Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway

Expressway 8
Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway (Karak Expressway)
Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway (Peninsular Malaysia)
Route information
Part of
Maintained by ANIH Berhad (formerly known as MTD Prime Sdn Bhd)
Length:	60.0 km (37.3 mi)
Existed:	1974 – present
History:	Completed in 1979
Major junctions
West end:	Gombak North, Selangor
	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway Federal Route 68 Jalan Berjaya Hills Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak-Bentong Federal Route 8 Jalan Kuantan-Kuala Lumpur East Coast Expressway
East end:	Karak, Pahang
Location
Primary destinations:	Gombak, Genting Highlands, Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Karak
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

The Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway, or Karak Expressway, KLK,(Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur-Karak, Lebuhraya Karak), or also known as Karak Highway, is a 60-kilometre (37 mi) controlled-access highway or motorway in Malaysia connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur to the town of Karak in Pahang. It incorporates a twin tunnel at Genting Sempah, near one of Malaysia's famous highland resorts, Genting Highlands. The highway was used to be a two-lane toll highway before being upgraded to a full expressway in 1997. The expressway is part of the Asian Highway Network of route AH141 and the speed limit on the expressway is 90 km/h (56 mph).

The expressway begins at Gombak North Interchange in Gombak, Selangor and its interchange with the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (Federal Route 28). The Kilometre Zero is counted from the Kuala Lumpur city centre via Federal Route 2 (Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1, Jalan Pahang (Genting Klang-Pahang Highway), Jalan Gombak (Federal Route 68), Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam and Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway E33); the actual starting point of the expressway is counted as Kilometre 19. Next, the expressway passes the Titiwangsa Range and the Genting Sempah Tunnel towards the Genting Sempah at Pahang border.

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