Federal Highway, Malaysia
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| Federal Highway (Kuala Lumpur-Klang Highway) |
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| Maintained by PLUS Malaysia Berhad with its subsidiary Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Former concessionaries known as Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS)) (on tolled segment) |
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| Length: | 45 km (28 mi) Tolled segment: 16 km (10 mi) |
| Existed: | 1974 – present |
| History: | Completed in 1977, tolled segment completed 1992–1993 |
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| West end: | Klang, Selangor |
  Jalan Jambatan KotaFederal Route 5  North Klang Straits Bypass Kemuning-Shah Alam Highway Jalan Subang-Batu TigaPersiaran Tujuan  Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport HighwayMajlis Link  Damansara-Puchong Expressway New Pantai Expressway Sprint Expressway = Kerinchi LinkBangsar-Petaling Jaya Bypass Jalan Syed PutraJalan Klang Lama East-West Link Expressway
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| East end: | Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur |
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| Primary destinations: |
Port Klang, Sungai Rasau, I-City, Padang Jawa, Shah Alam, Batu Tiga, Subang Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur |
| Highway system | |
Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay (or sometimes called "Federal", "Highway Persekutuan" or "Highway Federal" by Klang Valley citizens) is a Malaysian controlled-access highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor. It is the busiest highway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur. The Federal Highway is coded as Federal Route 2.
The history of the highway started after the separation of Singapore from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, when the Malaysian government decided to make Port Swettenham (now Port Klang) as Malaysia's new national port as a replacement of Singapore. As a result, the government planned to build a highway connecting Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur by upgrading the former Kuala Lumpur-Klang Highway (Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Klang) (opened to traffic on 14 January 1959) to a full motorway by replacing the existing at-grade intersections with interchanges, making the Federal Highway as Malaysia's first expressway. The Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya Traffic Dispersal Scheme was implemented in 1974 under the surviliance of the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR). This scheme includes the Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road, Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1, Jalan Syed Putra and Federal Highway Route 2 (Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya). Funded by a loan granted by the World Bank, the upgrade works for the Federal Highway from Subang Airport Interchange to Kuala Lumpur started from 1974 until 1977. The highway was originally a 4-lane limited access highway except for the Petaling Jaya stretch where it became 6-lane highway. However, in 1992 PLUS Expressways, the concession holder of North-South Expressway has upgraded the entire highway to a 6-lane highway with two toll plazas, Batu Tiga and Sungai Rasau. The 6-lane toll highway had begun in operation on 11 May 1993. The highway handles incredible volumes of traffic there is significant congestion at more or less any time of day.
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