Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road

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Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, (JBIRR) or Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Federal Route 188, is a multi-lane federal ring road controlled-access 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.

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Federal Route 188
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
(Jalan Lingkaran Dalam)
JB Inner Ring Road 4.JPG
Route information
Length4.81 km (2.99 mi)
Existed1996–present
HistoryCompleted in 2001
Major junctions
Southwest endDataran Bandaraya Interchange
Major intersectionsJ1 Iskandar Coastal Highway
Jalan Yahya Awal
FT 1 Skudai Highway
FT 3 AH18 Tebrau Highway
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway AH2 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
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Woodlands (Singapore)
Highway system

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

History

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 merges to Southern International Gateway known as Sultan Iskandar Building.

A flyover on Tebrau Highway Interchange was constructed during the middle of 2006 and became operational to the public on 15 December 2007.

List of interchanges and junctions

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km Exit Interchange To Remarks
  FT 188
0
18801 Dataran Bandaraya flyover
Dataran Bandaraya Interchange
 J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway

West
  FT 1 Skudai
  FT 16 Senai International Airport  
  FT 1 Kulai
  FT 52 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
  FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
Dataran Bandaraya flyover
Dataran Bandaraya
  Eastbound
18802 Dataran Bandaraya flyover
Kolam Ayer Interchange
Northwest
Jalan Datin Halimah
Jalan Datin Halimah

Southeast
Jalan Mahmoodiah
Muslim Cemetery
Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum
Diamond interchange
Dataran Bandaraya flyover Start/End of flyover
Jalan Abdul Samad Jalan Abdul Samad
Sedap Corner
Eastbound
Jalan Petri Jalan Petri
Muslim cemetery
Jalan Mahmoodiah
Westbound
18803 Mahmoodiah Interchange North
Jalan Wirawan

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

North
Jalan Tasek Utara
Hutan Bandar

South
Jalan Ayer Molek
Bangunan KWSP
Bangunan Tabung Haji
Diamond interchange
18805 Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Interchange   FT 1 Skudai Highway

North
  FT 16 Senai International Airport  
  FT 52 Iskandar Puteri
  FT 1 Tampoi
  FT 1 Skudai
  FT 1 Kulaijaya
   North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Kuala Lumpur

South
  FT 1 City Centre
JB Sentral
Single-point urban interchange
18806 Lebuhraya Tebrau Interchange   FT 3   AH18 Tebrau Highway

North
  FT 3   AH18 Mersing
  FT 3   AH18 Kota Tinggi
  FT 17 Bandar Sri Alam
  FT 17 Pasir Gudang

South
  FT 1 City Centre
JB Sentral
Stack diamond interchange
Muzium Tokoh Johor Muzium Tokoh Johor Eastbound
  Shell Layby     Shell Westbound
Jalan Storey West
Jalan Storey
Westbound
CIQ flyover Start/End of flyover
18807 CIQ flyover
CIQ Interchange
Northeast
   Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway   AH2 Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway
  North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Kuala Lumpur
  North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Melaka
  FT 16 Senai International Airport  
  North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Bandar Dato' Onn
  North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Setia Tropika
 J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway
Jalan Stulang Laut
  FT 35 Permas Jaya
  FT 35 Pasir Gudang

South
Sultan Iskandar Building
Touch 'n Go
  AH2 Johor Causeway
  AH2 Woodlands
    AH2 Singapore City||Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
CIQ flyover Start/End of flyover
  FT 188
4
  FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
Start/End of highway
4.6 18808 Jalan Ibrahim Sultan Interchange West
Jalan Tanjung Puteri
City Centre

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

See also

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References

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

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