Second East–West Highway

Federal Route 185
Second East-West Highway
Route information
Length:	313.6 km (194.9 mi)
Existed:	2001 – present
History:	Completed in 2004
Major junctions
West end:	Simpang Pulai, Perak
	Federal Route 1 Federal Route 59 Federal Route 8
East end:	Kuala Berang, Terengganu
Location
Primary destinations:	Ipoh Cameron Highlands Kota Bharu Kuala Lipis Gua Musang Kenyir Lake Kuala Terengganu
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways • Federal • State

Second East-West Highway, Federal Route (Malay: Lebuhraya Timur-Barat Kedua) is a highway in Peninsular Malaysia which connects Simpang Pulai in Perak to Gua Musang in Kelantan. The highway is expected to be extended further east to Kuala Terengganu in the future. This highway features a four-lane carriageway from Simpang Pulai to Cameron Highlands and a two-lane carriageway from Cameron Highlands to Gua Musang. It is notorious for its many sharp corners which increase the risk of road accidents.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 185 is located at Simpang Pulai, Perak, at its junctions with the Federal Route , the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

The highway was formerly known as Perak State Route

A181

from Simpang Pulai to Pos Slim before being extended eastwards and recommissioned as a federal highway. The construction of the highway began in 2001 and was completed in 2004. Phase 2 should be completed by end 2010.

Location of the project

The proposed route runs through the states of Perak, Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu, starting at Simpang Pulai and traversing through the main range at Lojing, and ending at Kuala Berang.

Project scope of work

Second East-West Highway near Cameron Highlands.

The total distance of the proposed road is 313.66 km (194.90 mi), excluding the 41 km (-- miles) existing road from Gua Musang to Chiku, Kelantan. The road is designed to Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) geometric standard of R3 with a design speed of 50 km/h (-- mph).

In terms of riding comfort, this R3 standard falls in between the R5 or R6 standard for expressway (typically with a design speed of 80-110 km/h (-- mph)) and R1 or R2 standard such as the winding hilly road (typically with a design speed of 20-30 km/h (-- mph)).

Typically, the road is a two-lane single carriageway with a lane width of 3.5m (-- ft) and shoulder width of 2.5m (-- ft). Climbing lanes are also provided at certain sections with steep gradient, to assist slow moving vehicles. The project also involves the construction of viaducts, bridges and culverts.

Estimated cost

The entire project is estimated to cost RM1.6 billion and divided into 10 packages for implementation

Features

Notable features

At most section, the Federal Route 185 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

Overlaps

Alternate routes

Sections with motorcycle lanes

Notable events

• 20 December, 2010 – Twenty-seven people, mostly Thai tourist were killed when the double-decked coach bus they were travelling in crashed at the Second East-West Highway of the Perak-Pahang border near Cameron Highlands, Pahang.

List of Junctions and Towns

This is a list of junctions and towns along the highway.

Km	Exit	Junctions	To	Remarks
0		SIMPANG PULAI	NORTH Ipoh SOUTH Batu Gajah Gopeng AH2 NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE Bukit Kayu Hitam Penang Kuala Lumpur	T-Junctions
SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 1) Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang Start/End of highway
		--- m above sea level		Start/End of six-lane carriageway
		Kampung Raja --- m above sea level
15		--- m above sea level
Perak Darul Ridzuan Kinta district border
Perak-Pahang border --- m above sea level
Pahang Darul Makmur Cameron Highlands district border
		CAMERON HIGHLANDS (North) --- m above sea level	SOUTH Cameron Highlands Brinchang	T-Junctions
		--- m above sea level		Start/End of six-lane carriageway
		--- m above sea level		Start/End of single carriageway
Pahang Darul Makmur Cameron Highlands district border
Pahang-Kelantan border --- m above sea level
Kelantan Darul Naim Gua Musang district border
		Pos Sigar --- m above sea level	Pos Sigar Orang Asli village	T-junctions
		Pos Brooke --- m above sea level	Pos Brooke Orang Asli village	T-junctions
		Pos Mering --- m above sea level	Pos Mering Orang Asli village Lojing Highlands	T-junctions
		Lojing --- m above sea level	Lojing Highlands	T-junctions
		Sungai Berok bridge --- m above sea level
		Kampung Sungkai --- m above sea level
		Jalan Ulu Nenggiri --- m above sea level	WEST D30 JALAN ULU NENGGIRI Ulu Nenggiri Kampung Pilting	T-junctions
SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 1) Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang
		GUA MUSANG	NORTH D29 JALAN DABONG-GUA MUSANG Dabong Jeli SOUTH Kuala Lipis Jerantut Taman Negara Raub	Junctions
		Chiku	NORTH Kota Bharu Kuala Krai	T-junctions
SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 2) Gua Musang-Kuala Berang Under construction
		Kampung Kabang --- m above sea level
		Sungai Lebir bridge --- m above sea level
		Kampung Lanchang --- m above sea level
Kelantan Darul Naim Gua Musang district border
Kelantan-Terengganu border --- m above sea level
Terengganu Darul Iman Hulu Terengganu district border
		Sungai Kembur Viaduct --- m above sea level
		Sungai Kelempai Viaduct --- m above sea level
		Sungai Purun Viaduct --- m above sea level
		Pasir Pulau Bridge Kenyir Lake --- m above sea level
		Kenyir Lake Pasir Pulau --- m above sea level	Kenyir Lake
SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 2) Gua Musang-Kuala Berang Under construction
		KUALA BERANG	SOUTH Kuala Berang	T-junctions
			EAST Bukit Payong Kuala Terengganu EAST COAST EXPRESSWAY Kota Bharu Besut Kuala Lumpur Kuantan

See also

• East-West Highway