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.^[1]

Expressway 17
Butterworth Outer Ring Road
BORR shown in red
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
Beltway around Butterworth, Penang
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

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.^[2][3]

Toll rates

(Since 15 October 2015)^[4][5]

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

List of interchanges

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

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	Exit	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