Sapi-Nangoh Highway, also known as Jalan Sapi-Nangoh, is one of the major

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

s in

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

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. This highway was constructed to connect the rural areas in northeast Sabah with

Kudat Kudat ( ms, Pekan Kudat) is the capital of the Kudat District in the Kudat Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 29,025 in 2010. It is located on the Kudat Peninsula, about north of Kota Kinabalu, the state cap ...

and

Sandakan Sandakan (, Jawi: , ) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast of ...

, as well as to shorten the traveling distance from Kudat to Sandakan. The highway originally started as a road connecting Kudat to Kota Marudu, Pitas and the nearby areas before being extended southwards. Because the majority of this highway passes through remote and sparsely populated areas in northeast Sabah, it is reported that after passing the town of Pitas, the next available proper

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is more than 200 km. However, petrol can still be obtained in small quantities in remote villages along this highway, but at a higher price than regular petrol stations.

List of interchanges

References

{{reflist Highways in Malaysia Roads in Sabah