Malaysian Expressway System - Overview

Overview

The expressway network of Malaysia is considered the best expressway network in Southeast Asia and also in Asia after Japan and China. They were 27 highways in the country and the total length is 1,630 kilometres (1,010 mi). and another 219.3 kilometres (136.3 mi) is still under construction. The closed toll expressway system is similar to the Japanese Expressway System and Chinese Expressway System. All Malaysian toll expressways are managed in the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) system.

Malaysian expressways exist in both West Malaysia and East Malaysia, however, the former are better-connected. The North-South Expressway passes through all the major cities and conurbations in West Malaysia, such as Penang, Ipoh, the Klang Valley and Johor Bahru. The Pan Borneo Highway connects the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak with Brunei.

A few major expressways in Malaysia are part of the larger Asian Highway Network. The Asian Highway Network is an international project between Asian nations to develop their highway systems, which will form main routes in the network. There are three Asian Highway routes passing through Malaysia - Asian Highway Route 2 AH2 AH2, Asian Highway Route 18 AH18 AH18 and Asian Highway Route 150 AH150 AH150 in East Malaysia. The Malaysian section of Route AH2 AH2 consists of the North-South Expressway, the North-South Expressway Central Link, the Second Link Expressway, the Skudai Highway and the Johor-Singapore Causeway.