Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway
The Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway FT 38 is a controlled-access highway entirely within Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The 8.1-kilometre (5.0-mile) expressway connects the end of the North–South Expressway Southern Route at Pandan to the Johor–Singapore Causeway in the city centre. The expressway was constructed to allow cross-border traffic to bypass the city centre and reduce congestion along Tebrau Highway, the existing main route to the causeway. The construction costs of the expressway is RM 1 billion.
Expressway 14 | |
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| Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway Lebuhraya Penyebaran Timur Johor Bahru | |
EDL in red | |
| Route information | |
| Part of AH2 | |
| Maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department | |
| Length | 8.1 km (5.0 mi) |
| Existed | 2007–present |
| History | Completed in 2012 |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Southern Route at Pandan-Tebrau, Johor |
| FT 3 Tebrau Highway FT 35 Johor Bahru East Coast Highway J5 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road | |
| South end | Bukit Timah Expressway at the Johor–Singapore Causeway |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Primary destinations | Permas Jaya, Kampung Bakar Batu, Pasir Pelangi, Stulang |
| Highway system | |
In August 2012, the Malaysian government decided that it will acquire the expressway from Malaysia Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB).
The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located after the CIQ Interchange before the Sultan Iskandar Building towards the Malaysia-Singapore border.