Iskandar Coastal Highway

Federal Route 52 (Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay) Johor State Route J1 (Danga Bay - City Centre)
Iskandar Coastal Highway (Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar) (Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar) (Persiaran Sultan Ismail)
Route information
Length:	23 km (14 mi) Iskandar Putery - Danga Bay: 15 km (9.3 mi) Danga Bay - City Centre: 8 km (5.0 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Iskandar Puteri
	Lebuh Kota Iskandar Bukit Indah Highway Skudai Highway Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road Jalan Wong Ah Fook Jalan Tanjung Puteri
East end:	Johor Bahru City Centre
Location
Primary destinations:	Kota Iskandar Taman Perling Bukit Indah Danga Bay
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Iskandar Coastal Highway (ICH) (formerly Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway) (Malay: Lebuhraya Pesisir Pantai Iskandar (LPPI)) or the stretch of road that includes Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar, Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (formerly Jalan Skudai, Jalan Abu Bakar) and Persiaran Sultan Ismail (formerly Jalan Ibrahim and Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang) (Federal Route 52 (Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay) and Johor State Route 1 (Danga Bay - City Centre)) is a major highway in Iskandar Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The 23 km (14 mi) highway connects Iskandar Puteri in the west to Johor Bahru in the east. It is a toll free highway and part of the Iskandar Malaysia project. The Iskandar Coastal Highway is the fifth east-west-oriented expressway in the Iskandar Malaysia area after the Pasir Gudang Highway, the Pontian-Johor Bahru Link of the Second Link Expressway, the Senai-Desaru Expressway and the Johor Bahru East Coast Highway.^[1]

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 52 is located at Bulatan Ledang roundabout in Iskandar Puteri.

The Kilometre Zero of Johor State Route J1 is located at Johor Bahru city centre and the milestone is located near the Johor Bahru City Hall (Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB)) main headquarters.

History

it used to be known as the Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway. The 8 km (5 mi) parkway was a part of Federal Route 1 before Skudai Highway was built. However, the importance of Johor Bahru as a trade centre for Singaporeans after the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965 became the major factor of the construction of Skudai Highway. Skudai Highway bypasses the portion which becomes the present-day Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway. As a result, the two-lane Jalan Skudai was recommissioned as Johor State Route 1. The two-lane Jalan Skudai became the main coastal road in Johor Bahru as the main alternative to Skudai Highway.

In 1996, the construction of Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang as a separate carriageway for JB West Coast Parkway was completed, as a part of the Johor Bahru Waterfront project. However, the project was abandoned due to very high cost, leaving Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang and Lot 1 as the only 2 structures completed for the project.

In 2002, the government of Johor proposed the Danga Bay project, not only to revive the former Lagun Puteri and Pantai Lido, but also to boost the economy of west Johor Bahru. The Danga Bay project included a 4-km upgrade of the two-lane Jalan Skudai as a dual carriageway. The road upgrade was completed by the end of 2003.

New Coastal Highway (Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay)

Following the establishment of the Iskandar Development Region (IDR) (now Iskandar Malaysia) on 30 July 2006, the New Coastal Highway linking Iskandar Puteri from Danga Bay was announced. These include the six new interchanges along the highway such as Skudai-TAR interchange, Taman Perling diamond interchange, Bukit Indah diamond interchange, Nusajaya North cloverleaf interchange, Legoland Malaysia interchange and the Iskandar Puteri roundabout interchange. Construction began on 2008 and was completed on 2011. The Johor Bahru West Coast Parkway and the New Coastal Highway has now combined to become Iskandar Coastal Highway.

In 2013, the stretch between Nusajaya and Danga Bay which known as Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar was gazetted as a Federal Route 52.

Current developments

Coastal Highway Southern Link

The 5.2 km Coastal Highway Southern Link is an extension of the Iskandar Coastal Highway that linking Medini in the northeast to Port of Tanjung Pelepas Highway interchange of the Second Link Expressway in the northwest. The turnkey contractor for the highway project are Sunway Group and SJIC Bina Sdn Bhd, which is a fully owned unit of Iskandar Investment Berhad. Construction began on 2015 and expected to complete on 2017.

Features

• Iskandar Coastal Bridge
• It is a main route to Legoland Malaysia.
• Act as a protocol route from Kota Iskandar to Johor Bahru.

At most sections, the Federal Route 52 and Johor State Route J1 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

There are no alternate routes, or sections with motorcycle lanes.

Overlaps

• Lebuh Kota Iskandar (Ledang Roundabout - Iskandar Puteri Roundabout Interchange)
• J106 Jalan Sungai Danga (Taman Perling - Kampung Sungai Danga)

List of interchanges

Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			Lebuh Kota Iskandar West Gelang Patah Pontian J4 Lima Kedai J4 Skudai Second Link Expressway Tuas (Singapore) Port Of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Senai Senai International Airport Melaka Kuala Lumpur
0	EXIT 1	Bulatan Ledang Roundabout	North Jalan Kampung Lalang Iskandar Medical City South Persiaran Ledang East Ledang Leisure Farm	Roundabout
Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay Lebuh Kota Iskandar Start/End of highway
		Iskandar Puteri Town Centre	South Iskandar Puteri Town Centre Bazar Anjung Nusajaya (Mydin)	West bound
1	EXIT 2	Bulatan Medini Roundabout Interchange	Northwest Iskandar Medical City Lebuh Kota Iskandar East Kota Iskandar Puteri Harbour South Coastal Highway Southern Link Medini	Roundabout interchange
Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay Lebuh Kota Iskandar
Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay
	EXIT 3	Legoland Malaysia Interchange	East Jalan Legoland Malaysia Medini Town Centre Mall of Medini Legoland Malaysia Parking zone 1 (TnG available) Parking zone 2 (TnG available) Parking zone 3 (TnG available)	Interchange
		Sungai Udang bridge
	EXIT 4	Iskandar Puteri (North) Interchange	Lebuh Kota Iskandar West J4 Gelang Patah Pontian J4 Lima Kedai J4 Skudai Second Link Expressway Tuas (Singapore) Port Of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Senai Senai International Airport Melaka Kuala Lumpur East Kota Iskandar	Cloverleaf interchange
		Sungai Melayu bridge
		Horizon Hills	Horizon Hills	East bound
	EXIT 5	Bukit Indah (South) Interchange	Bukit Indah Highway North Bukit Indah Horizon Hills Second Link Expressway Tuas (Singapore) Senai International Airport Kuala Lumpur South Under construction	Cloverleaf interchange
	EXIT 6	Bukit Indah (East) Interchange	Northwest Jalan Persiaran Perling 2 Bukit Indah Skudai AEON Bukit Indah Giant Hypermarket Nusa Bestari Tesco Hypermarket Bukit Indah	Half diamond interchange
	EXIT 7	Taman Perling Interchange	North Jalan Persiaran Perling 1 Taman Perling Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi Perling Mall Second Link Expressway Tuas (Singapore) Senai International Airport Kuala Lumpur	Half diamond interchange
		Taman Sri Baiduri
		Masjid Lama Kampung Sungai Danga
		Taman D' Utama
		Taman Permata
	EXIT 8	Danga Interchange	East J106 Jalan Sungai Danga Kampung Sungai Danga Perkampungan Orang Asli Sungai Danga Restoran Sungai Danga Seafood	Interchange
		Iskandar Coastal Bridge Sungai Danga bridge		Start/End of Bridge
Iskandar Coastal Bridge Sungai Danga/Skudai bridge MPJBT-MBJB border limit
		Iskandar Coastal Bridge Sungai Skudai bridge		Start/End of Bridge
		Pulau Danga
		Sungai Kempas bridge		Start/End of Bridge
		Sungai Kempas bridge
		Sungai Kempas bridge		Start/End of Bridge
		Danga View Apartment
		Grand Straits Garden Seafood Restaurant
16		Danga Bay	Danga Bay Tune Hotel Danga Bay, Johor Bahru	West bound
Iskandar Coastal Highway Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar Iskandar Puteri - Danga Bay
Skudai Highway
	EXIT 9	Skudai-Tar Interchange	Skudai Highway North Skudai Senai International Airport Senai Kulai Kuala Lumpur South City Centre Woodlands (Singapore)	Interchange
Skudai Highway

Danga Bay - Istana Besar

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Skudai)
J1 8
		Danga Bay	Danga Bay Tune Hotel Danga Bay, Johor Bahru	North bound
		Restoran Singgah Selalu
	EXIT 10	Istana Bukit Serene Junctions	Northeast Jalan Straits View Istana Bukit Serene	T-junctions
		Danga Bay	Danga Bay Tropicana Danga Bay	North bound
		Danga Bay U-Turn	U-Turn
		Johor State Secretary Residence	Johor State Secretary Residence
		Country Garden Junction	Country Garden Danga Bay	T-junctions
		M Suites Garden	M Suites Garden
	EXIT 11	Jalan Straits View Junctions	North Jalan Straits View	T-junctions
Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Skudai)
	EXIT 12	Jalan Sungai Chat Junctions	North Jalan Sungai Chat Jalan Kolam Ayer English College Johore Bahru Sungai Chat Food Court	T-junctions
Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Abu Bakar)
	EXIT 13	Jalan Thompson Junctions	North Jalan Thompson Mawar Complex	T-junctions
		Sungai Chat bridge
	EXIT 14	JBIRR Interchange	Northeast Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road Stulang Pandan Permas Jaya Pasir Gudang Woodlands (Singapore) Makam Mahmoodiah	Trumpet interchange
	EXIT 15A	Hospital Sultanah Aminah Exit	Sultanah Aminah Hospital
	EXIT 15B	Hospital Sultanah Aminah Junctions	Sultanah Aminah Hospital	T-junctions
		Kompleks Mahkamah Syariah Johor (Johor Syariah Court Complex)	Kompleks Mahkamah Syariah Johor (Johor Syariah Court Complex)
		Pusat Islam Iskandar Johor (Johor Islamic Complex)	North Jalan Masjid Abu Bakar Pusat Islam Iskandar Johor (Johor Islamic Complex) Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar
Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Abu Bakar)
	EXIT 16	Jalan Gertak Merah Junctions	North Jalan Gertak Merah Masjid Negeri Sultan Abu Bakar Maahad State Zoo	T-junctions
Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Tun Dr Ismail)
				Start/End of separate carriageway

Jalan Tun Dr Ismail and Jalan Ibrahim (City centre bound)

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
				Start/End of separate carriageway
Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Tun Dr Ismail)
	EXIT 17	Johor Bahru Jalan Yahya Awal Junctions	North Jalan Yahya Awal Istana Besar Court Complex JOTIC Tabung Haji Building Wisma Persekutuan (Federal building)
Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Jalan Ibrahim)
		U-Turn	U-Turn
	EXIT 18	Johor Bahru Jalan Dato' Onn Exit	Northeast Jalan Dato' Onn Johor Bahru City Hall aka Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (MBJB) main headquarters Johor Bahru central post office HSBC building Sultan Ibrahim Building
1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Jalan Ibrahim) End of highway
J1 0		Peninsula Malaysia Kilometre Zero Monument The Original Site of the Southern Terminus of the Peninsula Malaysia's Main Roads		Historical site
		U-Turn	U-Turn
		Johor Bahru Jalan Pahang	North Jalan Pahang	Junctions
		Johor Bahru Jalan Trus	North Jalan Trus Laman Tun Sri Lanang	Junctions
		Johor Bahru Laman Tun Sri Lanang	Laman Tun Sri Lanang
		Sungai Segget bridge
		Johor Bahru Jalan Wong Ah Fook	North Jalan Wong Ah Fook Johor Bahru City Square Komtar@JBCC Woodlands (Singapore) Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi	Roundabout
			East Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Jalan Tanjung Puteri) Stulang Woodlands (Singapore) ZON Duty Free Complex

Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang (Danga Bay bound)

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Johor Bahru
		Sungai Segget bridge
J1 0		U-Turn	U-Turn Laman Tun Sri Lanang
1 Iskandar Coastal Highway Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang) Start of highway
		U-Turn	U-Turn Jalan Wong Ah Fook City Centre Woodlands (Singapore) Bandar Sri Alam Pasir Gudang Kota Tinggi
	EXIT 17	Johor Bahru Jalan Yahya Awal Junctions	North Jalan Yahya Awal Istana Besar Court Complex JOTIC Tabung Haji Building Wisma Persekutuan (Federal building) South JB Waterfront City	Junctions
		Johor Bahru JB Waterfront Mall	JB Waterfront Mall
				Start/End of separate carriageway
Persiaran Sultan Ismail (Persiaran Tun Sri Lanang)
Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar (Jalan Ibrahim)

References

1. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.