Federal Highway, Malaysia

Malaysia road routebox
code= JKR|2
road= 2
length-km= Total length
45 km
Toll highway
(Sungai Rasau - Batu Tiga)
16 km
(Kota Darul Ehsan - Seputeh)
4 km
Non-tolled highway
(Klang - Bulatan Berkeley)
-- km
(Subang Jaya - Kota Darul Ehsan)
-- km
direction= West - East
start= Klang, Selangor
destinations= Port Klang
Sungai Rasau
Shah Alam
Batu Tiga
Subang Jaya
Petaling Jaya
Bangsar
Kuala Lumpur
end= Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur
construction-date= 1965
completion-date= 1967
junctions= JKR|2 Jalan Jambatan Kota
JKR|5 Federal route 5
MES-E|30 JKR|20 North Klang Straits Bypass
JKR|3214 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga
Persiaran Tujuan
JKR|15 Subang Airport-Kewajipan Highway
Majlis Link
MES-E|11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway
MES-E|10New Pantai Expressway
MES-E|23Sprint Expressway = Kerinchi Link
JKR|2Jalan Syed Putra
JKR|2Jalan Klang Lama
MES-E|37Salak Expressway

Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor. The Federal Highway is coded as Federal Route JKR|2.

History

The history of the highway started after the separation of Singapore from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, when the Malaysian government decided to make Port Swettenham (now Port Klang) as Malaysia's new national port as a replacement of Singapore. As a result, the government planned to build a highway connecting Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur. The highway originally started from Jalan Syed Putra / Jalan Klang Lama interchange to Klang but was extended to Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway interchange and finally to Cheras Highway. The highway was originally a 4-lane limited access highway except for the Petaling Jaya stretch where it became 6-lane highway. However, in 1992 PLUS Expressway Berhad, the concession holder of North-South Expressway has upgraded the entire highway to a 6-lane highway with two toll plazas, Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau. The 6-lane toll highway had begun in operation on 11 May 1993. The highway handles incredible volumes of traffic and one should expect a significant jam at more or less any time of day.The section of the highway from Subang Jaya to Kota Darul Ehsan near Petaling Jaya are paved with asphalt. The exit number system similar to toll expressways was introduced in 2007 at Federal Highway; thus making the Federal Highway as the first and currently the only federal expressway with expressway exit numbering system.

Benefits of Highway

The highway serves as the main highway of Klang Valley conurbation since it connects major cities of the conurbation including Klang, Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. However, the increase of traffic as a result of the population increase peaked the capacity of the highway in the mid-1990s and therefore massive daily traffic jams along Federal Highway are common especially early in the morning and late afternoon. As a result, the government began to build new expressways to reduce the congestion of Federal Highway, which were viewed as an unwise choice since those new expressways were unable to reduce the traffic rate on Federal Highway. Instead, these newer highways are just burdening the residents of Klang Valley with their toll rates.

Current developments

Upgrading of the Subang Airport Interchange and the Majlis Link

The upgrading of the Subang Airport Interchange including main link of Subang-Kelana Jaya Link from Subang Airport Highway (route JKR|15) of Federal Highway (route JKR|2) to Persiaran Kewajipan near Menara Mesiniaga had began on the end of 2005 and the construction of the new Majlis Link on September 2005. Both project are led by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR). While the main contractor are the Ahmad Zaki Resources Berhad (AZRB) and Ho Hup Construction Company Berhad (HHCC). The Majlis Link was completed on March 2007 while the Subang Airport Interchange is expected to be completed on September 2009.

Features

Landmarks

*The main landmarks of Federal Highway is Kota Darul Ehsan, the biggest arch in Malaysia located in Petaling Jaya. It was built on the orders of the former Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah to commemorate the cession of Kuala Lumpur to the federal government on 1 February 1974.
*Another landmarks are Tugu Keris (Kris Monument) located near Sungai Rasau toll plaza in Klang and a clock tower in Subang Airport Highway (route JKR|15) interchange near Subang Jaya.

Other features

*Federal Highway also has a motorcycle lane to avoid accidents between cars and motorcycles in that area.

*Bulatan Darul Ehsan aka Shah Alam Cloverleaf Interchange in Shah Alam, Selangor is the biggest cloverleaf interchange in Malaysia.

*Many breweries along this highway including Guinness-Anchor Berhad (GAB) brewery in Seri Setia and Carlsberg brewery in Shah Alam.

Controversial issues

Construction of the Petronas and ProJet Layby near Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) site

Notable events

*18 December 1988 - R Arumugam. Malaysian's national football player died in a car accident on Federal Highway near Petaling Jaya. "(Source: Muzium Sultan Alam Shah, Shah Alam)"

Toll rates

ungai Rasau toll plaza (SGR)

ee also

*Persiaran Raja Muda Musa
*Jalan Klang Lama
*Jalan Syed Putra
*Malaysia Federal Route 2
*Malaysian expressway system
*Malaysian Federal Roads system
*Highway

External links

* [http://www.plus.com.my PLUS Expressway Berhad]
* [http://www.plus.com.my/plusberhad/index.asp PLUS]
* [http://www.itis.com.my Integrated Transport Information Systems]
* [http://www.jkr.gov.my Malaysian Public Works Department]
* [http://www.llmnet.gov.my Malaysian Highway Authority]