Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway

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68 Federal route 68
Length (kilometres)	--
Direction	North - South
Start	Genting Highlands
Main destinations	Genting Highlands Gohtong Jaya Institut Aminuddin Baki Genting Sempah Batang Kali Ulu Yam
End	Genting Sempah
Construction Began	1966
Construction End	1970
Roads joined	E 8 2 Karak Expressway 68 Federal route 68 B119 Jalan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands
Asian Highway Network	{{{Asian Highway Network}}}
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The Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway, Federal route 68 is a main highway from Genting Sempah to Genting Highlands, Malaysia's famous mountain resort and entertainment parks.

Contents 1 History 2 Events 3 Features 3.1 One-way Genting Highlands bound and one way Genting Sempah bound 3.2 Bus safety stopping point 3.3 Climbing route to Genting Highlands during Le Tour de Langkawi every year 4 List of Junctions 4.1 Original route 4.2 One-way Genting Highlands bound 4.3 One-way Genting Sempah bound

[edit] History

Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway was used to be a private highway owned by Genting Highlands Resort. The construction of the highway was regarded as one of the most astonishing engineering project in Malaysia. However, frequent landslides at the highway during recent years have caused the highway to be recommissioned as a federal road by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) in 2005.

[edit] Events

• 30 June 1995 - 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near Karak Highway.
• 16 July 1996 - A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.

[edit] Features

[edit] One-way Genting Highlands bound and one way Genting Sempah bound

[edit] Bus safety stopping point

The bus safety stopping point are also provided here especially on the one way Genting Sempah bound.

[edit] Climbing route to Genting Highlands during Le Tour de Langkawi every year

[edit] List of Junctions

[edit] Original route

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		GENTING SEMPAH A 600m above sea level	EAST 68 Janda Baik R&R Genting Sempah rest and service area E 8 2 KARAK EXPRESSWAY WEST Kuala Lumpur Gombak Ipoh Seremban EAST Kuantan Bentong Bukit Tinggi	Roundabout
		MTD Prime Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre 600m above sea level	MTD Prime Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre	Authorized personnel only
		GENTING SEMPAH B 648m above sea level	TO/FROM OLD FEDERAL ROUTE 68 68 Gombak 68 Hulu Gombak TO/FROM EXPRESSWAY E 8 2 E 8 2 KARAK EXPRESSWAY WEST Kuala Lumpur Gombak Ipoh Seremban	Interchange West bound only
		Police post 1 ---m above sea level	i	Police checkpoint
		Roundabout ---m above sea level		Roundabout
		V ---m above sea level	V
		U-Turn ---m above sea level	U-Turn
		GOHTONG JAYA ---m above sea level	Gohtong Jaya
		Gohtong Jaya roundabout 1700m above sea level	WEST B119 JALAN BATANG KALI-GENTING HIGHLANDS B57Batang Kali B57Ulu Yam 1 Ipoh Genting Skyway cable car stations EAST Institut Aminuddin Baki	Roundabout
		Genting Highlands main entrance Police post 2 1701m above sea level	i	Police checkpoint
		Sri Layang roundabout 1703m above sea level	NORTH Awana Skyway cable car stations Masjid Yayasan Mohammad Noah (Muslims only) SOUTH Awana Genting Highlands Golf & Country Resort	Roundabout
		Gohtong Memorial Park 1705m above sea level	Gohtong Memorial Park Lim Goh Tong's grave	Roundabout
		V ---m above sea level	V
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	GENTING HIGHLANDS SUMMIT BOUND One-way Genting Highlands bound	One-way separated carriageway

[edit] One-way Genting Highlands bound

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		V ---m above sea level	V
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	V Chin Swee Temple
		V ---m above sea level	V
		Cradle Rock ---m above sea level	V
		Heliport ---m above sea level	Heliport Open car park
1		V ---m above sea level	V
		Ria Apartments 1996m above sea level	Ria Apartments
		Genting Highlands police stations 1998m above sea level	Genting Highlands police stations
		Genting Highlands fire stations 1999m above sea level	Genting Highlands fire stations
0		GENTING HIGHLANDS 2000m above sea level	Genting Highlands Hotel Casino de Genting Genting Highlands International Convention Centre First World Plaza First World Hotel Genting Theme Park

[edit] One-way Genting Sempah bound

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0		GENTING HIGHLANDS 2000m above sea level	Genting Highlands Hotel Casino de Genting Genting Highlands International Convention Centre First World Plaza First World Hotel Genting Theme Park
		Heliport ---m above sea level	Heliport Open car park
		TNB substation ---m above sea level	TNB substation
1		Mushroom Park roundabout ---m above sea level	V Mushroom Park Batik Centre	Roundabout
		Bus safety stopping point ---m above sea level	Bus safety stopping point	Use lower gear
		Bus safety stopping point ---m above sea level	Bus safety stopping point	Use lower gear
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	V Chin Swee Temple
		Bus safety stopping point ---m above sea level	Bus safety stopping point	Use lower gear
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	GENTING SEMPAH BOUND Continued to the original route GENTING HIGHLANDS SUMMIT BOUND One-way Genting Highlands bound	One-way separated carriageway

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