The Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE) is a new expressway being built in the Johor region of Malaysia. The 77km expressway is being constructed at an estimated cost of RM1.46bn and is intended to link Senai in the west coast of Johor to the industrial town of Pasir Gudang in the south and the coastal resort of Desaru in the east of Johor.
Senai Desaru Expressway Berhad (SDEB) is the concession (operator) holder for the road for the next 33 years. The concession was granted by the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) in 2004 with three years to build.
Construction began in 2005 and the first phase of the road from Senai to Pasir Gudang is expected to be completed by the end of January 2008. The main contractor for the road project is Ranhill Bersekutu Sdn Bhd.
Phase 2 of the project, including the cable-stayed 1,708m-long Sungai Johor bridge across the Johor River, is scheduled to be ready by June 2008. It will be one of the longestsingle (central) plane cable-stayed bridges in Malaysia.
The new road will be a four-lane dual carriageway and will improve access across the region of Johfor, particularly access to Senai International Airport from Kota Tinggi and eastern Johor. The road will feature a closed toll system which over the 30-year concession is expected to pay for both the road and bridge.Maintenance will be undertaken by the concession holder SDEB and Ranhill. The road will start at Senai and link to the following cities: Setia Indah, Taman Daya, Ulu Tiram, Pasir Gudang, Bandar Penawar and finally Desaru. The road will be the major access to Desaru from the North-South Expressway (southern route E2). The road will include five toll plazas and four interchanges.
Construction of the cable-stayed bridge across the Johor River began in 2006; the bridge was first planned in 1996 but the Asian currency crisis put paid to it at the time. The bridge will connect Kong Kong on the western bank to Teluk Sengat in the east.The preliminary and detailed design and engineering work was carried out by COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS and Ranhill Consulting Sdn Bhd for Senai Desaru Expressway Berhad (the concession holder). Three Ranhill engineers spent six months in Denmark with COWI designers to develop the design of the bridge.
The construction was undertaken by Ranhill Engineers and Constructors Sdn Bhd, foundations were constructed by Ranhill Antara Koh Sdn Bhd, the steel construction was the remit of Jawala and MBEC. Waiko Engineering Sdn Bhd are construction subcontractors, the stay cables and incremental launching of sections were contracted to VSL International.
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