Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road

Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, (JBIRR) or Jalan Lingkaran Dalam, Federal Route 188, is a multi-lane federal ring road highway that circles the Johor Bahru Central District in Johor, Malaysia.[1] The 4.6-kilometre (2.9 mi) highway was the most expensive road infrastructure project per kilometre of its time in the country.

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

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 (named after 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

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

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 known as Sultan Iskandar Building. 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 was constructed during the middle of 2006 and became operational to the public on 15 December 2007.

List of interchanges and junctions

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0	EXIT 18801	Dataran Bandaraya flyover Dataran Bandaraya Interchange	J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway West Skudai Senai International Airport Kulai Iskandar Puteri Danga Bay East J1 City Centre Hospital Sultanah Aminah Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar Istana Besar	Trumpet interchange Start/End of flyover
J1 Iskandar Coastal Highway
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road
		Dataran Bandaraya flyover Dataran Bandaraya		Eastbound
	EXIT 18802	Dataran Bandaraya flyover Kolam Ayer Interchange	Northwest Jalan Datin Halimah Jalan Datin Halimah Southeast Jalan Mahmoodiah Muslim Cemetery Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum	Diamond interchange
		Dataran Bandaraya flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Jalan Abdul Samad	Jalan Abdul Samad Sedap Corner	Eastbound
		Jalan Petri	Jalan Petri Muslim cemetery Jalan Mahmoodiah	Westbound
	EXIT 18803	Mahmoodiah Interchange	North Jalan Wirawan South Jalan Mariamah Jalan Mahmoodiah Muslim cemetery Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum	Diamond interchange with tunnel
	EXIT 18804	Jalan Yahya Awal Interchange	Jalan Yahya Awal North Jalan Tasek Utara Hutan Bandar South Jalan Ayer Molek Bangunan KWSP Bangunan Tabung Haji	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 18805	Jalan Tun Abdul Razak Interchange	Skudai Highway North Senai International Airport Iskandar Puteri Tampoi Skudai Kulaijaya Kuala Lumpur South City Centre JB Sentral 🚉	Single-point urban interchange
	EXIT 18806	Lebuhraya Tebrau Interchange	Tebrau Highway North Mersing Kota Tinggi Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang South City Centre JB Sentral 🚉	Stack diamond interchange
		Muzium Tokoh Johor	Muzium Tokoh Johor	Eastbound
		Shell Layby	Shell	Westbound
		Jalan Storey	West Jalan Storey	Westbound
		CIQ flyover		Start/End of flyover
	EXIT 18807	CIQ flyover CIQ Interchange	Northeast Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway Kuala Lumpur Melaka Senai International Airport Bandar Dato' Onn Setia Tropika J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway Jalan Stulang Laut Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang South Sultan Iskandar Building Touch 'n Go Johor Causeway Woodlands Singapore City	Multi-level stacked diamond interchange
		CIQ flyover		Start/End of flyover
4
Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road Start/End of highway
4.6	EXIT 18808	Jalan Ibrahim Sultan Interchange	West Jalan Tanjung Puteri City Centre East Jalan Ibrahim Sultan Stulang ZON Duty Free Complex 🏬	T-junctions

See also

• Transport in Malaysia

References

1. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.