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{{Short description|Expressway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox road
| country = MYS
| type = E
| route = 14
| marker_image = {{Infobox road/shieldmain/MYS|type=E|route=14}}{{Infobox road/shieldmain/MYS|type=Federal|route=38}}
| map = {{Highway system OSM map
  | highway_system_qid = Q1521575
  | frame-lat          = 1.4981
  | frame-long         = 103.7738
  | frame-width        = 290
  | frame-height       = 300
  | zoom               = 12
  | length             = yes
  | plain              = yes
  | stroke-width       = 3
  }}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = EDL in red
| alternate_name = Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway<br>{{Native name|zsm-Latn-MY|Lebuhraya Penyebaran Timur Johor Bahru|paren=omit}}
| maint = the [[Malaysian Public Works Department]]
| length_km = 8.1
| length_round = 1
| direction_a = North
| terminus_a = {{MES-E|2}} [[North–South Expressway Southern Route]] at [[Pandan-Tebrau]], [[Johor]]
| junction = {{JKR|3}} [[Tebrau Highway]]<br>{{JKR|35}} [[Johor Bahru East Coast Highway]]<br>{{JKR(J)|5}} [[Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway]]<br>{{JKR|188}} [[Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road]]
| direction_b = South
| terminus_b = [[File:BKE-SG.svg|40px]] [[Bukit Timah Expressway]] at the [[Johor–Singapore Causeway]]
| formed = 2007
| history = Completed in 2012
| ahn = {{Jct|country=MYS|AH|2}}
| destinations = [[Permas Jaya]], [[Kampung Bakar Batu]], [[Pasir Pelangi]], [[Stulang]]
}}
[[File:Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway.jpg|thumb|Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway]]
The '''Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway''' {{MES-E|14}} {{JKR|38}}<ref>http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pua_20180730_P.U.%20(A)%20178.pdf{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> is a [[controlled-access highway]] entirely within [[Johor Bahru]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]]. The {{convert|8.1|km|mi|abbr=off|adj=on}} expressway connects the end of the [[North–South Expressway Southern Route]] at [[Pandan-Tebrau|Pandan]] to the [[Johor–Singapore Causeway]] in the [[Johor Bahru|city centre]]. The expressway was constructed to allow cross-border traffic to bypass the city centre and reduce congestion along [[Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway|Tebrau Highway]], the existing main route to the causeway. The construction costs of the expressway is RM 1 billion.<ref>[http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/1/nation/19892004&sec=nation 12 projects in IDR this year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209114607/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F1%2F1%2Fnation%2F19892004&sec=nation|date=9 February 2010|title=}}</ref>

In August 2012, the Malaysian government decided that it will acquire the expressway from Malaysia Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/31/business/20120831084256&sec=business|title=Govt takes over highway|date=31 August 2012|work=thestar.com.my|access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2018-11-05 |title=RM1.3b takeover of EDL a boon for MRCB |url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/435504 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250605035602/https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/435504 |archive-date=2025-06-05 |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=The Edge Malaysia}}</ref>

The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located after the CIQ Interchange before the [[Sultan Iskandar Building]] towards the [[Malaysia-Singapore border]].

==History==

=== Construction ===
The construction of the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link was proposed in 2004 in the [[Ninth Malaysia Plan]] (2006–2010). The construction began on 1 October 2007 and was completed on 20 March 2012. On 1 April 2012, the highway was opened to public, delayed from its scheduled launch in the first quarter of 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=EDL OPENS WITH NO TOLL FOR NOW |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20120402-1.2.24.4?qt=malaysian,%20highway,%20authority&q=malaysian%20highway%20authority |access-date=30 March 2024 |work=Today |date=2 April 2012}}</ref>

=== Government Acquirement<ref name=":0" /> ===
Talk of the government to acquire EDL had been ongoing since August 2012.
In December 2017, the government terminated the EDL concession agreement and agreed to take over the highway, resulting in toll collections at the EDL being abolished since January 2018.
In November 2018, the government announced that it will take over the Eastern Dispersal Link (EDL) expressway from Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) for RM1.3 billion in Budget 2019.

==Controversies==
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Houses along Jalan Sri Pelangi Satu and Jalan Sri Pelangi Dua had been reclaimed by the government due to the necessity to use the land for the project. The compensation sum given to the owners of the houses was considered low by many of the residents there. However, no further adjustments was made to the sum.

Another major controversy is that only the motorists who use the CIQ complex to travel to Singapore will be charged the toll; whether or not the Johor Bahru Eastern Disperal Link is used. However, on 30 August 2012, five months after the EDL was opened to public, the controversy was resolved when the government announced that they will take over the EDL from MRCB. On 1 January 2018, toll collections at EDL was abolished and replaced by Road Charge on every Singapore car that enters Malaysia.

== List of interchanges ==
Below is a list of interchanges (exits), laybys and [[Rest area|rest and service areas]] along the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from north to south.{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

The entire section is located within the district of [[Johor Bahru]], [[Johor]].{{citation needed|date= October 2022}}

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!Location||km||Exit||Interchange||Destinations||Notes/Remarks
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|[[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]]
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|'''[[Johor–Singapore Causeway]]'''
|'''South'''<br>{{flagicon|Singapore}} '''[[Singapore]]'''<br><br>'''[[Woodlands Checkpoint]]'''<br>[[File:BKE-SG.svg|40x40px]] {{jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} '''[[Bukit Timah Expressway]]'''
|Start (northbound)/end (southbound) of causeway
|-
|colspan=6 style=text-align:center bgcolor=green|'''<span style=color:white>Singapore<br>Woodlands border</span>'''
|-
|colspan=6 style=text-align:center bgcolor=yellow|<span style=color:black>'''[[Johor–Singapore Causeway]]'''<br>[[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]] '''[[Singapore]]–[[Malaysia]] Border'''</span>
|-
|colspan=6 style=text-align:center bgcolor=green|'''<span style=color:white>Malaysia<br>Johor Darul Takzim<br>Johor Bahru district border</span>'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Johor Bahru]]
|
|
|'''[[Johor–Singapore Causeway]]'''
|
|End (northbound)/start (southbound) of causeway
|-
|0.0
|
|
|'''[[Sultan Iskandar Building]]'''
|Johor Bahru checkpoint
|-
|colspan=6 style=text-align:center bgcolor=green|'''<span style=color:white>{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|14}} {{jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway<br>Southern end of expressway<br>EDL border limit</span>'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Johor Bahru]]
|
|1401
|CIQ Interchange 
|{{JKR|188}} '''[[Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road]]'''<br><br>'''East'''<br>Jalan Sultan Ibrahim<br>[[Sultan Iskandar Building]]<br><br>'''West'''<br>Sultanah Aminah Hospital
|[[Stack interchange]]
|-
|
|
|rowspan=2|'''Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover'''
|
|Northbound start of flyover
|-
|rowspan=6|[[Kampung Bakar Batu]]
|
|
|
|Southbound end of flyover<br>Southbound entrance only from Jalan Stulang Darat
|-
|
|1402
|
|{{JKR(J)|5}} '''Jalan Pasir Pelangi'''<br><br>'''North'''<br>Taman Sentosa<br>Johor Bahru city centre
|Northbound entrance & exit only
|-
|
|1403A
|Bakar Batu Interchange 
|{{JKR|35}} '''[[Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway]]'''<br><br>'''East'''<br>[[Permas Jaya]]<br>[[Pasir Gudang]]
|Northbound entrance & exit only
|-
|
|
|'''Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover'''
|
|End (northbound)/start (southbound) of flyover
|-
|4.6
|1403B
|Bakar Batu Interchange 
|{{JKR(J)|5}} '''Jalan Pasir Pelangi'''<br><br>'''South'''<br>[[Kampung Bakar Batu]]<br>[[Permas Jaya]]<br>[[Pasir Gudang]]
|Northbound entrance & southbound exit only
|-
|
|
|Mid Valley Southkey Interchange 
|[[Mid Valley Southkey]]
|Interchange<br>Operational since April 2019
|-
|rowspan=4|[[pandan, Johor|Pandan]]
|
|
|'''Sungai Sebulong Bridge'''
|
|
|-
|
|
|'''Anak Sungai Sebulong Bridge'''
|
|
|-
|6.6
|{{RSA-OBR signs}} Pandan rest and service area
|
|{{Parking signs}}{{Toilet sign}} {{Food court sign}} {{Surau sign}}
|Southbound only
|-
|7.7
|1404
|Pandan Interchange 
|{{JKR|3}} '''[[Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway|Tebrau Highway]]'''<br><br>'''Northeast'''<br>[[Kota Tinggi]]<br>[[Mersing]]<br><br>'''Southwest'''<br>[[Tampoi, Johor|Tampoi]]<br>[[Johor Bahru]] city centre
|[[Cloverleaf interchange]]<br>No southbound exit to northeast direction
|-
|colspan=6 style=text-align:center bgcolor=green|'''<span style=color:white>{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|14}} {{jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway<br>Northern end of expressway<br>EDL border limit</span>'''
|-
|colspan=6 style=text-align:center bgcolor=green|'''<span style=color:white>{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|2}} {{jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} North–South Expressway Southern Route<br>Southern end of expressway<br>PLUS border limit</span>'''
|-
|Pandan
|
|
|
|{{Jct|country=MYS|E2|2}} {{jct|country=ASIA|AH|2}} '''[[North-South Expressway Southern Route]]'''<br><br>'''Northwest'''<br>[[Bandar Dato' Onn]]<br>[[Setia Tropika]]<br>[[Kempas]]<br>[[Malacca]]<br>[[Kuala Lumpur]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.edlconnects.com.my/ EDL Connects website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030191139/http://www.edlconnects.com.my/ |date=30 October 2020 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080328043336/http://www.trafiklasik.com.my/ptk/projects/privatisation/dispersallink.asp Privatation Study by Perunding Trafik Klasik]

{{Malaysian Expressway System}}
{{Malaysian Federal Roads}}
{{South Johor Economic Region}}

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[[Category:Expressways and highways in Johor]]
[[Category:Johor Bahru]]