Jalan Ampang

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Selangor State Route B31
Major junctions
East end:	Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Melaka
	Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 (Jalan Tun Razak) Jalan Jelatek Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Jalan Taman Putra Jalan Lembah Jaya
To:	Ampang, Selangor
Location
Primary destinations:	KLCC, Kampung Datuk Keramat, Setiawangsa, Setapak, Ulu Klang, Hulu Langat
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Jalan Ampang or Ampang Road (Selangor state route

B31

) is a major road in Klang Valley region, Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is one of the oldest and earliest road in the Klang Valley. It is a main road to Ampang Jaya and is easily accessible from Jalan Tun Razak or Jalan Ulu Kelang from the Hulu Kelang or Setapak direction. It is also accessible from Cheras through Jalan Shamelin, from Jalan Tun Razak through Jalan Kampung Pandan via Taman Cempaka, from Kampung Pandan through Jalan Kampung Pandan Dalam via Taman Nirwana, from the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 via Pandan Indah & Taman Kencana and from Hulu Langat town through the mountain pass. Wangsa Maju, Setapak, central Kuala Lumpur, Ampang Park and Salak South surround Ampang. Jalan Ampang became the backbone of the road system linking Ampang to Kuala Lumpur before being surpassed by the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway, AKLEH

in 2001.^[1]

History

According to the history, Kuala Lumpur was founded in 1857 at the confluence of the Sungei Lumpur (now Gombak River) and the Klang River, which now houses the Kuala Lumpur Jamek Mosque. Before the arrival of the Chinese people for the tin mining purposes, Kuala Lumpur was originally occupied Javanese, Mandailings, Bugis and Rawa. Raja Abdullah, who is also the representative of the Sultan is the Klang Malay chieftain was opened the tin mines, thus contributing to the development of Kuala Lumpur. Ampang, the earliest areas in the Klang Valley, opened for tin mining. Thus, a road was built to connect Ampang to Kuala Lumpur which formed Jalan Ampang until now.

Pekan Ampang

Pekan Ampang is situated approximately 3 km from Kampung Lembah Jaya small village. The architecture of the building in the town just like most towns and cities in the developing world during the British colonial period. Originally Pekan Ampang is a separate town, but now it was absorbed as part of the metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur.

Features

Notable features

Pekan Ampang and Pekan Batu Ampat Ampang, a town along the road.
There are 3 rapid transit stations along this road going west to east, Dang Wangi LRT station, KLCC LRT station, and Ampang Park LRT station.
Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery

Major landmarks along the road

Jalan Ampang at night

Petronas Twin Towers
Menara Citibank
Empire Tower
Menara Great Eastern
Wisma Denmark
Several shopping malls such as the Ampang Park, City Square, Suria KLCC and Great Eastern Mall are located along the road which also include Zouk Nightclub

Maintenance

In Kuala Lumpur, the roads are maintained by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur or Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). In Selangor side, the roads are maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ)

Course

The road generally runs in an east-west direction, starting from the junction of Leboh Ampang and Jalan Gereja in the Masjid Jamek area. The road continues northeastward, passing Bukit Nanas on the north side of the hill and following the Klang River until Dang Wangi, where the river turns north. The road keeps running eastward past Wisma Denmark and the Petronas Twin Towers, past embassy row until it reaches the eastern KL suburb of Ampang.

List of junctions

Km	Junctions	To	Remarks
	KUALA LUMPUR Jalan Melaka	SOUTHWEST JALAN MELAKA (Malacca Road) Jalan Tun H S Lee Jalan Tun Perak Jalan Pudu Jalan Raja Chulan	T-junctions
JALAN AMPANG Start/End of road
	KUALA LUMPUR Jalan Munshi Abdullah	JALAN MUNSHI ABDULLAH (Jalan --) Jalan Dang Wangi Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman	T-junctions
	KUALA LUMPUR Jalan Dang Wangi	JALAN DANG WANGI (Jalan Campbell)	T-junctions No entry
	Dang Wangi LRT station	Kelana Jaya Line
	Jalan Sultan Ismail-AKLEH		No entry
	Menara Safuan
	Wisma Denmark	Royal Danish Embassy
	KUALA LUMPUR Jalan Sultan Ismail	KUALA LUMPUR INNER RING ROAD JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL (Jalan Treacher) WEST Jalan Raja Laut Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman AMPANG-KUALA LUMPUR ELEVATED HIGHWAY Ampang Ulu Klang KLCC SOUTHEAST Jalan P. Ramlee Jalan Raja Chulan Jalan Bukit Bintang	Junctions
	Reinassance Kuala Lumpur Hotel
	Pakistan High Commission
	Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery		For Muslims only
	Malaysia Tourist Centre Saloma Bistro
	Wisma Selangor Dredging	Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
	Wisma Angkasa Raya	Royal Swedish Embassy
	Menara Public Bank
	KUALA LUMPUR KLCC	NORTHEAST JALAN YAP KWAN SENG (Yap Kwan Seng Road) Jalan Tun Razak SOUTHWEST JALAN P RAMLEE (Jalan Parry) Jalan Sultan Ismail Jalan Pinang KLCC	Junctions
	Wisma Lembaga Getah Malaysia
	KLCC	Petronas Twin Towers Suria KLCC
	KLCC LRT station	Kelana Jaya Line
	Persiaran Hampshire	PERSIARAN HAMPSHIRE (Hampshire Drive)
	Wisma MCA	Embassy of the Republic of Korea
	Corus Hotel
	Hotel Nikko Lion Tower
	Jalan Binjai	SOUTH JALAN BINJAI Persiaran Stonor Jalan Kia Peng
	Ampang Park
	Ampang Park LRT station	Kelana Jaya Line
	KUALA LUMPUR Jalan Tun Razak	KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD 1 JALAN TUN RAZAK (Jalan Pekeliling) NORTH Sentul Segambut Setapak Kuantan SOUTH Sungai Besi Cheras Petaling Jaya AH2 AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) AH2 AH2 Seremban AH2 AH2 Melaka AH2 AH2 Johor Bahru	Junctions
	City Square	Empire Tower City Square Yow Chuan Plaza
	British High Commission
	French Embassy
	Royal Thai Embassy
	Royal Saudi Arabian Embassy
	Embassy of the People's Republic of China
	Victoria Station restaurant
	Persiaran Ampang Hilir	SOUTH PERSIARAN AMPANG HILIR Jalan Ampang Hilir Taman U-Thant	T-junctions
	Wisma Chinese Chamber	Embassy of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, Embassy of Finland
	Sayfol International School
	Bangunan Lembaga Getah Malaysia
	Embassy of the Russian Federation
	Wisma PERKESO
	Jalan Jelatek	NORTH JALAN JELATEK Kampung Datuk Keramat Taman Setiawangsa Setapak	T-junctions
	Menara Great Eastern Great Eastern Mall
	Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre
	Kampung Berembang	Kampung Berembang Kampung Berembang SMART Tunnel Holding Basin
	RISDA
	Desa Pahlawan
	Shopping complex
	AMPANG (PEKAN BATU AMPAT AMPANG) Ampang-MRR2	KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD 2 NORTH Ipoh Kuantan Gombak Ulu Klang SOUTH Cheras Kajang Shah Alam Klang AH2 AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) AH2 AH2 Seremban	Multi-level stacked SPUI interchange
JALAN AMPANG DBKL border limit
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
FT Kuala Lumpur-Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Langat district border
B31 JALAN AMPANG JKR and MPAJ border limit
	AMPANG	NORTH JALAN MEMANDA 1 Town centre Ampang Putri Specialist Hospital SOUTH JALAN 1 Little Korea	T-junctions
	Ampang-AKLEH	NORTHWEST AMPANG-KUALA LUMPUR ELEVATED HIGHWAY Kuala Lumpur KLCC	From/To Ampang only
	Taman Dato' Ahmad Razali
	AMPANG Jalan Dagang Besar	SOUTH JALAN DAGANG BESAR Kampung Melayu Ampang Taman Perwira Dua Ampang Jaya SOUTH Ampang LRT station Ampang Line
	AMPANG PEKAN AMPANG	SOUTHEAST JALAN BESAR AMPANG Pekan Ampang	Y-junctions
	Wawasan Ampang	NORTH JALAN KOSAS 2 Taman Kosas SOUTH JALAN WAWASAN 4/2 Wawasan Ampang	Junctions
	Taman Kosas	NORTHEAST JALAN KOSAS UTAMA Taman Kosas SOUTH JALAN WAWASAN AMPANG Wawasan Ampang	Junctions
	Taman Sri Ampang	SOUTH JALAN DESA AMPANG Taman Sri Ampang Taman Sri Watan	T-junctions
B31 JALAN AMPANG Start/End of road
	Jalan Taman Putra	SOUTH JALAN TAMAN PUTRA Taman Permai B62 Hulu Langat Pandan Indah Other townships Cheras Kompleks Pelancongan Menara Tinjau (Kuala Lumpur Look Out Point Tourist Complex)	T-junctions
		EAST JALAN LEMBAH JAYA Taman Lembah Jaya