Kempas Highway or Jalan Kempas (Johor state route J3) is a major highway in
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru, abbreviated as JB, is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the core city of Johor Bahru District, Malaysia's second-largest district by population and the second-largest district economy. Covering an area of ...
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Johor
Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
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It is the only state road in Malaysia constructed as a
two-lane highway by an expressway concessionaire company,
PLUS Expressway Berhad
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 formerly listed toll expressway operator in Southeast Asi ...
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
The North–South Expressway Southern Route () is an interstate controlled-access highway running parallel to the southwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway forms the south section of the North–South Expressway (Malaysia), North ...
via Exit 255 Kempas Interchange.
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.
List of interchanges
Expressways and highways in Johor
References
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