Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road

Federal Route 188
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
Route information
Length:	4.6 km (2.9 mi)
Existed:	1996 – present
History:	Completed in 2001
Major junctions
Southwest end:	Dataran Bandaraya Jalan Abu Bakar junctions
	J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Jalan Yahya Awal AH2 Skudai Highway AH18 Tebrau Highway JB Eastern Dispersal Link J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway Jalan Tanjung Puteri Jalan Ibrahim Sultan
Southeast end:	Stulang Jalan Ibrahim Sultan junctions
Location
Primary destinations:	Woodlands (Singapore)
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways • Federal • State

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, Federal Route is a multi-lane federal ring road highway that circles the Central Business District of Johor Bahru or Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The 4.6-kilometre (2.9 mi) highway was the most expensive road infrastructure project per kilometre of its time in the country.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 188 starts at Jalan Abu Bakar junctions near Dataran Bandaraya.

History

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road commenced construction in 1996 with the objective of diverting traffic not destined for the centre of the city to bypass it through the ring road that connects all four arterial highways and major roads leading into the area.

The construction was divided into three phases:

Phase 1

From the Tanjung Puteri Customs Complex/Jalan Sultan Ibrahim to Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway), this 500 metre section links the Malaysia-Singapore commercial vehicles customs complex to Tebrau Highway, one of the two major arterial highways into the city. This 6 to 8 lane section comprised two ground-level traffic-light- controlled intersections with provisions for future tri-level interchange, and a two-level interchange with provision for future tri-level interchange. This phase was opened to traffic in 1998.

Phase 2

This 600 metre elevated section from Jalan Tebrau (Tebrau Highway) to Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak comprises only one interchange, 25 metres high, roughly equivalent to a four-storey building. It links Tebrau Highway to Jalan Tun Abdul Razak (Skudai Highway) near Plaza Best World. The tri-level interchange was the tallest traffic interchange at the time of construction in Malaysia. This phase was opened to traffic in 1999.

Phase 3

This 3.5 kilometre section runs from Jalan Abdul Rahman Andak to Jalan Tun Dato Ismail near the City Square clock tower, or Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru. It comprises four ground level traffic-lights controlled intersections with provisions for future dual or tri-level interchanges. This phase was opened to traffic after multiple delays in 2001.

Features

Notable features

At most section, the Federal Route 188 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

Overlaps

Alternate routes

Sections with motorcycle lanes

Current developments

Traffic interchanges at Jalan Sultan Ibrahim and Jalan Lumba Kuda are being upgraded to multi-level interchanges in anticipation for the new customs and immigration complex of Southern International Gateway. This project is expected to divert all inbound and outbound traffic to Singapore away from the CBD. The new flyover on Tebrau Highway Interchange near hockey stadium has been constructed during the mid of 2006 and has now fully operational to the public on 15th December 2007.

List of interchanges and junctions

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0	J1 ISKANDAR COASTAL HIGHWAY WEST Danga Bay Skudai Senai Kulai EAST City centre Hospital Sultanah Aminah Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar Istana Besar	T-junctions Trumpet interchange Under construction
ISKANDAR COASTAL HIGHWAY
JOHOR BAHRU INNER RING ROAD
		Dataran Bandaraya flyover Dataran Bandaraya		East bound
	JALAN KOLAM AYER Jalan Datin Halimah SOUTHEAST JALAN MAHMOODIAH Makam Mahmoodiah	Junctions Diamond interchange Under construction
		Dataran Bandaraya flyover		Start/End of flyover Under construction
		Jalan Abdul Samad	JALAN ABDUL SAMAD Sedap Corner	East bound
		Jalan Petri	JALAN PETRI Muslim cemetery Jalan Mahmoodiah	West bound
	Makam Mahmoodiah	Diamond interchange with tunnel
	AH2 SKUDAI HIGHWAY NORTH Kuala Lumpur Skudai Senai Kulai SOUTH City centre JB Sentral	Single-point urban interchange
	AH18 TEBRAU HIGHWAY NORTH Mersing Kota Tinggi Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang SOUTH City centre JB Sentral	Stack diamond interchange
		Jalan Storey	JALAN STOREY	West bound
	CIQ INTERCHANGE	NORTHEAST JB EASTERN DISPERSAL LINK (Under construction) Kuala Lumpur Melaka J5 JOHOR BAHRU EAST COAST PARKWAY JALAN STULANG LAUT Permas Jaya SOUTH SULTAN ISKANDAR BULDING AH2 JOHOR CAUSEWAY Woodlands (Singapore)	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
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JOHOR BAHRU INNER RING ROAD Start/End of highway
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