# Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway

The Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway FT 38 is a controlled-access highway entirely within Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The 8.1-kilometre (5.0-mile) expressway connects the end of the North–South Expressway Southern Route at Pandan to the Johor–Singapore Causeway in the city centre. The expressway was constructed to allow cross-border traffic to bypass the city centre and reduce congestion along Tebrau Highway, the existing main route to the causeway. The construction costs of the expressway is RM 1 billion.
In August 2012, the Malaysian government decided that it will acquire the expressway from Malaysia Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB).
The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located after the CIQ Interchange before the Sultan Iskandar Building towards the Malaysia-Singapore border.

## History

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.

## Controversies

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 EDL 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 JB Eastern Dispersal Link 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 and service areas along the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway. The exits are arranged in ascending numerical order from north to south.
The entire section is located within the district of Johor Bahru, Johor.
| Location | km | Exit | Interchange | Destinations | Notes/Remarks |
| Woodlands | | | Johor–Singapore Causeway | South Singapore Woodlands Checkpoint AH2 Bukit Timah Expressway | Start (northbound)/end (southbound) of causeway |
| Singapore Woodlands border ||||||
| Johor–Singapore Causeway ASEAN Singapore–Malaysia Border ||||||
| Malaysia Johor Darul Takzim Johor Bahru district border ||||||
| Johor Bahru | | | Johor–Singapore Causeway | | End (northbound)/start (southbound) of causeway |
| Johor Bahru | 0.0 | | | Sultan Iskandar Building | Johor Bahru checkpoint |
| Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway AH2 Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway Southern end of expressway EDL border limit ||||||
| Johor Bahru | | 1401 | CIQ Interchange | FT 188 Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road East Jalan Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar Building West Sultanah Aminah Hospital | Stack interchange |
| Johor Bahru | | | Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover | | Northbound start of flyover |
| Kampung Bakar Batu | | | Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover | | Southbound end of flyover Southbound entrance only from Jalan Stulang Darat |
| Kampung Bakar Batu | | 1402 | ___Interchange | J5 Jalan Pasir Pelangi North Taman Sentosa Johor Bahru city centre | Northbound entrance & exit only |
| Kampung Bakar Batu | | 1403A | Bakar Batu Interchange | FT 35 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway East Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang | Northbound entrance & exit only |
| Kampung Bakar Batu | | | Bakar Batu–CIQ Flyover | | End (northbound)/start (southbound) of flyover |
| Kampung Bakar Batu | 4.6 | 1403B | Bakar Batu Interchange | J5 Jalan Pasir Pelangi South Kampung Bakar Batu Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang | Northbound entrance & southbound exit only |
| Kampung Bakar Batu | | | Mid Valley Southkey Interchange | Mid Valley Southkey | Interchange Operational since April 2019 |
| Pandan | | | Sungai Sebulong Bridge | | |
| Pandan | | | Anak Sungai Sebulong Bridge | | |
| Pandan | 6.6 | Pandan rest and service area | | | Southbound only |
| Pandan | 7.7 | 1404 | Pandan Interchange | FT 3 Tebrau Highway Northeast Kota Tinggi Mersing Southwest Tampoi Johor Bahru city centre | Cloverleaf interchange No southbound exit to northeast direction |
| Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway AH2 Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Expressway Northern end of expressway EDL border limit ||||||
| North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Southern Route Southern end of expressway PLUS border limit ||||||
| Pandan | | | | North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Southern Route Northwest Bandar Dato' Onn Setia Tropika Kempas Malacca Kuala Lumpur |