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Pan-Borneo Highway - Wikipedia
Pan-Borneo Highway - Wikipedia
Pan-Borneo Highway - Wikipedia
Highway
The Pan-Borneo Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Pan Borneo), also known as the Trans-Borneo
Highway or the Trans-Kalimantan Highway (Indonesian: Jalan Lintas Kalimantan), is a road
network on Borneo Island connecting two Malaysian states, Sabah and Sarawak, with Brunei
and the Kalimantan region in Indonesia. The highway is numbered AH150 in the Asian
Highway Network and as Federal Route 1 in Sarawak. In Sabah, the route numbers given are
1, 13 and 22.[1] The highway is a joint project between both governments which started as
soon as the formation of Malaysia in 1963 which comprised Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak and
Singapore. The lack of a road network system in Sarawak was the main factor of the
construction.
Pan Borneo Highway
Component FT 1 Pan-Borneo
highways Highway Sarawak
(Telok Melano-Sungai
Tujuh, Tedungan-
FT 1 Federal Route
1 (Sabah)
(Sindumin-Kudat)
FT 22 Federal
Route 22
(Berungis-Sandakan)
FT 13 Federal
Route 13
(Mile 32 Checkpoint-
Tawau)
Brunei Pan-Borneo
Highway
(Sungai Tujuh-Kuala
Lurah and Kampung Puni-
Labu)
Trans-Kalimantan
Highway Northern
Route
(Along Malaysia-
Indonesia border;
Tamajuk-Sei Ular)
Trans-Kalimantan
Highway Central
Route
(Pontianak-Samarinda)
Trans-Kalimantan
Highway Southern
Route
(Sambas-Simanggaris)
Major junctions
Kuala Belait
Muara–Tutong
Highway
Location
Highway system
← AH143 AH151 →
Milestone of Malaysia Federal Route
22 at Telupid in Sabah.
The length of the entire highway is expected to be about 2,083 kilometres (1,294 mi) for the
Malaysian section, 168 kilometres (104 mi) for the Bruneian section and 3,073 kilometres
(1,909 mi) for the Indonesian section.[2] The Indonesian sections of the Pan Borneo Highway
is known as the Trans-Kalimantan Highway. The western route connects the city of Pontianak
to Tebedu.
Route background
The Pan-Borneo Highway, Asian Highway Route AH150 is supposed to be a circular highway
that runs along the coastlines of Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan.[2] However, a
missing link does exist from Serudong, Sabah to Simanggaris, North Kalimantan, which is
supposed to connect Sabah with North Kalimantan.[3]
In Kalimantan, the Trans-Kalimantan Highway consists of three main highways. The northern
route, also dubbed as Trans Border Highway (Jalan Lintas Perbatasan), runs along the
Malaysia-Indonesia border from Tamajuk to Sei Ular. The central route runs from Pontianak to
Samarinda through the interior of Kalimantan. The southern route, which runs along the
coastline of Kalimantan from Sambas to Simanggaris, is gazetted as the Indonesian section
of the Asian Highway Route AH150.[2] None of the three highways bear any route number yet.
The Malaysian and Indonesian sections are linked together by a highway known as the Trans-
Malindo Highway (Jalan Lintas Malindo), which is gazetted as Federal Route 21 in Malaysia.
History
The Pan-Borneo Highway was built due to the lack of the intercity highway network in the
island of Borneo. In East Malaysia, the intercity highway plan only existed after the Second
World War ended in 1945, after the states of North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak were ceded
to Britain to become British Crown Colonies.[4] By 1949, the Governor of North Borneo
reported that there were 130 miles (210 km) of roads paved with asphalt, 23 miles (37 km) of
other metalled roads, 225 miles (362 km) of dirt roads and 578 miles (930 km) of bridle
paths.[5]
The construction of the intercity highway network in Sabah and Sarawak intensified at a
faster pace after both states participated in the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. In Sabah, the
first federally-funded intercity highway project ever constructed was the Federal Route 22
from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan, as a joint project between the Malaysian federal
government with the government of Australia.[6] Also dubbed as the "Malaysia-Australia Road
Project" (MARP), the construction of the FT22 highway began in 1968 and was completed in
1982 with Telupid town became the main centre of the project headquarters.[7][8]
In the meantime, the Kota Kinabalu–Papar section of the Federal Route 1 was completed in
1964, followed by the Kota Kinabalu–Kudat section which was completed in the 1970s.[5] The
entire Sabah Federal Route 1 was completed in 1981 after the construction of the final
section from Papar to Sindumin was completed that year. Two years later in 1983, the
construction of the Tawau–Semporna Highway (part of the FT13 highway and the entire
section of the SA51 highway) was completed.[8] The construction of the remaining section of
the FT13 highway was completed in the early 1990s after the construction of Sungai
Kinabatangan and Sungai Segama bridges were completed.[9]
Meanwhile, in Sarawak, the construction of the first intercity trunk highway in Sarawak was
commenced in 1965, dubbed as the "First Trunk Road".[10] Most of the highway network in
Sarawak was constructed within the decades of the 1960s to 1980s.[4] The Lawas–Merapok–
Sindumin section was completed in 1981[8] while the final missing link from Sibu to Bintulu
was completed in 1985.[11] However, the highway had not been fully paved with asphalt yet at
that time; it was only by the end of Sixth Malaysia Plan (RMK6) in 1995 that the FT1 highway
in Sarawak was fully paved.[10]
Before 1996, all routes in the Pan-Borneo Highway network in Malaysia were state highways.
After the Federal Roads Act 1959 was made effective in Sabah and Sarawak in 1984, those
highways were re-gazetted as federal highways in 1996 with the route number of FT1 (from
Sematan to Kudat through Brunei), FT13 (Mile 32 Sandakan to Tawau) and FT22 (Tamparuli
to Sandakan).[1][12] Those highways were later gazetted as a part of Asian Highway Network
Route AH150.[13][2]
Meanwhile, the road transportation network in Kalimantan region did not exist until the 1970s
when logging roads were built by logging companies. Later, about 75% of the logging roads
were converted to national roads.[14] The Trans-Kalimantan Highway (southern route) was
completed in 2016 with the opening of the Tayan Bridge.[15]
Although some sections had been upgraded to divided highways, the Pan-Borneo Highway
was notorious for its poor condition in many sections. As of 2010, 1,184 kilometres (736 mi)
of the Indonesian Trans-Kalimantan Highway was built below the Asian Highway Network
Class III standards (lane width: 3.0 m; design speed limit: 80 km/h).[2] Meanwhile, the overall
condition in many sections of the Malaysian section of the Highway was poor with many
potholes, because most sections of the highway were built with standards as low as JKR R3
(design speed limit: 70 km/h; minimum lane width: 3.0 m).[16][17] A study to upgrade the entire
highway to a super two highway under JKR R5 standard (design speed limit: 100 km/h;
minimum lane width: 3.5 m) was done, which was expected to cost RM16 billion.[17]
Ultimately, the Malaysian federal government had opted to upgrade the Pan-Borneo Highway
to a divided highway.[18] The upgrade works of the Pan-Borneo Highway to a divided highway
is expected to be completed by 2023 for the Sarawakian section and by 2025 for the Sabahan
section, with the overall cost of RM27 billion.[19][20]
Intersections along the Pan
Borneo Highway
In October 2020, new Sabahan government was established under GRS Party defeating
Warisan Party in state election. The leaders of GRS Party announced that the Sabah Pan
Borneo Highway will be restarted again and will not terminated the process until the Pan
Borneo projects successfully done.
In September 2023, The King of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Abdullah of Pahang visits
Borneo Island (the journey also known as Kembara Borneo) and The King of Malaysia
checking all the remaining Pan-Borneo Highway projects. The journey began in Tawau, Sabah
to Telok Melano, Lundu, Sarawak. The King's Kembara Borneo journey is aims to feel driving in
the Pan-Borneo Highway and also intended to known the Borneo more closer perspective.[21]
Portals: Indonesia
Malaysia Roads
References
External links
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