Butterworth Outer Ring Road

Expressway 17
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Route information
Maintained by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB)
Length:	14.0 km (8.7 mi)
Existed:	2003 – present
History:	Completed in 2005
Major junctions
From:	Sungai Dua
	North-South Expressway Northern Route P198 Jalan Sungai Dua Penang Bridge Butterworth-Kulim Expressway Jalan Chain Ferry Jalan Perusahan Perai Butterworth-Juru Highway
To:	Perai
Location
Primary destinations:	Bagan Lalang, Sungai Puyu, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Butterworth Outer Ring Road or BORR is an seaside expressway in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. This 14 km (8.7 mi) expressway connects Sungai Dua in the north until Perai in the south.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts at Sungai Dua Interchange. Therea are some ships will be seen near Bagan Ajam Rest Area. The Penang Megamall is located end of the highway. It is the 6 lanes line and it is also the connecting highway to the Malaysia Federal Route 1. The north bound will bring travelers to Alor Setar while the south-bound will be bringing to motorists to Ipoh.

History

Construction began in 2003, and was completed in 2006. Began usage in January 2007. Sg Nyior residents protested high toll rate in February 2007. Sg Nyior toll booth collection had been postponed by the Ministry of Works.

This highway is built to reduce the heavy traffics on the Sungai Dua-Juru NSE in the rushing hours and the peak seasons. Nowadays it is also the usage for the Raja Uda's people to Perai and Megamall.

The people of Raja Uda can also travel half the road paid of the highway to the Sunway Carnival Mall.

Along this highway, you will also reach the ferry terminal from both bounds to cross to Penang faster. It is also one toll paid only to there. The Penang Bridge now is a heavy traffics bridge as it is the cheapest link to Penang.

Features

Notable features of the expressway include Sungai Prai Bridge, which bridges Perai River and Sungai Maklom Bridge, which bridges Maklom River.

Toll rates

Perai toll plaza

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 1.30
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 2.60
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 3.90
4	Taxis	RM 0.90
5	Buses	RM 1.30

Bagan Ajam toll plaza

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 1.20
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 2.40
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 3.60
4	Taxis	RM 0.60
5	Buses	RM 1.20

Sungai Nyior toll plaza

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM 0.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 1.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 2.00
4	Taxis	RM 0.50
5	Buses	RM 0.50

(Starting 6.00 am on 21 February 2007)

List of interchange

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

Main Route

District	Location	KM	Exit	Interchange	Destinations	Notes
Continues as P198 Jalan Sungai Dua
North Seberang Perai	Sungai Dua	0.0	EXIT 165	Sungai Dua Interchange	North–South Expressway Northern Route North: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Bertam South: Ipoh, Penang Island, Permatang Pauh Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim	Diamond interchange with E1 expressway as priority, controlled by traffic lights
		-.-	-	Unnamed	P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu Mak Mandin Sungai Puyu	T-junctions on both directions; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
	Sungai Puyu	-.-	EXIT 1707	Bagan Lalang I/C	Jalan Padang Lalang North: Mak Mandin, P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu South: Bagan Lalang, Kampung Benggali	Diamond interchange
		-.-	-	Unnamed	P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu	Eastbound exit only, westbound entrance only; T-junction; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
	Bagan Ajam	-.-	-	Unnamed	P191 Jalan Raja Uda North: Residential Area South: Raja Uda Industrial Estate	Eastbound exit towards north, westbound exit towards south; T-junctions on both directions
		-.-	EXIT 1706	Bagan Ajam Interchange	Jalan Bagan Ajam North: Alor Setar, Sungai Petani South: Butterworth	Diamond interchange; Route P198 terminates here
			-.-	Bagan Ajam T/P
	Butterworth	-.-	EXIT 1705	Container Terminal (NBCT) I/C	Jalan Heng Choon Thian West: North Butterworth Container Terminal NBCT-Sungai Nyior side East: Butterworth Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: Seberang Jaya (Sunway), Tesco Extra, Kulim	Diamond interchange
		-.-	EXIT 1704	Ferry Terminal I/C	P186 Jalan Metcher Northeast: Butterworth Southwest: Butterworth Bus Terminal, Butterworth Train Station South: Penang Ferry Service (to Penang Island)	Diamond interchange
		-.-	EXIT 1703	Bagan Luar Interchange	P191 Jalan Assumption Bagan Luar Industrial Area, Bagan Dalam	Full access to northwestbound users, no access to southeastbound users unless taking exit 1704
		-.-	Perai River Bridge 1.85 kilometres
Central Seberang Perai	Perai	-.-	Perai T/P
		-.-	EXIT 1702	Perai Industries I/C	Northeast: Jalan Chain Ferry: Chain Ferry, Seberang Jaya Southwest: Jalan Perusahan Perai: Perai Industrial Estate	Diamond interchange; No access for north bound users to turn right unless taking Penang Bridge highway at exit 162.
		-.-	EXIT 1701	Perai Jaya I/C	Southwest: Perai Jaya (Megamall)	Controlled by traffic lights
		-.-	EXIT 162	Perai I/C	North–South Expressway Northern Route Northeast: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Permatang Pauh Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim Southwest: Ipoh, Penang Island	Partial cloverleaf interchange with E1 expressway as priority, partially controlled by traffic lights
Continues as Butterworth-Juru Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		NORTH BUTTERWORTH CONTAINER TERMINAL (NBCT) NORTH BUTTERWORTH CONTAINER TERMINAL (NBCT) INTERCHANGE	BUTTERWORTH OUTER RING ROAD NORTH Sungai Dua Teluk Air Tawar SOUTH Bagan Dalam Railway Station Bus Terminal	Diamond interchange
BUTTERWORTH OUTER RING ROAD (NBCT-SUNGAI NYIOR SIDE) Start/End of Expressway LLB border limit
		BUTTERWORTH BUTTERWORTH INTERCHANGE	NORTH Bagan Ajam Sungai Puyu Sungai Petani SOUTH Ferry () = Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim George Town Batu Feringgi	Diamond interchange
		SUNGAI NYIOR INTERCHANGE	NORTH JALAN RAJA UDA P191 Butterworth town centre Alor Setar SOUTH JALAN SUNGAI NYIOR Jalan Chain Ferry Perai P17 Kuala Lumpur P17 AutoCity / Juru	Interchange
Sungai Nyior Toll Plaza SNTP RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll system Pay toll
		Sungai Nyior Toll Plaza SNTP		East bound
		Sungai Perai Bridge
BUTTERWORTH OUTER RING ROAD (NBCT-SUNGAI NYIOR SIDE) LLB border limit
0 0
BUTTERWORTH-KULIM EXPRESSWAY PLUS Expressways border limit
			EAST BUTTERWORTH-KULIM EXPRESSWAY Kulim Baling Gerik Alor Setar Kuala Lumpur

External links

• Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB) website
• The Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)