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. 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 is inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 17 December 2019.[1] The toll road is expected to be completed by April 2020.[2]

Balikpapan-Samarinda Toll Road
Balsam
Route information
Maintained by PT Jasa Marga Balikpapan Samarinda
Length99.35 km (61.73 mi)
Major junctions
FromManggar
ToBalikpapan
Location
CountryIndonesia
Major citiesSamarinda, Balikpapan
Highway system

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);
  • 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.

See also

References
  1. "Jokowi welcomes Kalimantan's first toll road, seeks link to new capital". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "Jokowi Eyes Completion of Kalimantan's First Toll in April 2020". Tempo. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  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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