Tawau–Keningau Highway

Tawau–Keningau Highway
Two logging trucks at the Kalabakan-Sapulut Road, taking heavy tropical timber logs to the log pond in Kalabakan.
Route information
Length	340 km (210 mi)
Major junctions
Southwest end	Tawau
Major intersections	FT 13 Federal Route 13 FT 500 Federal Route 500/Interior North–South Highway
Northwest end	Keningau (continues as Kimanis–Keningau Highway, Pan Borneo Sabah Phase 3)
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Tawau Kalabakan Sapulut Nabawan Sook Keningau
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Main article: Pan-Borneo Highway

The Sook–Keningau Highway, in parts of Sook District.

The Tawau–Keningau Highway is one of the major federal highways in Sabah, Malaysia that connects the main city of Tawau to Keningau along the village in the Interior Division. Built in 2004 and expect to complete in mid-2007, it was to shortened the distance time from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau. It was part of the Pan Borneo Highway phase 3.

The section runs from Kalabakan to Sapulut which is about 145 kilometres (90 mi) long, was originally a gravel or essentially a logging roads before upgraded to a two-lanes paved road, though the highway was quickly riddled with potholes, sink holes and uneven road shoulder on certain road segment. It is a rugged, mountainous and remote highways, filled with nearby logging tracks and estate.

History

Dec 5, 1966, The Keningau-Sapulut Road was started by the Australian Army Engineering Squadrons as an emergency project during the Indonesian Confrontation against Malaysia. They have worked on the project for the past two years and have completed sixty miles of the 76-miles project when their 22nd Construction Squadron pulled out recently as part of the post-confrontation withdrawal of Commonwealth Forces.

Junction list

The entire route is located in Sabah.

Legend:

• I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge restaurant, R/R - Restaurant and rest plaza, L/B - Layby, V/P - Vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - Toll plaza, BR - Bridge

• C - Cloverleaf, S - Stack, T-A - Trumpet-A, T-B - Trumpet-B, DT - Directional-T/Y, SDT - Semi-Directional-T/Y, P-Y - Partial-Y, D - Diamond, P-C - Partial cloverleaf, D-D - Diverging diamond, D-R - Direct ramp

Division	District	Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Tawau	Tawau	Tawau			FT 13 Federal Route 13 – Kunak, Lahad Datu SA51 Jalan Semporna – Semporna	Junctions Start/end of dual-carriageway
					Jalan Utara	Roundabout End/start of dual-carriageway
					Bombalai	Junctions
		Merotai			Merotai	Junctions
					-- m above sea level Tawau bound, Engage lower gear
	Kalabakan	Kalabakan			Brantian	T-junction
					Kalabakan	Roundabout
					Maliau Basin Conservation Area	Junctions
Interior	Nabawan	Sapulut			Sapulut – Salong, Pagalungan, Pensiangan	T-junction
		Nabawan			Pandawan	Junctions
					Nabawan	Roundabout
					-- m above sea level Nabawan bound, Engage lower gear
	Sook	Sook			Sook – Tulid, Lanas, Sinua, Sinaron	Roundabout
					Kg. Kebulu	T-junction
					-- m above sea level Keningau bound, Engage lower gear
	Keningau	Keningau			FT 500 Federal Route 500 – Melalap, Tenom, Tambunan, Kota Kinabalu Interior North–South Highway – Ranau Kimanis–Keningau Highway – Kimanis, Beaufort, Papar	Signalised T-junction
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Pan-Borneo Highway
• Federal Route 13 (Sabah)