The Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

 section of the Federal Route , Asian Highway Route

Asian Highway Network

The Asian Highway project, also known as the Great Asian Highway, is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and Europe and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , to improve the highway systems in Asia...

  is a 428-km federal highway

Malaysian Federal Roads System

Malaysian Federal Roads System , is the main national road network in Malaysia. All Federal Roads in Malaysia are under the purview of Ministry of Works . According to Minister's Function Act 1969, MOW responsible to plan, build and maintain all Federal Roads gazetted under the Federal Road Act 1959...

 in Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway

Pan Borneo Highway

Pan Borneo Highway , also known as Trans Borneo Highway, , ' is a network of federal roads connecting Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah. The Pan Borneo Highway project is a joint project between the governments of Brunei and Malaysia...

 network. The route was formed in 1996 during the merging of two former routes (northern route, from Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

 to Kudat

Kudat

Kudat is a town in Sabah, East Malaysia, on the northern tip of Borneo island. It serves as the administrative center for the Kudat Division, which includes the towns of Kudat, Pitas, Kota Marudu, and some offshore islands....

) and (southern route, from Kota Kinabalu to Sindumin near the Sabah-Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

 border). The merging of the former routes formed an alternate route

Alternate route

An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Route system and various state route systems...

 of Route 1 within the city of Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

. However, most maps still use the older route numbering scheme by referring to the northern section as and the southern section as .

Generally, the highway runs along the west coast of Sabah. The highway continues as the Federal Route 1 (Sarawak) at the Sabah-Sarawak border.

One interesting feature about this federal highway is motorists crossing the Sabah-Sarawak border through the Federal Route must pass through a customs and immigration checkpoint at Sindumin

Sindumin

Sindumin previously known as "Mengalong" in the 60's, is a town in Sabah, Malaysia. It is situated on the Sabah-Sarawak border in the Interior Division of Sabah along the Mengalong river. It is also one of the towns within the Brunei Bay....

, even though the two neighboring states are part of the federation of Malaysia.

Northern route (former A1 section)

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		KUDAT Kudat Kudat is a town in Sabah, East Malaysia, on the northern tip of Borneo island. It serves as the administrative center for the Kudat Division, which includes the towns of Kudat, Pitas, Kota Marudu, and some offshore islands....	Kudat town center Kudat airport	Roundabout
		Bandar Sikuati Baru
		Langkon	SOUTH SAPI-NANGOH HIGHWAY Sapi-Nangoh Highway Sapi-Nangoh Highway, also known as Jalan Sapi-Nangoh, is one of the major highways in Sabah, Malaysia. This highway was constructed to connect the rural areas in northeast Sabah with Kudat and Sandakan, as well as to shorten the traveling distance from Kudat to Sandakan... Kota Marudu Kota Marudu Kota Marudu is a tiny district of Kudat Division, Malaysia with approximately 19.17 square kilometres of land and a population in 2000 of more than 58,841 people, made up mainly by Dusun , Rungus, Bajau, Orang Sungai, Suluk, and Chinese .Located in the northern region of Sabah, bordered by the... Sungai Sungai Dalit Sandakan	T-junction
		Kg. Jawi Jawi
		KOTA BELUD Kota Belud Kota Belud is a town located in West Coast Division, in the center of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 72,337 in 2000, almost evenly divided between ethnic Dusun and Bajau with a sizeable proportion of Chinese ethnicity...	EAST JALAN KOTA BELUD-RANAU Kota Belud Kundasang Ranau	Roundabout
		Tenghilan
		Sungai Tuaran bridge
		TUARAN Tuaran Tuaran is a town as well as a district located in West Coast Division, in the northwest of Sabah, East Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Tuaran district has an area of 1,166 square kilometres and an estimated population of 94,100 in 2006. About half the population consists of ethnic Dusun, a third...	NORTHEAST JALAN BERUNGIS-TUARAN Tuaran town center	Roundabout
		TAMPARULI Tamparuli Tamparuli is a small town and a sub-district of Tuaran on the west coast of Sabah, Malaysia. It is populated mainly by native Dusuns, while a sizeable Chinese community runs most of the shops in the town proper... Berungis Roundabout	EAST TAMPARULI-RANAU HIGHWAY Malaysia Federal Route 22 Federal Route , Asian Highway Route is a 310-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network. It starts from Tamparuli and ends at Sandakan... Tamparuli Ranau Sandakan	Roundabout Start/End of dual-carriageway
		Telipok
		Jalan Sepanggar junction	JALAN SEPANGGAR Likas Universiti Malaysia Sabah Universiti Malaysia Sabah Universiti Malaysia Sabah or UMS is the ninth Malaysian public university located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia and was established on November 24, 1994... Kota Kinabalu city center	Signalised intersection
		Inanam
		KOTA KINABALU Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount... Jalan Penampang	JALAN PENAMPANG Kota Kinabalu city center Penampang Donggongon Lok Kawi	Signalised intersection
		KOTA KINABALU Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount... Jalan Pintas Penampang	PENAMPANG BYPASS Malaysia Federal Route 500 Federal Route 500 is a federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, connecting Kota Kinabalu to Tenom. It serves as the main highway from Kota Kinabalu to towns and villages in the Interior Division of Sabah... Kota Kinabalu city center Donggongon Tambunan Keningau	Signalised intersection
		TANJUNG ARU Tanjung Aru Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu of Sabah, in Malaysia. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long. It also has its own township called Pekan Tanjung Aru... Kota Kinabalu International Airport	JALAN KEPAYAN Kota Kinabalu city center Beaufort Sindumin	Signalised T-junction

Southern route (former A2 section)

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		SEPANGGAR Sepanggar Sepanggar is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia. It is located around Sepanggar Bay which houses the Sepanggar Bay Container Terminal, a major naval base for the Royal Malaysian Navy as well as the Sepanggar Bay Oil Terminal... -TANJUNG ARU Tanjung Aru Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu of Sabah, in Malaysia. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long. It also has its own township called Pekan Tanjung Aru...	see also JALAN TUN FUAD STEPHENS Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens or Kota Kinabalu Coastal Highway is a major highway in Kota Kinabalu city, Sabah, Malaysia. It was named after Sabah's first chief minister and state Yang di-Pertua Negeri , Tun Fuad Stephens ....
		TANJUNG ARU Tanjung Aru Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu of Sabah, in Malaysia. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long. It also has its own township called Pekan Tanjung Aru... Kota Kinabalu International Airport	TUARAN BYPASS Kota Belud Tuaran	Signalised T-junction
		Putatan
		LOK KAWI	NORTH JALAN PENAMPANG Penampang Kota Kinabalu city center	Signalised T-junction End/Start of dual-carriageway
		Kinarut
		Sungai Papar bridge
		PAPAR Papar The Papar were, according to early Icelandic historical sources, a group of Irish or Scottish monks resident in parts of Iceland at the time of the arrival of the Norsemen...	Papar town center	Junctions
		KIMANIS Kimanis Kimanis is a fully integrated township and also a parliamentary constituency in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located approximately 45 kilometres south of the city of Kota Kinabalu. Kimanis used to be the base for the American company which obtained a lease over North Borneo...	EAST KIMANIS-KENINGAU HIGHWAY Crocker Range National Park Crocker Range National Park Crocker Range National Park was established in 1984, although the area had previously been under protection as a forest reserve. It covers the north-south Crocker Range, of 1200-1800 meter mountains in Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo, which separate the western coastal plain with the... Keningau	Roundabout
		Bongawan
		Membakut
		BEAUFORT Beaufort, Sabah Beaufort which was named after former British Governor L.P. Beaufort is a town and a district located in Interior Division of Sabah in east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 61,698 in 2000...	WEST FEDERAL ROUTE 502 Malaysia Federal Route 502 Federal Route is a 70-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, connecting Beaufort to Menumbok before proceeding to Labuan via ferry services. This highway is commissioned as a tributary of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network, as it is the main highway from the main link to Labuan.- List of... Kuala Penyu Menumbok Labuan (via ferry)	T-junction
		Sungai Padas bridge
		Kg. Lingkungan	WEST JALAN WESTON Weston	T-junction
		Mesapol
		SIPITANG Sipitang Sipitang is a town, district and also a parliamentary constituency located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The population of the district was 12,076 in 1980 and 24,349 in 1991. In 2000, the population is 29,256 while in 2010, 34,680...	Sipitang town center	Junctions
		Sabah Forest Industries
		Mengalong	EAST JALAN TENOM-SIPITANG Tenom Keningau	Roundabout
		SINDUMIN Sindumin Sindumin previously known as "Mengalong" in the 60's, is a town in Sabah, Malaysia. It is situated on the Sabah-Sarawak border in the Interior Division of Sabah along the Mengalong river. It is also one of the towns within the Brunei Bay....	Sindumin town center	Roundabout
		SINDUMIN CHECKPOINT	Custom Complex
Sindumin Checkpoint
SABAH West Coast Division Sipitang district border
Sabah-Sarawak border
SARAWAK Limbang Division Lawas district border
			SOUTHWEST FEDERAL ROUTE 1 (SARAWAK) Lawas Temburong Limbang Bandar Seri Begawan Miri Bintulu Sibu Kuching

See also

• Pan Borneo Highway
  Pan Borneo Highway
  Pan Borneo Highway , also known as Trans Borneo Highway, , ' is a network of federal roads connecting Sarawak, Brunei and Sabah. The Pan Borneo Highway project is a joint project between the governments of Brunei and Malaysia...
  
  
  • Malaysia Federal Route 1 (Sarawak)
  • Malaysia Federal Route 22
    Malaysia Federal Route 22
    Federal Route , Asian Highway Route is a 310-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network. It starts from Tamparuli and ends at Sandakan...
    
    
  • Malaysia Federal Route 13 (Sabah)
    Malaysia Federal Route 13 (Sabah)
    Federal Route , Asian Highway Route is a 268-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network. This highway runs primarily from Sandakan to the southeastern part of Sabah as well as along the coast between Lahad Datu to Tawau.- List of...