PAN BORNEO HIGHWAY

'Pan Borneo Highway' ''(Lebuhraya Pan Borneo)'', also known as 'Trans Borneo Highway', ''(Lebuhraya Trans Borneo)'', '(Federal route for Sarawak and for Sabah)' is a network of federal roads connecting Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah. The Pan Borneo Highway project a joint project between the governments of Brunei and Malaysia. The project started as soon as Sarawak and Sabah joined the federation of Malaysia in 1963. The lack of a road network system in Sarawak was the main factor of the construction. The section that connects Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei is the Lawas - Temburong (Brunei) stretch, completed in 1997. The completion of the stretch made traveling by car from Kuching to Kota Kinabalu possible. However, the government continues to build newer sections to connect rural areas in Sarawak.
The length of the entire highway system is expected to be about 1047.18 km. As in 2002, about 997.18 km or 95.2% of the highway has been completed. The latest section of the highway (Tenom - Sipitang section) is the most recent section completed in 2006. The construction of the final section from Kalabakan to Sepulut is expected to begin in 2008, therefore the entire Pan Borneo Highway is expected to be fully completed within the Ninth Malaysia Plan period.

Contents

The standards of Pan Borneo Highway

The route

List of key points along Pan Borneo Highway

Recent Updates

See also

The standards of Pan Borneo Highway

In general, the Pan Borneo Highway uses the same standards used in the Malaysian federal roads. However, the coding system used in the highway is different from other federal roads. The syntax for Pan Borneo Highway codes is ''xx-yy'', where ''xx'' is the route number and ''yy'' is the section code. For example in Sibu, Sarawak.

The route

The official route for the highway actually begins at Miri, and it continues north towards Brunei, Limbang and Lawas in Sarawak, into Sabah via Sindumin, and onto Sipitang, Beaufort, Papar, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Lahad Datu, Tawau and ends at Serudong on the Sabah/East Kalimantan border. The highway also extends southwards from Miri towards Bintulu, Sibu and Kuching, and ends at Sematan on the West Kalimantan/Sarawak border.[1]

List of key points along Pan Borneo Highway

★ Lundu

★ Sematan

★ Kuching

★ Kuching-Serian: see also Kuching-Serian Highway

★ Miri and Tebedu Highway

★ Sri Aman

★ Sibu

★ Bintulu

★ Bintulu-Saging: see also Bintulu-Saging Highway

★ Saging

★ Niah

★ Miri-Baram: see also Miri-Baram Highway
:''(Malaysia-Brunei border)''

★ Kuala Belait

★ Tutong

★ Bandar Seri Begawan
:''(Brunei-Malaysia border)''

★ Limbang
:''(Malaysia-Brunei border)''

★ Bangar
:''(Brunei-Malaysia border)''

★ Lawas
:''(Sarawak-Sabah border)''

★ Keningau

★ Papar

★ Kota Kinabalu

★ Tamparuli

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★ Kota Belud

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★ Kota Marudu

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★ Kudat

★ Ranau

★ Sandakan

★ Lahad Datu

★ Kunak

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★ Semporna

★ Tawau

★ UmasUmas

★ Kalabakan

★ Serudong
:''(Malaysia-Indonesia border)''

Recent Updates

On 24 August 2006, Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi revealed a possibility of plans to expand the highway further to Kalimantan, Indonesia after a meeting with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei.

See also

★ Malaysian Federal Roads system