Pasir Gudang Highway

Federal Route 17
Federal Route 17
Pasir Gudang Highway
Route information
Length	30.4 km (18.9 mi)
Existed	1977–present
History	Completed in 1979
Major junctions
West end	Taman Perling
	Second Link Expressway AH143 Second Link Expressway ; FT 1 Skudai Highway ; J3 Kempas Highway ; North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Southern Route ; FT 3 AH18 Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway ; J10 Jalan Masai Lama ; FT 35 Johor Bahru East Coast Highway ; Senai–Desaru Expressway Senai–Desaru Expressway
East end	Tanjung Langsat
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary; destinations	Tampoi ; Kempas ; Tebrau ; Johor Jaya ; Plentong ; Bandar Sri Alam ; Masai ; Pasir Gudang ; Johor Port ; Kampung Pasir Puteh
Highway system
	Highways in Malaysia ; Expressways ; Federal ; State ;

Last updated September 13, 2025

Pasir Gudang Highway, also known as Federal Route 17, is a highway in Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia that connects Tampoi North in the west to Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Langsat in the east.^[1] Pasir Gudang Highway is a four-laned highway, unlike the wider Skudai Highway which has six lanes. Many cargo trucks travel along the highway daily. Pasir Gudang Highway became the backbone of the road system linking Johor Bahru to Pasir Gudang before being surpassed by the Senai–Desaru Expressway, and the FT 35 Johor Bahru East Coast Parkway.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Pasir Gudang Highway is located at Tampoi, Johor, at its interchange with the Skudai Highway (Federal Route 1), the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

With the opening of the Johor Port on 1977. The new highway from Johor Bahru to Pasir Gudang was constructed. Construction of the highway began in 1977 and was completed in 1979.

Features

Four lane carriageway
Narrow and no emergency lanes
Some accident hot spots along the highway^[2]
Flood prone area

At most sections, the Federal Route 17 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

There are no overlaps, alternate routes, or sections with motorcycle lanes.

On 10 March 2012, the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak announced that the 15 km stretch from Tebrau to Seri Alam of the 32 km-long Pasir Gudang Highway would be upgraded from four-lane to six-lane carriageway.^[3]

List of interchanges and junctions

Legend:

I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

The following tables lists the major interchanges and intersections along Pasir Gudang Highways.

Persisiran Perling

States	District	Subdistrict	km	Exit	Interchange	Destinations	Remarks
Johor	Johor Bahru	Iskandar Puteri				Second Link Expressway AH143 Second Link Expressway (Pontian–Johor Barhu Parkway) – Iskandar Puteri, Senai International Airport , Gelang Patah, Pontian, Port of Tanjung Pelepas , Tuas (Singapore), Kuala Lumpur
					Elevated U-Turn	U-Turn – Pasir Gudang, Kota Tinggi, Johor Bahru, Woodlands (Singapore)	Elevated U-Turn
			FT 17 -2		Taman Perling Taman Perling West Exit	Jalan Undan (eastbound only) Jalan Simbang (westbound only)	Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
					Taman Perling	Perling Mall	West bound
					Taman Perling Taman Perling East Exit	Jalan Undan (eastbound only) Persisiran Perling 2 – Taman Sutera, Kampung Danga, Bukit Indah (westbound only)	Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
				BR	Sungai Skudai bridge		Start/End of bridge
		MBIP–MBJB border limit		BR	Sungai Skudai bridge
		Johor Bahru		BR	Sungai Skudai bridge		Start/End of bridge
			FT 17 -1
					Taman Tampoi Utama Exit	Jalan Sri Perkasa 2 – Taman Tampoi Indah (eastbound only), Taman Tampoi Utama (westbound only)	Left in/left out (LILO) junctions
					U-Turn I/C	U-Turn – Taman Perling Second Link Expressway AH143 Second Link Expressway (Pontian–Johor Barhu Parkway) – Iskandar Puteri, Senai International Airport , Gelang Patah, Pontian, Port of Tanjung Pelepas , Tuas (Singapore), Kuala Lumpur	U-Turn Interchange