Jalan Gunung Brinchang

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MYS Jkr-ft432.svg
Federal Route 432
Jalan Gunung Brinchang
Route information
Length6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Existed1920s–present
Major junctions
East endMYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Jalan Brinchang
Major intersectionsMYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Jalan Brinchang
West end Gunung Brinchang
Location
Country Malaysia
Primary
destinations
Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate
Highway system

Jalan Gunung Brinchang, Federal Route 432, is a federal road in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. It is the highest paved road in Malaysia. [1] [2] It is also a main route to the Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate.

Contents

Route Background

Jalan Gunung Brinchang is a 6.7-km single-lane paved road that extends from the base to the top of Gunung Brinchang. Its terminal junction at the Federal Route 59 is located about 4.2 km from Brinchang, Cameron Highlands. The gradient varies between 5% and 10% until the end of the maintenance limit border at Gunung Irau camping site, where the gradient becomes steeper (up to 20%). Consequently, the speed limit for this road is 20 km/h only. As a result, the short 6.7-km journey from the bottom to the top may take about half an hour. [3]

At most sections, Federal Route 432 was built under the JKR R1 road standard, with a speed limit of 20 km/h.

List of junctions

KmExitJunctionsToRemarks
MYS Jkr-ft432.svg FT 432
0
MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Jalan Brinchang MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Jalan Brinchang

North
MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Kuala Terla
MYS Jkr-ft185.svg FT 185 Simpang Pulai
MYS Jkr-ft1.svg FT 1 Ipoh
MYS Jkr-ft185.svg FT 185 Gua Musang
MYS Jkr-ft8.svg FT 8 Kota Bharu

South
MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Brinchang
MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Tanah Rata
MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Ringlet
MYS Jkr-ft102.svg FT 102 Kuala Lipis
MYS Jkr-ft102.svg FT 102 Raub
Malaysia expressway logo.svgMes-e8.svg East Coast Expressway MYS Jkr-ft2.svg FT 2 Kuantan
MYS Jkr-ft59.svg FT 59 Tapah
Malaysia expressway logo.svgMes-e1.svg North–South Expressway Northern Route Tabliczka AH2.svg AH2 Kuala Lumpur
T-junctions
Start/end of narrow roads
Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V
Jalan Sungai Palas
Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate
East
Jalan Sungai Palas
Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate
BOH Tea Factory
Visitor Centre, Tea Shop and Stall
Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V Malaysia Symbols-Food court.svg Malaysia Symbols-Toilet.svg Information centre (malaysia).jpg
T-junctions
Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V
Brinchang Orang Asli village
Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V
Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg Malaysia Symbols-Recreation.svg Gunung Irau camping site
Hutan Lipur Mossy
Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg Malaysia Symbols-Recreation.svg V
MYS Jkr-ft432.svg FT 432
6.7
Gunung Brinchang
2032 m above sea level
Gunung Brinchang
VHF Stations
Microwave Stations

Malaysia road sign GI4a.svg V
Start/end of narrow roads

Pahang-Perak border at the VHF stations

References

  1. Gunung Irau - Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highland, Pahang Archived 2009-03-11 at the Wayback Machine - from Kelab Orang Gunung Kuala Lumpur.
  2. Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2014). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2014. pp. 16–46. ISSN   1985-9619.
  3. "Jalan Gunung Brinchang FT432". Blog Jalan Raya Malaysia. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.