Malaysia Federal Route 2

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Federal Route 2
Route information
Part of AH141
(Kampung Bandar Dalam–Karak)
Length276.9 km (172.1 mi)
Existed1915[1]–present
HistoryCompleted in 1959[2]
Major junctions
West endPort Klang, Selangor
Major intersectionsROADS
FT 103 Northport Highway
FT 180 North–South Port Link
FT 5 Federal Route 5
FT 20 North Klang Straits Bypass
FT 15 Federal Route 15
FT 1 Federal Route 1
FT 68 Federal Route 68
FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway
FT 8 Gua Musang Highway
FT 9 Federal Route 9
FT 236 Jalan Lanchang
FT 10 Federal Route 10
FT 83 Federal Route 83
FT 232 Federal Route 232
FT 62 Federal Route 62
FT 64 Federal Route 64
FT 222 AH142 MEC Highway
FT 12 AH142 Tun Razak Highway
FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Bypass
FT 3 AH18 Federal Route 3
FT 183 Tanjung Lumpur Highway
FT 135 Jalan Teluk Sisik
FT 238 Jalan Haji Ahmad
FT 3486 Jalan Semambu
FT 227 Jalan Tengku Muhamad
FT 423 Jalan Stesen Satelit Bumi Kuantan
FT 435 Jalan Tanjung Gelang

EXPRESSWAYS
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway AH141 Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
East Coast Expressway AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway
East endKuantan Port, Pahang
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Klang
Shah Alam
Kuala Lumpur
Gombak
Karak
Lanchang
Mentakab
Temerloh
Maran
Gambang
Kuantan
Beserah
Highway system

The Federal Route 2 is a major east–west oriented federal highway in Malaysia. The 276.9 kilometres (172 mi) road connects Port Klang in Selangor to Kuantan Port in Pahang.[3] The Federal Route 2 became the backbone of the road system linking the east and west coasts of Peninsula Malaysia before being surpassed by the East Coast Expressway E8.

Route background

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The Federal Route 2 is divided into two sections – Kuala Lumpur–Klang Highway (Malay: Jalan Kuala Lumpur–Klang) and Kuala Lumpur–Kuantan Road (Malay: Jalan Kuala Lumpur–Kuantan), where both sections are connected at Kuala Lumpur.[4] The Kuala Lumpur–Klang Highway consists of Jalan Syed Putra, Federal Highway Route 2, Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim, Jalan Jambatan Kota (also concurrents with the Federal Route 5) and Persiaran Raja Muda Musa, where almost all sections of the Kuala Lumpur–Klang Highway are built as a divided highway except the short section from Port Klang Interchange to Port Klang jetty. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 2 is located at Port Klang, Selangor.[3]

At the town centre of Klang, the FT2 highway intersects with Jalan Langat FT5 at Simpang Lima Roundabout Interchange. As a result, the FT5 concurrents with the FT2 along Jambatan Kota before the FT5 route is diverted to Jalan Kapar FT5 at Simpang Tujuh Roundabout Interchange.[5]

The FT2 highway becomes a controlled-access expressway starting from Berkeley Roundabout Interchange to Seputeh Interchange, where the controlled-access section is popularly known as the Federal Highway Route 2. The section of the Federal Highway FT2 from Berkeley Roundabout Interchange to Subang Airport Interchange was a tolled section managed by PLUS Malaysia Berhad, the operator of the nation's longest expressway, the North–South Expressway. The Federal Highway FT2 later becomes a limited-access arterial highway again after Seputeh Interchange, where it becomes Jalan Syed Putra. Jalan Syed Putra FT2 was concluded at Bulatan Kinabalu where it joins with Jalan Kinabalu FT1.[6]

Meanwhile, the Kuala Lumpur–Kuantan Road begins as Jalan Pahang FT2 from Pahang Roundabout at Jalan Tun Razak. The FT2 road is later diverted to Jalan Gombak FT2/FT68 at Setapak Interchange. At Kampung Bandar Dalam Intersection, the FT2 route is once again diverted to Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam FT2, while Jalan Gombak changes its route number to FT68. At Kampung Bandar Dalam Interchange, the FT2 concurrents with Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway E33/FT2 to Taman Greenwood, Batu Caves, then it concurrents with the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (KL MRR2) FT28 from Taman Greenwood to Gombak North Interchange, before once again concurrents with the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2 for its entire length.[6]

At the end of the Karak Expressway at Karak Interchange, the Federal Route 2 is diverted as an ordinary 2-lane federal road while the Karak Expressway proceeds as the East Coast Expressway. The Federal Route 2 overlaps again at Kuantan with the Federal Route 3. The eastern terminus of the Federal Route 2 is at the Kuantan Port, where it meets the Federal Route 3.[3]

Before the advent of the Swettenham Parkway (now Sultan Iskandar Highway) which is now a part of the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 (KL MRR1), the FT2 road overlapped with Jalan Kinabalu FT1 and Jalan Kuching FT1 from Kinabalu Roundabout Interchange to PWTC Interchange, where the FT2 was detoured to Jalan Tun Razak and Jalan Pahang.[6] However, after the completion of the Kuala Lumpur–Petaling Jaya Traffic Dispersal Scheme in 1983 that extended the KL MRR1 to Jalan Istana Interchange that linked the MRR1 with Jalan Syed Putra FT2, the FT2 ceased to concurrent with the FT1 and was detoured to Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar (formerly Lebuhraya Mahameru) instead.[7]

History

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The Federal Route 2 begins as part of the earliest trunk road to Kuantan, Pahang from Benta, where the road was constructed as an extension of the Kuala Kubu Road from Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor to Kuala Lipis, Pahang. The 80-mile Kuala Kubu Road, which now becomes the entire section of the Federal Routes 55 and parts of Federal Route 218 and 8, was constructed by the Public Works Department (JKR) in 1887. The Benta–Kuantan Road, which now forms the entire section of the Federal Route 64 (Benta–Maran) and a part of the Federal Route 2 from Maran to Kuantan, was constructed in 1915. The Kuala Lumpur–Bentong section was constructed at the same time, followed by the Bentong–Temerloh section in 1928.[1][4]

The Kuala Lumpur–Kuantan Road FT2 was concluded in 1955 when the final section from Temerloh to Maran was opened to traffic on 11 June 1955.[8] The final section took a very long time to be completed due to rainy season, huge floods and swampy region, as well as the advances of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War and the activities of the Malayan Communist Party terrorists during the Malayan Emergency. Construction began in 1925 and was completed in 1955.[8]

In 1971, the old Temerloh Bridge spanning across the Pahang River was collapsed due to the huge flood in Temerloh. As a result, the Public Works Department (JKR) constructed a 575-m replacement bridge known as the Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge FT2 beside the old bridge.[9] The Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge was much higher than the old bridge, forming the first grade-separated Interchange in Pahang that was linked to the Federal Route 10. The new bridge project also included a new roadway that bypassed Temerloh and Mentakab, causing the former Temerloh–Mentakab section to be re-gazetted as the Federal Route 87.[4] The construction of the Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge was completed in 1974.[9]

Meanwhile, the Kuala Lumpur–Klang Highway FT2 was opened to traffic on 14 January 1959.[2] The highway was intended as a replacement of the existing road system known as Jalan Klang Lama, Persiaran Selangor, Jalan Sungai Rasau and Jalan Batu Tiga Lama, allowing speeds of up to 60 mph.[8] As a result, Jalan Klang Lama was downgraded into Selangor State Road B14.[7] The Kuala Lumpur–Klang Highway FT2 was later being upgraded into a controlled-access highway by replacing the former at-grade intersection with grade-separated interchanges, making the highway as the nation's first controlled-access expressway.[10] The upgraded controlled-access highway is now known as the Federal Highway Route 2.

In the 1970s, a replacement segment for the narrow and winding section from Kuala Lumpur to Karak (known as Jalan Gombak) was constructed. The replacement section was known as the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway FT2, featuring the 914.4-m Genting Sempah Tunnel. The 75.2-km toll highway was constructed at the cost of RM136.4 million and was opened to traffic on 7 January 1978.[11] As a result, the old Jalan Gombak was re-gazetted as the Federal Route 68. In 1994, the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway FT2 was upgraded to a full controlled-access expressway by twinning the entire section, including the construction of the second tunnel beside the existing Genting Sempah Tunnel for eastbound traffic. The upgrade works began in 1994 by MTD Prime and was completed in 1998.[12] However, only 60 km of the 75-km highway forms the present-day Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2; the remaining 15 km forms a part of the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (KL MRR2) FT28 and Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway E33.

The construction of the extension of the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2, known as the East Coast Expressway, was first announced in 1994 when the expressway itself was still under upgrading works.[12] Initially, the East Coast Expressway was supposed to be constructed under a different route number by a consortium consisting MMC Corporation Berhad (through its subsidiary, Projek Lebuhraya Timur Sdn. Bhd. (Pelita)), MTD Group and Malaysian Resource Corporation Berhad (MRCB),[13] but was ultimately constructed by MTD Group in 2001 after the former consortium withdrew from the job due to the effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.[14] The East Coast Expressway was opened to motorists on 1 August 2004, taking the role of the Federal Route 2 as the main east–west route from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan.[15] The expressway retained the E8 route number similar to the upgraded Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2, which was also operated by MTD Group (now ANIH Berhad).

List of junctions and towns (west–east)

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Km Exit Interchange/Junctions[3] To Remarks
Port KlangBulatan Simpang Lima see also Persiaran Raja Muda Musa
Klang
Bulatan Simpang LimaBulatan Simpang Empat
see also Jalan Jambatan Kota
KlangKuala Lumpur see also Federal Highway
Kuala Lumpur see also
Jalan Syed Putra
Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1
Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Genting Klang–Pahang Highway
FT 68 Jalan Gombak
Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam
Kuala LumpurGombak see also
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway AH141 Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
(old route to Greenwood Interchange at Route FT 28)
GombakGombak Utara see also
FT 28 AH141 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2
Gombak UtaraKarak see also
East Coast Expressway AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway
Karak-ECE North
C138 Jalan FELDA Mempaga
FELDA Mempaga
Pusat Serenti Mempaga

East
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway
Kuala Terengganu
Kuantan
Lanchang
Interchange
Taman Karak Jaya
Taman Karak Indah
Karak
230 Karak
Simpang Pelangai Junctions
South
FT 9 Tampin
FT 9 Kuala Pilah
FT 9 Kuala Klawang
FT 9 Telemung
T-junctions
Taman Seri Bentong
231 Kampung Lengkong Junctions North
C111 Jalan Lengkong
C111 Kampung Lengkong
T-junctions
Bentong–Temerloh district border
232 Mempateh Junctions North
C115 Jalan Teris
C115 Kampung Teris
FT 236 Kampung Balok
FT 236 FELDA Lakum
FT 8 Raub
T-junctions
Lanchang
'
North
FT 236 Jalan Lanchang
FT 236 Kampung Bolok
FT 236 Cempaka
FT 236 FELDA Lakum
FT 8 Raub
FT 8 Kuala Lipis
FT 236 Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Kuantan
Kuala Terengganu
T-junctions
Sungai Cermang bridge
Kampung Sementih
Kampung Rantau Panjang
Kampung Woh
Kampung Bongsu
Kampung Sungai Kepung
Desa Bakti
Taman Mentakab Indah
Kampung Batu Tiga
233 Mentakab (West) Junction North
FT 87 Mentakab
FT 98 Jerantut
FT 98 Taman Negara
East Coast Expressway East Coast Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Kuantan
Kuala Terengganu
T-junctions
MentakabTemerloh see also Mentakab–Temerloh Bypass
235 Temerloh Interchange North
FT 10 Town centre
FT 87 Mentakab
FT 98 Jerantut
FT 98 Taman Negara
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Kuantan
Kuala Terengganu

South
FT 10 Bera
FT 10 Teriang
FT 10 Bahau
FT 10 Gemas
FT 10 Bera Lake
Roundabout and Parcelo Interchange
Temerloh Rest and Service Area West bound
Sungai Pahang Bridge
Jambatan Sultan Ahmad Shah
(Temerloh Bridge)
Jalan Kampung Seberang North
C123 Jalan Kampung Seberang
Kampung Seberang
Batu Sawar
Rantau Makmur
T-junctions
Kampung Tebal
Temerloh Restaurant and Rest Plaza Petronas
Maju Curry House Restaurant
East bound
Taman Harapan
236 Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah
Jalan Paya Luas
South
C125 Jalan Paya Luas
Kampung Paya Luas
Kampung Paya Pulai
Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Temerloh
T-junctions
237 Gunung Senyum Junction
Jalan Padang Tenggala
West
C123 Jalan Padang Tenggala
Kampung Padang Tenggala
C123 Batu Sawar
C123 Rantau Makmur
Gunung Senyum
T-junctions
Kampung Jaya 3
Kampung Jaya 5
Paya Pulai
Kampung Paya Pulai Tengah
Kampung Batu Empat
Jalan Kampung Guai South
Jalan Kampung Guai
Kampung Guai
Charuk Puting
T-junctions
Kampung Paya Pulai
Temerloh–Maran district border
Kampung Awah
238 Kampung Awah Junctions North
FT 83 Jalan Bandar Pusat Jengka
FT 83 Bandar Pusat Jengka
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Terengganu
Kuantan
T-junctions
Taman Awah Indah
Awah
239 Jalan Pekan Sehari Kampung Awah Intersections South
FT 232 Jalan Pekan Sehari Kampung Awah
Pekan Sehari Kampung Awah
T-junctions
Kampung Rantau Panjang
Kampung Bukit Lada
240 Jalan Chenor Junctions South
C23 Jalan Chenor
Chenor
T-junctions
Kampung Jengka Batu Tiga Belas
Sungai Jengka bridge
Kampung Paya Pasir
Sungai Leng
Bukit Genting Rest Service Area & Paya Pasir Forest Reserve Bukit Genting Rest Service Area & Paya Pasir Recreation Area
Sungai Irok bridge
Kampung Telut
Sungai Jempul bridge
241 Pekan Tajau Junctions North
FT 62 Jalan Bandar Pusat Jengka Timur
FT 62 Bandar Pusat Jengka

South
Jalan Kuala Jempul
Kampung Kuala Jempul
T-junctions
Seri Jengka Rest and Service Area
Kampung Sentosa
FELDA Bukit Tajau FELDA Bukit Tajau T-junctions
Sungai Kemak
242 Jalan Lubuk Paku Junctions South
C21 Jalan Lubuk Paku
Lubuk Paku
T-junctions
243 Sungai Jerik Junctions North
FT 64 Jerantut
FT 64 Bandar Pusat Jengka
T-junctions
Maran Maran town centre
Maran District and Land Office
Maran District Mosque
Maran Southeast
C133 Jalan Kampung Bak Bak
Kampung Bak Bak
244 Serangkam Junction South
C133 Jalan Serangkam
Kampung Bak-Bak
Kampung Serangkam
T-junctions
Sungai Maran bridge
Taman Maran Impian
245 Maran Junction
Maran-ECE
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway

West
Kuala Lumpur
Temerloh
Chenor
Maran Layby

East
Kuala Terengganu
Kuantan
Sri Jaya
T-junctions
Kampung Bentung
Kampung Teras
Sungai Luit bridge
Kampung Luit
Jalan Ulu Luit North
C135 Jalan Ulu Luit
Kampung Ulu Luit
T-junctions
Kampung Kertam
FELDA New Zealand North
FT 1485 Jalan FELDA New Zealand
FELDA New Zealand
T-junctions
Sri Jaya
246 Sri Jaya Junctions
Sri Jaya-ECE
East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway

West
Kuala Lumpur
Temerloh
Maran

East
Kuala Terengganu
Kuantan
Gambang
Gambang Rest and Service Area
T-junctions
247 Jalan Belimbing Junctions South
C19 Jalan Belimbing
Belimbing
Tasik Chini
T-junctions
Kampung Batu 37
Maran–Kuantan district border
Kampung Paya Bungor
Lake Paya Bungor Lake Paya Bungor
V
Kampung Paya Merbau
Kampung Gelugur
Kampung Berkelah
Sungai Lepar bridge
Hutan Lipur Berkelah
Sungai Berkelah bridge
Kampung Batu Licin
Kampung Semugi
Kampung Pohol
Paya Besar
Sungai Belat
Gambang
GambangKuantan see also Gambang–Kuantan Highway
257 Padang Lalang Junctions East
FT 135 Jalan Teluk Sisik
FT 135 Teluk Cempedak

South
FT 183 Tanjung Lumpur Highway
FT 183 Tanjung Lumpur
FT 3 AH18 Pekan
FT 3 AH18 Johor Bahru
FT 230 Pantai Sepat
Junctions
2-- Jalan Haji Ahmad Junctions Northwest
FT 238 Jalan Haji Ahmad
Galing
Semambu
Jabur
T-junctions
Sungai Galing bridge
2-- Jalan Air Putih Junctions North
Jalan Air Putih
Air Putih
T-junctions
Taman Beserah
Sungai Alor Akar bridge
258 Alor Akar Junctions Northwest
FT 3486 Jalan Semambu
Semambu
Jabur

South
FT 227 Jalan Tengku Muhamad
FT 135 Teluk Cempedak
Junctions
Kampung Ceti Kampung Pelindung T-junctions
Kampung Alur Tuan Haji
Kampung Rumbia Kampung Rumbia
Kampung Pasir Garam
Kampung Bugis
T-junctions
Kampung Jeram Beserah
Jalan Stesen Satelit Bumi Kuantan West
FT 423 Jalan Stesen Satelit Bumi Kuantan
Kuantan Satellite Earth Station
Taman Beserah
Taman Perumahan Bukit Beserah
T-junctions
Sungai Beserah bridge
Kampung Tuan
Beserah Beserah Beach
V
T-junctions
Kampung Batu Hitam Batu Hitam Beach
V
T-junctions
Kampung Sungai Karang Sungai Karang Beach
V
T-junctions
Pengkalan Damar West
Jalan Pengkalan Damar
Pengkalan Damar
T-junctions
Sungai Karang bridge
Swiss Garden Resort
Duta Vista Resort
Kampung Balok Baru
Kampung Balok
Sungai Balok bridge
Kampung Seberang Balok
Kampung Berahi
259 Kuantan Bypass Junctions West
FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Bypass
Gebeng
Kemaman
Kuala Terengganu
Cherating
T-junctions
Kampung Selamat
2-- Kuantan Port Junctions Kuantan Port Industrial Area
Kemaman
Kuala Terengganu
T-junctions
Kuantan Port
Lembaga Pelabuhan Kuantan (LPKtn) and Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd border limit
260 Pengorak Junctions Northeast
FT 435 Jalan Tanjung Gelang
Tanjung Gelang
TLDM Tanjung Gelang Naval Base
T-junctions
Lembaga Pelabuhan Kuantan (LPKtn) flat quarters
Kuantan Port
Customs checkpoint
Customs U-Turn
Kuantan Port
Customs checkpoint
Customs Customs
Kuantan Port

See also

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References

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