Second Link Expressway

Second Link Expressway
Second Link Expressway Lebuhraya Hubungan Kedua
Route information
Part of AH 143 (Senai North–Tuas)
Maintained by PLUS Expressways
Length	47 km (29 mi)
Existed	1994–present
History	Completed in 1997
Major junctions
North end	Template:JKR Senai Airport Highway at Senai, Johor
Major intersections	Template:MES-E Senai–Desaru Expressway Template:JKR Skudai Highway Template:MES-E North–South Expressway Southern Route Template:JKR Persisiran Perling Template:JKR Port of Tanjung Pelepas Highway
South end	Ayer Rajah Expressway at the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Saleng, Indahpura, Bukit Indah, Iskandar Puteri, Pulai, Pontian, Ulu Choh, Kangkar Pulai, Taman Perling, Gelang Patah, Tanjung Kupang
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Second Link Expressway Template:MES-E is a 47-kilometer (29-mile) controlled-access highway in Johor, Malaysia. It runs from Senai, Kulai District near the international airport to the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link at Tanjung Kupang, Johor Bahru District.

Route background

Northbound carriageway just before exit 313.

Tanjung Kupang checkpoint.

The Kilometre Zero for the entire expressway is located at the Malaysia–Singapore border at the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link.

History

Construction of the Second Link

In July 1989, United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM) submitted a proposal to the government of Malaysia to privatize the construction of a second link to Singapore. The acceptance of the proposal brought about the signing of a concession agreement in July 1993, giving exclusive rights and authority to UEM to design, construct, manage, operate and maintain the bridge and expressways for a period of 30 years commencing 27 July 1993.

Following this, a novation agreement was executed in May 1994, whereby UEM assigned all its rights, liabilities and obligations in respect of the concession agreement to Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad, a wholly owned subsidiary of UEM.

The major components of the project are the Second Crossing bridge, 44 kilometers of expressways, The Sultan Abu Bakar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex, three toll plazas, two rest and service areas and other ancillary facilities. The bridge was designed to accommodate up to 200,000 vehicles a day.

Opening ceremony

The Second Link was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998. It was officially opened on 18 April the same year by the Prime Ministers of both countries, namely Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and Goh Chok Tong of Singapore. The Malaysia–Singapore Second Crossing heralded a new era in bilateral relations, and brought with it the promise of improved economic and social ties.

In 2007, PLUS Expressway Berhad had entered into conditional agreements with the UEM Group to acquire the entire interests in Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (Elite) and Linkedua (Malaysia) Bhd for RM866mil. Since then, both ELITE and LINKEDUA became wholly owned subsidiaries of PLUS Expressways Berhad.

Pontian Link

A new link heading towards Pontian (Pontian Link) through the Pulai Interchange Exit 307A at km 15.3 on the Second Link Expressway was opened to traffic starting from 1:00 pm, 10 November 2007 on Saturday.

The Pontian Link provides easy access for highway users, connecting the Second Link Expressway (from Pulai Interchange) to Ulu Choh-Gelang Patah Interchange (KM5).

Construction of the 2.7 km link started on 17 April 2006 and was fully completed on 16 October 2007.

Toll systems

Toll payments are for the expressway and Second Link tolls. Only Touch 'n Go, PLUSMiles, SmartTAG and MyRFID electronic payment system are accepted at all Second Link toll plazas, and is the only accepted paying method at the Perling, Lima Kedai and Tanjung Kupang toll plazas, though top-up lanes are available. Singapore dollar is also accepted at all Second Link toll plazas but at the rate of 1:1 (i.e. Pay S$1.00 for RM1.00, and all change are given in Malaysian ringgit). Tanjung Kupang toll plaza was the only toll along the entire highway which charged rates for motorcyclists at RM1.10 each. Since 1 January 2019, toll collection for motorcyclists ceased operations. As of March 2023, there are no longer off-peak hour toll rates.

Fares

(Since 1 March 2023)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
		Sultan Abu Bakar Complex	Tanjung Kupang		Lima Kedai	Perling
			Expressway	Bridge
0	Motorcycles (Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)	Free
1	Private Cars (Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxis and buses))	8.68	1.80	4.34	3.19	1.88
2	Vans and other small goods vehicles (Vehicles with two axles and five or six wheels (excluding buses))	27.40	3.40	13.70	7.80	4.60
3	Large Trucks (Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding buses))	54.80	6.90	27.40	9.80	5.70
4	Taxis	7.54	0.90	3.77	1.64	0.90
5	Buses	11.96	1.47	5.98	3.19	1.88

List of interchanges, laybys, and rest and service areas

Senai Link

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			East Jalan Perusahaan Senai Industrial Area
Template:MES-E 0	301	Senai Airport Interchange	Template:JKR Senai Airport Highway North Template:JKR Senai International Airport Template:Airport signs South Template:JKR Senai Template:JKR Johor Bahru	Diamond interchange Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
	301A	SDE Interchange	Southeast Template:MES-E Senai-Desaru Expressway Template:JKR AH 18 Ulu Tiram Template:JKR AH 18 Kota Tinggi Template:JKR Pasir Gudang Template:JKR Bandar Penawar Template:JKR Desaru	Trumpet interchange
		Saleng viaduct		Start/end of viaduct
		Saleng viaduct Sungai Skudai bridge
		Saleng viaduct Railway crossing bridge
	302	Saleng viaduct Saleng Interchange	Template:JKR Skudai Highway North Saleng Kulai	Start/end of viaduct Ramp in/out to Senai Link
Template:MES-E 5
5.7	303	Indahpura Interchange Template:RSA-OBR signs Johor Premium Outlet	From/to Destanions PERSIARAN Indahpura Indahpura From/to Johor Premium Template:RSA-OBR signs Johor Premium Outlet Template:Parking signs Template:Information centre Template:Toilet sign Template:Food court sign Template:Surau sign Template:ATM machine signs	Trumpet interchange
Template:MES-E 6
Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway
Second Link Expressway AH 143 Second Link Expressway
	304	Senai South Interchange	Template:MES-E AH 143 Main Link North Template:MES-E AH 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route Template:MES-E AH 2 Kuala Lumpur Template:MES-E AH 2 Melaka Template:MES-E AH 2 Johor Bahru Template:JKR Pasir Gudang Template:JKR AH 2 Skudai South Template:MES-E AH 143 Gelang Patah Template:JKR Bandar Nusajaya Template:JKR Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Template:MES-E AH 143 Tuas (Singapore)	Trumpet interchange

Northern and Southern Links (Main Link)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			North North–South Expressway Southern Route AH 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Melaka Johor Bahru Skudai
Senai Utara toll plaza SNU Template:TransitTicket Template:TnG Template:TAG MyRFID Template:TAG Template:TnG RM (Cash) Closed toll systems Collect ticket transit and pay a distance toll
		Template:Parking Layby signs Senai Utara toll plaza SNU Template:TnG TAG	Template:Parking signsTemplate:TnG TAG	Singapore bound
North–South Expressway Southern Route AH 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route
Second Link Expressway AH 143 Second Link Expressway
	304	Senai South Interchange	Northeast Template:MES-E Senai LInk Template:JKR Senai International Airport Template:Airport signs Template:JKR Senai Template:JKR Kulai Template:MES-E Senai-Desaru Expressway Template:JKR AH 18 Ulu Tiram Template:JKR AH 18 Kota Tinggi Template:JKR Pasir Gudang Template:JKR Bandar Penawar Template:JKR Desaru Template:RSA-OBR signs Johor Premium Outlet	Trumpet interchange
		Sungai Melana bridge
Johor Bahru-Kulai district border
	305	Kangkar Pulai Interchange	Template:JKR(J) Kangkar Pulai Template:JKR Skudai Template:JKR Pontian
		Template:Parking Layby signs Lima Kedai toll plaza TLK	Template:Parking signsTemplate:TnG TAG	Senai bound
Lima Kedai toll plaza TLK Template:TnG Template:TnG Template:TAG MyRFID Template:TAG Template:TnG Template:TnG Opened toll systems Pay toll (Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG only)
	306	Lima Kedai Interchange	Template:JKR(J) Lima Kedai Template:JKR(J) Skudai Template:JKR(J) Mutiara Rini	Future interchange
Template:MES-E 16
15.3	307A 307B 307C 307D	Pulai Interchange	Template:MES-E Pontian-Johor Baharu Parkway West Template:JKR Pontian Template:JKR Pekan Nenas Template:JKR Kukup Template:JKR Tanjung Piai East Template:MES-E Bukit Indah Template:MES-E Taman Perling Template:JKR AH 2 Johor Bahru Template:JKR Pasir Gudang	Cloverleaf interchange with one ramp
Template:MES-E 15
	311A 311B 311C 311D	Nusajaya Interchange	Lebuh Kota Iskandar West Lima Kedai Skudai East Nusajaya Kota Iskandar Legoland Malaysia	Cloverleaf interchange
	312	Gelang Patah Interchange	Lebuh Kota Iskandar West Template:JKR(J) Gelang Patah Template:JKR(J) Pontian Template:JKR Kukup Template:JKR Tanjung Piai East Template:JKR Johor Bahru Template:JKR Tampoi Template:JKR Bukit Indah Template:JKR Nusajaya Kota Iskandar Leisure Farm Legoland Malaysia Danga Bay	Cloverleaf interchange
	313A	Gerbang Nusajaya Interchange	Template:JKR(J) Jalan Gelang Patah–Skudai West Template:JKR(J) Gelang Patah Gerbang Nusajaya Leisure Farm	Trumpet interchange
Template:MES-E 6
5.7		Template:RSA-OBR signs Gelang Patah Rest and Service Area	Template:Parking signs Template:Petrol station signs Petron Petronas Template:Toilet sign Template:Food court sign Template:Surau sign Template:ATM machine signs Template:TnG POS	North bound
5.6	313	Port of Tanjung Pelepas Interchange	SOUTHWEST Template:JKR Port of Tanjung Pelepas Highway Template:JKR Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Pengkalan Marin Syahbandar Template:JKR(J) Tanjung Kupang Template:JKR(J) Pendas	Trumpet interchange Last/First Malaysian exit
Template:MES-E 5
4.8		Template:RSA-OBR signs Gelang Patah Rest and Service Area	Template:Parking signs Template:Petrol station signs Shell Petron Petronas Template:Toilet sign Template:Food court sign Template:Surau sign Template:ATM machine signs Template:TnG POS	South bound
Tanjung Kupang toll plaza TTK Template:TnG Template:TnG Template:TnG POS Template:TAG MyRFID Template:TAG Template:TnG POS Template:TnG Template:TnG Opened toll systems Pay toll (Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG only)
		Template:Parking Layby signs Tanjung Kupang toll plaza TTK	Template:Parking signs Template:TnG TAG	Singapore bound
Second Link Expressway AH 143 Second Link Expressway
		Sultan Abu Bakar Complex	Immigration office Customs office U-TURN WITH TOLL BOOTH Back to Malaysia via Second Link Expressway
Sultan Abu Bakar Custom Immigration and Quarantine Checkpoint SAB Template:Customs Template:Immigration Template:TnG Template:TnG Template:Immigration Template:Customs
		Sultan Abu Bakar Complex	U-TURN Back to Singapore via Second Link Bridge
Second Link Expressway AH 143 Malaysia-Singapore Second Link
Template:MES-E 1
0.9		Second Link Bridge		Start/end of bridge
0.5		Second Link Bridge		Malaysian approach span
Template:MES-E 0		Second Link Bridge		Main navigational span
MALAYSIA Johor Darul Takzim Johor Bahru district border
Second Link Bridge ASEAN Malaysia-Singapore Border
Singapore
		Second Link Bridge		Singaporean approach span
		Second Link Bridge	Southeast Singapore Tuas Checkpoint |Ayer Rajah Expressway AH 143 Ayer Rajah Expressway AH 143 Tuas AH 2 Changi Airport Template:Airport sign AH 143 Jurong AH 143 Singapore City	Start/end of bridge

Pontian-Johor Bahru Parkway (Pontian Link)

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
Template:MES-E 5	309A	Ulu Choh-Gelang Patah Interchange	Template:JKR(J) Jalan Gelang Patah-Ulu Choh North Template:JKR Pontian Template:JKR(J) Ulu Choh Template:JKR Kukup Template:JKR Tanjung Piai South Template:JKR(J) Gelang Patah Template:JKR(J) Nusajaya Template:JKR Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Template:JKR(J) Pendas	Interchange
Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
	309	Nusa Bayu Interchange	North Persiaran Bayu Nusa Bayu SILC Industrial Area	Diamond Interchange
	307A 307B 307C 307D	Pulai Interchange	Template:MES-E AH 143 Main Link North Template:MES-E AH 2 Kuala Lumpur Template:JKR Senai International Airport Template:Airport sign Template:MES-E Senai Template:JKR Kulai South Template:MES-E AH 143 Gelang Patah Template:JKR Nusajaya Template:JKR Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) Template:Port sign Template:MES-E AH 143 Tuas (Singapore) Legoland Malaysia	Cloverleaf interchange with one ramp
	308A	Nusa Indah Interchange	Medical City Template:Hospital sign Nusa Bestari Nusa Indah	Half diamond interchange
	308	Bukit Indah Interchange	South Bukit Indah Highway Bukit Indah Nusajaya Legoland Malaysia	Trumpet interchange
		Sungai Danga bridge
Perling toll plaza TTP Template:TnG Template:TnG Template:TnG POS Template:TAG MyRFID Template:TAG Template:TnG POS Template:TnG Template:TnG Opened toll systems Pay toll (Touch 'n Go and Smart TAG only)
		Template:Parking Layby signs Perling toll plaza TTP	Template:Parking signs Template:TnG TAG	Opened toll systems Pay toll
		PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintenances office PROPEL PROPEL section maintenances office	PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintenances office PROPEL PROPEL section maintenances office	Service T-junctions
Template:MES-E 0
Second Link Expressway Second Link Expressway Start/end of expressway PLUS Expressway border limit
Template:JKRPersisiran Perling
			East Template:JKR Persisiran Perling Template:JKR Taman Perling Template:JKR AH 2 Johor Bahru Template:JKR Bandar Sri Alam Template:JKR Pasir Gudang Template:JKR AH 18 Kota Tinggi

See also

• Johor–Singapore Causeway
• Malaysia–Singapore Second Link
• Pasir Gudang Highway
• Malaysian expressway system

External links

• PLUS Expressway Berhad Archived 8 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Malaysian Highway Authority