Cheras Highway

Federal Route 1
Cheras Highway (Cheras Road) (Loke Yew Road)
Route information
Existed	1988–present
History	Completed in 1991
Major junctions
North end	Edinburgh Circus, Kuala Lumpur
Major intersections	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway Cheras–Kajang Expressway Cheras–Kajang Expressway
South end	Plaza Phoenix, Cheras
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Pudu Sungai Besi Bandar Tun Razak Cheras Kajang Seremban
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Cheras Highway, Federal Route 1 also known as Cheras Road and Loke Yew Road is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^[1]

History

Taman Midah MRT station now stands at the opposite side of the former location of Kajang-bound Jalan Cheras toll plaza, photo taken in May 2022.

This highway was upgraded in 1988 by Metramac Corporation Sdn.Bhd. The Cheras Road toll plaza began operations from 1 September 1990. After being suspended a year later before reopening on 15 September 1991, toll charges reduced by 50 percent from the usual RM1. After many complaints and traffic jams, the toll plaza was abolished on 14 September 2003 and replaced by Taman Midah MRT station on 17 July 2017. Today, the highway is maintained by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).

Due to the congestion on the Cheras Highway, two projects were led by the DBKL. These included an underpass from the Cheras–Kajang Expressway to Taman Connaught and flyovers to Taman Len Seng and Alam Damai. It was opened on 14 April 2008. Other projects are Bulatan Cheras–Bandar Tun Razak roundabout underpass from Cheras Highway to Cheras Road and Jalan Tenteram was opened on 2010. The Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT line runs along much of the highway, starting from Taman Pertama MRT station, past the Taman Connaught interchange and along the Cheras-Kajang Expressway to Kajang.

Cheras Highway floods 2014

A flash floods in Cheras Highway near Cheras Leisure Mall in Cheras occurred on 23 August 2014 caused a massive traffic congestion in many parts of the city centre.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Kuala Lumpur	FT 1 Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Birch Road (Jalan Maharajalela) North Jalan Kinabalu Victory Avenue (Jalan Sultan Hisamuddin) Jalan Kuching Segambut Kepong Ipoh Kuantan
		Edinburgh Circus Interchange	South Old Airport Road (Jalan Dewan Bahasa) Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Bangsar Petaling Jaya Shah Alam Klang North Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Shaw Road (Jalan Hang Tuah) Merdeka Stadium National Stadium Jalan Pudu Jalan Bukit Bintang Jalan Imbi	Diamond interchange
FT 1 Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road
FT 1 Cheras Highway
		Loke Yew Flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Loke Yew Flyover Loke Yew Interchange	Northwest Jalan Sungai Besi Pudu Pudu Road Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 North Circular Road (Jalan Tun Razak) Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) South Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway Salak South Kuchai Lama Sungai Besi Mines Resort City East–West Link Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway Johor Bahru Malacca Seremban National Sports Complex Klang Shah Alam Petaling Jaya	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
		Loke Yew Flyover Jalan Chan Sow Lin Exit	South Jalan Chan Sow Lin Sungai Besi Industrial Area	From Cheras only
		Loke Yew Flyover Railway crossing bridge
		Loke Yew Flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Miharja Exit	Miharja 3 Miharja LRT station	KL bound
		Jalan Lombong Exit	East Jalan Lombong Maluri Plaza Uncang Emas	Kajang bound
		Kerayong River bridge Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway	Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway East Sungai Besi Expressway Shamelin Sungai Besi Expressway Maluri East Coast Expressway FT 2 AH141 Kuantan FT 28 Ulu Klang FT 28 Ampang Sungai Besi Expressway Pandan Indah	Start/End of bridge
		Kerayong River bridge Railway crossing bridge
		Kerayong River bridge
		Kerayong River bridge		Start/End of bridge
		Cheras Roundabout-Bandar Tun Razak Interchange	North Jalan Cheras Lama Maluri Shamelin South Jalan Yaacob Latif (Jalan Tenteram) Bandar Tun Razak Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM)	Roundabout interchange with two directional underpass from Loke Yew Road to Bandar Tun Razak and from Cheras Road south to Jalan Cheras Lama north
		Taman Pertama MRT station	Taman Pertama MRT station 9
		Jalan Yaacob Latif Exit	West Jalan Yaacob Latif (Jalan Tenteram) Bandar Tun Razak Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) Cheras Velodrome	KL bound
		P&R	P&R Taman Midah MRT station 9
		Former Jalan Cheras southbound toll plaza location
		Jalan Kuari Exit	Northeast Jalan Kuari Cheras Christian Cemetery	Kajang bound
		Taman Midah Exit	Taman Midah Bandar Tun Razak	KL bound
		Cheras Cheras Roundabout Interchange	FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 North FT 28 Ampang East Coast Expressway FT 2 AH141 Kuantan FT 28 Batu Caves FT 1 Ipoh FT 28 Kepong South Bandar Tun Razak Bandar Tasik Selatan Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Johor Bahru North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Malacca North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Seremban Shah Alam Expressway National Sports Complex North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Shah Alam Expressway Shah Alam Shah Alam Expressway Klang Shah Alam Expressway Pulau Indah	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange (Former MRR2 toll plaza location)
		Taman Mutiara MRT Station	Taman Mutiara MRT station 9
		Taman Taynton Interchange	West Jalan Dato Haji Harun Taman Taynton Taman Mutiara Barat Taman Billion East Jalan Manis Taman Segar Taman Mutiara Timur Taman Desa Aman Taman Supreme Cheras Leisure Mall	Double U-turn interchange
		Plaza Phoenix Interchange	West East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway Bandar Tun Razak Sprint Expressway Bangsar FT 2 Petaling Jaya FT 2 Shah Alam FT 2 Klang South Plaza Phoenix Flyover Taman Connaught Taman Len Seng Alam Damai Plaza Phoenix	Trumpet interchange with dedicated flyover to major townships in Cheras (Taman Connaught, Taman Len Seng and Alam Damai).
Cheras–Kajang Expressway 10 FT 1 --		Cheras Sentral (Plaza Phoenix) P&R Taman Connaught MRT station	Cheras Sental (Plaza Phoenix) P&R Taman Connaught MRT Station 9	Kuala Lumpur bound Plaza Phoenix MRT Station
FT 1 Cheras Highway DBKL border limit
Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Cheras–Kajang Expressway Grand Saga border limit
			Southeast Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Balakong FT 1 Kajang FT 1 Semenyih FT 1 Seremban Taman Cuepacs

See also

• Federal route 1
• Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway
• Kuala Lumpur

References

1. "Grand Saga Expressway, Cheras-Kajang Expressway (E7)". klia2.info. 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2025-07-27.