Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, (JBIRR) or Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Federal Route 188, is a multi-lane federal ring road highway that circles the Johor Bahru Central District in Johor, Malaysia.[1] The 4.6-kilometre (2.9 mi) highway was the most expensive road infrastructure project per kilometre of its time in the country.

Federal Route 188
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
(Jalan Lingkaran Dalam)
Route information
Length4.6 km (2.9 mi)
Existed1996–present
HistoryCompleted in 2001
Major junctions
Southwest endDataran Bandaraya Interchange
 J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway
Jalan Yahya Awal
Skudai Highway
Tebrau Highway
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway
J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway
Jalan Tanjung Puteri
Jalan Ibrahim Sultan
Southeast endStulang
Jalan Ibrahim Sultan Interchange
Location
Primary
destinations
Woodlands (Singapore)
Highway system

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 188 starts at Jalan Abu Bakar junctions near Dataran Bandaraya.

History

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road commenced construction in 1996 with the objective of diverting traffic not destined for the centre of the city to bypass it through the ring road that connects all four arterial highways and major roads leading into the area.

The construction was divided into three phases:

Phase 1

From the Tanjung Puteri Customs Complex/Jalan Sultan Ibrahim to Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway), this 500-metre section links the Malaysia-Singapore commercial vehicles customs complex to Tebrau Highway, one of the two major arterial highways into the city. This 6 to 8 lane section comprised two ground-level traffic-light- controlled intersections with provisions for future tri-level interchange, and a two-level interchange with provision for future tri-level interchange. This phase was opened to traffic in 1998.

Phase 2

This 600 metre elevated section from Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway) to Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak (named after Abdul Rahman Andak) comprises only one interchange, 25 metres high, roughly equivalent to a four-storey building. It links Tebrau Highway to Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (Skudai Highway) near Plaza Best World. The tri-level interchange was the tallest traffic interchange at the time of construction in Malaysia. This phase was opened to traffic in 1999.

Phase 3

This 3.5 kilometre section runs from Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak to Jalan Tun Dato Ismail near the City Square clock tower, or Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru. It comprises four ground level traffic-lights controlled intersections with provisions for future dual or tri-level interchanges. This phase was opened to traffic after multiple delays in 2001.

Features

At most sections, the Federal Route 188 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

Traffic interchanges at Jalan Sultan Ibrahim and Jalan Lumba Kuda are being upgraded to multi-level interchanges in anticipation for the new customs and immigration complex of Southern International Gateway known as Sultan Iskandar Building. This project is expected to divert all inbound and outbound traffic to Singapore away from the CBD.

The new flyover on Tebrau Highway Interchange near hockey stadium was constructed during the middle of 2006 and became operational to the public on 15 December 2007.

List of interchanges and junctions

kmExitInterchangeToRemarks

0
EXIT 18801Dataran Bandaraya flyover
Dataran Bandaraya Interchange
J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway

West
Skudai
Senai International Airport
Kulai
Iskandar Puteri
Danga Bay

East
J1 City Centre
Hospital Sultanah Aminah
Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar
Istana Besar
Trumpet interchange
Start/End of flyover
J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
Dataran Bandaraya flyover
Dataran Bandaraya
Eastbound
EXIT 18802Dataran Bandaraya flyover
Kolam Ayer Interchange
Northwest
Jalan Datin Halimah
Jalan Datin Halimah

Southeast
Jalan Mahmoodiah
Muslim Cemetery
Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum
Diamond interchange
Dataran Bandaraya flyoverStart/End of flyover
Jalan Abdul SamadJalan Abdul Samad
Sedap Corner
Eastbound
Jalan PetriJalan Petri
Muslim cemetery
Jalan Mahmoodiah
Westbound
EXIT 18803Mahmoodiah InterchangeNorth
Jalan Wirawan

South
Jalan Mariamah
Jalan Mahmoodiah
Muslim cemetery
Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum
Diamond interchange with tunnel
EXIT 18804Jalan Yahya Awal InterchangeJalan Yahya Awal

North
Jalan Tasek Utara
Hutan Bandar

South
Jalan Ayer Molek
Bangunan KWSP
Bangunan Tabung Haji
Diamond interchange
EXIT 18805Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Interchange Skudai Highway

North
Senai International Airport
Iskandar Puteri
Tampoi
Skudai
Kulaijaya
Kuala Lumpur

South
City Centre
JB Sentral 🚉
Single-point urban interchange
EXIT 18806Lebuhraya Tebrau Interchange Tebrau Highway

North
Mersing
Kota Tinggi
Bandar Sri Alam
Pasir Gudang

South
City Centre
JB Sentral 🚉
Stack diamond interchange
Muzium Tokoh JohorMuzium Tokoh JohorEastbound
Shell Layby ShellWestbound
Jalan StoreyWest
Jalan Storey
Westbound
CIQ flyoverStart/End of flyover
EXIT 18807CIQ flyover
CIQ Interchange
Northeast
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Melaka
Senai International Airport
Bandar Dato' Onn
Setia Tropika
J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway
Jalan Stulang Laut
Permas Jaya
Pasir Gudang

South
Sultan Iskandar Building
Touch 'n Go
Johor Causeway
Woodlands
Singapore City
Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
CIQ flyoverStart/End of flyover

4
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
Start/End of highway
4.6EXIT 18808Jalan Ibrahim Sultan InterchangeWest
Jalan Tanjung Puteri
City Centre

East
Jalan Ibrahim Sultan
Stulang
ZON Duty Free Complex 🏬
T-junctions

See also

References

  1. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.

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