SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY

'Second East-West Highway', 'Federal route ' is a highway in Peninsular Malaysia which connects Simpang Pulai in Perak to Gua Musang in Kelantan. The highway is expected to be extended further east to Kuala Terengganu in the future. This highway features a four-lane carriageway from Simpang Pulai to Cameron Highlands and a two-lane carriageway from Cameron Highlands to Gua Musang. It is notorious for its many sharp corners which increase the risk of road accidents.

Contents

History

Location of the project

Project scope of work

Estimated cost

Map

List of Junctions and Towns

See also

History

Construction of the highway began in 2001 and was completed in 2004. Phase 2 should be completed by end 2007.

Location of the project

The proposed route runs through the states of Perak, Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu,
starting at Simpang Pulai and traversing through the main range at Lojing, and ending at Kuala Berang.

Project scope of work

The total distance of the proposed road is 313.66 km (-- miles), excluding the 41 km (-- miles) existing road from
Gua Musang to Chiku, Kelantan. The road is designed to Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) geometric standard of R3
with a design speed of 50 km/h (-- mph).
In terms of riding comfort, this R3 standard falls in between the R5 or R6 standard for
expressway (typically with a design speed of 80-110 km/h (-- mph)) and R1 or R2 standard
such as the winding hilly road (typically with a design speed of 20-30 km/h (-- mph)).
Typically, the road is a two-lane single carriageway with a lane width of 3.5m (-- ft) and shoulder
width of 2.5m (-- ft). Climbing lanes are also provided at certain sections with steep gradient, to
assist slow moving vehicles. The project also involves the construction of viaducts, bridges
and culverts.

Estimated cost

The entire project is estimated to cost RM1.6 billion and divided into 10 packages for implementation

Map

★ http://members.tripod.com/%7Emcleon/spulai1a.JPG

★ http://members.tripod.com/~mcleon/projects.htm

List of Junctions and Towns

This is a list of junctions and towns along the highway.

Km	Exit	Interchange/Junctions	To	Remarks
0		Simpang Pulai	'NORTH' Ipoh 'SOUTH' Batu Gajah Gopeng 'NORTH-SOUTH EXPRESSWAY NORTHERN ROUTE' Bukit Kayu Hitam Penang Kuala Lumpur	T-Junctions
' SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 1) Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang'
		Kampung Raja
		'Perak-Pahang border' Kinta-Cameron Highlands district border
		Cameron Highlands Utara	'SOUTH' Cameron Highlands Brinchang	T-Junctions
		'Pahang-Perak border' Cameron Highlands-Gua Musang district border
		Pos Brooke	Pos Brooke Orang Asli village	T-junctions
		Pos Mering	Pos Mering Orang Asli village	T-junctions
		Kampung Sungkai
' SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 1) Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang'
		'GUA MUSANG'	'NORTH' Dabong Jeli 'SOUTH' Kuala Lipis Jerantut Taman Negara Raub	Junctions
		Chiku	'NORTH' Kota Bharu Kuala Krai	T-junctions
' SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 2) Gua Musang-Kuala Berang Under construction'
		Keruak
		Lojing
		'Kelantan-Terengganu border' Gua Musang-Hulu Terengganu district border
		Aring
		'Sungai Kembur Viaduct'
		'Sungai Kelempai Viaduct'
		'Sungai Purun Viaduct'
		'Pasir Pulau Bridge' Kenyir Lake
		Kenyir Lake Pasir Pulau	Kenyir Lake
' SECOND EAST-WEST HIGHWAY (Phase 2) Gua Musang-Kuala Berang Under construction'
		'KUALA BERANG'	'SOUTH' Kuala Berang	T-junctions
			'EAST' Bukit Payong Kuala Terengganu 'EAST COAST EXPRESSWAY' Kota Bharu Besut Kuala Lumpur Kuantan

See also

★ East-West Highway