Federal Highway, Malaysia

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2 Federal route 2
Length (kilometres)	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	2 Jalan Jambatan Kota 5 Federal route 5 E 30 20 North Klang Straits Bypass 3214 Jalan Subang-Batu Tiga Persiaran Tujuan 15 Subang Airport-Kewajipan Highway Majlis Link E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway E 10New Pantai Expressway E 23Sprint Expressway = Kerinchi Link 2Jalan Syed Putra 2Jalan Klang Lama E 37Salak 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Benefits of Highway 3 Current developments 3.1 Upgrading of the Subang Airport Interchange and the Majlis Link 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 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.

[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

[edit] 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 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). The Majlis Link was completed on March 2007 while the Subang Airport Interchange is expected to be completed on September 2009.

[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 2 JALAN JAMBATAN KOTA 5Banting 2Port Klang
	EXIT 207	KLANG BULATAN SIMPANG EMPAT INTERCHANGE	NORTH B1Meru 5Kapar 5Kuala Selangor SOUTH JALAN BATU TIGA Town centre	Roundabout interchange
2 PERSIARAN SULTAN IBRAHIM JKR border limit
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY Start/End of toll highway PLUS Expressway border limit
	EXIT 208	BERKELEY INTERCHANGE	Taman Berkeley 3216Jalan Batu Tiga Lama B5Jalan Dato' Mohd Sidin (Connaught Bridge)	Roundabout interchange
2 5
5.7	EXIT 209	SUNGAI RASAU INTERCHANGE	NORTH E 30 20 NORTH KLANG STRAITS BYPASS Bandar Baru Klang Port Klang Kapar Meru E 1 NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Damansara SOUTH 3216 JALAN BATU TIGA LAMA B5Jalan Dato' Mohd Sidin (Connaught Bridge)	Diamond interchange
2 6
		Tugu Keris
Klang-Petaling district border
	EXIT 210	SUNGAI RASAU EXIT	3216 JALAN 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
2 7		P Sungai Rasau toll plaza SGR TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	Kuala Lumpur bound
	EXIT 211	PADANG JAWA INTERCHANGE	NORTH PERSIARAN KAYANGAN Shah Alam city centre Section 1 until 14 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) SOUTH Padang Jawa Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Selangor state headquarters	Diamond interchange
		P Petronas Shell Petronas and Shell Layby	Petronas KFC ATM Shell ATM	Kuala Lumpur bound
		P BH Petrol BH Petrol Layby	BH Petrol ATM	Klang bound
	EXIT 212	BULATAN DARUL EHSAN INTERCHANGE (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
2 13
2 14	EXIT 213	BULATAN MELAWATI INTERCHANGE	NORTH PERSIARAN KAYANGAN Shah Alam city centre Shah Alam Stadium Section 1 until 14 SOUTH 3214SHAH 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
14.7	EXIT 214	PERSIARAN SELANGOR EXIT (Carlsberg Brewery off ramp)	3216 PERSIARAN SELANGOR Carlsberg Brewery Shah Alam Industrial Area Section 15 until 16	From Kuala Lumpur only
2 15	EXIT 215	BATU TIGA INTERCHANGE	3214JALAN SUBANG-BATU TIGA NORTH 3214Glenmarie 3214Taman 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	Diamond interchange
Batu Tiga toll plaza BTT RM (Cash) TnG POS TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
2 16		P Batu Tiga toll plaza BTT TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	TnG TAG i Customer Service Centre	Kuala Lumpur bound
16.1		P Shell Shell Layby	Shell	Klang bound
16.9	EXIT 216	SUBANG JAYA INTERCHANGE	SOUTH PERSIARAN TUJUAN Subang Jaya	Trumpet interchange
2 17
	EXIT 217	SUBANG AIRPORT INTERCHANGE	15SUBANG AIRPORT-KEWAJIPAN HIGHWAY NORTH Subang Airport Subang Sungai Buloh E 1NEW KLANG VALLEY EXPRESSWAY Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Damansara Klang SOUTH Subang Jaya USJ	Stacked interchange Off ramp to Subang Jaya only From Kuala Lumpur only Future stacked interchange
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY Start/End of toll highway PLUS Expressway border limit
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY JKR border limit
Tarmac carriageway
Asphalt carriageway
2 18
	EXIT 218	MAJLIS LINK INTERCHANGE	NORTH MAJLIS LINK Jalan Majlis Kelana Jaya Duty Free Trade Zone E 11DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY Sungai Buloh Kepong Damansara	Interchange From/To Klang only
	EXIT 219	JALAN SS 7/2 EXIT	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
	EXIT 220	FREESCALE INTERCHANGE (formerly Motorola)	E 11DAMANSARA-PUCHONG EXPRESSWAY NORTH Sungai Buloh Kepong Damansara SOUTH Bandar Sunway Puchong Putrajaya	Multi-level single-point urban interchange
	EXIT 221	SERI SETIA EXIT	Seri Setia	Off ramp From Klang only
		Seri Setia Komuter station	KTM Komuter = Sentul-Port Klang Line
	EXIT 222	NPE INTERCHANGE	EAST E 10NEW PANTAI EXPRESSWAY Jalan Klang Lama Pantai Bahru Bangsar Salak South Seremban	Expressway Interchange From/To Klang only
	EXIT 223	JALAN 225 EXIT	JALAN 225	Kuala Lumpur bound
	EXIT 224	TEMPLER INTERCHANGE	WEST JALAN PP NARAYANAN (Jalan 222) Section 1 until 14 EAST JALAN TEMPLER Petaling Jaya old town (Section --)	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 225	JALAN BARAT INTERCHANGE	NORTH JALAN UTARA Section -- until -- Filem Negara Malaysia SOUTHEAST JALAN BARAT Asia Jaya LRT station Petaling Jaya new town (Section --)	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 226	JALAN TIMUR INTERCHANGE	NORTHWEST JALAN UTARA Section -- until -- Filem Negara Malaysia SOUTH JALAN TIMUR Taman Jaya LRT station Petaling Jaya new town (Section --)	Diamond interchange
	EXIT 227	JALAN GASING INTERCHANGE (KWSP)	NORTHWEST JALAN UNIVERSITI Universiti Malaya University Malaya Medical Centre SOUTH JALAN GASING Section -- until -- Petaling Jaya old town (Section --)	Half diamond interchange From/To Kuala Lumpur only
Asphalt carriageway
Tarmac carriageway
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
	EXIT 228	KERINCHI INTERCHANGE	NORTH E 23SPRINT EXPRESSWAY = KERINCHI LINK Mont Kiara Sri Hartamas Damansara BELOW FLYOVER JALAN PANTAI BAHARU Menara Telekom Bangsar Universiti Malaya Kerinchi Universiti LRT station	Directional T expressway interchange Diamond interchange
	EXIT 229	MID VALLEY INTERCHANGE	NORTH MID VALLEY LINK Bangsar Mid Valley City Mid Valley Megamall	Interchange From/To Klang only
	EXIT 230	NPE EXIT	SOUTH E 10NEW PANTAI EXPRESSWAY Pantai Bahru Petaling Jaya Bandar Sunway Subang Jaya	Bypass ramp to NPE only From Kuala Lumpur only NPE border limit
	EXIT 231	SEPUTEH INTERCHANGE	NORTH 2JALAN SYED PUTRA Kuala Lumpur Brickfields KL Sentral SOUTH 2JALAN KLANG LAMA Kuchai Lama Taman OUG	Stacked interchange Sprint border limit DBKL border limit
2 FEDERAL HIGHWAY DBKL border limit
E 37 SALAK EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway MetaCorp border limit
			EAST E 37SALAK EXPRESSWAY 1Cheras E 7 1Kajang E 37 AH 2KUALA LUMPUR-SEREMBAN EXPRESSWAY E 6Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) E 2 AH 2Seremban E 2 AH 2Melaka E 2 AH 2Johor Bahru

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• PLUS Expressway Berhad
• PLUS
• Integrated Transport Information Systems
• Malaysian Public Works Department
• Malaysian Highway Authority

v • d • e Highways of the 2 Malaysia Federal Route 2 Persiaran Raja Muda Musa • Jalan Jambatan Kota • Federal Highway • Jalan Klang Lama • Jalan Syed Putra • Genting Klang-Pahang Highway • 68 Jalan Gombak • 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 • E 16 Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway • E 8 Karak Expressway • Mentakab-Temerloh Bypass • Gambang-Kuantan Highway

v • d • e PLUS Expressway Networks E 1 North-South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) • E 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route • E 3 Second Link Expressway • E 6 North-South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) • E 15 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway E 29 Seremban-Port Dickson Highway • E 36 Penang Bridge • 1 Skudai Highway (until 1 March 2004) and Johor-Singapore Causeway • 2 Federal Highway