Sapi–Nangoh Highway

Sabah Route R12
Sapi–Nangoh Highway
The Sugut River bridge in the Jalan Nangoh Paitan Kanibungan.
Route information
Length	251 km (156 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Kg. Langkon
Major intersections	FT 1 Federal Route 1 FT 22 Federal Route 22
South end	Sg. Sapi
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Kudat Kota Marudu Pitas Paitan Telupid Beluran Sandakan
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Sapi–Nangoh Highway (Malay: Jalan Sapi–Nangoh) is one of the major state highways in Sabah, Malaysia. This highway was constructed to connect the rural areas in northeast Sabah with Kudat and Sandakan, 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. It is coded as Route R12 from Langkon.

Certain road sections

Sapi–Nangoh Highway traverses through rugged and remote forest, including oil palm plantation, after passing the town of Pitas. Petrol station is more than 200 kilometres (120 mi), but petrol can still be obtained in small quantities in remote villages, but at a higher price than a regular petrol stations. Most remote area along the highway are also filled with potholes and gravel, including the one after passing the town of Paitan. Just 49 kilometres (30 mi) away from the main town of Paitan, the road crosses a rugged hills with too many bend, with heavily twisties road shape, only for 20 kilometres (12 mi), with road gradients only exceeding up to 10%, quite steep. The road summit at 370m (1,213 feet) as being a hilly road in the Timimbang Forest Reserve of Sandakan Division.

A damaged road in some section of Jalan Nangoh Paitan Kanibungan.

Around the Paitan Town, a Petronas gas station provided. Formerly Shell in 2020.

The road intersect with Telupid–Sandakan Highway after reaching Sungai Sapi.

Jalan Langkon–Pitas

The road which runs from Langkon until Pitas, approximately 62 kilometres (39 mi), is a vital highway. Although the road isn't rugged, the road is undulating. It crosses sparsely populated area such as Kota Marudu town, Tandek and Pitas. It intersect with the Federal Route 1 of Sabah, which both side coded 'R1'.

The road was a two-lanes single carriageway until 2025, the section from the main town of Kota Marudu was upgraded to a dual carriageway to ease traffic.

Jalan Langkon Pitas, in the town of Kota Marudu.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Langkon	Jalan Langkon–Pitas North FT 1 Kudat West FT 1 Kota Belud FT 1 Tuaran FT 1 Kota Kinabalu FT 1 Beaufort FT 1 Sindumin	T-junction
		Kg. Langkon
		Kota Marudu	Kota Marudu town centre	Roundabout Start/end of dual-carriageway
		Sg. Sumbilingon		End/start of dual-carriageway
		Popok	North Popok South Jalan Marak Parak Poring Ranau	Roundabout
		Tandek	Tandek town centre	Junctions
		Kg. Pinggan Pinggan
		Pitas	Pitas town centre	Junctions
		Sg. Bengkoka bridge
		Jalan Kanibongan	Northwest Jalan Bongkol Bongol Telaga Mongkubau Laut Southeast Jalan Kanibongan Kanibongan Paitan	T-junction
		Kg. Kabatasan Laut
		Kanibongan	Jalan Nangoh Paitan Kanibungan Northeast Kanibongan	Junction
		Jalan Paitan	North Jalan Paitan Paitan	T-junction
		Sungai Sungai
		Kg. Lingkabau
		Sg. Sugut
		-- m above sea level		Kota Marudu bound, Engage lower gear
		Timimbang Forest Reserve
		-- m above sea level		Sandakan bound, Engage lower gear
		Kg. Botitian
		Kg. Basai
		Kg. Ulu Sapi
		Jalan Sandakan–Telupid	West FT 22 Telupid FT 22 Ranau FT 22 Tamparuli FT 1 Kota Kinabalu East FT 22 Sandakan FT 13 Lahad Datu FT 13 Tawau	T-junction