Butterworth Outer Ring Road

Expressway 17
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Route information
Maintained by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB)
Length	14 km (8.7 mi)
Existed	2003–present
History	Completed in 2005
Major junctions
From	Sungai Dua
Major intersections	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Northern Route P198 Jalan Sungai Dua Penang Bridge Penang Bridge FT 4 AH140 Butterworth–Seberang Jaya Toll Road FT 1 Jalan Chain Ferry FT 3112 Jalan Perusahan Perai FT 1 Butterworth-Juru Highway
To	Perai
Location
Country	Malaysia
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	Template:MES-EXIT	Sungai Dua Interchange	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route North: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Bertam South: Ipoh, Penang Island, Permatang Pauh Butterworth–Kulim Expressway FT 4 AH140 Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: East Gerik, Kulim	Diamond interchange with E1 expressway as priority, controlled by traffic lights
		-.-	-	Unnamed	P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu Mak Mandin Sungai Puyu	T-junctions on both directions; Start/End of concurrency with route P198
	Sungai Puyu	-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	Bagan Lalang I/C	Jalan Padang Lalang North: Mak Mandin, P198 Jalan Sungai Puyu South: Bagan Lalang, Kampung Benggali	Diamond interchange
		-.-	-	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
		-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	Bagan Ajam Interchange	FT 1 Jalan Bagan Ajam North: Alor Setar, Sungai Petani South: Butterworth	Diamond interchange; Route P198 terminates here
			-.-	Bagan Ajam T/P
	Butterworth	-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	Container Terminal (NBCT) I/C	FT 4 AH140 Jalan Heng Choon Thian West: North Butterworth Container Terminal NBCT-Sungai Nyior side East: Butterworth Butterworth–Kulim Expressway FT 4 AH140 Butterworth–Kulim Expressway: Seberang Jaya (Sunway), Tesco Extra, Kulim	Diamond interchange
		-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	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
		-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	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
		-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	Perai Industries I/C	Northeast: FT 1 Jalan Chain Ferry: Chain Ferry, Seberang Jaya Southwest: FT 3112 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.
		-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	Perai Jaya I/C	Southwest: Perai Jaya (Megamall)	Controlled by traffic lights
		-.-	Template:MES-EXIT	Perai I/C	North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Northeast: Bukit Kayu Hitam, Alor Setar, Permatang Pauh Butterworth–Kulim Expressway AH140 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 FT 1 Butterworth-Juru Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

External links

• Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB) website
• The Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR)