Jalan Syed Abdullah Aziz or Malacca Coastal Highway, Federal Route 192, is a coastal highway in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.[1] This coastal highway was built as a bypass of the Malacca City Centre and was built to shorten the travel distance between Bandar Hilir and Kampung Limbongan town area from 10 km (estimated) to 5 km (estimated).

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Federal Route 192
Jalan Syed Abdullah Aziz
(Malacca Coastal Highway)
Syed Abdullah Aziz Street.JPG
Route information
Length3.10 km (1.93 mi)
Existed1998–present
HistoryCompleted in 2001
Major junctions
Northwest endKampung Limbongan
Major intersectionsJalan Bukit Senjuang
M100 Jalan Padang Temu
FT 5 Jalan Tengkera
Southeast endCity Centre
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Klebang
Tengkera
Malacca Island
Taman Melaka Raya
Padang Temu
Highway system

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 192 starts at the City Centre. The highway passing Pulau Melaka junctions, Mahkota junctions, Malacca Coastal Bridge, Taman Kota Laksamana junctions and finally Kampung Limbongan junctions.

History

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The construction of the highway was proposed in 1996 and it was part of the Malacca coastal development project such as Mahkota Parade, Taman Melaka Raya, Taman Kota Laksamana and Malacca Island.[2] When the reclamation land for the project was done in the late 1990s. Construction of the highway began in 1998 and was completed in 2001. Phase 2 was built from Taman Kota Laksamana junctions to Kampung Limbongan junctions.

Features

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Malacca Coastal Bridge.
 
Taman Kota Laksamana
 
Taman Melaka Raya
  • Malacca Coastal Bridge - A box-girder-shaped bridge which crosses the Malacca River, built as a bypass to shorten the travel distance between the city centre and the Kampung Limbongan town area from 10 km (estimated) to 5 km (Estimated).

At most sections, the Federal Route 192 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of junctions

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Km Exit Junctions To Remarks
  FT 192
0
Malacca City Centre North
Jalan Bukit Senjuang
Jalan Laksamana Hang Li Po
Bandar Hilir
 M100 Padang Temu
  FT 5 Umbai
  FT 5 Merlimau
  FT 5 Muar
  FT 5 Batu Pahat
St John's Fort
Portuguese Square

WEST
Jalan Merdeka
Taman Melaka Raya
City Centre
Historical Places of Malacca
(UNESCO World Heritage Sites)
Junctions
  FT 192 Jalan Syed Abdullah Aziz
Start/End of highway
Future junctions
2 Pulau Melaka Junctions South
Jalan Pulau Melaka 1
Pulau Melaka Bridge
Pulau Melaka
Melaka Gateway
Malacca Straits Mosque
Junctions
  FT 192
1
Century Mahkota Hotel Melaka Century Mahkota Hotel Melaka
  FT 192
2
3 Mahkota Junctions Mahkota Parade
Mahkota Medical Centre  
Junctions
  FT 192
3
4 Malacca River Bridge
Malacca Coastal Bridge
Jalan PM Exit
Malacca Ferry Terminal
Bandar Hilir
Historical Places of Malacca
(UNESCO World Heritage Sites)
Mahkota Parade
Mahkota Medical Centre  
Ramp on/off below bridge
Start/End of bridge
Malacca River Bridge
Malacca Coastal Bridge
Malacca River Bridge
Malacca Coastal Bridge
Start/End of bridge
5 Taman Kota Laksamana Junctions North
Jalan Kota Laksamana
  FT 19 City Centre
  FT 19 Jalan Hang Tuah
  FT 19 Alor Gajah
  FT 5 Tengkera

South
Muzium Kapal Selam (Submarine Museum)
Junctions
6 Taman Limbongan Junctions Southwest
Jalan Kristal
Taman Limbongan
T-junctions
  FT 192 Jalan Syed Abdullah Aziz
Start/End of highway
7 Kampung Limbongan Junctions   FT 5 Jalan Tengkera

Northwest
  FT 5 Tanjung Kling
  FT 5 Sungai Udang
  FT 5 Masjid Tanah
  FT 5 Port Dickson

Southeast
  FT 5 Tengkera
  FT 5 City Centre
Junctions

References

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  1. ^ Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.
  2. ^ "Melaka Raya". malacca.ws.