BalikpapanâÂÂSamarinda Toll Road or Balsam Toll Road is a controlled-access toll road which is constructed to connect Balikpapan with Samarinda of East Kalimantan, Indonesia as well as the proposed new capital city of the country.
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. The toll road is long. Samboja-Samarinda section () of the toll road has been inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 17 December 2019. On 24 August 2021, the toll has officially connected both Balikpapan and Samarinda through the inaugurations of sections I and V. However Audit Board of Indonesia in August 2024 announced thatÃÂ nearly IDR 55 billion has been embezzledÃÂ by Wijaya Karya from the funds allocated the toll road project. The toll road is also known as the least traveled toll road in Indonesia.
The construction of the 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. In November 2015, President Joko Widodo relaunched the construction of the toll road. In early September 2019, the toll constructions have achieved 97 percent and predicted will be finished in October 2019. The toll road will also be connected to the proposed new capital city of Indonesia.
Balikpapan-Samarinda toll road consists of five sections,