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| 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 |
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| Restrictions | No motorcycles below 400cc, bicycles, tricycles and animal-drawn vehicles |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  E2 (South Luzon Expressway) in Santo Tomas, Batangas |
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| 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 |
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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.
- ^ "Infrastructure". San Miguel Corporation. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
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