Butterworth Outer Ring Road

{{Short description|Road in Malaysia}}

{{infobox road

|country=MYS

|type=E

|route=17

|alternate_name= Butterworth Outer Ring Road

|maint=Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB)

|length_km=14

|length_round=1

| beltway_city=Butterworth, Penang

|terminus_a=Sungai Dua

|junction={{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} North–South Expressway Northern Route
{{JKR(P)|198}} Jalan Sungai Dua
{{MES-E|36}} Penang Bridge
{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road
{{JKR|1}} Jalan Chain Ferry
{{JKR|3112}} Jalan Perusahan Perai
{{JKR|1}} Butterworth–Juru Highway

|terminus_b=Perai

|formed=2003

|history=Completed in 2005

|destinations=Bagan Lalang, Sungai Puyu, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth

|map={{Highway system OSM map

|highway_system_qid=Q1521575

|frame-lat=5.34

|frame-long=100.36

|frame-width=290

|frame-height=300

|zoom=10

|length=

|plain=yes

|stroke-width=3

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|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=BORR shown in red

| image = Terminal Feri Interchange (Exit 1703) Southbound, BORR 20230701 192258.jpg

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Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) (Malay: Lebuhraya Lingkaran Luar Butterworth) is a coastal expressway located in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. This {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} expressway connects Sungai Dua in the north until Perai in the south.{{Cite web |title=BORR, Butterworth Outer Ring Road (E17) {{!}} Malaysia Airport KLIA2 info |url=http://www.klia2.info/trips/highways/borr-butterworth-outer-ring-road |access-date=17 February 2019 |website=www.klia2.info}}

Route background

The zeroeth kilometre 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 Sungai Nyior residents protested against high toll rate in February 2007, the Sungai 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, Bagan Ajam and Sungai Nyior Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at the two toll plazas are conducted electronically using Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 1 June 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/05/24/highway-toll-systems-to-go-cashless-six-more-plazas-in-kl-and-penang-to-convert-to-etc|title=Highway toll systems to go cashless|website=TheStar.com.my|date=24 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2016/06/01/its-cashless-now-at-three-toll-plazas-motorists-told-to-have-sufficient-credit-in-touch-n-go-card|title=It's cashless now at three toll plazas|website=TheStar.com.my|date=1 June 2016}}

=Toll rates=

(Since 15 October 2015){{cite web|url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/act-view.php?type=pua&no=P.U.%20(A)%20238/2015|website=lom.agc.gov.my|title=federal roads}}{{cite web | url=https://llb.com.my/tambang-tol | title=Kadar Tambang – Lebuh Raya Lingkaran Luar}}

class=wikitable style=text-align:center
rowspan=2|Class||rowspan=2|Types of vehicles||colspan=3|Rate
(in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
Prai

!Bagan Ajam

!Sungai Nyior

0Motorcycles
(Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)

|colspan=3|Free

1Private Cars
(Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxi and bus))

|colspan=2|1.50

|1.20

2Vans and other small good vehicles
(Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding bus))

|colspan=2|3.00

|2.40

3Large Trucks
(Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding bus))

|colspan=2|4.50

|3.60

4Taxis

|colspan=2|0.80

|0.60

5Buses

|1.30

|1.20

|0.90

List of interchanges

{{RJL|date=November 2021}}

{{for|the exit list of the NBCT-Seberang Jaya section|Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road#List of interchanges}}

{{MAL-junction list legend}}

=Main Route=

class=wikitable
Km||Exit||Interchange||To||Remarks
Southeast
{{JKR|1}} Butterworth-Kulim Highway
{{JKR(P)|10}} Bukit Mertajam
{{JKR|1}} Nibong Tebal
{{JKR|1}} Ipoh
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="blue"|{{JKR|1}} Butterworth-Kulim Highway
JKR border limit
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Start/End of expressway
LLB border limit
162Perai Interchange{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} North-South Expressway Northern Route
North
Bukit Kayu Hitam
Alor Setar
Seberang Jaya

South
Kuala Lumpur
Ipoh
{{MES-E|36}} Penang Bridge
Penang Island
George Town
Bayan Lepas
Parcelo interchange
1701Perai Jaya InterchangeSouthwest
Perai Jaya
Crossroad interchange
1702Deepwater Wharves InterchangeNorth
{{JKR|1}} Jalan Chain Ferry
Perai Industrial Area

Southwest
{{JKR|3112}} Jalan Perusahan Perai
Perai Industrial Area I and II
Perai Power Station
Diamond interchange
{{Parking Layby signs}} Perai toll plaza
PRI
{{Parking signs}}Bukit Mertajam bound
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|Perai toll plaza
PRI
{{TnG}} {{TAG}} MyRFID {{TAG}} {{TnG}}
Opened toll system
Pay toll
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="blue"|Sungai Perai Bridge
1.5 m
Seberang Perai Tengah-Seberang Perai Utara district border
1703Bulatan Perai InterchangePerai Industrial AreaRoundabout interchange
1704Chain Ferry InterchangeWest
Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim
(Ferry Terminal = Ferry to Penang Island)

East
{{JKR|1}} Jalan Chain Ferry
Perai Industrial Area
Diamond interchange
1705NBCT InterchangeWest
North Butterworth Container Terminal

East
Butterworth town centre
{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|15}} Butterworth-Kulim Expressway
Baling
Kulim
Permatang Pauh
Diamond interchange
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|Bagan Ajam toll plaza
BGA
{{TnG}} {{TAG}} MyRFID {{TAG}} {{TnG}}
Opened toll system
Pay toll
{{Parking Layby signs}} Bagan Ajam toll plaza
BGA
{{Parking signs}}Butterworth bound
1706Bagan Ajam InterchangeNorth
{{JKR|1}} Bagan Ajam
{{JKR|1}} Kepala Batas
{{JKR|1}} Sungai Petani
Diamond interchange
Northeast
{{JKR(P)|198}} Jalan Sungai Dua
Sungai Puyu
1707Bagan Lalang InterchangeBagan Lalang
Mak Mandin
Sungai Puyu
Diamond interchange
Northwest
{{JKR(P)|198}} Jalan Sungai Dua
Permatang Chetak
Sungai Lokan
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="green"|{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Start/End of expressway
LLB border limit
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center" bgcolor="blue"|JKR border limit
{{MES-E|17}}
0
165Sungai Dua Interchange{{MES-E|1}} {{Jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} North-South Expressway Northern Route
North
Bukit Kayu Hitam
Alor Setar
Bertam
South
Kuala Lumpur
Penang
Permatang Pauh
Diamond interchange
East
{{JKR(P)|198}} Jalan Sungai Dua
Sungai Dua

=NBCT-Sungai Nyior Link=

class=wikitable
km||Exit||Interchange||To||Remarks
{{MES-E|17}}
North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) Interchange
{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} Butterworth Outer Ring Road

North
{{MES-E|17}} Sungai Dua
{{JKR|1}} Teluk Air Tawar

South
{{MES-E|17}} Bagan Dalam
{{MES-E|17}} Railway Station
{{MES-E|17}} Bus Terminal
Diamond interchange
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth Outer Ring Road
(NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side)
Start/End of Expressway
LLB border limit
{{MES-E|17}}Butterworth
Butterworth Interchange

North
{{JKR|1}} Bagan Ajam
{{MES-E|17}} Sungai Puyu
{{JKR|1}} Sungai Petani

South
{{JKR|1}} Ferry ({{Port sign}}) = Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim
{{JKR|1}} George Town
{{JKR|1}} Batu Feringgi
Diamond interchange
{{MES-E|17}}Sungai Nyior InterchangeNorth
Jalan Raja Uda
{{JKR(P)|191}} Butterworth town centre
{{JKR|1}} Alor Setar

South
Jalan Sungai Nyior
Jalan Chain Ferry
{{JKR|1}} Perai
{{JKR(P)|17}} Kuala Lumpur
{{JKR(P)|17}} AutoCity/Juru
Interchange
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|Sungai Nyior Toll Plaza
SNTP
RM (Cash) {{TnG}} {{TAG}} MyRFID {{TAG}} {{TnG}} RM (Cash)
Opened toll system
Pay toll
{{Parking Layby signs}} Sungai Nyior Toll Plaza
SNTP
{{Parking signs}}East bound
Sungai Perai Bridge
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|17}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth Outer Ring Road
(NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side)
LLB border limit
{{MES-E|15}}
0

{{JKR|4}}

{{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}}
0
style="width:600px" colspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:green;"|{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|15}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth-Kulim Expressway
PLUS Expressways border limit
East
{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|15}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Butterworth-Kulim Expressway
{{MES-E|15}} {{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Kulim
{{JKR|67}} Baling
{{JKR|4}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|140}} Gerik
{{MES-E|2}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} Alor Setar
{{MES-E|2}} {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}} Kuala Lumpur

References

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