Malaysian Federal Roads System - Interesting Facts

Interesting Facts

• The Pan Borneo Highway is the longest federal road system in Malaysia, with the total length of 1047.18 km (length measured from Sematan, Kuching to Sungai Tujuh, Miri). If measured from Sematan (Sarawak) to Serudong (Sabah), the total length is estimated to be 1900 km (excluding Brunei stretch of Pan Borneo Highway).
• Federal Route, and route were a main route for Japanese Imperial forces from Thailand to Singapore during the Battle of Malaya between 1941 and 1942. There are many abandoned WWII-era bunkers along the roads.
• The Federal Route is the earliest federal road in Malaysia and also the longest federal road in Peninsular Malaysia. It must not be mistaken with Sarawak Federal Route which is also labelled as no.1, with same signage.
• The slip roads of Persiaran Raja Muda Musa (Route ), labeled as and, are the only slip roads designated as federal roads.
• Jalan Gunung Brinchang route is the highest federal road and also the highest motorable road in Malaysia.
• Jalan Sitiawan-Batak Rabit and Skudai-Pontian Highway (both in Federal Route are the only federal roads paved with concrete. Meanwhile, the section of Federal Highway Route from Subang Jaya to Kota Darul Ehsan is paved with asphalt.
• Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Expressway route is the first future federal highway on Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC).
• The biggest cloverleaf federal highway interchange in Malaysia is Bulatan Darul Ehsan of Federal Highway route in Shah Alam, Selangor.
• While most major airports in Malaysia have only one federal access road for each airport, there are two airports being served by more than one federal roads, namely the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and the Langkawi International Airport. The KLIA is being served by KLIA Expressway route, KLIA Outer Ring Road route, Putrajaya-Cyberjaya Expressway route, Jalan KLIA 1 route and Jalan Masjid KLIA route, while the Langkawi International Airport is being served by Jalan Lapangan Terbang Langkawi 1 route and Jalan Lapangan Terbang Langkawi 2 route .
• Langkawi Island and Labuan Island are a main island in Malaysia have a lot of federal roads.
• Sarawak is connected to Brunei and Indonesia via its vast federal road networks. However, Sarawak is the only state with missing link in its main federal road trunk, which is at Sungai Pandaruan which separates Sarawak district of Limbang and Brunei district of Temburong. However, there is no missing link between Kuching and Miri, as well as from Brunei district of Temburong to Lawas then up to Tawau in Sabah.
• There is one bailey bridge in Sarawak federal trunk road, which is also the narrowest bridge in federal road network system in Malaysia, crossing Batang Merapok at Lawas, Sarawak.
• There is one semi tunnel on the East-West Highway (Route ) from Gerik, Perak to Jeli, Kelantan. It is probably the only one of its type in Malaysia.