History
The Tun Razak Highway is the brainchild of Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah. The construction of the highway began in 1970 and was completed in 1983. Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah himself inaugurated the Tun Razak Highway in 1983 when he was the Yang Dipertuan Agong at that time. The Tun Razak Highway was later gazetted as the Federal Route on 19 October 1989.
Built under Malaysia's New Economic Policy, this 2-lane federal highway is built with reasons as follows:-
- To shorten the traveling distance time from southwestern towns and cities such as Segamat, Tangkak, Muar, Batu Pahat and Melaka to eastern states of Peninsular Malaysia.
- To speed up the development of the poorly-developed areas in southern Pahang.
Even though the highway is generally straight with less sharp corners, the Tun Razak Highway is notorious for its many accidents, especially in recent years, due to the steady increase of traffic. On 20 June 2010, Malaysian Ministry of Works, Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, proposed the Tun Razak Highway to be upgraded to a 4-lane highway as a preventive measure to reduce accidents.
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