Johor–Singapore Causeway

The Johor -Singapore Causeway ( Malay: Tambak Johor ) is a 1,056 -meter causeway that connects the Malay Johor Bahru city with the small town of Woodlands Singapore. It is used for the automotive, rail and pedestrian traffic as connection to the Malay Peninsula, as well as a supply of drinking water from Malaysia to Singapore.

The dam is connected to the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex in Johor Bahru. This new border crossing replaced Since 16 December 2008, the former Causeway checkpoints. The complex is linked to Johor Bahrus Inner Ring Road, which intersects with the Skudai Highway. On Singaporean side of the causeway leads to the Woodlands CIQ checkpoint, which the older Woodlands Checkpoint replaced in 1998. The Woodlands CIQ checkpoint in turn is linked to the Bukit Timah Expressway.

The dam is traveled on an average day 60,000 vehicles, often prevail extremely difficult traffic conditions shortly before public holiday days.

History

The Johor -Singapore Causeway was completed in 1923 after four years of construction. About $ 17 million ( in 1924 U.S. dollars ) values ​​of the construction costs were borne by the government of Johor. 1942 were blown up during the Second World War, parts of the Causeway to prevent the Japanese Imperial Army in an invasion of Singapore. After the capture of Singapore by the Japanese, the dam was repaired. During the race riots in Singapore 1964 ( Race Riots ) of the Causeway was closed from 22 to 26 July 1964.

For a long time the Johor -Singapore Causeway, the only land link between the Malay Peninsula and Singapore. The second, the Malaysia -Singapore Second Link, was completed in 1998.

The new Woodlands CIQ checkpoint, partly built on new ground, opened in July 1999 in order to be a fair and increasing traffic flow to remove the soot that had accumulated over the years at the old complex of the customs authorities. The old road was diverted to the dam. The old customs complex at the intersection of Woodlands Road and Woodlands Centre Road, built in the 1970s, was closed after the opening of new border crossing, although the motorcycle route remained open until 2001 in the morning. The new Woodlands Checkpoint also houses the premises of the customs and immigration authorities for rail transport, the Woodlands Train Checkpoint, which had previously been Pagar Station in Tanjong. The relocation of the railway Immigration to Woodlands caused disputes between Singapore and Malaysia.

On 1 December 2008 was officially opened Bangunan Sultan Iskandar by the Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. The new customs complex adopted on 16 December 2008 to his work, while the old customs complex was closed.

Vehicles will have to pay on both sides of the causeway tolls. The tollgate on the Malaysian page is owned by PLUS Expressway Berhad. In Singapore, additional fees, called Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP ) Charges for all cars and motorcycles that have exhausted their ten VEP - free days of driving.

Malaysian tolls

Singaporean tolls

1: Vans / Light Goods Vehicles are defined as vehicles with two axles and six wheels or less.