Senai–Desaru Expressway

Expressway 22
Senai–Desaru Expressway
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Route information
Maintained by Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad (SDEB)
Length	77 km (48 mi)
Existed	2005–present
History	Completed on 10 June 2011
Major junctions
West end	Senai
	AH143 Second Link Expressway Senai Airport Highway AH18 Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway Tanjung Langsat Highway Pengerang Highway
East end	Desaru
Location
Primary destinations	Senai, Ulu Tiram, Pasir Gudang, Bandar Penawar, Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, Desaru
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Senai–Desaru Expressway, SDE (Malay: Lebuhraya Senai–Desaru), is an expressway in Johor, Malaysia. It connects Senai in central Johor to Desaru in eastern Johor. Measuring a total length of 77 km (48 mi), it is the third east–west-oriented expressway in the Iskandar Malaysia area after the Pasir Gudang Highway and the Pontian–Johor Bahru Link of the Second Link Expressway.^[1] With a new crossing over the Johor River, when opened on 10 June 2011, the expressway shortened travel time from Senai to Desaru from 2.5 hours to one hour.^[2]

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Senai Main Interchange at Senai.

History[]

The Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway (Federal Route 3) and Pengerang Highway (Federal Route 92) used to be the only gateway to Desaru, with a typical journey of 2.5 hours. Construction of the expressway began in 2005. The construction was led by with a main contractor, . Phase 1 of the expressway linking Senai to Pasir Gudang was opened to traffic on 10 September 2009, and the remaining stretch from Pasir Gudang to Desaru, including the bridge, opened on 10 June 2011.^{[citation needed]}

On 12 December 2017, former Works Minister Fadillah Yusof had announced that the government approved to allocate RM390 million to upgrade and expand the 26 km stretch from Cahaya Baru to the Bandar Penawar intersection into dual carriageway.^[3] However, a session was held on 17 July 2018 between the current Finance Ministry, the Works Ministry and the Economic Planning Unit to identify the list of Works Ministry projects that had not been issued acceptance letters, as well as the project savings. Following this session, Johor's State Public Works, Infrastructure and Transportation Committee chairman Mazlan Bujang said the federal government had postponed this project indefinitely on 9 December 2018.^[3]

Features[]

Sungai Johor Bridge at Senai–Desaru Expressway seen from westbound

Layang R&R Eastbound at Senai–Desaru Expressway seen from westbound

The tolled expressway is a combination of a four-lane dual carriageway (Senai–Cahaya Baru section) and a two-lane single carriageway (Cahaya Baru–Penawar section), which improves road connection between western and eastern Johor. It features a closed toll system like the North–South Expressway. It is also an alternative route to Desaru Beach, instead of Federal Routes 3 and 92 from Johor Bahru and Singapore. The highway has become the main access road to Desaru from North–South Expressway Southern Route E2 and a major road link to Senai International Airport from Kota Tinggi and eastern parts of Johor. Construction of the road included the 1.7 kilometre Sungai Johor-SDE Bridge, the longest cable stayed bridge in Malaysia across Johor River, which became the longest river bridge in Malaysia after Batang Sadong Bridge in Sarawak.

The section between Cahaya Baru and Penawar is built as a two-lane expressway (except the Sungai Johor-SDE bridge) while retaining the full access control, making the section as the first true two-lane expressway with full access control in Malaysia.^[4]

There is a water catchment area located along Sungai Layang sections near the Sultan Iskandar Reservoir. Senai–Desaru Expressway traverses through the environmentally sensitive water catchment area of Sultan Iskandar Reservoir. Senai–Desaru Expressway is the only expressway in Malaysia which features the (PRS). The expressway took one step higher by introducing the PRS to monitor and control any potential impact to the water quality in Sultan Iskandar Reservoir in the event of a spillage of dangerous and hazardous chemicals from any vehicle travelling on the expressway.^[5]

Toll systems[]

The Senai–Desaru Expressway is using the closed toll system. Beginning 9 November 2016, all electronic toll transactions has now conducted using Touch 'n Go and SmartTAGs.

List of interchanges[]

Main Link[]

Legend:

• I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

State	District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	No. of lanes	Speed limit	Notes
Johor	Kulai	0.0	EXIT 2201	Senai Main I/C	AH143 Second Link Expressway – Tuas (Singapore), Gelang Patah, Kuala Lumpur Melaka, Senai International Airport , Senai Industrial Area	Four	80 km/h	Trumpet interchange
			BR	Sungai Skudai bridge
			EXIT 2202	Senai Town I/C	Senai Airport Highway – Senai, Kulai, Johor Bahru
			T/P	Senai Toll Plaza	TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS		60 km/h
	Johor Bahru		BR	Sungai Skudai bridge			110 km/h
		19	BR	Pipeline crossing bridge
			EXIT 2203	Ulu Tiram I/C	AH18 Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway – Ulu Tiram, Johor Bahru, Woodlands (Singapore), Kota Tinggi, Mersing SDEB operation office			Trumpet interchange
		29.5	RSA	Layang RSA	Layang RSA - Shell			Westbound
		30.5	RSA	Layang RSA	Layang RSA - Shell			Eastbound
			BR	Sungai Layang viaduct				Water catchment area
			EXIT 2205A	Cahaya Baru I/C	Pasir Gudang Link – Cahaya Baru, Kong Kong, Masai, Pasir Gudang, Tanjung Langsat, Johor Port			Trumpet interchange
			BR	Selat Mendana bridge		Two	90 km/h
		47		Pulau Juling
	Kota Tinggi	48	BR	Sungai Johor bridge		Four		Length: 1.7 km
				Tanjung Penyabong		Two
			BR	Sungai Layau bridge
			BR	Sungai Semenchu bridge
			BR	Sungai Papan bridge
			T/P	Penawar Toll Plaza	TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS	Four	50 km/h
		69.4	EXIT 2212	Penawar I/S	Pengerang Highway – Kota Tinggi, Desaru , Bandar Penawar, Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, Tanjung Pengelih		60 km/h	Signalised at-grade intersection

Pasir Gudang Link[]

New EXIT 2207Kota Masai exit developed by Eco Tropics

State	District	km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Johor	Johor Bahru		EXIT 2205A	Cahaya Baru I/C	Main Link – Johor Bahru, Senai, Senai International Airport , Kuala Lumpur, Desaru , Bandar Penawar	Trumpet interchange
			T/P	Cahaya Baru Toll Plaza	TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS
			EXIT 2205B	Cahaya Baru I/C	J10 Jalan Masai Lama – Masai, Kong Kong, Cahaya Baru
			EXIT 2210	Pasir Gudang I/C	Tanjung Langsat Highway – Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru, Plentong, Tanjung Langsat, Johor Port	Trumpet interchange

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Senai-Desaru Expressway.

• Senai-Desaru Expressway Berhad (SDEB)
• Longest cable-stayed bridge planned (The Star, 18 December 2006)