North–South Expressway southern route

Expressway 2
North–South Expressway southern route Lebuhraya Utara–Selatan jajaran selatan
NSE Southern Section in red
Route information
Part of AH2 (Nilai North–Pandan-Tebrau)
Maintained by PLUS Expressways
Length	312 km (194 mi)
Existed	1981–present
History	Completed in 1994
Major junctions
North end	Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway at Seri Kembangan, Selangor
Major intersections	Besraya Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway North–South Expressway Central Link Jalan Sungai Ujong Federal Route 53 Senawang-NSE Road Lebuh AMJ Lebuh Ayer Keroh Federal Route 23 Federal Route 24 Federal Route 50 Federal Route 96 Jalan Sawah Second Link Expressway Federal Route 1 Skudai Highway Pasir Gudang Highway Tebrau Highway
South end	Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway at Pandan, Johor Bahru
Location
Primary destinations	Kuala Lumpur Seremban Melaka City Muar Batu Pahat Johor Bahru
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The North–South Expressway southern route is an interstate controlled-access highway running parallel to the southwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway forms the south section of the North–South Expressway, connecting the states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor. It begins at Seri Kembangan, near the state/territory boundary between Selangor and Kuala Lumpur and travels southwards to end at Pandan-Tebrau in Johor.

The expressway is the third longest in Peninsular Malaysia, after its northern counterpart and the East Coast Expressway.

The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located at the Pandan Interchange with the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway.

Route background[]

Sungai Besi to Nilai North[]

The expressway begins at the Sungai Besi toll plaza. The Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway links Sungai Besi toll plaza to Jalan Istana and the Besraya Expressway near the Sungai Besi RMAF base.

Nilai North to Seremban[]

From this point the expressway enters Negeri Sembilan, running southwesterly towards Nilai. The interchange to ELITE E6 lies in the northern part of Nilai, near the Selangor–Negeri Sembilan border, enabling motorists from the south to Shah Alam and Klang while bypassing Kuala Lumpur.

Seremban to Senawang[]

Senawang to Ayer Keroh[]

Ayer Keroh to Pagoh[]

The expressway becomes a four-lane dual-carriageway expressway.

Pagoh to Skudai[]

Skudai to Johor Bahru[]

On the last segment, the expressway finally terminates at its interchange with the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway.

Speed limits[]

Most of the expressway enforces a maximum speed limit of 110 km/h (68 mph).^[1] Signed exceptions include:

• 60 km/h (37 mph) when approaching any toll plaza
• 90 km/h (56 mph) from Sungai Besi to Bangi

There are no signed minimum speed limits.

Features[]

Sungai Besi Toll Plaza, North–South Expressway (Malaysia)

The Sungai Besi toll plaza has the second highest number of toll booths in Malaysia, thus making the stretch of highway at the Sungai Besi toll plaza the second widest road in Malaysia with more than 18 lanes (excluding additional toll booths) before Batu Kawan toll plaza at Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) which has 28 lanes. The Pagoh–Yong Peng (North) section is the longest stretch of the North–South Expressway network. This 47-kilometre stretch passes and the plains of Seri Medan and Sungai Sarang Buaya.

Tolls[]

Most of the expressway maintains a ticket system (closed system) of tolling. The expressway however also has one toll plaza using the barrier toll system (open system) at Kempas.^[2] The ticket system from Skudai northwards uses an integrated system of tolling that also applies to the North–South Expressway Central Link, New Klang Valley Expressway and North–South Expressway northern route (e.g. it is possible to travel from Skudai, Johor on this expressway to Juru, Penang on the North–South Expressway northern route without leaving the toll system).^[3][4] The toll rate for the ticket system for passenger cars excluding taxis as of 2011 is 13.6 sen per kilometre.

Services[]

Emergency assistance and information services[]

Orange emergency telephones/callboxes are located every two kilometres along the entire expressway, as with every other expressway in the PLUS expressway network.^[1] Alternatively, commuters may dial the toll-free number 1 800 88 0000 on their mobile phones. Both will connect to the PLUS traffic monitoring centre in Subang where commuters may request for traffic information or roadside assistance.^[5] The highway patrol and roadside assistance teams are known as PLUSRonda. They provide free first responder services including small fixes for broken down vehicles, towing and also act as traffic police when there is an incident.^[6] They are also given auxiliary police powers.^[1]

PLUS also provides traffic information to commuters through variable-message signs located on some sections of the expressway, and on Twitter @plustrafik in Malay.^[1][7] Major radio stations in Peninsular Malaysia also broadcast traffic updates for the expressway.

Rest areas[]

Pagoh Rest and Servica Area

The North–South Expressway southern route has 8 full rest areas (which includes one overhead bridge restaurant), 20 laybys and one vista point (scenic area) total along both directions of the expressway. Every rest area and layby includes, as a bare minimum, car parks and public toilets. Most laybys also include public telephones and a small rest hut. Depending on location, laybys can also include petrol stations, a surau, and rarely, food courts, independently operated restaurants and automated teller machines. Full rest and service areas have all of the above services and are much larger, so they can accommodate more services. Several rest areas also have small inns, and most have complimentary Wi-Fi services.^[8][9] Vista points only have car parks and are meant for commuters to enjoy the scenery at that location.^[10] Laybys are found every 25 to 50 kilometres, while full rest areas are found every 80 to 100 kilometres. The only vista point on this expressway is in Pedas Linggi.

History[]

Development[]

Six-lane widening works[]

The Senawang Interchange and the Ayer Keroh Interchange received new four lane sections in 2003. The Ayer Keroh Interchange had two-lane carriageways until 2009, when it was upgraded to three and four lanes, ending at Sungai Besi commencing again at E37 Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway.

Phase 1: Seremban–Senawang[]

In July, 2007, a six lane section from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban Interchange Exit 218 was extended to Senawang Interchange Exit 220.

Phase 2: Seremban–Ayer Keroh[]

The next phase of these works, the extension of the Senawang Interchange Exit 220 to the Ayer Keroh Interchange Exit 231 was completed in December, 2007.

Fourth lane addition[]

In July 2010, the operator, PLUS Expressways Berhad, announced that the government had awarded contracts to build a fourth lane on a stretch from Nilai (North) to Seremban. The construction has already begun at the south bound, with its north bound will be begin soon.

Exit 236 Bukit Gambir Interchange[]

An interchange between Tangkak and Pagoh Interchange was opened to traffic in March 2014, there will be three interchange that will be linking from the interchanges to Muar, Johor.

Exit 217 Bandar Ainsdale (Seremban North) Interchange[]

An interchange between Nilai and Seremban Interchange was opened to traffic on 10 July 2015, there will be four interchange that will be linking from the interchanges to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

Exit 212 Southville City Interchange[]

An interchange between Bangi and Putra Mahkota Interchange was opened to traffic on April 11, 2018, there will be five interchange that will be linking from the interchanges to Bangi, Selangor.

Junction list[]

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State	District	Location	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Through to Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway
Selangor	Petaling	Seri Kembangan	310.10	Sungai Besi toll plaza (north end of ticket system)
			309.00	Sungai Besi layby (both directions)
			307.00	Serdang layby (both directions)
	Hulu Langat		304.70	209	UPM	Besraya Expressway – Seri Kembangan () Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway – (Kajang) Jalan Serdang – Serdang, Universiti Putra Malaysia
		Bangi	302.80	210	Kajang	Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway – Kajang, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Puchong
			296.58	212	Bangi	Persiaran Pekeliling – (Bandar Baru Bangi), Bangi, National University of Malaysia, Dengkil
				Langat River bridge
			294.15	212A	Southville City	Persiaran BBLS – Southville City, Dengkil
		Bandar Seri Putra	289.00	213	Putra Mahkota	Persiaran Putra Mahkota – Bandar Seri Putra, Bukit Mahkota
Negeri Sembilan	Seremban	Nilai	287.6– 286.5	Nilai layby (both directions) and Nilai Memorial Park (southbound)
			285.60	214	Nilai North	( AH2) North–South Expressway Central Link – Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Shah Alam, Klang, Ipoh
			284.30	215	Nilai	Labohan Dagang–Nilai Route – Nilai, Pajam, Sepang
		Labu	274.4– 272.2	Seremban rest and service area (both directions)
		Seremban	269.70	217	Bandar Ainsdale	Jalan Labu – Bandar Ainsdale, Labu
			263.40	218	Seremban	Jalan Sungai Ujong – Seremban, Labu
				Linggi River bridge
			259.40	219	Port Dickson	Jalan Rasah – Seremban, Port Dickson
		Senawang	256.15	220	Senawang	Persiaran Senawang 1 – Senawang, Kuala Pilah Jalan Seremban–Tampin – Seremban
		Sungai Gadut	249.9– 248.2	Senawang layby (both directions)
	Rembau	–	239.70	223	Pedas Linggi	Jalan Pedas–Linggi – Pedas, Linggi, Rembau
		–	230.30	Pedas Linggi layby (southbound)
		–	225.50	Pedas Linggi layby (northbound)
Malacca	Alor Gajah	Simpang Ampat	216.90	227	Simpang Ampat	Lebuh AMJ – Simpang Ampat, Alor Gajah, Tampin
		Alor Gajah	210.10	Ayer Keroh overhead bridge restaurant (both directions) and rest and service area (southbound)
			207.9	Malacca River bridge
			205.10	Ayer Keroh rest and service area (northbound)
	Jasin	Ayer Keroh	195.40	231	Ayer Keroh	Lebuh Ayer Keroh – Ayer Keroh, Malacca City
		Bemban	185.3– 184.3	Kampung Bemban layby (both directions)
			180.60	233	Jasin	Jalan Merlimau–Jasin – Jasin, Merlimau
Malacca–Johor border		–		Kesang River bridge
Johor	Tangkak	Tangkak	169.20	235	Tangkak	Jalan Muar–Segamat – Tangkak, Muar, Jementah, Segamat, Gunung Ledang
		–	165.40	Tangkak layby (southbound)
		–	161.50	Tangkak layby (northbound)
		Bukit Gambir	156.70	236	Bukit Gambir	J33 Jalan Bukit Gambir – Bukit Gambir, Sungai Mati, Muar
	Tangkak–Muar boundary	–		Muar River bridge
	Muar	Pagoh	146.60	Pagoh rest and service area (northbound)
			142.30	238	Pagoh	J32 Jalan Muar–Labis – Pagoh, Muar, Bukit Kepong, Labis, Parit Sulong
			135.50	Pagoh rest and service area (southbound)
	Batu Pahat	–	108.8– 105.3	Yong Peng layby (both directions)
		Yong Peng	99.32	241	Yong Peng North	Jalan Muar–Yong Peng – Yong Peng, Segamat, Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat
			94.55	242	Yong Peng South	( AH142) Jalan Labis–Yong Peng – Yong Peng, Segamat	Northbound exit & southbound entrance only
		Ayer Hitam	80.22	244	Ayer Hitam	Jalan Batu Pahat–Kluang–Mersing – Ayer Hitam, Kluang, Batu Pahat, Mersing
	Kluang	Machap	74.7– 74.6	Machap rest and service area (both directions)
			72.69	245	Machap	Federal route 1 – Machap
		Simpang Renggam	58.75	247	Simpang Renggam	Federal route 96 – Simpang Renggam, Benut, Pontian
		–	54.3– 54.2	Simpang Renggam layby (both directions)
	Kulai	Bukit Batu	41.35	250	Sedenak	Jalan Parit Panjang – Sedenak
		Kelapa Sawit	33.2– 33.1	Kulai layby (both directions)
		Kulai	27.81	252	Kulai	Jalan Sawah – Kulai, Kota Tinggi
		Senai	19.25	253	Senai North	( AH143) Second Link Expressway – Desaru, Pasir Gudang, Ulu Tiram, Senai, Pontian, Iskandar Puteri, Gelang Patah, Tuas
			14.80	Skudai toll plaza (south end of ticket system)
			14.70	Skudai layby (northbound)
			14.35	254	Skudai	Skudai Highway – Senai, Skudai, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Tampoi, Pontian
				Skudai River bridge
	Johor Bahru	Skudai	11.0	254A	Bukit Amber	Skudai Highway – Seelong, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Senai Airport City, Bukit Amber
		Kempas		Kempas layby (northbound)
			7.80	Kempas toll plaza (barrier system)
			7.20	255	Kempas	Jalan Kampung Maju Jaya – (Seelong) Jalan Kempas Lama – Kempas
			5.52	255B	Setia Tropika	Jalan Setia Tropika Utama – Setia Tropika	Northbound entrance & exit only
			5.47	255A	Desa Palma	Persiaran Desa Palma – Desa Palma	Southbound entrance & exit only
			3.60	255C	Bandar Dato' Onn	Persiaran Dato' Onn – Bandar Dato' Onn
		Pandan-Tebrau	1.60	256	Pasir Gudang	Pasir Gudang Highway – Pasir Gudang, Kota Tinggi	Southbound exit to east & northbound entrance from east only
			0.0	257	Pandan	Tebrau Highway – Johor Bahru city centre, Tampoi	No southbound exit to northeast
Through to ( AH2) Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway
1.000 km = 0.621 mi; 1.000 mi = 1.609 km   Concurrency terminus   Incomplete access   Unopened

References[]

External links[]

• PLUS Expressway Berhad
• PLUS
• Malaysian Highway Authority