Federal Highway, Malaysia

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Federal route 2

Length	Total length 45 km Toll highway (Sungai Rasau-Batu Tiga) Klang-Subang Jaya 16 km Non-tolled highway Subang Jaya-Seputeh -- km
Direction	West - East
Start	Klang, Selangor
Main destinations	Shah Alam Subang Jaya Petaling Jaya Bangsar Kuala Lumpur
End	Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur
Construction Began	1965
Construction End	1967
Roads joined	5 Federal route 5 20 E 30 North Klang Straits Bypass B9 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga Persiaran Tujuan 15 Subang Airport Highway E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway E 10New Pantai Expressway E 23Sprint Expressway = Kerinchi Link 2Jalan Syed Putra 2Jalan Klang Lama E 27Salak Expressway
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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 2.

1 History
2 Benefits of Highway
3 Current developments
4 Features
- 4.1 Landmarks
- 4.2 Other features
5 Controversial issues
- 5.1 Construction of the Petronas and ProJet Layby near Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) site
6 Notable events
7 Toll rates
- 7.1 Sungai Rasau toll plaza (SGR)
- 7.2 Batu Tiga toll plaza (BTT)
8 List of Interchange
9 See also
10 External links

[edit] 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 plaza, Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau. The 6-lane toll highway had began 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 Federal Highway, connecting Kuala Lumpur and Klang, Selangor.

The Petaling Jaya stretch of the Federal Highway leading towards Kuala Lumpur

[edit] 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.

[edit] Current developments

The upgraded of the Subang Airport Interchange including main link of Subang-Kelana Jaya Link from Subang Airport Highway (route 15) of Federal Highway (route 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).

[edit] Features

[edit] 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 15) interchange near Subang Jaya.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Controversial issues

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Toll rates

[edit] Sungai Rasau toll plaza (SGR)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM1.00
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM1.30
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM2.00
4	Taxis	RM0.40
5	Buses	RM0.80

[edit] Batu Tiga toll plaza (BTT)

Class	Type of vehicles	Rate (in Malaysian Ringgit (RM))
0	Motorcycles, bicycles or vehicles with 2 or less wheels	Free
1	Vehicles with 2 axles and 3 or 4 wheels excluding taxis	RM1.10
2	Vehicles with 2 axles and 5 or 6 wheels excluding buses	RM1.50
3	Vehicles with 3 or more axles	RM2.20
4	Taxis	RM0.40
5	Buses	RM0.90

[edit] List of Interchange

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			WEST 2PERSIARAN SULTAN IBRAHIM 5Banting 2Port Klang	Start/End of highway
	1	KLANG Bulatan Simpang Empat	Town centre NORTH B1Meru 5 Kapar 5 Kuala Selangor	Roundabout interchange
2 PERSIARAN SULTAN IBRAHIM JKR border limit
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY Start/End of toll highway PLUS Expressway border limit
	2	Berkeley	Taman Berkeley B6Jalan Batu Tiga Lama B5Jalan Dato' Mohd Sidin (Connaught Bridge)	Roundabout interchange
	3	Bandar Baru Klang	20 E 30NORTH KLANG STRAITS BYPASS NORTH Bandar Baru Klang Port Klang Kapar Meru SOUTH B6Jalan Batu Tiga Lama	Diamond interchange
		Tugu Keris
Klang-Petaling district border
		Sungai Rasau	B6Jalan Batu Tiga Lama Jalan Sungai Rasau	Klang bound
Sungai Rasau toll plaza SGR RM (Cash) TnG POS TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		P Sungai Rasau toll plaza SGR TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	Kuala Lumpur bound
	4	Padang Jawa	Padang Jawa Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Selangor state headquarters Shah Alam via Persiaran Kayangan Section 1 until 14 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)	Diamond interchange
		P Petronas ProJet 7-Eleven Petronas and ProJet Layby	Petronas KFC ATM ProJet 7-Eleven ATM	Kuala Lumpur bound
		P BH Petrol BH Petrol Layby	BH Petrol ATM	Klang bound
	5	Bulatan Darul Ehsan (Shah Alam main interchange)	PERSIARAN SULTAN NORTH Shah Alam city centre Section 1 until 14 SOUTH Shah Alam Industrial Area Section 15 until 20	Cloverleaf interchange
	6	Bulatan Melawati	NORTH Shah Alam city centre Shah Alam Stadium Section 1 until 14 SOUTH B7SHAH ALAM-PUCHONG HIGHWAY Shah Alam Industrial Area Section 15 until -- E 11Puchong	Roundabout interchange
		PEsso and Shell Layby	Esso ATM Shell ATM	Kuala Lumpur bound
		Persiaran Selangor off ramp (Carlsberg Brewery off ramp)	B6PERSIARAN SELANGOR Carlsberg Brewery Shah Alam Industrial Area Section 15 until 16	From Kuala Lumpur only
15.1	7	Batu Tiga	B9JALAN SUBANG-BATU TIGA NORTH 3212Glenmarie B9Taman TTDI Jaya E 35GUTHRIE CORRIDOR EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Rawang Sungai Buloh SOUTH B9Batu Tiga B9Puchong E 6NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY CENTRAL LINK Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Johor Bahru
Batu Tiga toll plaza BTT RM (Cash) TnG POS TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
16		P Batu Tiga toll plaza BTT TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	Kuala Lumpur bound
16		P Shell Shell Layby	Shell	Klang bound Opening soon
17	8	Subang Jaya (West)	Persiaran Tujuan Subang Jaya	Trumpet interchange
	9	Subang Airport Highway	NORTH 15SUBANG AIRPORT HIGHWAY Subang Airport Subang Sungai Buloh E 1NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Klang OFF RAMP Persiaran Kewajipan Subang Jaya	Stacked interchange Off ramp to Subang Jaya only From Kuala Lumpur only
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY Start/End of toll highway PLUS Expressway border limit
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY JKR border limit
	10	Majlis Link	Jalan Majlis Kelana Jaya Sungei Way Free Trade Zone	Interchange From/To Klang only
		Nanyang Siang Pau off ramp	Jalan SS 7/2 Stadium Petaling Jaya	From Klang only
		Setia Jaya	More shophouses LP Furnishing Centre Setia Jaya Komuter station KTM Komuter = Sentul-Port Klang Line
	11	Freescale (formerly Motorola)	E 11DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY NORTH Sungai Buloh Kepong Damansara SOUTH Bandar Sunway Puchong Putrajaya	Multi-level single-point urban interchange
		Seri Setia off ramp	Seri Setia	Off ramp From Klang only
		Seri Setia Komuter station	KTM Komuter = Sentul-Port Klang Line
	12	Jalan Klang Lama	E 10NEW PANTAI EXPRESSWAY Jalan Klang Lama Pantai Bahru Bangsar Salak South Seremban	Expressway Interchange From/To Klang only
		Cycle & Carriage	Jalan 225	Kuala Lumpur bound
	13	Jalan Templer	Jalan PP Narayanan (Jalan 222) Jalan Templer Petaling Jaya old town	Diamond interchange
	14	Petaling Jaya (West)	Jalan Barat Asia Jaya LRT station Petaling Jaya city centre	Diamond interchange
	15	Petaling Jaya (East)	Jalan Timur Taman Jaya LRT station Petaling Jaya city centre	Diamond interchange
	16	Jalan Gasing (KWSP)	Jalan Gasing Jalan Universiti University Malaya Medical Centre	Half diamond interchange From/To Kuala Lumpur only
Selangor Darul Ehsan Petaling district border JKR border limit
Kota Darul Ehsan Arch Selangor-FT Kuala Lumpur border
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur DBKL border limit
	17	Kerinchi	E 23SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = KERINCHI LINK NORTH Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas Damansara BELOW FLYOVER Jalan Pantai Bahru Menara Telekom Bangsar Universiti Malaya Kerinchi Universiti LRT station	Directional T expressway interchange Diamond interchange
	18	Mid Valley City	Bangsar Mid Valley City Mid Valley Megamall	Interchange From/To Klang only
	19	New Pantai Expressway ramp bypass	E 10NEW PANTAI EXPRESSWAY Pantai Bahru Petaling Jaya Bandar Sunway Subang Jaya	Bypass ramp to NPE only From Kuala Lumpur only NPE border limit
	20	Seputeh	NORTH 2JALAN SYED PUTRA Kuala Lumpur SOUTH 2JALAN KLANG LAMA Kuchai Lama	Stacked interchange Sprint border limit DBKL border limit
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY DBKL border limit
E 27 LEBUHRAYA TIMUR-BARAT/SALAK EXPRESSWAY Start/End of toll highway MetaCorp border limit
			E 27SALAK EXPRESSWAY 1Cheras E 7 1Kajang AH 2KUALA LUMPUR-SEREMBAN EXPRESSWAY E 6Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) E 2Seremban E 2Melaka E 2Johor Bahru

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

v • d • e Highways of the 2 Malaysia Federal Route 2
Persiaran Raja Muda Musa • Federal Highway • Jalan Klang Lama • Jalan Syed Putra • E 8 Karak Expressway • Mentakab-Temerloh Bypass • Gambang-Kuantan Highway

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