Malaysia Federal Route 500 Explained

Country:MYS
Type:Federal
Route:500
Length Km:163.7
Length Round:1
Direction A:Northwest
Terminus A:Kota Kinabalu
Junction: Federal Route 1
Jalan Penampang
Jalan Ranau-Tambunan
Kimanis-Keningau Highway
Interior North-South Highway
Jalan Keningau-Sook
Direction B:Southeast
Terminus B:Tenom (continues as Jalan Tenom-Sipitang)
Destinations:Penampang, Tambunan, Keningau, Sook

Federal Route 500 (formerly Sabah State Route SA3) is a 163km (101miles) 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. Federal Route 500 is one of the five highways in Sabah crossing the Crocker Range; the Tamparuli-Ranau Highway, Kimanis-Keningau Highway and Jalan Tenom-Sipitang are the other three and the new highway, Interior North–South Highway.

While the original Route SA3 is longer, only the section between Kota Kinabalu to Tenom is recommissioned as a federal highway; the section between Tenom to Paal retains its state highway code, while the remaining section from Paal to Kuala Tomani was renumbered as Route SA33 after Jalan Tenom-Sipitang was completed in 2007 and was commissioned as part of Sabah State Route SA3.

List of interchanges

KmExitInterchangeToRemarks
Kota Kinabalu
Harbour City
Signalised intersection
Start/end of dual-carriageway
Kota Kinabalu
Sembulan Roundabout
Jalan Mat Salleh
Northeast
Kota Kinabalu city centre
Jalan Penampang

Southwest
Tanjung Aru
Roundabout
Tunnel
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Roundabout
Taman Waja Taman Waja Roundabout
Kota Kinabalu
Jalan Lintas Intersection
Jalan Lintas
Northeast
Inanam
Tuaran
Kudat

Southwest
Tanjung Aru
Papar
Beaufort
Signalised intersection
Grand Millennium Plaza
Donggongon Jalan Penampang
North
Penampang
Kota Kinabalu

South
Lok Kawi
Roundabout
End/start of dual-carriageway
Stadium Penampang Stadium Penampang
Majlis Daerah Penampang
Sabah Cultural Center
Roundabout
Kg. Madasiang
Kg. Babagon Babagon Dam T-junction
-- m above sea level Kota Kinabalu bound,
engage lower gear
Kipandi Butterfly Park
-- m above sea level
Gunung Alab R&R complex R&R complex
Kota Kinabalu bound
Rafflesia Info Center Tambunan bound
Tambunan Forestry
Masakob Waterfall
Tambunan bound,
Engage lower gear
Tambunan
Tambunan Roundabout
Jalan Ranau-Tambunan
Ranau
Kundasang
Sandakan
Roundabout
Tambunan Tambunan town centre Roundabout
Keningau bound,
Engage lower gear
Apin-Apin Junctions
Keningau District Hospital Keningau District Hospital Roundabout
Keningau Kimanis-Keningau Highway
Northwest
Crocker Range National Park
Kimanis
Roundabout
Keningau
Jalan Keningau-Sook
Jalan Keningau-Sook
Sook
Nabawan
Kalabakan
Tawau
Signalised T-junction
Jalan Patikang Ulu Jalan Patikang Ulu
Kimanis
T-junction
Melalap
TenomJalan Tenom-Sipitang
Ponontomon
Sabah Agriculture Park
Roundabout
Southwest
Jalan Tenom-Sipitang
Sipitang
Sindumin
Lawas

See also