Southern Tagalog Arterial Road

Southern Tagalog Arterial Road
STAR Tollway
Map of expressways in Luzon, with the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road in orange
STAR Tollway in Tanauan, Batangas
Route information
Maintained by STAR Tollway Corporation
Length	41.9 km[1] (26.0 mi)
Existed	June 1, 2000–present
Component highways	E2
Restrictions	No motorcycles below 400cc, bicycles, tricycles and animal-drawn vehicles
Major junctions
North end	E2 (South Luzon Expressway) in Santo Tomas, Batangas
Major intersections	AH 26 (N1) (Maharlika Highway) in Santo Tomas N421 (Tanauan-Talisay National Road) in Tanauan N4 (Jose P. Laurel Highway) in Lipa
South end	N4 (Jose P. Laurel Highway) / N434 (Batangas Port Diversion Road) in Batangas City
Location
Country	Philippines
Provinces	Batangas
Major cities	Santo Tomas, Tanauan, Lipa, Batangas City
Towns	Malvar, San Jose, Ibaan
Highway system
Roads in the Philippines Highways Expressways List

The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR),^[a] commonly known as the STAR Tollway, is a two-to-four-lane 41.9-kilometer (26.0 mi) controlled-access toll expressway in the province of Batangas in the Philippines. It is operated by STAR Infrastructure Development Corporation (STAR – IDC). The expressway is signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network, alongside the South Luzon Expressway and unspecified portions of the Skyway. The expressway starts at the interchange with the Pan-Philippine Highway and the South Luzon Expressway in Santo Tomas and runs southward, near Diversion Road, to Batangas City. It passes through the cities and municipalities of Tanauan, Malvar, Lipa, San Jose, and Ibaan.

The expressway was opened on 2000, with its first segment built between Santo Tomas and Lipa. In 2008, it was extended toward Batangas City, and in 2009, the South Luzon Expressway was connected to the STAR Tollway when construction works of the former's Toll Road 3 project reached Sto. Tomas Exit, further shortening travel time between Manila and Batangas.

With increasing traffic demand in the Batangas City – Bauan area and the Batangas Bay area, proposals to extend the expressway are laid out to decongest the existing routes through those areas. Two projects are proposed to extend the expressway to barangay Pinamucan, within Batangas City, and to the municipality of Bauan. The STAR Tollway is considered as a separate expressway and is not named alternatively as South Superhighway (SSH) despite being connected with SLEX since 2009.

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