Pasir Gudang Highway, also known as Federal Route 17, is a highway in

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that connects Tampoi North in the west to Pasir Gudang and

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in the east. Pasir Gudang Highway is a four-laned highway, unlike the wider

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which has six lanes. Many cargo trucks travel along the highway daily. Pasir Gudang Highway became the backbone of the road system linking

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to Pasir Gudang before being surpassed by the

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, SDE 22, and the

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35.

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

With the opening of the

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on 1977. The new highway from Johor Bahru to Pasir Gudang was constructed. Construction of the highway began in 1977 and was completed in 1979.

Features

* Four lane carriageway * Narrow and no emergency lanes * Some accident hot spots along the highway * Flood prone area At most sections, the Federal Route 17 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h. There are no overlaps, alternate routes, or sections with motorcycle lanes. On 10 March 2012, the

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Najib Tun Razak Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysi ...

announced that the 15 km stretch from Tebrau to Seri Alam of the 32 km-long Pasir Gudang Highway would be upgraded from four-lane to six-lane carriageway.

List of interchanges and junctions

Persisiran Perling

Pasir Gudang Highway

Tanjung Langsat Highway

References

{{Malaysian Federal Roads Expressways and highways in Johor

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