Seremban–Port Dickson Highway

Seremban–Port Dickson Highway, SPDH, Seremban–Port Dickson Highway, is an expressway in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It was built to shorten the travelling distance from Seremban to Port Dickson and acts as an alternative route for Federal Route 53 which has dangerous corners along the route. The 23 km (14 mi) long expressway was opened to traffic in 1998 and the first concessionaries were Seremban–Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) Sdn Bhd (a member of Melewar Corporation Berhad). Today the expressway is a part of PLUS Expressways network. The expressway may be integrated into the Malacca Strait Bridge in the future.

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Expressway 29
Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
Lebuhraya Seremban–Port Dickson
Route information
Maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad with its subsidiary Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad
(Former concessionaries known as Seremban–Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) Sdn Bhd)
Length23 km (14 mi)
Existed1994–present
HistoryCompleted in 1998
Major junctions
North endMambau on Seremban
Major intersections FT 53 Jalan Rasah
FT 53 Federal Route 53
FT 219 Teluk Kemang Highway
South endSua Betong on Port Dickson
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Seremban, Lukut, Port Dickson, Teluk Kemang, Tanjung Tuan
Highway system
Westbound, towards Teluk Kemang

Route background

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The expressway shares its Kilometre Zero with the old Seremban–Port Dickson Road FT53; hence, the expressway begins at KM7 of Mambau Interchange near Seremban.

Toll systems

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Mambau Toll Plaza, at the eastern end of the SPDH

The Seremban–Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) implements an opened toll system. Tolls only have to be paid when entering the expressway, except when travelling to Seremban, where tolls will be collected at the Mambau Toll Plaza.

Electronic Toll Collections

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As part of an initiative to facilitate faster dissipation of traffic at both Mambau and Lukut Toll Plazas, all toll transactions will be conducted electronically via PLUSMiles cards, Touch 'n Go cards or SmartTAGs starting 1 June 2015. Later, RFID, Malaysia's own radio-frequency identification was introduced in the toll plazas.

Toll fares

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(Since 1 February 2020)[1]

Class Types of vehicles Rate
(in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
Mambau Lukut
0 Motorcycles
(Vehicles with two axles and two wheels)
Free
1 Private Cars
(Vehicles with two axles and three or four wheels (excluding taxi and bus))
2.62 0.65
2 Vans and other small good vehicles
(Vehicles with two axles and six wheels (excluding bus))
6.30 1.40
3 Large Trucks
(Vehicles with three or more axles (excluding bus))
9.50 2.00
4 Taxis 2.62 0.65
5 Buses 5.16 1.14

List of interchanges and rest and service areas

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Legend:

km Exit Interchange To Remarks
  Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
5
Northeast
  FT 53 Jalan Rasah
  FT 53 Seremban
  FT 53 Rasah Jaya
   North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 North–South Expressway Southern Route
Kuala Lumpur
Johor Bahru
  FT 53 Jalan Rasah
JKR border limit
   Seremban–Port Dickson Highway Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
Start/End of expressway
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
PLUS Expressways border limit
2901 Mambau Interchange   FT 53 Mambau
Nilai
Trumpet interchange
  Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
6
  Mambau toll plaza
MBU
PLUS PLUS Expressways section maintenances office
PROPEL PROPEL section maintenances office
  Both bound
Mambau toll plaza
MBU
TnG POS Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go TnG POS
Opened toll systems
Pay toll
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)
Sungai Linggi bridge
Railway crossing bridge
  Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
10
  Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
11
Sungai Bemban bridge
  Mambau Rest and Service Area          
  Tourist Information Centre
Port Dickson bound
  Mambau Rest and Service Area           Seremban bound
Seremban–Port Dickson district border
Sungai Putting bridge
2904 Bandar Springhill Interchange Bandar Springhill Off ramp
Future trumpet interchange
2905A
North

2905B
South
Lukut Interchange
LKT
  FT 53 Bandar Springhill
  FT 5 Lukut
  FT 5 Sepang
  FT 5 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)  
  FT 5 Port Dickson
Half-clover interchange
Toll plaza with pay toll only
(Accepts electronic toll payment (Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG) only)

North
From Lukut to Teluk Kemang

South
From Teluk Kemang to Lukut
Railway crossing bridge
   Seremban–Port Dickson Highway Seremban–Port Dickson Highway
Start/End of expressways
(Touch 'n Go and SmartTAG ETC only)
PLUS Expressways border limit
Port Dickson
Bandar Tentera Darat
(The Army Town)
  FT 219 Sua Betong–Sunggala Highway
JKR border limit
Southeast
  FT 219 Sua Betong–Sunggala Highway
 N8 Sua Betong
 N8 Ayer Kuning
 N8 Rantau
 N8 Port Dickson Army Base
  FT 5 Teluk Kemang
  FT 5 Pasir Panjang

See also

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References

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