowadays, it is also used by residents in the Raja Uda area to head to Perai and the Megamall Pinang.
The people of Raja Uda area can also travel on the highway to head to the Sunway Carnival Mall.
With just one toll payment, this highway will bring motorists from both the south and the north to the ferry terminal for onward faster and cheaper ferry-crossing to Penang since the Penang Bridge faces heavy traffic congestion.
Features
Notable features of the expressway include Sungai Prai Bridge over the Perai River and Sungai Maklom Bridge over the Maklom River.
Tolls
The Butterworth Outer Ring Road uses open toll systems.
Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)
As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Perai and Bagan Ajam Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at the two toll plazas are conducted electronically using Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 1 June 2016.
Toll rates
Perai Toll Plaza
Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
---|---|---|
0 | Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels | Free |
1 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis | RM 1.50 |
2 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses | RM 3.00 |
3 | Vehicles with 3 or more axles | RM 4.50 |
4 | Taxis | RM 0.80 |
5 | Buses | RM 1.20 |
Bagan Ajam Toll Plaza
Class | Type of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
---|---|---|
0 | Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels | Free |
1 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis | RM 1.50 |
2 | Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses | RM 3.00 |
3 | Vehicles with 3 or more axles | RM 4.50 |
4 | Taxis | RM 0.80 |
5 | Buses | RM 1.20 |
(Starting 6.00 am on 15 October 2015)[2]
List of interchanges
Legend:
- I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge
District | Location | KM | Exit | Interchange | Destinations | Notes |
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Continues as | ||||||
North Seberang Perai | Sungai Dua | 0.0 | EXIT 165 | Sungai Dua Interchange | North: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Bertam South: Ipoh, Penang Island, Permatang Pauh |
Diamond interchange with E1 expressway as priority, controlled by traffic lights |
-.- | - | Unnamed | Mak Mandin Sungai Puyu |
T-junctions on both directions; Start/End of concurrency with route P198 | ||
Sungai Puyu | -.- | EXIT 1707 | Bagan Lalang I/C | Jalan Padang Lalang North: Mak Mandin, South: Bagan Lalang, Kampung Benggali |
Diamond interchange | |
-.- | - | Unnamed | Eastbound exit only, westbound entrance only; T-junction; Start/End of concurrency with route P198 | |||
Bagan Ajam | -.- | - | Unnamed | North: Residential Area South: Raja Uda Industrial Estate |
Eastbound exit towards north, westbound exit towards south; T-junctions on both directions | |
-.- | EXIT 1706 | Bagan Ajam Interchange | North: Alor Setar, Sungai Petani South: Butterworth |
Diamond interchange; Route P198 terminates here | ||
-.- | Bagan Ajam T/P | |||||
Butterworth | -.- | EXIT 1705 | Container Terminal (NBCT) I/C | West: North Butterworth Container Terminal NBCT-Sungai Nyior side East: Butterworth |
Diamond interchange | |
-.- | EXIT 1704 | Ferry Terminal I/C | Northeast: Butterworth Southwest: Butterworth Bus Terminal, Butterworth Train Station South: Penang Ferry Service (to Penang Island) |
Diamond interchange | ||
-.- | EXIT 1703 | Bagan Luar Interchange | Bagan Luar Industrial Area, Bagan Dalam |
Full access to northwestbound users, no access to southeastbound users unless taking exit 1704 | ||
-.- | Perai River Bridge 1.85 kilometres | |||||
Central Seberang Perai | Perai | -.- | Perai T/P | |||
-.- | EXIT 1702 | Perai Industries I/C | Northeast: Southwest: |
Diamond interchange; No access for north bound users to turn right unless taking Penang Bridge highway at exit 162. | ||
-.- | EXIT 1701 | Perai Jaya I/C | Southwest: Perai Jaya (Megamall) | Controlled by traffic lights | ||
-.- | EXIT 162 | Perai I/C | Northeast: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Permatang Pauh Southwest: Ipoh, Penang Island |
Partial cloverleaf interchange with E1 expressway as priority, partially controlled by traffic lights | ||
Continues as | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "BORR, Butterworth Outer Ring Road (E17) | Malaysia Airport KLIA2 info". www.klia2.info. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- "Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) toll rates up 20-70 sen". Paul Tan's Automotive News. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2019-02-17.