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–Seberang Jaya Toll Road 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 (BORR, E17) is a 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 is located 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 six 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.

Tolls

The Butterworth Outer Ring Road uses opened toll systems.

Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Perai and Bagan Ajam Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at two toll plazas on the Butterworth Outer Ring Road have been conducted electronically via Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 1 June 2016.

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 1.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 3.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 4.50
4	Taxis	RM 0.80
5	Buses	RM 1.20

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 1.50
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM 3.00
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM 4.50
4	Taxis	RM 0.80
5	Buses	RM 1.20

(Starting 6.00 am on 15 October 2015)

List of interchange

For the exit list of the NBCT-Seberang Jaya section, see Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road § List of interchanges.

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

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
	Sungai Dua	-.-	-	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
	Sungai Puyu	-.-	-	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

External links

Malaysian Expressway System

History	Chronology of the Malaysian Expressway System

Interstate (Peninsula Malaysia)	North–South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) North–South Expressway Southern Route North–South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) (NSECL/ELITE) Kuala Lumpur – Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT/ECE) Butterworth–Kulim Expressway (BKE) Kajang–Seremban Highway (LEKAS/KASEH) # West Coast Expressway (LPB/WCE) ^ Paroi-Senawang-KLIA Expressway (PSKE) ^ Port Dickson-Banting Expressway (PDBE) ^ Jelas Expressway (Jelas) ^ Perlis-Langkawi Bridge

Interstate (East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan))	Tun Salahuddin Bridge

Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley and Selangor	New Klang Valley Expressway (part of the North–South Expressway Northern Route) Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS) Cheras–Kajang Expressway (CKE/Grand Saga) Besraya Expressway (BESRAYA) New Pantai Expressway (NPE) (including ^ NPE Extension Expressway) Damansara–Puchong Expressway (LDP) Ampang – Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) Kemuning – Shah Alam Highway (LKSA) Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK) Maju Expressway (MEX) (Kuala Lumpur – Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE) and KL-KLIA Dedicated Expressway) Sprint Expressway (Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link) Kuala Lumpur – Kuala Selangor Expressway (KLS) (Assam Jawa-Templer Park Highway (LATAR)) South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) # East Klang Valley Expressway (EKVE) (Kuala Lumpur Outer Ring Road (KLORR)) New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) # Damansara–Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) (including # DUKE Extension Expressway) Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) East–West Link Expressway and Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) ^ Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) * Kuala Lumpur Arah Serendah Expressway (KLAS) ^ Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya Expressway (SKIP) * Kinrara–Damansara Expressway (KIDEX)

Iskandar Malaysia and Johor	Second Link Expressway (Malaysia–Singapore Second Link) (MSSC/LINKEDUA) Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway (EDL) Senai–Desaru Expressway (SDE) ^ Johor Bahru-Pasir Gudang Elevated Expressway (JOPGEX)

Penang	Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) * Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Penang Bridge * Penang Undersea Tunnel

Others	Seremban – Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) ^ Malacca Strait Bridge ^ South Kedah Expressway (Lekas) D-- # Kota Bharu–Kuala Krai Expressway ^Jelas Expressway

#: under construction, ^: under planning and development, *: cancelled / postponded / on hold

Highways of Malaysia Federal Route 1

North-South Expressway Northern Route Darul Aman Highway Sultan Abdul Halim Highway Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth-Juru Highway Tanjung Malim-Slim River Highway Rawang Bypass Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway Cheras Highway Cheras - Kajang Expressway Skudai Highway Johor-Singapore Causeway

Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER)

NCER Perlis	Kangar Padang Besar Perlis Seed Centre

NCER Kedah	Alor Setar Anak Bukit Langkawi Bukit Kayu Hitam Universiti Utara Malaysia Sultan Abdul Halim Airport Menara Alor Star Trans Eastern Kedah Interland Highway Paddy Museum Gurun Sungai Petani Halal Hub Kulim Hi-Tech Park South Kedah Expressway

NCER Penang	Butterworth Butterworth Outer Ring Road Sungai Juru Expressway Georgetown Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Jelutong Expressway KOMTAR Penang Ferry Service Penang Port Penang Monorail Penang Bridge Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge) Penang Sentral Penang International Airport Penang Global City Centre Penang Outer Ring Road Penang Undersea Tunnel Rapid Penang Universiti Sains Malaysia

NCER Perak	Belum-Temengor (Temenggor Lake, Temenggor Dam, Banding Island, Lake Temenggor Bridge) East-West Highway Gerik Pengkalan Hulu Lenggong Universiti Teknologi Petronas Jelas Expressway

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