Malaysia Federal Route 68

Federal Route 68
Jalan Gombak
Route information
Length:	59.8 km (37.2 mi)
Existed:	1915^[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	Setapak, Kuala Lumpur
	Genting Klang-Pahang Highway Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam B22 Jalan Batu Caves Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway C7 Jalan Janda Baik Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak-Bentong Federal Route 8
East end:	Ketari near Bentong, Pahang
Location
Primary destinations:	Gombak Genting Sempah Janda Baik Bukit Tinggi
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

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 lacks 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.

Route background

Jalan Gombak begins at Setapak Interchange, where it intersects with Jalan Pahang FT2 and Jalan Genting Klang. However, 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 Selangor-Pahang 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

Further information: Malaysia Federal Route 2 § History

Jalan Gombak FT68 used to be a part of the Kuala Lumpur-Kuantan Road FT2. It was constructed in 1915.^[1] However, the road was notorious for its very sharp corners, deep ravines, narrow roadway and lack of safety features, making the road 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]

List of junctions

Km	Interchange^[2]	To	Remarks
--- 0	Kuala Lumpur Setapak	Genting Klang-Pahang Highway Northeast Jalan Genting Klang Klang Gates Ulu Klang South Jalan Pahang Sentul City Centre Seremban Petaling Jaya	Trumpet interchange
Genting Klang-Pahang Highway
Jalan Gombak
	Taman P Ramlee (Taman Forlong)	East Jalan 1/50 Taman P Ramlee (Taman Forlong) P. Ramlee Memorial	T-junctions
	Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam	Northwest Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam Sentul Batu Caves Kuantan	T-junctions
Jalan Gombak Start/End of highway
Jalan Gombak
	Gombak (Kuala Lumpur side) Pasar Besar Gombak (Wet Market)
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 Batu Caves 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 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
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 600m above sea level	Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway (TnG and TAG ETC only) West Kuala Lumpur Gombak Ipoh Seremban Johor Bahru East Kuala Terengganu Kuantan Bentong 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 McDonalds	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 Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak-Bentong Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway East Kuala Terengganu Kuantan 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 Bentong Raub Kuala Lipis Gua Musang Kota Bharu South Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway Kuala Terengganu Kuantan Karak Kuala Lumpur Genting Highlands	Junctions

References

1 2 Roads in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Ministry of Works. 2011. p. 16. ISBN 978-967-5399-17-6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 Inventori Rangkaian Jalan Utama Persekutuan Semenanjung Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Ministry of Works. 2009. ISBN 978-983-44278-2-5. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 3 4 5 "Jalan Gombak FT68". Blog Jalan Raya Malaysia. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
↑ Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. p. 16-64. ISSN 1985-9619. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Perasmian Terowong dan Lebuh Raya Karak-Kuala Lumpur". Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah (in Malay). National Archives of Malaysia. 1978-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
↑ "Lebuh raya: Kempunankah rakyat pantai timur?" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 1998-04-13. Retrieved 2014-09-14.

Malaysian Federal Roads System

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FELDA/FELCRA Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia)	1002 1149 1154 1157 1207 1208 1265 1266 1283 1384 1388 1393 1397 1409 1423 1485 1486 1487 1488 1498 1500 1510 1518 1527 1531 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 1545 1546 1547 1548 1549 1550 1551 1572 1579 1689 1739 2484 2486 2489

Industrial Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia)	3000 3001 3050 3051 3052 3053 3110 3111 3112 3113 3114 3115 3145 3416 3147 3148 3149 3150 3151 3152 3208 3209 3210 3211 3212 3213 3214 3215 3216 3217 3218 3265 3374 3484 3485 3486 3487 3488 3489 3684 3685 3686 3739 3740

Institutional Facilities Federal Roads (Peninsula Malaysia)	313 315 317 341 342 343 344 345 361 362 399 401 420 421 422 423 424 432 433 434 435 436 459 479 480

Main Federal Roads (Sarawak)	1 ( 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 1-9 1-10 1-11 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 1-17 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 1-43 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 1-66 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92)

Other Federal Roads (Sarawak)	21 25 33 52 800 801 900A 900B 900C 901 902 903-1 903-2 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 2105 8302

Main Federal Roads (Sabah)	1 13 22 500 501 502 503

FELDA/FELCRA Federal Roads (Sabah)	1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806

Institutional Facilities Federal Roads (Sabah)	600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608

Main Federal Roads (Labuan)	700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 728 729 730 731

Highways of the Malaysia Federal Route 2

Persiaran Raja Muda Musa Jalan Jambatan Kota Federal Highway Jalan Klang Lama Jalan Syed Putra Genting Klang – Pahang Highway Jalan Gombak Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Duta – Ulu Klang Expressway Kuala Lumpur – Karak Expressway Mentakab–Temerloh Bypass Gambang–Kuantan Highway

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