Segamat Inner Ring Road

Template:Short description Template:Template other Template:Template other[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] Segamat Inner Ring Road, Johor State Routes J152, J216 and J217 is a 4-lane single carriageway municipal ring road system in Segamat, Johor, Malaysia. The ring road consists of Jalan Pemuda (Johor State Route J152), Jalan Hassan (Johor State Route J216), Segamat Second Bridge, Jalan Hassan Abdullah (both are Johor State Route J217), Jalan Pee Kang Hai and Jalan Chia Chin Koon.

History

Before 20th century, the main medium of transportation in Segamat was via rivers. However, the mode of transportation in Segamat began to change when the British colonial government began constructing the national railroad system and road networks (Federal Route 1 and Federal Route 23 passing through Segamat. As a result, several municipal roads were also built as well to connect the nearby villages to Segamat.

Since then, Jalan Pemuda and Jalan Hassan were primarily used as bypass routes when the main road (Federal Route 1 were closed during special occasions and events. The traffic rate along Federal Route 1 continued to rise every year as a result of the population increase, therefore the 8-kilometer section of the main road in Segamat was upgraded to 4-lane single-carriageway (dual-carriageway in the town center) in 1985.

As a result of the rise of traffic rate, traffic jams are common especially at the main bridge of Segamat. As a result, the federal government of Malaysia decided to build a second bridge of Segamat to reduce traffic congestion at the main bridge. The construction of the bridge began at the end of 1998 and completed in 2001. Soon after the completion of the bridge, a new dual-carriageway road, Jalan Hassan Abdullah, was constructed by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) of Segamat, connecting the second bridge to Jalan Pee Kang Hai.

In 1996, Segamat was chosen as the state-level host of the Malaysian National Day. At that time, the detour routes especially the 2-lane Jalan Hassan and Jalan Pemuda were badly congested and were unable to handle the incredible volume of traffic during the celebration. As a result, the JKR of Segamat decided to develop an inner ring road system by upgrading the existing 2-lane municipal roads such as Jalan Pemuda, Jalan Hassan, Jalan Pee Kang Hai and Jalan Chia Chin Koon to 4-lane single carriageway. The construction of Segamat Second Bridge was also included in the ring road package. Construction began right after the completion of Segamat Second Bridge in 2001 and completed in August 2005, several weeks before National Day celebration of 2005.

After the completion of Segamat Inner Ring Road, the ring road was used to divert the traffic when Segamat was once again chosen as the venue of the Johor state-level celebration of the 2005 Malaysian National Day. Unlike the 1996 celebration, the traffic flow was very smooth during the 2005 National Day celebration.

List of junctions

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Pemuda Junctions	Jalan Buloh Kasap North Seremban Gemas Buloh Kasap Kuantan South Segamat town center Tangkak	T-junction
Jalan Pemuda
		Kampung Jalan Pemuda	Kampung Jalan Pemuda
Jalan Pemuda
		Kampung Tengah	North File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ154 Jalan Kampung Tengah File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ154 Kampung Tengah File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ154 Kampung Tungku Tiga	T-junction
File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ154 Jalan Hassan
		Kampung Gubah	Kampung Gubah
		Jalan Arshad	Jalan Arshad Jalan Hussin Jalan Awang Segamat High School	T-junction
		Jalan Sekolah	Jalan Sekolah Jalan Awang Segamat High School	T-junction
		TNB Segamat	TNB Segamat district branch office
File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ154 Jalan Hassan
		Laksamana Junctions	North Segamat town centre (Bandar Atas) West File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ154 Jalan Sultan Muar Jementah Tangkak North–South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur	Junction
Jalan Hassan Abdullah
		Segamat River bridge Segamat Second Bridge		Start/end of dual-carriageway
		Taman Utama	Taman Utama Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) district branch office
Jalan Hassan Abdullah
		Pee Kang Hai Junctions	Segamat town center (Bandar Seberang) KFC, McDonald's & Pizza Hut restaurants Jalan Genuang	Junction Start/end of dual-carriageway
Jalan Pee Kang Hai
		Cenderawasih Junctions	East Taman Segar West Jalan Syed Abudul Kadir Upwell Supermarket Kampung Abdullah Jalan Genuang	Junction
		Jalan Medoi	North Jalan Medoi Kampung Jawa Shariff Motocross Circuit FELDA Medoi	T-junction
Jalan Pee Kang Hai
		Taman Kemawan	Taman Kemawan Jalan Meryani	T-junction
Jalan Chia Chin Koon
		Cowboy Hypermarket Segamat	Cowboy Hypermarket Segamat (back entrance)	Kampung Abdullah bound
Jalan Chia Chin Koon
		Kenawar Junctions	Jalan Genuang North Segamat town center File:Jkr-ft---.svgJ14 Bukit Kepong Muar South Labis Yong Peng North–South Expressway Southern Route Johor Bahru Singapore	T-junction

See also

• Transport in Malaysia