This is the first expressway in Kalimantan, second in Borneo island after Tun Salahuddin Toll Bridge, Sarawak, Malaysia was completed in 2003.[1] 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.[2] On 24 August 2021, the toll has officially connected both Balikpapan and Samarinda through the inaugurations of sections I and V.[3]
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.[4][5] In November 2015, President Joko Widodo relaunched the construction of the toll road.[6][7] In early September 2019, the toll constructions have achieved 97 percent and predicted will be finished in October 2019.[8] The toll road will also be connected to the proposed new capital city of Indonesia.
Sections
Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road consists of five sections,[9]
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;[10]
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.
^ ab"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.
