Kimanis–Keningau Highway

Kimanis–Keningau Highway
Route information
Length:	53 km (33 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Kimanis
	Federal Route 1 Malaysia Federal Route 500 Interior North-South Highway
East end:	Keningau
Location
Primary destinations:	Crocker Range National Park Kota Kinabalu (From Keningau/Tenom) Keningau (Main Destination) Tenom (via Keningau)
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

One of the very steep slopes along the Kimanis-Keningau Highway.

Kimanis–Keningau Highway is a state highway in Sabah, Malaysia, connecting the town of Kimanis to Keningau. It also acts as an alternative for Federal Route from Kota Kinabalu to Tenom which is longer. The 53-kilometre (33 mi) highway was initially started as a main logging road before being upgraded to a full two-lane highway.^[1] The highway was opened to traffic in 2006.

Even though the highway boasts for its relatively short length and very good condition, it is notorious for its very steep gradients along the way, ranging from 10% to about 25%, making the Kimanis–Keningau Highway as the steepest highway in Malaysia.^[2][3] As a result, climbing road lanes are provided at steep sections.

An interesting feature of this highway is the presence of a gravity hill induced by optical illusion, located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Keningau. It is reported that at the gravity hill, there is a slope which appears as a downhill slope, but is actually an uphill slope.^[1]

List of Interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		KIMANIS	MALAYSIA FEDERAL ROUTE 1 NORTH Kota Kinabalu Papar SOUTH Beaufort Sindumin	Roundabout
		Shell Layby	Shell	Keningau bound
		Bongawan Estate	NORTH Papar SOUTH Bongawan	Roundabout
		KIMANIS–KENINGAU HIGHWAY R&R COMPLEX		R&R complex Kimanis bound
		Layby		Keningau bound
		-- m above sea level		Kimanis bound, Engage lower gear
West Coast Division Papar district border
West Coast-Interior division border
Interior Division Keningau district border
		-- m above sea level		Keningau bound, Engage lower gear
		Crocker Range National Park -- m above sea level
		Jalan Masak Roundabout	SOUTH JALAN PATIKANG ULU Tenom	Roundabout
		KENINGAU	MALAYSIA FEDERAL ROUTE 500 INTERIOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY NORTHEAST Tambunan Ranau Kota Kinabalu SOUTHWEST Tenom Melalap Sook	Roundabout

See also

• List of gravity hills

References

1. "Titik Misteri, Bukit Graviti dan Bukit Magnetic" (in Malay). Retrieved 24 August 2011.
2. "Kimanis-Keningau Road". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
3. Zulnizam Shahrani (28 December 2011). "Ekspedisi solo Kuala Lumpur – Borneo penuh kepuasan" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 15 December 2013.