Malaysia Federal Route 68

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Federal Route 68, also known as Jalan Gombak or Jalan Karak Lama, is a federal road in Malaysia that links the city of Kuala Lumpur to Bentong, Pahang. Before Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2 was built, the road was used to be a part of Kuala Lumpur–Kuantan Road FT2; however, due to its sharp corners, narrow roadway and lack of safety features, a replacement highway known as the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway FT2 (now Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2) was built, causing the former Kuala Lumpur–Bentong section to be re-gazetted as the Federal Route 68.

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Federal Route 68
Jalan Gombak
Route information
Length59.89 km (37.21 mi)
Existed1915[1]–present
Major junctions
West endSetapak, Kuala Lumpur
Major intersections FT 2 Genting Klang–Pahang Highway
Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway
FT 2 Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam
B22 Jalan Batu Caves
East Coast Expressway FT 2 AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway
Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway
C7 Jalan Janda Baik
FT 121 Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak–Bentong
FT 8 Federal Route 8
East endKetari near
Bentong, Pahang
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Padang Balang
Gombak
Genting Sempah
Janda Baik
Bukit Tinggi
Highway system

Route background

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Jalan Gombak begins at Setapak Interchange, where it intersects with Jalan Pahang FT2 and Jalan Genting Klang. Jalan Gombak still holds the FT2 designation until Kampung Bandar Dalam Intersection, where the FT2 route is detoured to Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam FT2 while Jalan Gombak route number changes to FT68.[2][3][4]

The section from its beginning at Setapak Interchange to Mile 8 Intersection is a dual-carriageway with the speed limit of 60 km/h. After Mile 8 Intersection, the FT68 becomes a single-carriageway road but retains the 60 km/h speed limit due to its narrower condition. After Kampung Sungai Rumput, the Jalan Gombak FT68 becomes more winding, causing the speed limit to be reduced to 50 km/h.[3] At that point, Jalan Gombak FT68 begins ascending the Titiwangsa Range until the SelangorPahang state border where it joins Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway and overlaps it until the Genting Sempah Roundabout that links the FT68 road with the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2.[2][3]

From Genting Sempah, Jalan Gombak FT68 descends the Titiwangsa Range, passing the town of Bukit Tinggi along the way. 7 km before the road ends, the FT68 was linked to the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2 for the last time via a short 400-m spur road. Jalan Gombak FT68 ends at Ketari Intersection near Bentong, where it is linked to the Federal Route 8.[3][2]

History

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Jalan Gombak FT68 used to be a part of the Kuala Lumpur–Kuantan Road FT2. It was constructed in 1915.[1] However, the road's very sharp corners, deep ravines, narrow roadway and lack of safety features made it dangerous. Therefore, in the 1970s, a replacement segment for the narrow and winding Jalan Gombak from Kuala Lumpur to Karak was constructed. The replacement section was known as the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway FT2, featuring the 914.4-m Genting Sempah Tunnel. The 75.2-km toll highway was constructed at the cost of RM136.4 million and was opened to traffic on 7 January 1978.[5] As a result, the old Jalan Gombak was re-gazetted as the Federal Route 68.

The Kuala Lumpur–Karak Highway FT2 was then upgraded to a full controlled-access expressway in 1994 and was completed four years later.[6] However, unlike the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway E37/E2 project where the old Federal Route 1 section from Kuala Lumpur to Seremban was rehabilitated as part of the project, no such rehabilitation was done towards Jalan Gombak FT68 during the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2 upgrading project. As a result, very few road users are willing to use the FT68 road due to its dangerous nature, even when the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway E8/FT2 becomes badly congested during festive seasons.[3]

The section of Jalan Gombak FT68 from Taman Ibu Kota intersection to Mile 8 Gombak intersection and Jalan Sungai Pusu B38 up to the entrance of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak were upgraded to a dual-carriageway as an Eighth Malaysia Plan (RMK-8) project to provide better access to the university from Kuala Lumpur. The upgrading works began on 1 November 2001 and were completed on 18 August 2005.[7]

List of junctions

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Km Exit Interchange[2] To Remarks
  FT 2
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  FT 68
0
Kuala Lumpur
Setapak
  FT 2 Genting Klang–Pahang Highway

Northeast
Jalan Genting Klang
Klang Gates
Ulu Klang

South
  FT 2 Jalan Pahang
Sentul
City Centre
Seremban
Petaling Jaya
Trumpet interchange
  FT 2 Genting Klang–Pahang Highway
  FT 2   FT 68 Jalan Gombak
Jalan Gombak-DUKE Interchange Northwest
  Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway DUKE Extension Expressway
Sentul Pasar–Jalan Gombak Link
  Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Duta–Sentul Pasar–Ulu Klang Link (Main Link)
Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra (Jalan Semarak)
  Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Setiawangsa
  FT 28 Ulu Klang
  FT 28 Ampang
  Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway City Centre
  Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway Kepong
   North–South Expressway Northern Route   AH2 Ipoh
  Sprint Expressway Petaling Jaya
Trumpet interchange
Wisma Ekovest
Taman P Ramlee (Taman Forlong) East
Jalan 1/50
Taman P Ramlee (Taman Forlong)
P. Ramlee Memorial
T-junctions
Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam
Kampung Padang Balang
Northwest
  FT 2 Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam
  FT 2 Sentul
  FT 2 Batu Caves
   East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuantan
T-junctions
  FT 2   FT 68 Jalan Gombak
Start/End of highway
  FT 68 Jalan Gombak
Gombak (Kuala Lumpur side)
Pasar Besar Gombak
(Wet Market)
  FT 68
8
Gombak (Kuala Lumpur side)
Masjid Zaid bin Haritsah
Gombak (Kuala Lumpur side)
Taman Ibu Kota
Southeast
Jalan Taman Ibukota
Taman Ibu Kota
Wangsa Maju
T-junctions
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
DBKL border limit
FT Kuala Lumpur–Selangor border
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Gombak district border
JKR border limit
Gombak (Selangor side)
Taman Gombak Jaya
Gombak (Selangor side)
Masjid As Syakirin, Gombak
Gombak (Selangor side)
Taman Kamariah
Gombak (Selangor side)
Jalan Dewan
East
Jalan Dewan
Taman Gombak Setia
Taman Melati
T-junctions
Gombak (Selangor side)
Masjid Lama Gombak
Gombak (Selangor side) West
 B22 Jalan Batu Caves
  FT 28 Batu Caves
   East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuantan
Half diamond interchange
Bentong bound
Maximum height limit 4.5 m
Kampung Sungai Pusu
Kampung Sungai Chinchin
Setapak bound
Maximum height limit 4.5 m
Gombak Utara East
 B38 Jalan Sungai Pusu
Kampung Sungai Pusu
International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Gombak  
   East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway
Kuala Lumpur
Ampang
T-junctions
Gombak Utara
Sungai Chinchin bridge
Gombak Utara
Taman Permai Jaya
Kampung Sungai Salak
Mimaland Mimaland Abandoned T-junctions
Kampung Batu Sebelas
Kampung Batu Dua Belas Gombak
Orang Asli Museum  
Kampung Sungai Rumput
Taman Rimba Klasik Sendayu
650m above sea level
 
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Gombak district border
Selangor–Pahang border
648m above sea level
Pahang Darul Makmur
Bentong district border
Genting Sempah
648m above sea level
North
Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway
Genting Highlands
Gohtong Jaya
Institut Aminuddin Baki  
Kampung Genting Sempah
647m above sea level
Kampung Genting Sempah
Remember 126 Chinese Seafood Restaurant
      V
ANIH Berhad Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre
645m above sea level
ANIH Berhad Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre Authorized personnel only
Genting Sempah
600 m above sea level
   East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway
(Touch 'n Go, MyRFID and SmartTAG ETC only)

West
  Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuala Lumpur
  FT 2   FT 28   AH141 Gombak
  North–South Expressway Northern Route   AH2 Ipoh
  North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Seremban
  North–South Expressway Southern Route   AH2 Johor Bahru

East
  East Coast Expressway   AH141 Kuala Terengganu
  East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuantan
  FT 8 Bentong
  East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Bukit Tinggi
Roundabout
MTD Prime section maintenances office
600m above sea level
Authorized personnel only
Taman Rimba
600m above sea level
  Genting Sempah Rest and Service Area
600m above sea level
                Petronas McDonald's T-junctions
Kampung Janda Baik
598m above sea level
Southeast
 C7 Jalan Janda Baik
Kampung Janda Baik
T-junctions
Kampung Bukit Tinggi
590m above sea level
Kampung Bukit Tinggi T-junctions
Kampung Sungai Tanglir
585m above sea level
  Bentong Hot Springs  
Kampung Lentang
Kampung Temiang
Kampung Lubuk Mandi
Kampung Rasia
Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak–Bentong South
  FT 121 Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak–Bentong


   East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway

East
  East Coast Expressway   AH141 Kuala Terengganu
  East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuantan
  FT 2 Karak
T-junctions
Kampung Sirai
Kampung Tambai
Taman Kolej
Taman Wangi
Taman Orkid
Taman Kilat
Taman Sri Tanjung
Taman Ketari
59.8 Bentong
Ketari
North
  FT 8 Bentong
  FT 8 Raub
  FT 8 Kuala Lipis
  FT 8 Gua Musang
  FT 8 Kota Bharu

South
   East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway
  East Coast Expressway   AH141 Kuala Terengganu
  East Coast Expressway   AH141 Kuantan
  FT 2 Karak
  East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Kuala Lumpur
  East Coast Expressway   FT 2   AH141 Genting Highlands
Junctions

References

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  1. ^ a b Roads in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Ministry of Works. 2011. p. 16. ISBN 978-967-5399-17-6.
  2. ^ a b c d Inventori Rangkaian Jalan Utama Persekutuan Semenanjung Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Ministry of Works. 2009. ISBN 978-983-44278-2-5.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Jalan Gombak FT68". Blog Jalan Raya Malaysia. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013)". Statistik Jalan. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department: 16–64. 2013. ISSN 1985-9619.
  5. ^ "Perasmian Terowong dan Lebuh Raya Karak-Kuala Lumpur". Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah (in Malay). National Archives of Malaysia. 1978-01-07. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
  6. ^ "Lebuh raya: Kempunankah rakyat pantai timur?". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 1998-04-13. Archived from the original on 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  7. ^ "Naiktaraf Jalan Persekutuan 68 Dari Simpang 3 Lee Rubber ke UIA, Selangor" (PDF) (in Malay). Malaysian Ministry of Works. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-05-31.