Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route
national Road in Kalimantan, Indonesia
The Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route (Indonesian: Jalan Lintas Kalimantan Poros Selatan), or simply the Trans-Kalimantan Highway, (Indonesian: Jalan Lintas Kalimantan) is a 3,901-kilometre (2,424 mi) national road that forms the backbone highway system in Kalimantan, Indonesia. It forms a part of the larger Pan-Borneo Highway network which also combines with highway networks of East Malaysia and Brunei. The combined highway network forms the entire Asian Highway Network Route AH150.
The Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route is linked to the Sarawak Pan-Borneo Highway FT1 via the Trans-Malindo Highway that links to the border crossing towns of Entikong and Tebedu. A new border crossing in Aruk at the western terminus of the Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route was inaugurated by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo on 17 March 2017, which is linked to the Sarawak Pan-Borneo Highway FT1 via the Lundu–Biawak Road (Sarawak State Route Q516).
Route background
The Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route is one of the three backbone highways in Kalimantan being planned by the Indonesian government; the other two are the Trans-Kalimantan Highway Central Route (Jalan Lintas Kalimantan Poros Tengah) and the Trans-Kalimantan Highway Northern Route (Jalan Lintas Kalimantan Poros Utara). None of the three highways bear any route number yet. The total length of the Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route is 3,901 kilometres (2,424 mi).
The Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route is a semi-circular highway that runs along the coastlines of Kalimantan. The highway begins from Aruk, a small border town in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, where the highway continues in Sarawak as the Lundu–Biawak Road Q516.
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