Other Roads
| Current, official name | Former, English name(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Changkat Raja Chulan | Hicks Road | Named after Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Secretary of State for the Colonies. |
| Changkat Thambi Dollah | ||
| Jalan Abdul Rahim Kajai | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail | |
| Jalan Alor | Running parallel to Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Alor is today best known for its wide variety of street food. Formerly known as the red light district of KL. | |
| Jalan Aminuddin Baki | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Jalan Ampang Hilir | ||
| Jalan Athinahapan | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Jalan Balai Polis | Station Street (1960) | Named after the Old High Street Police Station, a (partially demolished) police station in the vicinity. The road, which previously connected Petaling Street and High Street, was partially dismantled, cutting off the road from the latter. |
| Jalan Belfield | Belfield Road | Named after British Resident of Negri Sembilan, Henry Conway Belfield, (1901–1902), British Resident of Selangor, (1902–1910), who was also British Resident of Perak, (1910–1912). |
| Hose Road (part of) (1960) | It should be noted that both Jalan Belfield and Jalan Hose have existed as early as 1960, and that the name of the latter is still retained for both roads. Hose Road was formerly named after Charles Hose. | |
| Jalan Bellamy | Bellamy Road | Named after H.F. Bellamy, the Director of Public Works Department. |
| Jalan Berhala | Jalan Kandang Kerbau | Berhala is literally translated from Malay to English as idols. Many Buddhist and Hindu Temples are located along this road. |
| Jalan Bukit Aman | Bluff Road (1960) | Currently named after Bukit Aman (Peace Hill), connecting the headquarters of the Royal Malaysian Police on the hill with Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin. It was formerly named Bluff Hill. |
| Jalan Bukit Petaling | Bellamy Road (half) | Named after H.F. Bellamy, the Director of Public Works Department. |
| Jalan Bukit Tunku | Jalan Bukit Kenny | |
| Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Jalan Carutthers | Carutthers Road | |
| Jalan Cenderasari | Hospital Road, Young Road (1960), Tanglin Road | "Hospital Road" was derived from the presence of the Tangling Hospital up the hill, and Young Road was named after Sir Arthur Henderson Young, the British High Commissioner in Malaya. |
| Jalan Ceylon | Ceylon Lane (1960) | A hill road named after the former name of Sri Lanka. |
| Jalan Bukit Ceylon | Ceylon Hill (1960) | A hill road branching from Jalan Ceylon, named after the hill which it is located in (the hill, in turn, takes its name from the former name of Sri Lanka). |
| Jalan Cenderawasih | Spooner Road | Formerly named after Ernest John Spooner or Charles Edwin Spooner the State Engineer of Selangor and Director of Public Works Department. |
| Jalan Chan Sow Lin | Named after Chan Sow Lin (1845 - 1927), pioneer in iron works, the founder of Chan Sow Lin & Co. Ltd., first local established engineering consultant, the first person to have imported advance tin dredging machinery from the Europe to be used for mining in Malaya. He was also an appointed member of the Selangor State Council (1902 – 1921). Co-founder of Tung Shin Hospital (previously known as Pooi Shin Thong) and Chan She Shu Yuen (Chan Clan Temple). | |
| Jalan Choo Cheeng Kay | Named after Choo Cheeng Khay, a wealthy tin-miner and property developer. | |
| Jalan Conlay | Conlay Road | Named after the British Agent of Terengganu, William Lance Conlay, (1909–1913). |
| Jalan Dato' Onn | Brockman Road, Residency Road (1960) | First named after the British Chief Secretary to the Federated Malay States (1911–1920), announced the establishment of the Town Planning Committee to oversee Kuala Lumpur town planning service. Sir Edward Lewis Brockman, also the British Resident of Pahang, (1909–1910). The name Residency was named after the official residence of Tunku. Currently named after Onn Jaafar. |
| Jalan Datuk Sulaiman | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail | |
| Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman | Stony Road | |
| Jalan Davis | Davis Road | Named after J.L.H. Davis. |
| Jalan Dorasamy | ||
| Jalan Doktor Latif | ||
| Jalan Duta | Guillemard Road | This road is part of the Jalan Duta-Segambut Highway. |
| Jalan Eaton | Eaton Road | |
| Jalan Faraday | Faraday Road | It is located at Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Headquarters near Jalan Pantai Baharu |
| Jalan Foss | Foss Road | Located at Pudu |
| Jalan Gallagher | Gallagher Road | |
| Jalan Galloway | Galloway Road | |
| Jalan Gereja | Church Street (1960) | Named after the a local St. John's Cathedral. Currently merged with Jalan Ampang, the name is retained on a few connected lanes (as Lorong Gereja). |
| Jalan Haji Yahya Sheikh Ahmad | Watson Road | Named after the British Resident of Perak, Sir Reginald George Watson |
| Jalan Istana | Taylor Road (1960) | Named after the Sir W.T. Taylor, Resident General of the Federated Malay States. Currently named after Istana Negara (the National Palace), which is located near the road. Connected to the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway. |
| Jalan Kampung Attap | ||
| Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam | ||
| Jalan Kebun Bunga | Orchid Road | Named after the Lake Gardens, where orchids were planted around the gardens. |
| Jalan Kia Peng | Named after Choo Kia Peng. Choo Kia Peng, a Federal Councillor. One of the distinguished elected members of the Royal Selangor Golf Club (RSGC) and he had been a respected Member since 1909. The first Vice President and one of the Founder Members of the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur (inaugurated on 27 September 1929). Jalan Kia Peng was a residential area for prominent figures in the past with structures like the Istana Hinggap Terengganu and Istana Kelantan. It was said that there used to be a house with the address No 1, Jalan Kia Peng, which was the home of Malaysia's first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj. | |
| Jalan Kinabalu (part of) | Old River Road | Part of the Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road |
| Jalan Ledang | Guillemard Road | Sir Laurence Guillemard was Governor for the Straits Settlement and High Commissioner for Federated Malay States. Currently named after Mount Ledang (Mount Ophir) in Johor. |
| Jalan Langgak Golf | Golf View Road | |
| Jalan Leong Yew Koh | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Jalan Limbang | Main Street | Located in Jinjang, It was erected on 2007 after the name of the Limbang Division in Sarawak. |
| Jalan Madge | Located at Taman U-Thant. | |
| Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan | Jalan Belanda or Holland Road (1960) | Situated behind the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, and along the Gombak River and the Klang River (after the confluence of the rivers). Currently named after the Malaysian Federal Court which was based in the area. Formerly named after Hugh Holland. |
| Jalan Mahkamah Tinggi | Clarke Road (1960) | A short road that connects Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan with Jalan Raja Laut, passing between the south side of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, and the Old Post Office/former Court of Appeal building and Industrial Court. Currently named after the Malaysian High Court, which is based in the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Formerly named after Andrew Clarke. Sir Andrew Clarke was the Governor of the Straits Settlements (1873-1875). |
| Jalan Melayu | Malay Street (1960) | A street connecting Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Tun Perak via a route passing the Klang River. The road was recently refurbished with the addition of canopy roofs and new street furnitures added along the road, in conjunction with the remodeling of the south end of Jalan Masjid India as a pedestrian street. |
| Jalan Munshi Abdullah | ||
| Jalan Pasar | ||
| Jalan Peel | Peel Road | Named after Sir William Peel (1875–1945), British Chief Secretary of the Federated Malay States and Governor of Hong Kong. |
| Jalan Perdana | Venning Road | Named after Alfred R. Venning, the first Chairman of Sanitary Board, who proposed to establish a Public Gardens in 1888, which was later renamed as Lake Gardens, and the first golf course near Damansara Road. |
| Jalan Pudu Lama | Old Pudu Road (1960) | A back road connecting to Jalan Pudu, which passes through pre-war residential houses. |
| Jalan Punchak | Peak Road | Punchak (Puncak) is literally translated from Malay as peak. |
| Jalan Raja | Raja Road (west stretch) (1960), Gombak Road (circa 1880s and 1890s). | Notably passes the Sultan Abdul Samad Building and similar structures in the vicinity. As of 1960, the road initially terminated at a T junction with Mounbatten Road and Batu Road in the north and the Jalan Raja-Market Street-Victory Avenue crossroad in the south. The road was subsequently extended north, stretching along the Gombak River. |
| Jalan Raja Abdullah | Hale Road | Named after Sultan Abdul Samad's father Raja Abdullah. Previously named after former Larut District Officer, A. Hale. |
| Jalan Raja Alang | Perkins Road | Named after Selangor's royal family member, Raja Alang. Previously named after Sir William Henry Perkins. |
| Jalan Raja Bot | Named after Selangor's royal family member, Raja Bot. | |
| Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz | Princes Road | Currently named after Raja Muda Abdul Aziz (Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah) of Selangor |
| Jalan Raja Muda Musa | Hans Road | Currently named after Raja Muda Musa (Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah) of Selangor |
| Jalan Ritchie | Ritchie Road | Located between Jalan Ampang and Jalan Ampang Hilir. |
| Jalan Robson | Robson Road | Named after founder editor John Henry Matthew Robson of The Malay Mail newspaper, the first daily newspaper published in the Federated Malay States, 1896. Assistant District Officer at Rawang, a member of the first Federal Council, President of the Royal Lake Club (1908). |
| Jalan Robertson | Robertson Road | |
| Jalan Scott | Scott Road | |
| Jalan Samarahan 1 | River Road North | Located in Jinjang, it was paved in 2007 and named after the Samarahan Division in Sarawak. |
| Jalan Samarahan 2 | Ulu Klang Street | Located in Jinjang, it was paved in 2007 and named after the Samarahan Division in Sarawak. |
| Jalan Samarahan 6 | Cheras Street | Located in Jinjang, it was paved in 2007 and named after the Samarahan Division in Sarawak. |
| Jalan Semarak | Henry Gurney Road | Previously named after Sir Henry Gurney. |
| Jalan Semarang | Broadrick Road | Named after the British Resident of Selangor, Edward George Broadrick, (1913–1919). |
| Jalan Sentul | Sentul Road | |
| Jalan Serian 1 | Tanjung Malim Street | Located in Jinjang, it was paved in on 2007 and named after the Serian town in Sarawak. |
| Jalan Sin Chee | ||
| Jalan Sri Amar | ||
| Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad | ||
| Jalan Stadium | Stadium Road | Built in 1957 and named after the Merdeka Stadium |
| Jalan Changkat Stadium | Stadium Ghaut | Built in 1957 and named after the Merdeka Stadium |
| Jalan Shelley | Shelley Road | Located near Jalan Cochrane |
| Jalan Stonor | Stonor Road | Named after the British Resident of Selangor, Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor, (1921–1926) and Resident of Perak 1926 - 1927. |
| Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin | Victory Avenue (1960) | Named after Sultan Hishamuddin of Selangor and the second Yang Di Pertuan Agong. Terminates at the Jalan Raja Laut-Lebuh Pasar Besar-Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin crossroad in the north, and the north and of Jalan Travers from the south. The road notably passes the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, Dayabumi complex and Masjid Negara (the National Mosque). |
| Jalan Sultan Salahuddin | Swettenham Road (1960) | Currently named after Sultan Salahuddin of Malaysia; previously named after Frank Swettenham. Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1850–1946) was the 3rd Resident for Selangor (1882-1896), the 5th British Resident of Perak and the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States (1896 to 1901). Sir F.A. Swettenham was influential for making Kuala Lumpur the capital of administration of Selangor and initiated construction on the Klang-Kuala Lumpur Railway (completed in 1886). Under the patronage of Sir F.A. Swettenham, the Selangor Turf Club was founded In 1896. |
| Jalan Sultan Sulaiman | Suleiman Road | Named after Sultan Sulaiman of Selangor. |
| Jalan Tangsi | Barrack Road | Previously connected directly to Dataran Merdeka via the southeast stretch of Jalan Raja, and currently cut off from the area with the construction of the Jalan Kuching-Jalan Kinabalu-Jalan Parlimen expressway. |
| Jalan Talalla | ||
| Jalan Thambipillay | ||
| Jalan Thambusamy | Named after K. Thambusamy Pillai, the leader of the Tamil community, one of the founders of Victoria Institution and discovered the Batu Caves. | |
| Jalan Thavers | Located at Kampung Pandan | |
| Jalan Travers | Damansara Road | Previously named after the district of Damansara or the Damansara River. Currently named after Dr. Ernest Aston Otho Travers, the State Surgeon of Selangor, (1891–1897). He was the doctor who brought about reform in the care of leprosy patients. He had recommended an asylum be erected for leprosy patients near the Pauper Hospital, a settlement free of high walls and barbed wires. |
| Jalan Tugu | Cenotaph Road (1960) | Named after a cenotaph which was located on the intersection of Cenotaph Road and Victory Avenue. The cenotaph was moved to the National Monument when a flyover was constructed over the area during the 1960s. |
| Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Jalan Tun Ismail | Maxwell Road | Formerly named after Sir William Edward Maxwell(1846-1897), Acting Resident Councillor of Penang (1887-1889), Resident of Selangor (1889-1892), Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements between (1893-4). Straits Settlements Governor. Later, the Governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana) in West Africa. Maxwell Hill (Bukit Larut) was founded in 1884 by William Edward Maxwell, the British Assistant Resident of Perak to Sir Hugh Low. He has also written A Manual of the Malay Language (1881). Sir William George Maxwell (1871-1959), the eldest son of William Edward Maxwell, British Adviser to Kedah (1909–1915) and (1918–1919), British Resident of Perak (1919–1921), and Chief Secretary of Federated Malay States (1921–1926). Sultan Idris Training College in Perak was opened by him and SMK Maxwell (Maxwell School) in Kuala Lumpur was named after him. |
| Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail | |
| Jalan Tun Razak | Jalan Pekeliling, Circular Road | Currently named after Tun Abdul Razak, it was originally named for its beltway-like layout. Part of Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1. |
| Jalan Tunku Putra | Natesa Road | Currently named after Tunku Abdul Rahman (Putra). |
| Jalan U-Thant | Currently named after the former UN General Secretary from 1961 until 1971, U Thant. | |
| Jalan Vivekananda | ||
| Jalan Walter Grenier | Walter Grenier Road | |
| Jalan Wan Kadir | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Jalan Wesley | Wesley Road | |
| Jalan Wickham | Wickham Road | |
| Jalan Wisma Putra | Hose Drive | Currently named after the original Ministry of Foreign Affairs building at the road; formerly named after Charles Hose. The road is related to Jalan Belfied and remaining roads by the name of Hose. |
| Jalan Yaacob Latif | Jalan Tenteram | Located in Bandar Tun Razak, It was established in 2003 and named the second Kuala Lumpur city mayor Tan Sri Yaacob Latif |
| Jalan Yap Ah Shak | Named after Yap Ah Shak, the fourth Capitan China (1885–1889). | |
| Jalan Yap Tai Chi | Located at Jalan Imbi | |
| Jalan Yew | Located at Sungai Besi | |
| Jalan Zaaba | Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail. | |
| Lorong Binjai | ||
| Lorong Kuda (KLCC Tunnel) |
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| Persiaran Hampshire | Hampshire Drive | |
| Persiaran Mahameru | Swettenham Drive | Formerly named after Frank Swettenham. Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham (1850–1946) was the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States (1896 to 1901). |
| Persiaran Maybank | Court Hill (1960) | A hill back road that connects Jalan Pudu Lama with Jalan Raja Chulan. Currently named after the Maybank Tower that is built on a hill, and formerly named after a Sessions Court which resided on the same site, circa 1960. The old name remains in Malay form on a road that connects Jalan Raja Chulan with Persiaran Maybank, dubbed Jalan Bukit Mahkamah (Court Hill Road). |
| Persiaran Raja Chulan | Weld Drive (1960) | A hill back road branching from Jalan Raja Chulan. Currently named after Raja Chulan; formerly named after Frederick Weld. |
| Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin | Clifford Road | Named after Sir Hugh Charles Clifford (1866–1941) the Resident at Pahang (1896–1900, 1901–1903), Governor of North Borneo (1900-1901), Governor of Straits Settlements and British High Commissioner in Malaya (1927-1930). |
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