Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road

Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road or Balsam Toll Road is an expressway which is constructed to connect Balikpapan with Samarinda of East Kalimantan, Indonesia as well as the proposed new capital city of the country. However Audit Board of Indonesia in August 2024 announced that nearly IDR 55 billion has been embezzled by Wijaya Karya from the funds allocated to the bumpy toll road project.^[1][2] The toll road is also known as the least traveled toll road in Indonesia.^[3]

Balikpapan-Samarinda Toll Road
Balikpapan–Samarinda Toll Road at Palaran Toll Gate
Route information
Maintained by PT Jasa Marga Balikpapan Samarinda (JBS)
Length	99.35 km (61.73 mi)
Existed	2019–present
Major junctions
Southeast end	Manggar
Northwest end	Samarinda
Location
Country	Indonesia
Provinces	East Kalimantan
Major cities	Balikpapan Kutai Kartanegara Regency Samarinda
Highway system
Transport in Indonesia

History

This is the first expressway in Kalimantan (Indonesian portion), second in the entire Borneo island after Tun Salahuddin Toll Bridge, Sarawak, Malaysia was completed in 2003.^[4] The toll road is 99.3 kilometers (325,787 ft) long. Samboja-Samarinda section (58.7 kilometers (192,585 ft)) of the toll road has been inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 17 December 2019.^[5] On 24 August 2021, the toll has officially connected both Balikpapan and Samarinda through the inaugurations of sections I and V.^[6]

Development

The construction of the 99.3 kilometers (325,787 ft) expressway was started on 12 January 2011. The project was officially inaugurated by Governor of East Kalimantan, but the construction halted in 2012 because of financial shortage.^[7][8] In November 2015, President Joko Widodo relaunched the construction of the toll road.^[9][10] In early September 2019, the toll constructions have achieved 97 percent and predicted will be finished in October 2019.^[11] The toll road will also be connected to the proposed new capital city of Indonesia.

Sections

Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road consists of five sections,^[12]

• Section 1: starts from KM 13 to Samboja along 21.95 kilometers (72,014 ft); it is formally opened on 21 August 2021
• Section 2: from Samboja to Muara Jawa along 30.05 kilometers (98,589 ft), it is formally opened on 17 December 2019;^[13]
• Section 3: from Muara Jawa to Palaran along 18.2 kilometers (59,711 ft), it is formally opened on 17 December 2019;
• Section 4: from Palaran to Samarinda (north of the Mahakam) is 17.15 kilometers (56,266 ft) long, it is formally opened on 17 December 2019;
• Section 5: from Km 13 Balikpapan to Manggar is 11.09 kilometers (36,385 ft) long; it is formally opened on 21 August 2021.

Exits

Province	Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
East Kalimantan	Manggar,[6] Balikpapan	0.0	0.0	0.0	Manggar Ramp	Manggar East Balikpapan	Southeastern terminus
		1.8	1.1	Manggar Toll Gate
	North Balikpapan, Balikpapan	11.1	6.9	11	Karang Joang Toll Gate	Karang Joang Balikpapan Kariangau
	Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara Regency	33.1	20.6	33	Samboja Toll Gate	Samboja Sepaku
	Palaran, Samarinda	88	55	88.2	Loa Janan Ramp	Loa Janan Palaran Stadium Tenggarong	Northwest-bound exit & Southeast-bound entry only
		88.2	54.8	Palaran Toll Gate
		95.0	59.0	95	Samarinda Ramp	Samarinda Sambutan Sanga-Sanga	Northwestern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Electronic toll collection       Incomplete access

See also

• Indonesia portal
• Roads portal

• Trans-Kalimantan Highway Southern Route