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14-481: The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 188 starts at Jalan Abu Bakar junctions near Dataran Bandaraya . 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: From

28-591: A result of high oil prices. The US-led Iraq invasion in 2003 resulted in a rise in oil prices to about US$ 60/barrel by August 2005, which was a few months before the plan was unveiled. These two factors were mentioned in Prime Minister's speech when tabling the Ninth Malaysia Plan on 31 March 2008 besides SARS, bird flu, and the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami. The plan envisages Malaysia's GDP to grow (in real terms) by 6.0% per annum over

42-604: Is a highway that encompasses Federal Route 3 in Johor Bahru , Malaysia . Part of Asian Highway Route AH18 , the highway stretches from its southern end at Jalan Wong Ah Fook and Jalan Tun Abdul Razak in the metropolitan area of Johor Bahru to the northern end at the underpass flyover with North–South Expressway Southern Route and Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway around Pandan. The stretch of Tebrau Highway after this continues as Jalan Pandan and Jalan Kota Tinggi respectively, beyond Pandan. The highway became

56-672: The Cabinet of Malaysia . The plan allocates the national budget from 2006 to 2010 in regard to all economic sectors in Malaysia. The blueprint was announced on 31 March 2006, and was unveiled by the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Parliament. The economic development plan was unveiled at a time when Malaysia was starting to recover from the Asian financial crisis and challenging economic conditions as

70-597: The Ninth Malaysia Plan Project and Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), the main road between Ulu Tiram and Kota Tinggi was upgraded into dual-carriageway. This included the construction of Ulu Tiram Interchange and some bridges along the road. The project was started in March 2009 and was completed in 2011. Construction of the Jalan Tampoi directional-T interchange began on 2011 and

84-652: The 1980s. The section between Johor Jaya to Ulu Tiram was upgraded in 1995. Traffic is usually heavy during working hours. Despite the development of newer expressways, such as the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway in 2012, the Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway remains a vital artery in Johor’s transportation infrastructure. The Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway boasts several notable features: In 2003,

98-776: 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 merges to Southern International Gateway known as Sultan Iskandar Building . A flyover on Tebrau Highway Interchange was constructed during the middle of 2006 and became operational to the public on 15 December 2007. 1°28′24.3″N 103°45′40.2″E  /  1.473417°N 103.761167°E  / 1.473417; 103.761167 Tebrau Highway Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi ), Federal Route 3 , also known as Tebrau Highway (Jalan Tebrau) and Jalan Kota Tinggi

112-664: 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

126-641: The backbone of the Johor Bahru road system linking Pandan to the city centre, and to the Johor–Singapore Causeway , before being surpassed by the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway in 2012. Initially constructed in the 1860s , the highway was later extended to Kota Tinggi in 1919. The highway began as a trunk road. It was later widened into six lane dual-carriageway , and upgraded during

140-408: The government constructed a new flyover at Johor Jaya complex Interchange. At the complex interchange, the road (Jalan Pandan) leads on uphill 50–100 metres north of the interchange. The construction of the interchange elevated the highway directly from the point north of the interchange. Since 2005, travellers travelling northward would have to turn into a road which connects carrefour before joining

154-493: The highway after the interchange. Travellers coming from Jalan Masai Bahru would have to take the flyover which connects with Tebrau Highway, and travelling northbound without diverting into the road connecting carrefour would lead to vehicles turning off into Jalan Masai Lama. After several delays of the project to cause criticism from public, construction on this interchange was completed in June 2007 and open for public use. Under

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168-571: The time of construction in Malaysia . This phase was opened to traffic in 1999. 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. At most sections,

182-632: Was completed on 2013. The upgrading works for the Sungai Tebrau bridge near Pandan began in 2013 and was expected to be completed on 2015. Ninth Malaysia Plan The Ninth Malaysian Plan ( Malay : Rancangan Malaysia ke-9 ), abbreviated as '9MP', is a comprehensive blueprint prepared by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department and the Finance Ministry of Malaysia with approval by

196-416: Was opened to traffic in 1998. 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

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