# Butterworth Outer Ring Road

Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) (Malay: Lebuhraya Lingkaran Luar Butterworth) is a coastal expressway located 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 zeroeth kilometre of the expressway is located at Sungai Dua Interchange. Ships can be seen near Bagan Ajam Rest Area. The Penang Megamall is located at the end of the highway. It is a six-lane line and it is also the connecting highway to Federal Route 1, from which north bound traffic will bring travelers to Alor Setar and beyond while motorists travelling south can head to Ipoh and beyond.

## History

Construction began in 2003 and work was completed in 2006. The expressway was open to motorists in January 2007. As Sungai Nyior residents protested against high toll rate in February 2007, the Sungai Nyior toll booth collection was postponed by the Ministry of Works.
This highway is built to reduce the heavy traffic on the Sungai Dua–Juru NSE in the rushing hours and the holiday seasons. Nowadays, it is also used by residents in the Raja Uda area to head to Perai and the Megamall Pinang.
The people of Raja Uda area can also travel on the highway to head to the Sunway Carnival Mall.
With just one toll payment, this highway will bring motorists from both the south and the north to the ferry terminal for onward faster and cheaper ferry-crossing to Penang since the Penang Bridge faces heavy traffic congestion.

## Features

Notable features of the expressway include Sungai Prai Bridge over the Perai River and Sungai Maklom Bridge over the Maklom River.

## Tolls

The Butterworth Outer Ring Road uses open toll systems.

### Electronic Toll Collections (ETC)

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster transactions at the Perai, Bagan Ajam and Sungai Nyior Toll Plazas, all toll transactions at the two toll plazas are conducted electronically using Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs since 1 June 2016.

### Toll rates

(Since 15 October 2015)
| Class | Types of vehicles | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) | Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM)) |
| Class | Types of vehicles | Prai | Bagan Ajam | Sungai Nyior |
| 0 | Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels) | Free | Free | Free |
| 1 | Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxi and bus)) | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.20 |
| 2 | Vans and other small good vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding bus)) | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.40 |
| 3 | Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding bus)) | 4.50 | 4.50 | 3.60 |
| 4 | Taxis | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.60 |
| 5 | Buses | 1.30 | 1.20 | 0.90 |

## 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

### Main Route

| Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks |
| | | | Southeast FT 1 Butterworth-Kulim Highway P10 Bukit Mertajam FT 1 Nibong Tebal FT 1 Ipoh | |
| FT 1 Butterworth-Kulim Highway JKR border limit |||||
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth Outer Ring Road Start/End of expressway LLB border limit |||||
| | 162 | Perai Interchange | North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Northern Route North Bukit Kayu Hitam Alor Setar Seberang Jaya South Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Penang Bridge Penang Bridge Penang Island George Town Bayan Lepas | Parcelo interchange |
| | 1701 | Perai Jaya Interchange | Southwest Perai Jaya | Crossroad interchange |
| | 1702 | Deepwater Wharves Interchange | North FT 1 Jalan Chain Ferry Perai Industrial Area Southwest FT 3112 Jalan Perusahan Perai Perai Industrial Area I and II Perai Power Station | Diamond interchange |
| | | Perai toll plaza PRI | | Bukit Mertajam bound |
| Perai toll plaza PRI Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Opened toll system Pay toll |||||
| Sungai Perai Bridge 1.5 m Seberang Perai Tengah-Seberang Perai Utara district border |||||
| | 1703 | Bulatan Perai Interchange | Perai Industrial Area | Roundabout interchange |
| | 1704 | Chain Ferry Interchange | West Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim (Ferry Terminal = Ferry to Penang Island) East FT 1 Jalan Chain Ferry Perai Industrial Area | Diamond interchange |
| | 1705 | NBCT Interchange | West North Butterworth Container Terminal East Butterworth town centre Butterworth–Kulim Expressway Butterworth-Kulim Expressway Baling Kulim Permatang Pauh | Diamond interchange |
| Bagan Ajam toll plaza BGA Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go Opened toll system Pay toll |||||
| | | Bagan Ajam toll plaza BGA | | Butterworth bound |
| | 1706 | Bagan Ajam Interchange | North FT 1 Bagan Ajam FT 1 Kepala Batas FT 1 Sungai Petani | Diamond interchange |
| | | | Northeast P198 Jalan Sungai Dua Sungai Puyu | |
| | 1707 | Bagan Lalang Interchange | Bagan Lalang Mak Mandin Sungai Puyu | Diamond interchange |
| | | | Northwest P198 Jalan Sungai Dua Permatang Chetak Sungai Lokan | |
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth Outer Ring Road Start/End of expressway LLB border limit |||||
| JKR border limit |||||
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road 0 | 165 | Sungai Dua Interchange | North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North-South Expressway Northern Route North Bukit Kayu Hitam Alor Setar Bertam South Kuala Lumpur Penang Permatang Pauh | Diamond interchange |
| | | | East P198 Jalan Sungai Dua Sungai Dua | |

### NBCT-Sungai Nyior Link

| km | Interchange | To | Remarks |
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road | North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) Interchange | Butterworth Outer Ring Road Butterworth Outer Ring Road North Butterworth Outer Ring Road Sungai Dua FT 1 Teluk Air Tawar South Butterworth Outer Ring Road Bagan Dalam Butterworth Outer Ring Road Railway Station Butterworth Outer Ring Road Bus Terminal | Diamond interchange |
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road FT 4 AH140 Butterworth Outer Ring Road (NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side) Start/End of Expressway LLB border limit |||||
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road | Butterworth Butterworth Interchange | North FT 1 Bagan Ajam Butterworth Outer Ring Road Sungai Puyu FT 1 Sungai Petani South FT 1 Ferry = Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim FT 1 George Town FT 1 Batu Feringgi | Diamond interchange |
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road | Sungai Nyior Interchange | North Jalan Raja Uda P191 Butterworth town centre FT 1 Alor Setar South Jalan Sungai Nyior Jalan Chain Ferry FT 1 Perai P17 Kuala Lumpur P17 AutoCity/Juru | Interchange |
| Sungai Nyior Toll Plaza SNTP RM (Cash) Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go RM (Cash) Opened toll system Pay toll |||||
| | Sungai Nyior Toll Plaza SNTP | | East bound |
| | Sungai Perai Bridge | | |
| Butterworth Outer Ring Road FT 4 AH140 Butterworth Outer Ring Road (NBCT-Sungai Nyior Side) LLB border limit |||||
| Butterworth–Kulim Expressway 0 FT 4 AH140 0 | | | |
| Butterworth–Kulim Expressway FT 4 AH140 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway PLUS Expressways border limit |||||
| | | East Butterworth–Kulim Expressway FT 4 AH140 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway Butterworth–Kulim Expressway FT 4 AH140 Kulim FT 67 Baling FT 4 AH140 Gerik North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Alor Setar North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Kuala Lumpur | |