The Great Postal Road forks at Tuban, East Java. The old route that runs straight from Sedayu via Paciran, extending along the shore to Gresik, was built by Herman Willem Daendels. The southern branch now running through Lamongan to Gresik is the new route built in the 1930s.

Most consider the new route a continuation of the Northern Coastal Route (Pantura), which spans the north coast of Java from Cirebon to Tuban, even though this new route d