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Expressway 17
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
Route information
Maintained by Lingkaran Luar Butterworth Sdn Bhd (LLB)
Length14 km (8.7 mi)
Existed2003–present
HistoryCompleted in 2005
Major junctions
FromSungai 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
ToPerai
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Bagan Lalang, Sungai Puyu, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth
Highway system

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

Legend:


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