Second Link Expressway

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] The Second Link Expressway is a controlled-access highway in Johor, Malaysia. It runs from Senai, Kulai District near the international airport to the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link at Tanjung Kupang, Johor Bahru District.

Route background

File:Linkedua-Expressway.JPG

Northbound carriageway just before exit 313.

File:Sultan Abu Bakar Check point, Tanjung Kupang.jpg

Tanjung Kupang checkpoint.

The Kilometre Zero for the entire expressway is located at the Malaysia–Singapore border at the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link.

History

Construction of the Second Link

In July 1989, United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM) submitted a proposal to the government of Malaysia to privatize the construction of a second link to Singapore. The acceptance of the proposal brought about the signing of a concession agreement in July 1993, giving exclusive rights and authority to UEM to design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the bridge and expressways for a period of 30 years commencing 27 July 1993.

Following this, a novation agreement was executed in May 1994, whereby UEM assigned all its rights, liabilities and obligations in respect of the concession agreement to Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad, a wholly owned subsidiary of UEM.

The major components of the project are the Second Crossing bridge, 44 kilometers of expressways, The Sultan Abu Bakar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex, three toll plazas, two rest and service areas and other ancillary facilities. The bridge was designed to accommodate up to 200,000 vehicles a day.

Opening ceremony

The Second Link was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998. It was officially opened on 18 April the same year by the Prime Ministers of both countries, namely Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and Goh Chok Tong of Singapore. The Malaysia–Singapore Second Crossing heralded a new era in bilateral relations, and brought with it the promise of improved economic and social ties.

In 2007, PLUS Expressway Berhad had entered into conditional agreements with the UEM Group to acquire the entire interests in Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (Elite) and Linkedua (Malaysia) Bhd for RM866mil. Since then, both ELITE and LINKEDUA became wholly owned subsidiaries of PLUS Expressways Berhad.

Pontian Link

A new link heading towards Pontian (Pontian Link) through the Pulai Interchange Exit 307A at km 15.3 on the Second Link Expressway was opened to traffic starting from 1:00 pm, 10 November 2007 on Saturday.

The Pontian Link provides easy access for highway users, connecting the Second Link Expressway (from Pulai Interchange) to Ulu Choh-Gelang Patah Interchange (KM5).

Construction of the 2.7 km link started on 17 April 2006 and was fully completed on 16 October 2007.

Toll systems

Toll payments are for the expressway and Second Link tolls. Only Touch 'n Go, PLUSMiles, SmartTAG and MyRFID electronic payment system are accepted at all Second Link toll plazas, and is the only accepted paying method at the Perling, Lima Kedai and Tanjung Kupang toll plazas, though top-up lanes are available. Singapore dollar is also accepted at all Second Link toll plazas but at the rate of 1:1 (i.e. Pay S$1.00 for RM1.00, and all change are given in Malaysian ringgit). Tanjung Kupang toll plaza was the only toll along the entire highway which charged rates for motorcyclists at RM1.10 each. Since 1 January 2019, toll collection for motorcyclists ceased operations. As of March 2023, there are no longer off-peak hour toll rates.

Fares

(Since 1 March 2023)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
		Sultan Abu Bakar Complex	Tanjung Kupang		Lima Kedai	Perling
			Expressway	Bridge
0	Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)	Free
1	Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses))	8.68	1.80	4.34	3.19	1.88
2	Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and five or six wheels (excluding buses))	27.40	3.40	13.70	7.80	4.60
3	Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses))	54.80	6.90	27.40	9.80	5.70
4	Taxis	7.54	0.90	3.77	1.64	0.90
5	Buses	11.96	1.47	5.98	3.19	1.88

List of interchanges, laybys, and rest and service areas

Senai Link

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			East Jalan Perusahaan Senai Industrial Area
0	301	Senai Airport Interchange	Senai Airport Highway North Senai International Airport Template:Airport signs South Senai Johor Bahru	Diamond interchange Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
Second Link Expressway Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
	301A	SDE Interchange	Southeast Senai-Desaru Expressway Ulu Tiram Kota Tinggi Pasir Gudang Bandar Penawar Desaru	Trumpet interchange
		Saleng viaduct		Start/end of viaduct
		Saleng viaduct Sungai Skudai bridge
		Saleng viaduct Railway crossing bridge
	302	Saleng viaduct Saleng Interchange	Skudai Highway North Saleng Kulai	Start/end of viaduct Ramp in/out to Senai Link
5
5.7	303	Indahpura Interchange File:R&R logo.jpg Johor Premium Outlet	From/to Destanions PERSIARAN Indahpura Indahpura From/to Johor Premium File:R&R logo.jpg Johor Premium Outlet REDIRECT Template:Parking sign File:Information centre (malaysia).jpg Template:Toilet sign Template:Food court sign Template:Surau sign Template:ATM machine signs||Trumpet interchange
6
Second Link Expressway
Second Link Expressway
	304	Senai South Interchange	Main Link North North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Melaka Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Skudai South Gelang Patah Bandar Nusajaya Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Tuas (Singapore)	Trumpet interchange

Northern and Southern Links (Main Link)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			North North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Melaka Johor Bahru Skudai
Senai Utara toll plaza SNU Transit Ticket Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go RM (Cash) Closed toll systems Collect ticket transit and pay a distance toll
		Template:Parking Layby signs Senai Utara toll plaza SNU TnG TAG File:Information centre (malaysia).jpg Customer Service Centre	REDIRECT Template:Parking signTnG TAG File:Information centre (malaysia).jpg Customer Service Centre||Singapore bound
North-South Expressway Southern Route
Second Link Expressway
	304	Senai South Interchange	Northeast Senai LInk Senai International Airport Template:Airport signs Senai Kulai Senai-Desaru Expressway Ulu Tiram Kota Tinggi Pasir Gudang Bandar Penawar Desaru File:R&R logo.jpg Johor Premium Outlet	Trumpet interchange
		Sungai Melana bridge
Johor Bahru-Kulai district border
	305	Kangkar Pulai Interchange	File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ-- Kangkar Pulai Skudai Pontian
		Template:Parking Layby signs Lima Kedai toll plaza TLK	REDIRECT Template:Parking signTnG TAG File:Information centre (malaysia).jpg Customer Service Centre||Senai bound
Lima Kedai toll plaza TLK Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go Opened toll systems Pay toll (Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG only)
	306	Lima Kedai Interchange	File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Lima Kedai File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Skudai File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Mutiara Rini	Future interchange
16
15.3	307A 307B 307C 307D	Pulai Interchange	Pontian-Johor Baharu Parkway West Pontian Pekan Nenas Kukup Tanjung Piai East Bukit Indah Taman Perling Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang	Cloverleaf interchange with one ramp
15
	311A 311B 311C 311D	Nusajaya Interchange	Lebuh Kota Iskandar West Lima Kedai Skudai East Nusajaya Kota Iskandar Legoland Malaysia	Cloverleaf interchange
	312	Gelang Patah Interchange	Lebuh Kota Iskandar West File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Gelang Patah File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ7 Pontian Kukup Tanjung Piai East Johor Bahru Tampoi Bukit Indah Nusajaya Kota Iskandar Leisure Farm Legoland Malaysia Danga Bay	Cloverleaf interchange
	313A	Gerbang Nusajaya Interchange	File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Jalan Gelang Patah–Skudai West File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Gelang Patah Gerbang Nusajaya Leisure Farm	Trumpet interchange
6
5.7		File:R&R logo.jpg Gelang Patah Rest and Service Area	REDIRECT Template:Parking sign File:Petrol station (malaysia).jpg Petron Petronas Template:Toilet sign Template:Food court sign Template:Surau sign Template:ATM machine signs TnG POS||North bound
5.6	313	Port of Tanjung Pelepas Interchange	SOUTHWEST Port of Tanjung Pelepas Highway Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Pengkalan Marin Syahbandar File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Tanjung Kupang File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Pendas	Trumpet interchange Last/First Malaysian exit
5
4.8		File:R&R logo.jpg Gelang Patah Rest and Service Area	REDIRECT Template:Parking sign File:Petrol station (malaysia).jpg Shell Petron Petronas Template:Toilet sign Template:Food court sign Template:Surau sign Template:ATM machine signs TnG POS||South bound
Tanjung Kupang toll plaza TTK Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go TnG POS SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG TnG POS Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go Opened toll systems Pay toll (Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG only)
		Template:Parking Layby signs Tanjung Kupang toll plaza TTK	REDIRECT Template:Parking sign TnG TAG File:Information centre (malaysia).jpg Customer Service Centre||Singapore bound
Second Link Expressway
		Sultan Abu Bakar Complex	Immigration office Customs office U-TURN WITH TOLL BOOTH Back to Malaysia via Second Link Expressway
Sultan Abu Bakar Custom Immigration and Quarantine Checkpoint SAB Template:Customs Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go Template:Customs
		Sultan Abu Bakar Complex	U-TURN Back to Singapore via Second Link Bridge
Malaysia-Singapore Second Link
1
0.9		Second Link Bridge		Start/end of bridge
0.5		Second Link Bridge		Malaysian approach span
0		Second Link Bridge		Main navigational span
MALAYSIA Johor Darul Takzim Johor Bahru district border
Second Link Bridge ASEAN Malaysia-Singapore Border
Singapore
		Second Link Bridge		Singaporean approach span
		Second Link Bridge	Southeast Template:Flagicon Singapore Tuas Checkpoint File:AYE-SG.svg|Ayer Rajah Expressway Ayer Rajah Expressway Ayer Rajah Expressway Tuas Pan Island Expressway Changi Airport Template:Airport sign Ayer Rajah Expressway Jurong Ayer Rajah Expressway Singapore City	Start/end of bridge

Pontian-Johor Bahru Parkway (Pontian Link)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
5	309A	Ulu Choh-Gelang Patah Interchange	File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ7 Jalan Gelang Patah-Ulu Choh North Pontian File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ7 Ulu Choh Kukup Tanjung Piai South File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ7 Gelang Patah File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ4 Nusajaya Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ7 Pendas	Interchange
Second Link Expressway Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
	309	Nusa Bayu Interchange	North Persiaran Bayu Nusa Bayu SILC Industrial Area	Diamond Interchange
	307A 307B 307C 307D	Pulai Interchange	Main Link North Kuala Lumpur Senai International Airport Template:Airport sign Senai Kulai South Gelang Patah Nusajaya Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Tuas (Singapore) Legoland Malaysia	Cloverleaf interchange with one ramp
	308A	Nusa Indah Interchange	Medical City Template:Hospital sign Nusa Bestari Nusa Indah	Half diamond interchange
	308	Bukit Indah Interchange	South Bukit Indah Highway Bukit Indah Nusajaya Legoland Malaysia	Trumpet interchange
		Sungai Danga bridge
Perling toll plaza TTP Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go TnG POS SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG TnG POS Touch 'n Go Touch 'n Go Opened toll systems Pay toll (Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG only)
		Template:Parking Layby signs Perling toll plaza TTP	REDIRECT Template:Parking sign TnG TAG File:Information centre (malaysia).jpg Customer Service Centre||Opened toll systems Pay toll
		PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintenances office PROPEL PROPEL section maintenances office	PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintenances office PROPEL PROPEL section maintenances office	Service T-junctions
0
Second Link Expressway Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
Persisiran Perling
			East Persisiran Perling Taman Perling Johor Bahru Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi

See also

• Johor–Singapore Causeway
• Malaysia–Singapore Second Link
• Pasir Gudang Highway
• Malaysian expressway system

External links

• PLUS Expressway Berhad Template:Webarchive
• Malaysian Highway Authority