Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road

Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road or Balsam Toll Road is an expressway which is constructed to connect Balikpapan with Samarinda of East Kalimantan, Indonesia as well as the proposed new capital city of the country.

Balikpapan-Samarinda Toll Road
Gerbang Tol Samarinda - Balikpapan.jpg
Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road at Palaran Toll Gate
Route information
Maintained by PT Jasa Marga Balikpapan Samarinda (JBS)
Length99.35 km (61.73 mi)
Existed2019–present
Major junctions
Southeast endManggar
Northwest endSamarinda
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvincesEast Kalimantan
Major cities
Highway system

History

This is the first expressway in Borneo island, including its Indonesian part. The toll road is 99.3 kilometers (325,787 ft) long. Samboja-Samarinda section (58.7 kilometers (192,585 ft)) of the toll road has been inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 17 December 2019.[1] On 24 August 2021, the toll has officially connected both Balikpapan and Samarinda through the inaugurations of sections I and V.[2]

Development

The construction of the 99.3 kilometers (325,787 ft) expressway was started on 12 January 2011. The project was officially inaugurated by Governor of East Kalimantan, but the construction halted in 2012 because of financial shortage.[3][4] In November 2015, President Joko Widodo relaunched the construction of the toll road.[5][6] In early September 2019, the toll constructions have achieved 97 percent and predicted will be finished in October 2019.[7] The toll road will also be connected to the proposed new capital city of Indonesia.

Sections

Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road consists of five sections,[8]

  • Section 1: starts from KM 13 to Samboja along 21.95 kilometers (72,014 ft); it is formally opened on 21 August 2021
  • Section 2: from Samboja to Muara Jawa along 30.05 kilometers (98,589 ft), it is formally opened on 17 December 2019;[9]
  • Section 3: from Muara Jawa to Palaran along 18.2 kilometers (59,711 ft), it is formally opened on 17 December 2019;
  • Section 4: from Palaran to Samarinda is 17.15 kilometers (56,266 ft) long, it is formally opened on 17 December 2019;
  • Section 5: from Km 13 Balikpapan to Manggar is 11.09 kilometers (36,385 ft) long; it is formally opened on 21 August 2021.

Exits
ProvinceLocationkmmiExitNameDestinationsNotes
East KalimantanManggar,[2] Balikpapan0.00.00.0Manggar Ramp
Southeastern terminus
1.81.1Manggar Toll Gate
North Balikpapan, Balikpapan11.16.911Karang Joang Toll Gate
Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara Regency33.120.633Samboja Toll Gate
  • Samboja
  • Sepaku
Palaran, Samarinda885588.2Loa Janan Ramp
Northwest-bound exit & Southeast-bound entry only
88.254.8Palaran Toll Gate
95.059.095Samarinda Ramp
Northwestern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References
  1. "Jokowi welcomes Kalimantan's first toll road, seeks link to new capital". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "Balikpapan-Samarinda Tersambung Tol 97,3 Km" [Balikpapan-Samarinda is connected by 97.3 Km toll road]. Binamarga.pu.go.id (in Indonesian). Balai Besar Pelaksanaan Jalan Nasional Kalimantan Timur. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. Citramarga - Proyek Tol Kalimantan Dimulai
  4. Kaltim Post - Jalan Tol Rp 6,26 T Dimulai. Diakses pada 14 Januari 2012 Archived January 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Kalimantan's first toll road to be opened in August". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. "Balikpapan Samarinda toll road construction accelerated, expected to complete by year end". Netral News. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  7. Sanusi (28 September 2019). "Pembangunan Jalan Tol Pertama di Ibu Kota Baru Rampung Bulan Depan".
  8. "INFOGRAFIK: Tol Balikpapan-Samarinda, Jalan Tol Pertama di Kalimantan". Kompas. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  9. Hilda B Alexander (17 December 2019). "Tol Pertama di Ibu Kota Baru Tersambung Seluruhnya April 2020".
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