Malaysia Federal Route 55

Federal Route 55
Jalan Kuala Kubu Bharu-Teranum Jalan Pahang (Kuala Kubu Bharu)
Route information
Length:	53.2 km (33.1 mi)
Existed:	1919 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor
	Federal Route 1 Jalan Bukit Fraser Jalan Bukit Fraser 2 Federal Route 218
East end:	Teranum, Raub, Pahang
Location
Primary destinations:	Peretak Fraser's Hill Teranum Bentong
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Federal Route 55 or Jalan Kuala Kubu Bharu-Teranum (or also as Jalan Pahang in Kuala Kubu Bharu) is a federal road in Selangor and Pahang state, Malaysia. The roads connecting Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor until Teranum near Raub in Pahang. It is a main route to Fraser's Hill.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 55 is located at Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor, at its interchange with the Federal Route , the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

The road was constructed by the British on 1919. In 1919, work started on the access road to the hill station from The Gap and by 1922, the hill station named Fraser's Hill was opened to visitors.

This road has a notable history especially during Malayan Emergency from 1948 to 1960.

Assassination of Sir Henry Gurney at Fraser's Hill Road

On 6 October 1951, Sir Henry Gurney a British High Commissioner in Malaya was shot to death at this road on his way back to Fraser's Hill for a meeting; the guerrillas of the Malayan Communist Party ambushed his Rolls Royce Silver Wraith during the Malayan Emergency period.

Current developments

New roads near Sungai Selangor Dam

During construction of the Sungai Selangor Dam. A 7.7 km of new roads were built to replace the existing roads at the Sungai Selangor Dam construction site. Construction starts on 2001 and was completed in 2003. This road has two bridges, the Sungai Selangor bridge and the Sungai Peretak bridge.

Features

• A scenic view of the Sungai Selangor Dam
• The site of Sir Henry Gurney's murder
• Sungai Chilling old bridge
• Narrow roads

At most sections, the Federal Route 55 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of junctions and towns

km	Exit	Junctions	To	Remarks
0		KUALA KUBU BHARU Kuala Kubu Road Federal Route Junctions	NORTH Tanjung Malim Slim River Ipoh B44 Sabak Bernam Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE Bukit Kayu Hitam Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Klang WEST JALAN STESEN KERETAPI Kuala Kubu Bharu railway station SOUTH Rasa Batang Kali Rawang Kuala Lumpur	Junctions
		R&R Kuala Kubu Bharu Rest and Service Area
		Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) district branch office
		KUALA KUBU BHARU Taman Teratai
		KUALA KUBU BHARU Jalan Tun Salleh Ismail	NORTH JALAN TUN SALLEH ISMAIL	T-junctions
		KUALA KUBU BHARU Jalan Syed Masyor	NORTH JALAN SYED MASYOR Hospital Kuala Kubu Bharu Perpustakaan Syed Masahor (Hulu Selangor District Library)	T-junctions
		Masjid Jamek Al-Rahimiah
		Stadium Mini Kuala Kubu Bharu
		Majlis Daerah Hulu Selangor (MDHS) headquarters	Majlis Daerah Hulu Selangor (MDHS) headquarters Monument of Kuala Kubu Tragedy
		KUALA KUBU BHARU Jalan Merdeka	NORTH JALAN MERDEKA Kuala Kubu Bharu town centre Kuala Kubu Bharu Post Office	T-junctions
		KUALA KUBU BHARU Jalan Ampang Pechah	NORTH JALAN BUKIT KERAJAAN Government Offices Hulu Selangor District and Land Offices Kuala Kubu Bharu Magistrate Court SOUTH B-- JALAN AMPANG PECHAH Ampang Pechah (Site of the original Kuala Kubu) Rasa Kuala Lumpur Darul Quran JAKIM	Junctions
		Hindu Temple
		KUALA KUBU BHARU Jalan Kubu	NORTH JALAN KUBU Kuala Kubu Bharu town centre Hulu Selangor District Police Headquarters	T-junctions
		Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) Hulu Selangor District Headquarters
		Sungai Kubu bridge
		Taman Bukit Bunga
		Sungai Kelempung bridge
		Taman Selesa
		Kuala Kubu Bharu Ranger Office
		Kampung Asam Kumbang ----m above sea level
				Start/End of narrow roads
		Kampung Gerachi ----m above sea level	NORTH JALAN BARU KAMPUNG GERACHI Kampung Gerachi	T-junctions
		Sungai Selangor bridge ----m above sea level
				Start/End of dual carriageway
		Sungai Selangor Dam	SUNGAI SELANGOR DAM SPLASH visitor centre V	T-junctions
				Start/End of dual carriageway
		Sungai Peretak bridge
		Kampung Peretak ----m above sea level	NORTH JALAN BARU KAMPUNG PERETAK Kampung Peretak	T-junctions
				Start/End of narrow roads
		Sungai Chilling bridge		Old bridge Historical site
		Sungai Chilling waterfalls ----m above sea level	SUNGAI CHILLING WATERFALLS Sungai Chilling Fish Sanctuary V
		Sungai Gumut waterfalls ----m above sea level	SUNGAI GUMUT WATERFALLS Sungai Chilling Fish Sanctuary V
		Sungai Gumut bridge
		Sir Henry Gurney's murder site ----m above sea level	SIR HENRY GURNEY'S MURDER SITE	Historical site during Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
FRASER'S HILL THE GAP
		The Gap Public Toilet
		The Gap Pedestrian Suspension Bridge
		The Gap Rest House
		The Gap Pedestrian Suspension Bridge
		FRASER'S HILL THE GAP ----m above sea level	SUMMIT JALAN BUKIT FRASER Fraser's Hill	Entry only T-junctions
Selangor Darul Ehsan Hulu Selangor district border
Fraser's Hill The Gap Border Arch Selangor-Pahang border ----m above sea level
Pahang Darul Makmur Raub district border
		The Gap Layby
		FRASER'S HILL Jalan Bukit Fraser 2 ----m above sea level	SUMMIT JALAN BUKIT FRASER 2	Exit only No entry T-junctions
FRASER'S HILL THE GAP
		Kampung Sungai Terong Manis ----m above sea level
		RAUB Teranum Jalan Lama Bentong-Raub junctions ----m above sea level	NORTH Raub Benta Kuala Lipis SOUTH Kampung Sungai Chetang Sang Lee Bentong	T-junctions

Malaysian Federal Roads System Main Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia) 1 2 2A 2B 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 FELDA/FELCRA Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia) 1002 1149 1154 1157 1208 1265 1266 1283 1384 1388 1393 1397 1409 1423 1485 1486 1487 1488 1498 1500 1510 1518 1527 1531 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1572 1579 1689 1739 2484 2486 2489 Industrial Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia) 3053 3111 3112 3113 3114 3115 3208 3209 3210 3211 3212 3213 3214 3215 3216 3217 3218 3265 3374 3485 3486 3685 Institutional Facilities Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia) 313 315 317 341 342 343 344 345 361 362 399 401 420 421 422 423 424 432 433 434 435 436 459 480 Main Federal Roads (Sarawak) 1 ( 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 1-17 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 1-43 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 1-66 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92) Other Federal Roads (Sarawak) 21 25 33 52 800 801 900A 900B 900C 901 902 903-1 903-2 2105 8302 Main Federal Roads (Sabah) 1 13 22 500 501 502 503 FELDA/FELCRA Federal Roads (Sabah) 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 Institutional Facilities Federal Roads (Sabah) 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 Main Federal Roads (Labuan) 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 728 729 730 731