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48-595: The Rawang Bypass FT37 was built to solve the traffic congestion along the Malaysia Federal Route 1 in the town centre of Rawang. It was reported that the travelling time from Serendah to Selayang via the Kuala Lumpur–Ipoh Road FT1 may take up to 2 hours due to severe congestion in Rawang town centre. The Rawang Bypass FT37 helps to reduce the travelling time to only 30 minutes. The Rawang Bypass FT37

96-454: A heavy goods vehicles such as logging truck , cement truck , intermodal container truck , construction materials truck and other heavy goods vehicles (except tanker lorry , provision goods truck, road crane crane , tow truck , fire engine , ambulance , etc.) are banned from using roads, highways and expressways during festive seasons. A massive nationwide operation known as Ops Selamat (Previously named as Ops Sikap ) are held annually by

144-399: A result, right after Sarawak joined the federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, the federal government of Malaysia began to build a road network system connecting Sarawak to Sabah, known as Pan Borneo Highway . According to Malaysian Road Statistics 2021 by Public Works Department (JKR) Malaysia. The total length of federal roads is 20,017.97 km (12,438.59 mi) and state roads

192-587: A traffic dispersal means as well as providing the constant continuity of the FT1 route in Kuala Lumpur. One of the components of the new road system was the Jalan Kinabalu viaduct, which was opened on 15 March 1963. The government in 1977 proposed to build an alternative road that would later be known as North–South Expressway, due to severe congestion along Federal Route 1, but economic uncertainties caused delays and

240-451: Is 247,027.61 km (153,495.84 mi) (Grand total for federal/state roads is 290,099.38 km (180,259.40 mi) as of December 2021, not included local road and rural road under local government authority). (Source: Malaysian Road Statistics 2021 ) Federal routes are labeled with only numbers, for example Federal Route 1, while state routes are labeled with the state code letter followed by assigned numbers; for example Route (J)32

288-527: Is a Johor state road. However, federal route numbers can also be added with the FT- prefix, which is normally used by JKR and Malaysian police . For example, Federal Route 1 can also be written as Federal Route FT1. Both federal and state roads have blue road signs and the text colour is white. Most of the federal roads in Malaysia are two-lane roads. Malaysia implements a right-hand driving system where drivers drive on

336-401: Is a 9-km divided highway that runs from Templer Park to Serendah. It continues from Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway FT1, where the FT1 highway is diverted to Rawang, before ascending uphill via a 2.7-km viaduct with the gradient of 5.8%. The Rawang Bypass viaduct has its highest pillar at the height of 58.2 m, making it the second highest roadway viaduct in Malaysia. The remaining 6.3-km section

384-630: Is also one of the implementing agencies under the MOW (with the exception of Sabah and Sarawak , whereby JKR in these two states is under respective state government). Most of the federal roads in Peninsular Malaysia were built during the British colonial era before 1957. At that time, the British government built the roads in order to enable them to transport goods and commodities easier. In Sabah , most of

432-750: Is an international project between Asian nations to develop their highway systems which will form the main routes in the Asian Highway network. There are 7 Asian Highway routes passing through Malaysia - AH2 , AH18 , AH140 , AH141 , AH142 , AH143 , and AH150 . The Malaysian section of Route AH2 consists of:- The Malaysian section of Route AH18 consists of:- The Malaysian section of Route AH140 consists of:- The Malaysian section of Route AH141 consists of:- The Malaysian section of Route AH142 consists of:- The Malaysian section of Route AH143 consists of:- The Malaysian section of Route AH150 consists of:- Malaysian federal roads were previously maintained by

480-624: Is believed to be the nation's earliest public roadway constructed. Construction began in 1880 under the orders on the Sultan of Kedah at that time, Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah , connecting Alor Setar , Kedah to Songkhla , Thailand . Today, the road is also a part of the Phetkasem Road (Thailand Route 4), Routes 407 and 414 in Thailand. The road grew in importance as it connected most of

528-556: Is built at ground level. The Rawang Bypass FT37 ends at Kuala Lumpur—Ipoh Road FT1 near Serendah via a trumpet interchange. Along the FT37 highway, only two interchanges exist, with about three stub LILO intersections and a fast lane-to-fast lane U-turn near its northern terminus for southbound traffic. The Rawang Bypass FT37 project is a revival of the Kuala Lumpur Arah Serendah Expressway (KLAS), also known as

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576-463: Is connecting main divisions with exception of Mukah division . As for Kapit division , the only federal road serving this division is Jalan Bakun (starting from KM 95–KM 120). Coastal road of Bintulu–Miri is a still in dispute between federal government and state government right of maintenance. It is due to the construction is federal funded, but the compensation and acquisition of land are from Sarawak state government. No federal roads are isolated from

624-516: Is paved with concrete from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia interchange to Taman Sri Pulai junction and Sitiawan–Batak Rabit road (Federal route 5) from Sitiawan to Kota Setia . Meanwhile, at Federal Highway linking Klang to Kuala Lumpur, the section of the highway from Subang Jaya to Kota Darul Ehsan near Petaling Jaya are paved with asphalt . Sarawak has some of the most extensive federal road network in Malaysia. All federal roads in Sarawak

672-777: Is the main national road network in Malaysia . All Federal Roads in Malaysia are under the purview of the Ministry of Works (MOW). According to the Ministerial Functions Act 1969 , the MOW is responsible to plan, build and maintain all Federal Roads gazetted under the Federal Roads Act 1959. However, most of the Federal roads' projects were built and maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR), which

720-561: The Jalan Kepong FT54 , in return for the nine-year toll collection rights starting from 1987 until 1996. However, in 1987, the concessionaire agreement was amended, and Kamunting Corporation Berhad was required to add two more lanes from the existing four lanes along Jalan Kuching FT1, resulting in another 7-year extension of toll concession which was ended in 2003. The toll collection at Jalan Kuching FT1 had sparked fury among Kuala Lumpurian motorists, and numerous protests were held to urge

768-628: The Johor–Singapore Causeway was completed, connecting Johor Bahru to the island of Singapore . The next sections being completed were Butterworth–Alor Setar and Kulai–Yong Peng sections, both were opened to traffic in 1928. The entire roadway was finally concluded in 1939 after the completion of the final section connecting Yong Peng to Tampin in 1939. During the Second World War , the Federal Route 1 sustained heavy damage during

816-656: The Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Expressway , which was scrapped due to the effect of the 1997 Asian financial crisis . The project was initially supposed to be constructed as a controlled-access expressway that would run along the Federal Route 1 corridor, with LeKLAS Sdn. Bhd. being appointed as its concessionaire and constructor. The project was revived by the federal government in 2005 as the Rawang Bypass project due to severe traffic congestion in Rawang. However,

864-765: The Malayan Campaign between the British army and the Imperial Japanese Army . During the campaign, it was estimated that more than 100 bridges were blown by the Royal Engineers in order to stop the Japanese advances southwards. Among the most famous bridges being blown were the Sungai Kelamah Bridge (also known as the Gemencheh Bridge), Gemas Bridge and Buloh Kasap Bridge – all of them were located at

912-554: The North–South Expressway Northern Route E1 at Jitra , Kedah and the section of the North–South Expressway from Jitra to Bukit Kayu Hitam is a part of the Federal Route 1. There are 92 street names associated with the Federal Route 1 along its entire length. It is estimated that over a million Malaysians rely on the Federal Route 1 users as their main economic source. The Federal Route 1

960-647: The Skudai Highway FT1 was completed in November 1985 as a tolled divided highway until 1 March 2004. Meanwhile, Jalan Cheras–Kajang FT1 was upgraded from the former two-lane road into an eight-lane controlled-access expressway known as the Cheras–Kajang Expressway E7/FT1. The expressway was opened to traffic on 15 January 1999. Much of the road remains in use, although in September 2009, portions of

1008-441: The FT1 route within Kuala Lumpur consisted of Jalan Cheras, Jalan Pudu, Jalan Tun Perak (formerly known as Java Street and then Mountbatten Road), Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Ipoh (both previously known as Batu Road). Under the recommendation from the 1979 Klang Valley Review Report, the FT1 route in Kuala Lumpur was rerouted to a new road system consisting Jalan Loke Yew, Jalan Maharajalela, Jalan Kinabalu and Jalan Kuching as

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1056-618: The Federal Route 1 is located at the former site of the now-demolished Tanjung Puteri CIQ Complex in Johor Bahru , where it connected to the Johor–Singapore Causeway at the Malaysia–Singapore border . Since 2008, the Federal Route 1 has been disconnected from the Causeway when the new Sultan Iskandar CIQ Complex was opened, with new access roads linking the Causeway to the CIQ Complex. At

1104-508: The Federal Route 1 – as a result of the Battle of Gemas which had claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Imperial Japanese soldiers. After the Second World War ended, the FT1 road was restored and damaged bridges were rebuilt. Numerous improvements were implemented on Federal Route 1 after the independence of Malaya in 1957 and the formation of Malaysia in 1963. Among the earliest improvements

1152-589: The Public Works Department itself; since 2000, several private contractors were appointed by the JKR to provide maintenance to the federal roads by region. The default speed limit and National Speed Limits is 90 km/h (56 mph); however, a lower speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph) has been implemented during festive seasons starting from the 2006 Hari Raya Aidilfitri as a preventive measure to reduce accidents during festive seasons. In town areas,

1200-510: The Rawang Bypass project was constructed not as a controlled-access toll expressway but rather as a limited-access divided highway . The contract of the RM628 million highway construction job was awarded to Syarikat Panzana Enterprise Sdn. Bhd. Construction of the Rawang Bypass FT37 commenced on 16 July 2005. Construction of the Rawang Bypass project was divided into two stages. The first stage

1248-515: The border of the Selangor State Heritage Park to minimize the negative impact towards the critically endangered Giam Kanching trees which is an endemic species and can only be found nowhere else but in the heritage park. Through the viaduct construction approach, the affected forest area was reduced from 65 hectares to only 24 hectares. The Rawang Bypass FT37 was completed on 21 November 2017, after 12 years of construction. Due to

1296-475: The extreme left side of each direction and only separated from the main lanes by black-and-white stripes to enable motorcyclists to overtake slower motorcycles and to turn right to exit the road. Some expressways in Malaysia such as Federal Highway and Skudai Highway are federally funded, therefore all federally funded expressways are also classified as federal roads. Nearly all federal roads are paved with typical tarmac except Skudai-Pontian Highway which

1344-534: The federal roads were built during the occupation of British North Borneo under North Borneo Chartered Company administration, and unlike most federal roads in Peninsular Malaysia which uses only numbers to label federal roads, Sabah federal road codes begin with the letter A followed by route number. However, in Sarawak , no road network system was developed during the rule of White Rajah Brooke dynasty. As

1392-422: The first kilometre at the city of Johor Bahru , it is connected with the Federal Route 3 , the main trunk road of the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Next, at Kilometre 19 which is at Skudai , the route is connected with the Federal Route 5 which is the main trunk road of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The Federal Route 1 is the main trunk road at the interior part of Peninsular Malaysia but passes

1440-473: The former section between Slim River to Tanjung Malim, which would later be downgraded to Perak State Route A121 and Federal Route 193 . The improvements of the FT1 route were also being implemented within the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur as well, in order to improve the highway network within the city. A lack of proper highway planning was blamed for the severe congestion in the city. At that time,

1488-546: The government to end the toll collection there. The toll collection at Jalan Kuching FT1 was finally abolished on 8 January 2003. Where the Jitra–Bukit Kayu Hitam section was constructed as an upgrade of the existing Federal Route 1 section into a divided highway with partial access control and at-grade intersections . At that time, the construction of the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway E2

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1536-584: The junction of Taman Makmur in Sungai Siput , Perak. [REDACTED] FT 19 Simpang Ampat [REDACTED] FT 19 Melaka [REDACTED] FT 19 Cheng [REDACTED] FT 19 Peringgit [REDACTED] FT 19 Alor Gajah [REDACTED] [REDACTED] North–South Expressway Southern Route [REDACTED] AH2 North–South Expressway Southern Route Kuala Lumpur Johor Bahru Malaysian Federal Roads system Malaysian Federal Roads System ( Malay : Sistem Jalan Persekutuan Malaysia ),

1584-407: The left side of the road. However, there are in certain places where additional lanes are available. In town areas, federal roads may become four-lane roads to increase traffic capacity. In hilly areas, additional third climbing lane is available for slower vehicles such as buses and lorries. Some federal roads may have motorcycle lanes . On Malaysian federal roads, the motorcycle lanes are placed at

1632-443: The network unlike state roads. Uniquely in Sarawak, federal road network is adjoined internationally to Brunei highway at Sungai Tujuh ( Miri ) with Kuala Belait (Brunei), Tedungan ( Limbang ) with Kuala Lurah (Brunei), Limbang with Puni (Brunei), Lawas with Labu (Brunei) and also to Indonesian road network at Tebedu ( Serian district) with Entikong ( Kalimantan Barat , Indonesia ). Malaysian federal roads are subject to

1680-574: The oldest federal road in Malaysia, and among the nation's earliest public roadways ever constructed. The Federal Route 1 was the backbone of the road system in the western states of Peninsular Malaysia before being supplanted by the North–South Expressway (E1 and E2). The Federal Route 1 is one of the three north–south backbone federal highways in Peninsular Malaysia; the other two are the Federal Routes 3 and 5 . The Kilometre Zero of

1728-448: The project was only revived in the 1980s under Mahathir Mohamad . The most controversial development of the FT1 highway in Kuala Lumpur was the toll collection at Jalan Kuching FT1 . The nine-year concession of Jalan Kuching FT1 was awarded to Kamunting Corporation Berhad, signed on 15 April 1985. In the original concessionaire agreement, Kamunting Corporation Berhad was required to build an interchange at Kepong Roundabout and to upgrade

1776-410: The project. Initially, the planned route was longer, would be built completely on ground level and might run through the Selangor State Heritage Park and Templer Park . Due to protests from environmentalists and pressure from local residents who insisted on going ahead with the project despite possible environmental issues, the route was realigned and redesigned, and a 2.7-km viaduct was constructed along

1824-632: The road north of Ipoh were temporarily closed to facilitate double tracking and electrification along the Ipoh–Padang Besar railway line . In December 2022, a 9.4 km segment of the Ipoh-Butterworth trunk road has been renamed to "Jalan Tun Dr. S. Samy Vellu " in a tribute to the former works minister. This renaming, as per the Federal gazette, encompasses the stretch commencing at the Kinta-Kuala Kangsar district border and culminating at

1872-614: The rural highway standard adopted by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR), ranging from R1 and R1a (minor roads at villages and FELDA settlements with no access control and low speed limits) to R5 (federal roads or highways with limited access control and speed limits up to 90 km/h). R6 standard is exclusive for high-speed (up to 110 km/h) expressways with full access control. Mostly found at Peninsula Malaysia , Sabah and Sarawak . Mostly found at FELDA and FELCRA settlements in Peninsula Malaysia only. The road

1920-562: The section to be grandfathered as a part of the North–South Expressway E1. After the North–South Expressway was completed in 1994, the expressway took the role of the Federal Route 1 as the main backbone route in Peninsular Malaysia. Apart from the Jitra–Bukit Kayu Hitam section that was being upgraded to be a part of the North–South Expressway E1, there are some other sections of the FT1 highway that have been upgraded to toll roads and controlled-access expressways . For example,

1968-531: The speed limit is reduced to 60 km/h (37 mph). Speed traps are also deployed by the Malaysian police at many places along the federal roads. Malaysian federal roads are always sites of most of the road accidents in Malaysia, especially during festive seasons. During festive seasons such as Chinese New Year , Deepavali , Christmas and Hari Raya Aidilfitri , activities such as construction, road repairs and maintenance works have been stopped. Meanwhile,

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2016-588: The state capitals on the west coast (except Perlis and Malacca ), and as a result, numerous towns grew along its path. The next phases were mostly constructed by the British colonial government as a means to provide an efficient transportation network to exploit the economic resources in Malaya. The second section being completed was Perai–Ipoh section, opened to traffic in 1897. In 1915, the Kuala Lumpur – Ipoh and Johor Bahru – Kulai sections were completed. In 1924,

2064-413: The very long construction period, a hoax claiming the opening ceremony of the Rawang Bypass FT37 to be held on 15 November 2017 went viral through social media on 13 November 2017, which was denied by the Malaysian Public Works Department . Instead, the actual opening ceremony was held on 28 November 2017. Malaysia Federal Route 1 The Federal Route 1 is the first federal road in Malaysia ,

2112-531: The western states. From Tampin to Sungai Siput, the FT1 highway runs along the western foothills of the Titiwangsa Range . The FT1 highway intersects with the Federal Route 2 at Kuala Lumpur before intersecting with another end of the Federal Route 5 at Ipoh. At Sungai Siput , Perak , the route changes its direction westbound and later becomes the main west coastal route, starting from Changkat Jering , Perak to Alor Setar , Kedah . The route meets with

2160-976: Was built by FELDA or FELCRA and JKR. In Sarawak, federal roads for FELDA is in Lundu and for SALCRA is in Sarikei. Mostly found at the industrial areas in Peninsula Malaysia only. In Sarawak, there are two industrial federal roads, which are located at Pending Industrial Estate in Kuching and Kidurong Industrial Estate in Bintulu. Mostly found at the entrance to the federal institutional facilities such as university , institute , military bases , satellite earth stations , airports , TV and radio frequency stations , telecom exchange stations , hospitals and tourist attractions . * - Total width of 2-way road (Source: Arahan Teknik (Jalan) 8/86 - A Guide on Geometric Design of Roads, Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia ) Asian Highway Network

2208-473: Was still ongoing, and therefore the expressway would later form the pioneer route for the southern route . Unlike the other sections of the North–South Expressway, the Jitra–Bukit Kayu Hitam section did not comply with the expressway standards defined by the Arahan Teknik 8/86: A Guide on Geometric Design of Roads which was only published by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) later in 1986, resulting

2256-625: Was the construction of the Merdeka Bridge at the Penang–Kedah state border. It was constructed to replace the old bridge that was destroyed in 1942 during the Second World War. The bridge assumed its name for being opened to motorists during the year of Malayan independence. In 1966, the Tanjung Malim–Slim River Highway FT1 was opened to motorists, becoming the earliest toll road in Malaysia. The two-lane highway bypassed

2304-509: Was to upgrade the existing the 12.5-km two-lane Kuala Lumpur–Ipoh Road FT1 from Bandar Baru Selayang to Templer Park into a divided highway known as the Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway FT1, completed in 2007. The second stage was to build a completely new bypass route that diverts the through traffic away from the town centre of Rawang. The construction of the second stage took a longer time due to environmental concern towards

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