Seremban–Port Dickson Highway, SPDH, , is an expressway in Negeri Sembilan,

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. It was built to shorten the travelling distance from

Seremban Seremban (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Soghomban'', ''Somban''; Jawi: ) is a city in the Seremban District and the capital of the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. The city's administration is run by the Seremban City Council. Se ...

Port Dickson Port Dickson (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Podeksen'', Jawi: ) is a beach resort in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the second largest urban area in Negeri Sembilan after Seremban, its state capital. The town's admin ...

and acts as an alternative route for Federal Route 53 which has dangerous corners along the route. The long expressway was opened to traffic in 1998 and the first concessionaries were Seremban–Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) Sdn Bhd ''(a member of Melewar Corporation Berhad)''. Today the expressway is a part of

PLUS Expressways The PLUS Expressways Berhad () is the largest highway concessionaries or build–operate–transfer operator company in Malaysia. A member of the UEM Group, the company is also the largest listed toll expressway operator in Southeast Asia and t ...

network. The expressway may be integrated into the

Malacca Strait Bridge The Central Spine Road 2 or Malacca Strait Bridge ( Indonesian: ''Jembatan Selat Malaka'', Malaysian: ''Jambatan Selat Melaka'' or ''JSM'' and ''Jembatan Selmal'') is a proposed bridge that would connect Teluk Gong, near Masjid Tanah, Malacca ...

in the future.

Route background

The expressway shares its Kilometre Zero with the old Seremban–Port Dickson Road FT53; hence, the expressway begins at KM7 of Mambau Interchange near

Tolls

The Seremban–Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) implements an opened toll system. Tolls only have to be paid when entering the expressway, except when travelling to Seremban, where tolls will be collected at the Mambau Toll Plaza.

Electronic Toll Collections

As part of an initiative to facilitate faster dissipation of traffic at both Mambau and Lukut Toll Plazas, all toll transactions will be conducted electronically via PLUSMiles cards,

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cards or

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s starting 1 June 2015. Later, RFID, Malaysia's own radio-frequency identification was introduced in the toll plazas.

Mambau toll plaza (MBU)

Lukut toll plaza (LKT)

:Note: Toll charges can only be paid with the

and PLUSMiles cards or

. Cash payment is not accepted.

List of interchanges and rest and service areas

External links

PLUS Expressway Berhad

PLUS

Malaysian Highway Authority
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