Butterworth Outer Ring Road

Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) (Malay: Lebuhraya Lingkaran Luar Butterworth) is a coastal expressway located in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. This 14 km (8.7 mi) expressway connects Sungai Dua in the north until Perai in the south.[1]

Expressway 17
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
BORR shown in red
Route information
Maintained by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB)
Length14.0 km (8.7 mi)
Existed2003–present
HistoryCompleted in 2005
Major junctions
Beltway around Butterworth, Penang
FromSungai Dua
  North–South Expressway Northern Route
P198 Jalan Sungai Dua
Penang Bridge
Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road
Jalan Chain Ferry
Jalan Perusahan Perai
Butterworth–Juru Highway
ToPerai
Location
Primary
destinations
Bagan Lalang, Sungai Puyu, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth
Highway system

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Sungai Dua Interchange. Ships can be seen near Bagan Ajam Rest Area. The Penang Megamall is located at the end of the highway. It is a six-lane line and it is also the connecting highway to Federal Route 1, from which north bound traffic will bring travelers to Alor Setar and beyond while motorists travelling south can head to Ipoh and beyond.

History

Construction began in 2003 and work was completed in 2006. The expressway was open to motorists in January 2007. As Sg Nyior residents protested against high toll rate in February 2007, the Sg Nyior toll booth collection was postponed by the Ministry of Works.

This highway is built to reduce the heavy traffic on the Sungai Dua–Juru NSE in the rushing hours and the holiday seasons. Nowadays, it is also used by residents in the Raja Uda area to head to Perai and the Megamall Pinang.

The people of Raja Uda area can also travel on the highway to head to the Sunway Carnival Mall.

With just one toll payment, this highway will bring motorists from both the south and the north to the ferry terminal for onward faster and cheaper ferry-crossing to Penang since the Penang Bridge faces heavy traffic congestion.

Features

Notable features of the expressway include Sungai Prai Bridge over the Perai River and Sungai Maklom Bridge over the Maklom River.

Tolls

The Butterworth Outer Ring Road uses open toll systems.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Perai and Bagan Ajam Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at the two toll plazas are conducted electronically using Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 1 June 2016.

Perai Toll Plaza

ClassType of vehiclesRate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheelsFree
1Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxisRM 1.50
2Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding busesRM 3.00
3Vehicles with 3 or more axlesRM 4.50
4TaxisRM 0.80
5BusesRM 1.20

Bagan Ajam Toll Plaza

ClassType of vehiclesRate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheelsFree
1Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxisRM 1.50
2Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding busesRM 3.00
3Vehicles with 3 or more axlesRM 4.50
4TaxisRM 0.80
5BusesRM 1.20

(Starting 6.00 am on 15 October 2015)[2]

List of interchanges

Legend:

District Location KM Exit Interchange Destinations Notes
Continues as P198 Jalan Sungai Dua
North Seberang Perai Sungai Dua 0.0 EXIT 165 Sungai Dua Interchange North–South Expressway Northern Route
North: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Bertam
South: Ipoh, Penang Island, Permatang Pauh
Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim
Diamond interchange with E1 expressway as priority, controlled by traffic lights
-.- - Unnamed P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu
Mak Mandin
Sungai Puyu
T-junctions on both directions; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
Sungai Puyu -.- EXIT 1707 Bagan Lalang I/C Jalan Padang Lalang
North: Mak Mandin, P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu
South: Bagan Lalang, Kampung Benggali
Diamond interchange
-.- - Unnamed P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu Eastbound exit only, westbound entrance only; T-junction; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
Bagan Ajam -.- - Unnamed P191 Jalan Raja Uda
North: Residential Area
South: Raja Uda Industrial Estate
Eastbound exit towards north, westbound exit towards south; T-junctions on both directions
-.- EXIT 1706 Bagan Ajam Interchange Jalan Bagan Ajam
North: Alor Setar, Sungai Petani
South: Butterworth
Diamond interchange; Route P198 terminates here
-.- Bagan Ajam T/P
Butterworth -.- EXIT 1705 Container Terminal (NBCT) I/C Jalan Heng Choon Thian
West: North Butterworth Container Terminal

NBCT-Sungai Nyior side
East: Butterworth
Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: Seberang Jaya (Sunway), Tesco Extra, Kulim
Diamond interchange
-.- EXIT 1704 Ferry Terminal I/C P186 Jalan Metcher
Northeast: Butterworth
Southwest: Butterworth Bus Terminal, Butterworth Train Station
South: Penang Ferry Service (to Penang Island)
Diamond interchange
-.- EXIT 1703 Bagan Luar Interchange P191 Jalan Assumption
Bagan Luar Industrial Area, Bagan Dalam
Full access to northwestbound users, no access to southeastbound users unless taking exit 1704
-.- Perai River Bridge
1.85 kilometres
Central Seberang Perai Perai -.- Perai T/P
-.- EXIT 1702 Perai Industries I/C Northeast: Jalan Chain Ferry: Chain Ferry, Seberang Jaya
Southwest: Jalan Perusahan Perai: Perai Industrial Estate
Diamond interchange; No access for north bound users to turn right unless taking Penang Bridge highway at exit 162.
-.- EXIT 1701 Perai Jaya I/C Southwest: Perai Jaya (Megamall) Controlled by traffic lights
-.- EXIT 162 Perai I/C North–South Expressway Northern Route
Northeast: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Permatang Pauh
Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim
Southwest: Ipoh, Penang Island
Partial cloverleaf interchange with E1 expressway as priority, partially controlled by traffic lights
Continues as Butterworth–Juru Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "BORR, Butterworth Outer Ring Road (E17) | Malaysia Airport KLIA2 info". www.klia2.info. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  2. "Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) toll rates up 20-70 sen". Paul Tan's Automotive News. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2019-02-17.

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