Second East-West Highway

Malaysia road routebox
code= JKR|185
road= 185
length-km= Total length
313.6 km
Phase 1
Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang
-- km
Phase 2
Gua Musang-Kota Bharu
-- km
direction= West - East
start= Simpang Pulai, Perak
destinations= Ipoh
Cameron Highlands
Kota Bharu
Kuala Lipis
Gua Musang
Kenyir Lake
Kuala Terengganu
end= Kuala Berang, Terengganu
construction-date= 2001
completion-date= 2004
junctions= JKR|1 Federal Route 1
MES-E|1 AHN-AH|2 North-South Expressway Northern Route
JKR|59 Federal Route 59
JKR|8 Federal Route 8

Second East-West Highway, Federal route JKR|185 (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.

History

Construction of the highway began in 2001 and was completed in 2004. Phase 2 should be completed by end 2008.

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

The total distance of the proposed road is 313.66 km (-- miles), 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

List of Junctions and Towns

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

See also

*East-West Highway