Federal Route 500 is a 163 kilometres (101.3 mi) federal highway

Malaysian Federal Roads System

Malaysian Federal Roads System , is the main national road network in Malaysia. All Federal Roads in Malaysia are under the purview of Ministry of Works . According to Minister's Function Act 1969, MOW responsible to plan, build and maintain all Federal Roads gazetted under the Federal Road Act 1959...

 in Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

, Malaysia, connecting Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...

 to Tenom

Tenom

Tenom is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The town was called Fort Birch in the early colonial period. Its population was estimated to be around 46,200 in the year 2000....

. It serves as the main highway from Kota Kinabalu to towns and villages in the Interior Division

Interior Division

Interior Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It occupies the southwest portion of Sabah, bordering on Sarawak...

 of Sabah. Federal Route 500 is one of the four highways in Sabah crossing the Crocker Range

Crocker Range

Crocker Range , is a mountain range on the island of Borneo. Politically, it is within the boundary of the Malaysian state of Sabah, located in the northern half of Borneo. The mountain range separates the east coast and west coast of Sabah. At an average height of 1800m, it is the highest mountain...

; the Tamparuli-Ranau Highway

Malaysia Federal Route 22

Federal Route , Asian Highway Route is a 310-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network. It starts from Tamparuli and ends at Sandakan...

, Kimanis-Keningau Highway and Jalan Tenom-Sipitang are the other three.

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

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		KOTA KINABALU Harbour City	COASTAL HIGHWAY Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens or Kota Kinabalu Coastal Highway is a major highway in Kota Kinabalu city, Sabah, Malaysia. It was named after Sabah's first chief minister and state Yang di-Pertua Negeri , Tun Fuad Stephens .... NORTHEAST Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu , formerly known as Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is also the capital of the West Coast Division of Sabah. The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park lies on one side and Mount...  city center SOUTHWEST Tanjung Aru Tanjung Aru Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu of Sabah, in Malaysia. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long. It also has its own township called Pekan Tanjung Aru... Kota Kinabalu International Airport Kota Kinabalu International Airport Kota Kinabalu International Airport serves the city of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located about 8 km southwest of the city centre. It is the second busiest airport in Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur International Airport, handling 4.8 million passengers in 2009...	Signalised intersection Start/End of dual-carriageway
		KOTA KINABALU Sembulan Roundabout	JALAN MAT SALLEH NORTHEAST Kota Kinabalu city center Jalan Penampang SOUTHWEST Tanjung Aru	Roundabout
		Tunnel
		Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Roundabout
		Taman Waja	Taman Waja	Roundabout
		KOTA KINABALU Jalan Lintas Intersection	JALAN LINTAS Malaysia Federal Route 1 (Sabah) The Sabah section of the Federal Route , Asian Highway Route is a 428-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network. The route was formed in 1996 during the merging of two former routes and... 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
	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 center	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 Crocker Range National Park Crocker Range National Park was established in 1984, although the area had previously been under protection as a forest reserve. It covers the north-south Crocker Range, of 1200-1800 meter mountains in Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo, which separate the western coastal plain with the... 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
		TENOM	JALAN TENOM-PONONTOMON Ponontomon Sabah Agriculture Park	Roundabout
			SOUTHWEST JALAN TENOM-SIPITANG Sipitang Sindumin Lawas