Malaysian Federal Roads System

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Tun Razak Highway (Federal route 12) runs from Segamat, Johor to Gambang, Pahang.
Tun Razak Highway (Federal route 12) runs from Segamat, Johor to Gambang, Pahang.

Malaysian Federal Roads System (Malay; Sistem Laluan Persekutuan Malaysia) (Chinese: 马来西亚联邦大道系统) (Tamil: please fill in), is the main national road network in Malaysia. It was built and maintained by the Public Works Department Malaysia (JKR).

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[edit] History

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 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 a result, right after Sarawak joined the federation of Malaysia in 16 September 1963, the federal government of Malaysia began to built a road network system connecting Sarawak to Sabah, known as Pan Borneo Highway.

[edit] Federal road standards

The total length of federal roads is 49,935 km (31,028 miles).

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 J32 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.

For more information, please refer to Road signs in Malaysia articles.

Most of the federal roads in Malaysia are 2-lane roads. Malaysia implements a right-hand driving system where drivers drive on the left side of the road. However, there are in certain places where additional lanes are available. In town areas, federal roads may become 4-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 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 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.

Malaysian federal roads are subject to the rural highway standard adopted by Malaysian Public Works Department, 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.

[edit] Malaysian federal roads as a part of Asian Highway Network

Asian Highway Network 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 2 Asian Highway routes passing through Malaysia - Asian Highway Route 2 AH 2 and Asian Highway Route 18 AH 18.

The Malaysian section of Route AH 2 consists of:-

The Malaysian section of Route AH 18 consists of:-

[edit] Federal road maintainances

Before early 2000, the Malaysian federal roads were maintained by the Public Works Department. Beginning in 2000, the main contractors and maintenance company have the responsibility to maintain all federal roads in Malaysia.

  • Northern region - Belati Wangsa (M) Sdn Bhd
  • Central and east coast region - Roadcare (M) Sdn Bhd
  • Southern region - Selia Selenggara (M) Sdn Bhd; a subsidiary of the Ranhill Bersekutu (M)Sdn Bhd
  • Sabah region -
  • Sarawak region - CMS Roads Sdn Bhd; a subsidiary of the Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMSB) Group

[edit] Safety

[edit] Speed limits

The default speed limit and National Speed Limits is 90 km/h (55 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, the speed limit is reduced to 60 km/h (40 mph). Speed traps are also deployed by the Malaysian police at many places along the federal roads.

[edit] Accidents

Malaysian federal roads are always sites of most of the road accidents in Malaysia, especially during festive seasons.

[edit] List of accident-prone areas in Malaysian federal roads

  • km of Skudai-Pontian Highway ( 5) between Kangkar Pulai and Pekan Nenas.
  • km of Skudai-Pontian Highway ( 5) near Pekan Nenas.
  • km 25 ~ 34 of Muar-Segamat Road ( 23) near Kebun Bahru / Serom estate
  • km of Muar-Parit Sulong Road ( 24) near Bukit Mor
  • km of along Pasir Gudang Highway ( 17)
  • km of Kota Tinggi-Ulu Tiram Road ( 3)
  • km of Gua Musang Highway between Kuala Lipis-Gua Musang near Merapoh ( 8)
  • km of Jemaluang-Kota Tinggi Road ( 3)
  • km of Karak-Temerloh Road ( 2)
  • km of Temerloh-Maran Road ( 2) between route 64 (Jengka) and Lubuk Paku junctions
  • km of Maran-Gambang Road ( 2)
  • km of Muar-Melaka Road ( 5) near Tiang Dua, Bemban junctions
  • km of Melaka-Masjid Tanah Road ( 5)
  • km of along Tun Razak Highway ( 12)
  • km of Mantin-Seremban Road ( 1)
  • km of Temerloh-Gemas Road ( 10) near Teriang estate
  • km of Seremban-Port Dickson Road ( 53)
  • km 18 ~ 22 of Asam Jawa-Sungai Buloh Road ( 54)
  • km of Second East-West Highway ( 145)
  • km of Tapah-Cameron Highlands Road ( 59)
  • km of Kulai-Kota Tinggi Road ( 94)
  • km of Pengerang Highway ( 92)
  • km of Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway ( 68)
  • km of North Klang Straits Bypass ( 20)
  • km of Benta-Jerantut Road ( 64)
  • km of Raub-Benta Road ( 8)
  • km of Benta-Kuala Lipis Road ( 8)
  • km of Bukit Fraser Road ( 55)
  • km of Gua Musang-Kuala Krai Road ( 8)
  • km of Seremban-Kuala Pilah Road ( 51) between Paroi and Ulu Bendul (Bukit Putus section)
  • km of Seremban-Kuala Klawang Road ( 86)

[edit] 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 an heavy goods vehicles such as logging truck, cement truck, container truck, construction materials truck and other heavy goods vehicles (except tanker lorry, provision goods truck, 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 Sikap are held annually by the Malaysian police to ensure safety on all roads in Malaysia during festive seasons.

[edit] Natural hazards

The Public Works Department has monitored all federal roads in Malaysia and make sure that no landslides, flash floods and other natural hazards may happen again.

[edit] List of landslide-prone areas

[edit] List of flash floods-prone areas

[edit] List of federal roads

For expressways and highways, see also "List of expressways and highways in Malaysia"
A direction signboard on Federal Route 3 in Terengganu, Malaysia
A direction signboard on Federal Route 3 in Terengganu, Malaysia

[edit] Peninsular Malaysia

[edit] Sarawak

[edit] Sabah

(Source:Public Works Department Malaysia (JKR))

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Useful links

[edit] See also

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