Johor–Singapore Causeway

The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway across the Straits of Johor. The Causeway links Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Woodlands in Singapore. It is one of the busiest border crossings in the world, with 350,000 road and rail travelers daily. The Causeway also serves as a water pipeline between the two countries. The Causeway officially opened in 1923. Its construction interrupted the water flow through the Straits of Johor, especially after the post World War II permanent closure of the lock channel. Retreating Allied forces blew up The Causeway in two places in World War II. That forced the advancing Imperial Japanese Army to instead cross the Straits elsewhere. The Causeway first became an international border when the Federation of Malaya achieved independence on 31 August 1957. The Causeway then became an internal state border when the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah and Sarawak merged to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963. After Singapore's separation from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, The Causeway became the border connector between the two countries. The Causeway was the only land connection across the Straits of Johor until 1998 when the Tuas Second Link opened. The border is managed by immigration authorities of both countries at the Southern Integrated Gateway (Malaysia) and Woodlands Checkpoint (Singapore) respectively. The distance betw

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