George Town Inner Ring Road

George Town Inner Ring Road
George Town Inner Ring Road
Route information
	Maintained by Penang Island City Council
Length	4.2 km (2.6 mi)
Major junctions
	Beltway around George Town
North end	Gurney Drive
	Northam Road; Kelawei Road; Burmah Road; Macalister Road; Anson Road; Dato Keramat Road; Patani Road
South end	Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary; destinations	George Town Central Business District
Highway system
	Highways in Malaysia; Expressways; Federal; State;

George Town Inner Ring Road is an urban ring road within the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.^[1]^[2] It comprises the eastern end of Gurney Drive, Jalan Pangkor, Jalan Perak and Jalan Sungai Pinang, forming a loop within the city centre.

The ring road serves to alleviate traffic congestion by acting as a bypass between the city's northern coastline and the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway to the southeast.^[3] Whilst the ring road is presently formed by municipal roads, infrastructural plans have been drawn up to turn the roads into a proper expressway, including the construction of elevated bypasses and a tunnel.^[4]^[5]

List of interchanges

Interchange	To	Remarks
Gurney Drive
Northam/Kelawei	West Kelawei Road Pulau Tikus East Northam Road Farquhar Street (UNESCO World Heritage Site)	Junctions
Burmah	West Burmah Road Komtar East Burmah Road Pulau Tikus	Junctions
Peel Avenue	Southwest Peel Avenue Island Hospital East Victoria Green	Junctions
Macalister	East Macalister Road Komtar Northwest Macalister Road Island Hospital Southwest Barrack Road Penang General Hospital	Junctions
Dato Keramat	East Dato Keramat Road Penang Times Square Komtar West Dato Keramat Road City Stadium Air Itam	Junctions
Patani	Northeast Patani Road Sungai Pinang Northeast Penang Island District Police Headquarters	Junctions
Sungai Pinang	Northeast River Road Pinang River Seven Streets Precinct	Junctions
Jelutong	Northeast Bridge Street Pinang River Seven Streets Precinct Southwest Jelutong Road Jelutong	Junctions
Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu	Northeast Federal Route 3113 Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Weld Quay (UNESCO World Heritage Site) Ferry Terminal Southwest Federal Route 3113 Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Bayan Lepas Penang International Airport	Junctions

References

^ Mak Hoy Ken, Tan Ee Zhio (3 December 2014). "Penang Transport Master Plan: Convergence of Connectivity and Rising Land Values" (PDF). AmResearch.
^ "Highways". pgmasterplan.penang.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
^ Nugmanova, Assel; Arndt, Wulf-Holger; Hossain, Md Aslam; Kim, Jong Ryeol (January 2019). "Effectiveness of Ring Roads in Reducing Traffic Congestion in Cities for Long Run: Big Almaty Ring Road Case Study". Sustainability. 11 (18): 4973. doi:10.3390/su11184973. ISSN 2071-1050.
^ Zabidi, Nor Diana. "Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang - Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang". www.penang.gov.my (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
^ "Malaysia-China firm wins RM8bil road and tunnel projects". Penang Property Talk. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.

[1] Mak Hoy Ken, Tan Ee Zhio (3 December 2014). "Penang Transport Master Plan: Convergence of Connectivity and Rising Land Values" (PDF). AmResearch.

[2] "Highways". pgmasterplan.penang.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.

[3] Nugmanova, Assel; Arndt, Wulf-Holger; Hossain, Md Aslam; Kim, Jong Ryeol (January 2019). "Effectiveness of Ring Roads in Reducing Traffic Congestion in Cities for Long Run: Big Almaty Ring Road Case Study". Sustainability. 11 (18): 4973. doi:10.3390/su11184973. ISSN 2071-1050.

[4] Zabidi, Nor Diana. "Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang - Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang". www.penang.gov.my (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.

[5] "Malaysia-China firm wins RM8bil road and tunnel projects". Penang Property Talk. 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2017-11-23.

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v t e Roads and expressways in George Town
Federal roads	Federal Route 6 Federal Route 220 Federal Route 221 Jalan Tun Dr Awang Lebuhraya Kampung Jawa Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway
State roads	Ayer Itam–Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway Bypass Hill Railway Station Rd. Jalan Batu Maung Jalan Pantai Aceh Jalan Tun Sardon
Municipal roads	Armenian St. Beach St. Burmah Rd. Chulia St. Dato Keramat Rd. Downing St. Farquhar St. George Town Inner Ring Rd. Green Lane Gurney Drive Jalan Bukit Kukus Karpal Singh Drive Kelawei Rd. Leith St. Light St. Macalister Rd. Magazine Rd. Market St. Northam Rd. Penang Rd. Pitt St. Prangin Rd. Weld Quay

List of interchanges

See also

References