Second East–West Highway

Federal Route 185
Second East-West Highway (Simpang Pulai-Kuala Berang Highway)
Route information
Length:	313.6 km (194.9 mi)
Existed:	2001 – present
History:	Completed in 2004
Major junctions
West end:	Simpang Pulai, Perak
	Jalan Lahat-Simpang Pulai Federal Route 1 Federal Route 59 Federal Route 8 Federal Route 247 Bukit Payung-Telemung Highway
East end:	Kuala Jeneris, Terengganu
Location
Primary destinations:	Ipoh Cameron Highlands Kota Bharu Kuala Lipis Gua Musang Kenyir Lake Kuala Terengganu
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Second East–West Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Timur-Barat Kedua), also known as Simpang Pulai-Kuala Berang Highway, Federal Route 185, is a highway in Peninsular Malaysia which connects Simpang Pulai in Perak to Kuala Jeneris in Terengganu.^[1] It overlaps with Federal Route 8 Federal Route 8 between Gua Musang and Sungai Relau. It is notorious for its many sharp corners which increase the risk of road accidents.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 185 is located at Simpang Pulai, Perak, at its junctions with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

The highway used to be known as Perak State Route 181 from Simpang Pulai to Pos Slim before being extended eastwards and recommissioned as a federal highway. The construction of the highway began in 2001 and was completed in 2004. Phase 2 was completed at the end of 2010.

Location of the project

The 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 Jeneris.

Project scope of work

Second East-West Highway near Cameron Highlands.

The total distance of the road is 313.66 km (194.90 mi), excluding the 41 km 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.

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) and R1 or R2 standard such as the winding hilly road (typically with a design speed of 20–30 km/h).

Typically, the road is a two-lane single carriageway with a lane width of 3.5m and shoulder width of 2.5m. 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.

Those who want to go from Simpang Pulai to Kuala Berang/Kuala Berang to Simpang Pulai must go through part of federal route 8.

Estimated cost

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

Features

Lojing Viaduct is the highest bridge in Malaysia.

At most sections, the Federal Route 185 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

The highway overlaps with T156 Jalan Pengkalan Utama from Kenyir Lake to Kuala Jeneris.

Notable events

• 20 December 2010 – Twenty-seven people, mostly Thai tourist were killed when the double-decked coach bus they were travelling in crashed at the Second East–West Highway of the Perak-Pahang border near Cameron Highlands, Pahang.

List of junctions and towns

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

Km	Exit	Junctions	To	Remarks
0		Simpang Pulai Simpang Pulai Junctions	North Ipoh West Jalan Lahat-Simpang Pulai Lahat Pasir Pinji South A8 Batu Gajah Gopeng North-South Expressway Northern Route Alor Star Penang Kuala Lumpur	T-Junctions
Second East–West Highway (Phase 1) Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang Start/End of highway
		Simpang Pulai Fire Station
		Sungai Raya bridge
		Petronas Layby
		Simpang Pulai Quarry
		Simpang Pulai Quarry
				Start/End of four-lane carriageway
15
				Start/End of four-lane carriageway
		Viaduct
Perak Darul Ridzuan Kinta district border
Perak-Pahang border
Pahang Darul Makmur Cameron Highlands district border
Cameron Highlands
		Cameron Highlands Avant Chocolate	Avant Chocolate
		Cameron Highlands Kampung Raja
		Cameron Highlands Cameron Highlands (North) Junctions	South Cameron Highlands Kampung Raja Tringkap Brinchang Tanah Rata Tourist attractions	T-Junctions
Cameron Highlands
Pahang Darul Makmur Cameron Highlands district border
Pahang-Kelantan border
Kelantan Darul Naim Gua Musang district border
		Pos Sigar	Pos Sigar Orang Asli village	T-junctions
		Sungai Pangoi bridge
		Pos Brooke	Pos Brooke Orang Asli village	T-junctions
		Sungai Lojing bridge
		Pos Mering	Pos Mering Orang Asli village Lojing Highlands	T-junctions
		Lojing Viaduct Sungai Chenderoh bridge
		Lojing	Lojing Highlands	T-junctions
		Sungai Berok bridge
		Kampung Sungkai
		Ulu Nenggiri Junctions	West D30 Jalan Ulu Nenggiri Ulu Nenggiri Kampung Pilting	T-junctions
Second East–West Highway (Phase 1) Simpang Pulai-Gua Musang
		Gua Musang Gua Musang Town Junctions	North D29 Jalan Dabong-Gua Musang Dabong Jeli South Kuala Lipis Jerantut Raub Taman Negara	Junctions
		Gua Musang-Chiku	see also Federal Route 8
		Chiku Chiku Junctions	North Kota Bharu Kuala Krai	T-junctions
Second East–West Highway (Phase 2) Gua Musang-Kuala Berang
		Kampung Kabang
		Sungai Lebir bridge
		Kampung Lanchang
Kelantan Darul Naim Gua Musang district border
Kelantan-Terengganu border
Terengganu Darul Iman Hulu Terengganu district border
هولو ترڠڬانو Hulu Terengganu
Kenyir Lake
		Sungai Kembur Viaduct
		TNB Puah Hydroelectric Dam	TNB Puah Hydroelectric Dam	T-junctions
		Sungai Kelempai Viaduct
		Pasir Pulau Viaduct
		Sungai Purun Viaduct
		Sungai Jeneris Viaduct
		Jalan Pengkalan Utama Junctions	South T156 Jalan Pengkalan Utama TNB Pengkalan Gawi Dam Telemung Waterfall	T-junctions
		Kenyir Lake Rest and Service Area
		Kenyir Lake Kenyir Lake Junctions	South Kenyir Lake Pengkalan Gawi (Jetty) Kenyir Lake Resort and Spa Kenyir Lake Visitor Centre V	T-junctions
Kenyir Lake								Kampung Basung
		Pelung Junctions	North T151 Jalan Pelung Pelung	T-junctions
		Kampung Pasir Duta
Second East–West Highway (Phase 2) Gua Musang-Kuala Berang
		Kuala Jeneris Kuala Jeneris Junctions	North Sungai Tong Setiu Besut South Kuala Berang Ajil	Junctions
			East Bukit Payung-Telemung Highway Kuala Terengganu Bukit Payong Telemong East Coast Expressway Kuantan Kuala Lumpur

References

1. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.

See also

• East-West Highway