Kempas Highway

Kempas Highway or Jalan Kempas (Johor State Route J3) is a major highway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.^[1][2] It is the only state road in Malaysia constructed as a two-lane highway by an expressway concessionaire company, PLUS Expressway Berhad as a part of the North–South Expressway project. Kempas Highway was built to provide access to Johor Bahru from North–South Expressway Southern Route via Exit 255 Kempas Interchange.

Johor Route J3
Route information
Maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad with its subsidiary Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Former concessionaries known as Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS))
Existed	1992–present
History	Completed in 1994
Major junctions
North end	J105 Jalan Kempas Lama
Major intersections	J105 Jalan Kempas Lama Jalan Kempas Denai FT 17 Pasir Gudang Highway FT 3374 Jalan Tampoi J3 Jalan Datin Halimah
South end	FT 3374 Jalan Tampoi
Location
Country	Malaysia
Major cities	Senai, Pasir Gudang, Tampoi, Larkin, Johor Bahru
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of Kempas Highway starts at Jalan Kempas Lama junctions.

At most sections, the Federal Route J3 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.

Junction lists

The entire route is located in Johor Bahru District, Johor.

Legend:

• I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge restaurant, R/R - Restaurant and rest plaza, L/B - Layby, V/P - Vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - Toll plaza, BR - Bridge

Km	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
0.0	1	Jalan Kempas Lama I/S	J105 Jalan Kempas Lama – Skudai, Tampoi, Kampung Maju Jaya, Senai, Senai International Airport North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 – Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Johor Bahru, Woodlands (Singapore)	T-junctions
	2	Setia Tropika I/S	Jalan Setia Tropika Utama – Setia Tropika, Johor state Ministry of Home Affairs Complex	T-junctions
	BR	Railway crossing bridge
	3	Taman Kempas I/S	Taman Kempas	T-junctions
	4	Kampung Kempas I/S	Jalan Kempas Denai – Tampoi, Taman Johor, Taman Munshi Ibrahim, Hospital Permai Johor Bahru Jalan Permatang 8 – Kempas Baru railway station KTM ETS	Junctions
	L/B	Petronas L/B	Petronas TnG TAG Hub	North bound
		Masjid Kempas		North only
	L/B	Petronas L/B	Petronas	South bound
		The Southern Hospital		North only
	L/B	Shell L/B	Shell	Northbound
		Masjid Baru Kempas		North only
	5	Kempas-Pasir Gudang Highway I/C	FT 17 Pasir Gudang Highway – Kulai, Senai International Airport , Skudai, Bandar Sri Alam, Pasir Gudang, Kota Tinggi Second Link Expressway Nusajaya, Tuas	Diamond interchange
	6	Kempas Industrial Area I/S	Kempas Industrial Area	Junctions
	7	Jalan Tampoi I/C	FT 3374 Jalan Tampoi – Tampoi, Bandar Damansara Alif, Kampung Melayu Majidee, Kota Tinggi	Diamond interchange
Through to J3 Jalan Datin Halimah