Batu Gajah Highway
Appearance
Perak Route 8 | |
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Major junctions | |
West end | Pusing |
FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway A108 Jalan Bemban A15 Jalan Tanjung Tualang A117 Jalan Kuala Pinji FT 1 Federal Route 1 | |
East end | Gopeng |
Location | |
Country | Malaysia |
Primary destinations | Batu Gajah Kellie's Castle |
Highway system | |
Batu Gajah Highway (Perak state route A8) is a major highway in Perak, Malaysia. The highway connects Pusing in the west, passing Batu Gajah and Kellie's Castle until Gopeng in the east. This highway was upgraded from single carriageway into dual carriageway in 2001.
Route background
[edit]The Kilometre Zero of the highway is located at Gopeng, at its junctions with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of central Peninsular Malaysia.
At most sections, the Batu Gajah Highway was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
List of junctions
[edit]This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.(November 2021) |
km | Exit | Junctions | To | Remarks | |
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Pusing | FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway North FT 5 Ipoh FT 5 Mengelembu FT 5 Lahat South FT 73 Parit FT 5 Bandar Seri Iskandar FT 5 Lumut FT 5 Pangkor Island |
T-junctions | |||
FT 5 Ipoh–lumut Highway | |||||
A8Batu Gajah Highway | |||||
Batu Gajah | West A108 Jalan Bemban Pusing Parit Lumut Sitiawan Pangkor Island South A15 Jalan Tanjung Tualang A15 Tanjung Tualang FT 109 Kampung Gajah FT 109 Pasir Salak FT 109 Teluk Intan FT 109 Pasir Salak Historical Complex |
Roundabout | |||
Batu Gajah | Batu Gajah railway stations | ||||
Railway crossing bridge | |||||
Sungai Kinta bridge | |||||
Jalan Kuala Pinji | North A117 Jalan Kuala Pinji Kampung Kuala Pinji Pasir Pinji South A108 Batu Gajah Bypass (Jalan Bemban) FT 73 Parit FT 5 Bandar Seri Iskandar FT 5 Lumut FT 5 Pangkor Island |
T-junctions | |||
Kinta Kellas Estate | |||||
Kellie's Castle | Kellie's Castle V |
T-junctions | |||
Kinta Kellas Estate | |||||
Gopeng Tin Mines | |||||
A8 Batu Gajah Highway Start/End of highway | |||||
FT 199 0 |
Gopeng | North FT 1 Ipoh FT 1 Simpang Pulai FT 185 Cameron Highlands FT 185 Gua Musang North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Bukit Kayu Hitam Penang South FT 1 Gopeng FT 1 Kampar North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Kuala Lumpur Tapah |
T-junctions |