Iskandar Coastal Highway
The Iskandar Coastal Highway (ICH) (formerly Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway) (Malay: Lebuhraya Pesisir Pantai Iskandar (LPPI)) or the stretch of road that includes Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar, Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (formerly Jalan Skudai, Jalan Abu Bakar) and Persiaran Sultan Ismail (formerly Jalan Ibrahim and Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang) (Federal Route 52 (Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay) and Johor State Route 1 (Danga Bay–City Centre)) is a highway in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. The 23 km (14 mi) highway connects Iskandar Puteri in the west to Johor Bahru in the east. It is a toll free highway and part of the Iskandar Malaysia project. The Iskandar Coastal Highway is the fifth east–west-oriented expressway in the Iskandar Malaysia area after the Pasir Gudang Highway, the Pontian–Johor Bahru Link of the Second Link Expressway, the Senai–Desaru Expressway and the Johor Bahru East Coast Highway.[1]
 | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length | 23 km (14 mi) Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay: 15 km (9.3 mi) Danga Bay–City Centre: 8 km (5.0 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Iskandar Puteri |
| Lebuh Kota Iskandar Bukit Indah Highway  FT 1 Skudai Highway FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring RoadJalan Wong Ah Fook Jalan Tanjung Puteri | |
| East end | Johor Bahru City Centre |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Primary destinations | Kota Iskandar Taman Perling Bukit Indah Danga Bay |
| Highway system | |
Route background
The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 52 is located at Bulatan Ledang roundabout in Iskandar Puteri.
The Kilometre Zero of Johor State Route J1 is located at Johor Bahru city centre and the milestone is located near the Johor Bahru City Hall (Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB)) main headquarters.
History
it used to be known as the Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway. The 8 km (5 mi) parkway was a part of Federal Route 1 before Skudai Highway was built. However, the importance of Johor Bahru as a trade centre for Singaporeans after the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965 became the major factor of the construction of Skudai Highway. Skudai Highway bypasses the portion which becomes the present-day Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway. As a result, the two-lane Jalan Skudai was recommissioned as Johor State Route 1. The two-lane Jalan Skudai became the main coastal road in Johor Bahru as the main alternative to Skudai Highway.
In 1996, the construction of Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang as a separate carriageway for JB West Coast Parkway was completed, as a part of the Johor Bahru Waterfront project. However, the project was abandoned due to very high cost, leaving Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang and Lot 1 as the only 2 structures completed for the project.
In 2002, the government of Johor proposed the Danga Bay project, not only to revive the former Lagun Puteri and Pantai Lido, but also to boost the economy of west Johor Bahru. The Danga Bay project included a 4-km upgrade of the two-lane Jalan Skudai as a dual carriageway. The road upgrade was completed by the end of 2003.
New Coastal Highway (Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay)
Following the establishment of the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) (now Iskandar Malaysia) on 30 July 2006, the New Coastal Highway linking Iskandar Puteri from Danga Bay was announced. These include the six new interchanges along the highway such as Skudai-TAR interchange, Taman Perling diamond interchange, Bukit Indah diamond interchange, Nusajaya North cloverleaf interchange, Legoland Malaysia interchange and the Iskandar Puteri roundabout interchange. Construction began on 2008 and was completed in August 2011. The Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway and the New Coastal Highway has now combined to become Iskandar Coastal Highway.
In 2013, the stretch between Nusajaya and Danga Bay which known as Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar was gazetted as a Federal Route 52.
Coastal Highway Southern Link
The 5.2 km Coastal Highway Southern Link is an extension of the Iskandar Coastal Highway that linking Medini in the northeast to Port of Tanjung Pelepas Highway interchange of the Second Link Expressway in the northwest. The turnkey contractor for the highway project are Sunway Group and SJIC Bina Sdn Bhd, which is a fully owned unit of Iskandar Investment Berhad.[2] Construction began in 2015 and opened on 29 November 2017.[3]
Features
- Iskandar Coastal Bridge
- It is a main route to Legoland Malaysia.
- Act as a protocol route from Kota Iskandar to Johor Bahru.
At most sections, the Federal Route 52 and Johor State Route J1 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
There are no alternate routes, or sections with motorcycle lanes.
Overlaps
- Lebuh Kota Iskandar (Ledang Roundabout–Iskandar Puteri Roundabout Interchange)
- J106 Jalan Sungai Danga (Taman Perling–Kampung Sungai Danga)
List of interchanges
Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay
| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebuh Kota Iskandar West Gelang Patah  FT 5 Pontian J4 Lima KedaiJ4 Skudai  Second Link Expressway  AH143 Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway AH143 Tuas (Singapore) FT 177 Port Of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP)  Second Link Expressway Senai FT 16 Senai International Airport .jpg.webp){kind=small}  North–South Expressway Southern Route  AH2 Melaka North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Kuala Lumpur | |||||
| FT 52 0 | 1 | Bulatan Ledang Roundabout | North Jalan Kampung Lalang Iskandar Medical City .jpg.webp){kind=small} South Persiaran Ledang East Ledang Ledang Heights | Roundabout | |
| FT 52 Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay Lebuh Kota Iskandar Start/End of highway | |||||
| Iskandar Puteri Town Centre | South Iskandar Puteri Town Centre Bazar Anjung Nusajaya (Mydin) | West bound | |||
| FT 52 1 | 2 | Bulatan Medini Roundabout Interchange | Northwest Iskandar Medical City Lebuh Kota Iskandar East Kota Iskandar Puteri Harbour South Coastal Highway Southern Link Medini | Roundabout interchange | |
| FT 52 Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay Lebuh Kota Iskandar | |||||
| FT 52 Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay | |||||
| 3 | Legoland Malaysia Interchange | East Jalan Legoland Malaysia Medini Town Centre Mall of Medini Legoland Malaysia  Parking zone 1 (Touch 'n Go available) Parking zone 2 (Touch 'n Go available) Parking zone 3 (Touch 'n Go available) | Interchange | ||
| Sungai Udang bridge | |||||
| 4 | Iskandar Puteri (North) Interchange | Lebuh Kota Iskandar West J4 Gelang Patah FT 5 PontianJ4 Lima KedaiJ4 Skudai Second Link Expressway AH143 Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway AH143 Tuas (Singapore) FT 177 Port Of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Second Link Expressway Senai FT 16 Senai International Airport North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Melaka North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Kuala LumpurEast Kota Iskandar | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
| Sungai Melayu bridge | |||||
| Horizon Hills | Horizon Hills | East bound | |||
| 5 | Bukit Indah (South) Interchange | Bukit Indah Highway North Bukit Indah Horizon Hills Second Link Expressway AH143 Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway AH143 Tuas (Singapore) FT 16 Senai International Airport North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Kuala LumpurSouth Under construction | Cloverleaf interchange | ||
| 6 | Bukit Indah (East) Interchange | Northwest Jalan Persiaran Perling 2 Bukit Indah Skudai AEON Bukit Indah Giant Hypermarket Nusa Bestari Tesco Hypermarket Bukit Indah | Half diamond interchange | ||
| 7 | Taman Perling Interchange | North Jalan Persiaran Perling 1 Taman Perling  FT 17 Pasir Gudang FT 3  AH18 Kota TinggiPerling Mall Second Link Expressway AH143 Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway AH143 Tuas (Singapore) FT 16 Senai International Airport North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Kuala Lumpur | Half diamond interchange | ||
| Taman Sri Baiduri | |||||
| Masjid Lama Kampung Sungai Danga | |||||
| Taman D' Utama | |||||
| Taman Permata | |||||
| 8 | Danga Interchange | EastJ106 Jalan Sungai Danga Kampung Sungai Danga Perkampungan Orang Asli Sungai Danga Restoran Sungai Danga Seafood | Interchange | ||
| Iskandar Coastal Bridge Sungai Danga bridge | Start/End of Bridge | ||||
| Iskandar Coastal Bridge Sungai Danga/Skudai bridge MBIP–MBJB border limit | |||||
| Iskandar Coastal Bridge Sungai Skudai bridge | Start/End of Bridge | ||||
| Pulau Danga | |||||
| Sungai Kempas bridge | Start/End of Bridge | ||||
| Sungai Kempas bridge | |||||
| Sungai Kempas bridge | Start/End of Bridge | ||||
| Danga View Apartment | |||||
Grand Straits Garden Seafood Restaurant  | |||||
| FT 52 16 | Danga Bay | Danga Bay Tune Hotel Danga Bay, Johor Bahru | West bound | ||
| FT 52 Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri–Danga Bay | |||||
| FT 1 Skudai Highway | |||||
| 9 | Skudai-TAR Interchange | FT 1 Skudai Highway North FT 1 Skudai FT 16 Senai International Airport FT 1 Senai FT 1 Kulai North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Kuala LumpurSouth FT 1 City Centre AH2 Woodlands (Singapore) | Interchange | ||
| FT 1 Skudai Highway | |||||
Danga Bay–Istana Besar
| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Skudai) | |||||
| J1 8 | |||||
| Danga Bay | Danga Bay Tune Hotel Danga Bay, Johor Bahru | North bound | |||
| Restoran Singgah Selalu | |||||
| 10 | Istana Bukit Serene Junctions | Northeast Jalan Straits View Istana Bukit Serene | T-junctions | ||
| Danga Bay | Danga Bay Tropicana Danga Bay | North bound | |||
| Danga Bay U-Turn | U-Turn | ||||
| Johor State Secretary Residence | Johor State Secretary Residence | ||||
| Country Garden Junction | Country Garden Danga Bay | T-junctions | |||
| M Suites Garden | M Suites Garden | ||||
| 11 | Jalan Straits View Junctions | North Jalan Straits View | T-junctions | ||
| Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Skudai) | |||||
| 12 | Jalan Sungai Chat Junctions | North Jalan Sungai Chat Jalan Kolam Ayer English College Johore Bahru Sungai Chat Food Court | T-junctions | ||
| Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Abu Bakar) | |||||
| 13 | Jalan Thompson Junctions | North Jalan Thompson Mawar Complex | T-junctions | ||
| Sungai Chat bridge | |||||
| 14 | JBIRR Interchange | Northeast FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road FT 188 Stulang Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway AH2 Pandan FT 35 Permas Jaya FT 35 Pasir Gudang AH2 Woodlands (Singapore)Makam Mahmoodiah | Trumpet interchange | ||
| 15A | Hospital Sultanah Aminah Exit | Sultanah Aminah Hospital | |||
| 15B | Hospital Sultanah Aminah Junctions | Sultanah Aminah Hospital | T-junctions | ||
| Kompleks Mahkamah Syariah Johor (Johor Syariah Court Complex) | Kompleks Mahkamah Syariah Johor (Johor Syariah Court Complex) | ||||
| Pusat Islam Iskandar Johor (Johor Islamic Complex) | North Jalan Masjid Abu Bakar Pusat Islam Iskandar Johor (Johor Islamic Complex) Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar  | ||||
| Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Abu Bakar) | |||||
| 16 | Jalan Gertak Merah Junctions | North Jalan Gertak Merah Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar Maahad  State Zoo | T-junctions | ||
| Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Tun Dr Ismail) | |||||
| Start/End of separate carriageway | |||||
Jalan Tun Dr Ismail and Jalan Ibrahim (City centre bound)
| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start/End of separate carriageway | |||||
| Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Tun Dr Ismail) | |||||
| 17 | Johor Bahru Jalan Yahya Awal Junctions | North Jalan Yahya Awal Istana Besar Court Complex JOTIC Tabung Haji Building Wisma Persekutuan (Federal building) | |||
| Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Jalan Ibrahim) | |||||
| U-Turn | U-Turn | ||||
| 18 | Johor Bahru Jalan Dato' Onn Exit | Northeast Jalan Dato' Onn Johor Bahru City Hall aka Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB) main headquarters Johor Bahru central post office HSBC building Sultan Ibrahim Building | |||
| 1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Jalan Ibrahim) End of highway | |||||
| J1 0 | Peninsula Malaysia Kilometre Zero Monument The original site of the southern terminus of the Peninsula Malaysia's main roads | Historical site | |||
| U-Turn | U-Turn | ||||
| Johor Bahru Jalan Pahang | North Jalan Pahang | Junctions | |||
| Johor Bahru Jalan Trus | North Jalan Trus Laman Tun Sri Lanang | Junctions | |||
| Johor Bahru Laman Tun Sri Lanang | Laman Tun Sri Lanang | ||||
| Sungai Segget bridge | |||||
| Johor Bahru Jalan Wong Ah Fook | North Jalan Wong Ah Fook Johor Bahru City Square Komtar@JBCC Woodlands (Singapore) Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi | Roundabout | |||
| East Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Jalan Tanjung Puteri) Stulang Woodlands (Singapore) ZON Duty Free Complex | |||||
Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang (Danga Bay bound)
| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johor Bahru | |||||
| Sungai Segget bridge | |||||
| J1 0 | U-Turn | U-Turn Laman Tun Sri Lanang | |||
| 1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang) Start of highway | |||||
| U-Turn | U-Turn Jalan Wong Ah Fook City Centre Woodlands (Singapore) Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi | ||||
| 17 | Johor Bahru Jalan Yahya Awal Junctions | North Jalan Yahya Awal Istana Besar Court Complex JOTIC Tabung Haji Building Wisma Persekutuan (Federal building) South JB Waterfront City | Junctions | ||
| Johor Bahru JB Waterfront Mall | JB Waterfront Mall | ||||
| Start/End of separate carriageway | |||||
| Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang) | |||||
| Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Ibrahim) | |||||
References
- "Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013)". Statistik Jalan. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department: 16–64. 2013. ISSN 1985-9619.
- "Sunway Construction gets RM170mil Johor highway job - Business News - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
- "滨海大道南部通道明通车．车程缩短至5分钟". 28 November 2017.
