Kempas Highway

Kempas Highway or Jalan Kempas (Johor state route J3) is a major highway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is the only state road in Malaysia constructed as a two-lane highway by an expressway concessionaire company, PLUS Expressway Berhad as a part of the North–South Expressway project. Kempas Highway was built to provide access to Johor Bahru from North–South Expressway Southern Route via Exit 255 Kempas Interchange.

Johor Route J3
Route information
Maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad with its subsidiary Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Former concessionaries known as Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS))
Existed	1992–present
History	Completed in 1994
Major junctions
North end	J193 Jalan Kempas Lama
Major intersections	J192 Jalan Kempas Lama Jalan Kempas Denai FT 17 Pasir Gudang Highway FT 3374 Jalan Tampoi J3 Jalan Datin Halimah
South end	FT 3374 Jalan Tampoi
Location
Country	Malaysia
Major cities	Senai, Pasir Gudang, Tampoi, Larkin, Johor Bahru
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of Kempas Highway starts at Jalan Kempas Lama junctions.

At most sections, the Federal Route J3 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

There are no alternate routes or sections with motorcycle lanes.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
J3 0	1	Jalan Kempas Lama Junctions	J193 Jalan Kempas Lama West Skudai Tampoi East Kampung Maju Jaya Senai Senai International Airport North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Melaka Johor Bahru Woodlands (Singapore)	T-junctions Start/End of highway
J3 Kempas Highway Start/End of highway PLUS Expressway border limit
	2	Setia Tropika Junctions	East Jalan Setia Tropika Utama Setia Tropika Kompleks Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri Johor	T-junctions
		Railway crossing bridge
	3	Taman Kempas Junctions	Taman Kempas	T-junctions
	4	Kampung Kempas Junctions	West Jalan Kempas Denai Tampoi Taman Johor Taman Munshi Ibrahim Hospital Permai Johor Bahru East Jalan Permatang 8 Kempas railway station
		Petronas Petronas Layby	Petronas TnG TAG Hub	North bound
		Masjid Kempas		North only
		Petronas Petronas Layby	Petronas	South bound
		The Southern Hospital		North only
		Shell Shell Layby	Shell	Northbound
		Masjid Baru Kempas		North only
	5	Kempas-Pasir Gudang Highway Interchange	FT 17 Pasir Gudang Highway West Second Link Expressway Tuas Second Link Expressway Nusajaya FT 1 Skudai FT 16 Senai International Airport FT 1 Kulai EAST FT 17 Bandar Sri Alam FT 17 Pasir Gudang FT 3 AH18 Kota Tinggi	Diamond interchange
	6	Kempas Industrial Area Junctions	Kempas Industrial Area	Junctions
J3 Kempas Highway Start/End of highway PLUS Expressway border limit
	7	Jalan Tampoi Interchange	FT 3374 Jalan Tampoi West FT 3374 Tampoi FT 3374 Bandar Damansara Alif East FT 3 AH18 Kota Tinggi FT 3374 Kampung Melayu Majidee	Diamond interchange Start/End of highway
			South J3 Jalan Datin Halimah Larkin Johor Bahru city centre Larkin Sentral