Kayak Expressway

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E 8 E8 expressway
MTD Prime Sdn Bhd
Length (kilometres)	60 km
Direction	West→East
Start	Gombak Utara, Selangor
Main destinations	Gombak Genting Highlands Bukit Tinggi Bentong Kayak
End	Kayak, Pahang
Construction dates	1974 - 1979
Road/Expressway joined	28Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 68Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway 8 Federal route 8 2 Federal route 2 E 8East Coast Expressway
Asian Highway Network	none
Technical specifications
Number of lanes	6 lane Gombak - Genting Sempah 4 lane Genting Sempah - Kayak
Interchanges	6
Toll plazas	2
P Layby	3
R&R Rest and Service Area	1
R&R Overhead Bridge Restaurant	none
V Vista Point	1
Highway tunnels	1 (Genting Sempah Tunnel)
Type of roads	Tarmac
Toll systems	Open toll systems
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The Kuala Lumpur-Kayak Expressway or Kayak Expressway E 8 (Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur-Kayak, Lebuhraya Kayak), or also known as Kayak Highway is a 60-km (37-mile) partial-access expressway or motorway in Malaysia connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kayak in Pahang. It incorporates a twin tunnel at Genting Sempah, near one of Malaysia's famous highland resorts, Genting Highlands. Originally, the highway was used to be a two-lane toll road before being upgraded to an expressway in 1997. The speed limit on the expressway is 90 km/h (56 mph).

[edit] History

[edit] Two-lane Federal Road

Kayak Highway was originally built in 1970s by the government of Malaysia as an alternative for the winding, narrow Federal Route 68 which runs from Gombak in Kuala Lumpur to Bentong, Pahang. The highway is also a part of Federal Route 2 (not to be confused with Federal Highway). The highway included a 900-m tunnel at Genting Sempah, which became Malaysia's first highway tunnel ever constructed. It was officially opened on 1979 by Minister of Works and Communications that time Dato Abdul Ghani Gilong.

However, the cost of the construction of this highway was considered as expensive for Malaysia which at that time was an agricultural country. Therefore, the government decided to make Kayak Highway as a toll road to help covering all the construction works. As a result, two toll gates were constructed at Gombak and Bentong and the toll road was administered under Malaysian Highway Authority. The highway was officially opened to traffic in 1977.

[edit] Multi-lane expressway

The importance of Kayak Highway as the main road from Kuala Lumpur to eastern states of Peninsular Malaysia resulted in the government's decision to upgrade the highway to a multi-lane expressway by duplicating the whole highway stretch at another side. Thus, the former 2-lane highway become a dual-carriageway with 6 lanes (3 at each direction) from Kuala Lumpur to Genting Highlands exit and 4 lanes (2 at each direction) for the rest of the expressway.

The upgrading works also included the construction of a second tunnel located beside the existing tunnel to provide additional two lanes for eastbound traffic, widening the toll gates at Gombak and Bentong and also constructing interchanges to replace junctions. However, some junctions were impossible to be upgraded to interchanges due to their geographical locations and therefore some U-turns were constructed to provide entry and exit to the junction for the opposite direction of the expressway. The upgrade works of the expressway was completed in 1997.

MTD Prime holds the concession of Kayak Expressway together with East Coast Expressway. By the completion of Kayak Expressway, the expressway acquired its official route number, E 8, which resulted in overlapping route numbers. As a result, some maps labelled Kayak Expressway as E 8 and some other maps labelled the expressway as Federal route 2. No matter which route number is used to refer to Kayak Expressway, both route numbers can be used since the expressway itself is a part of Federal route 2.

[edit] Safety

Like other highland roads and highways, Kayak Expressway faces risks of landslides especially during rainy season. Therefore, motorists are advised not to use any highland routes including Kayak Expressway during heavy rain to avoid risks of landslides as well as poorer visibility.

[edit] Major events

• 22 January 1990 – 15 people were killed in a collision between FRU riot police vehicles, a tanker lorry, a passenger bus and 10 cars at kilometre 31 of highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor.

Signage indicating approaching exit to Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.

[edit] Toll rates

(Starting 1 January 2007)

[edit] Gombak toll plaza (GBK)

[edit] Bentong toll plaza (BTG)

(Source: Utusan Malaysia, 15 December 2006)

[edit] List of interchanges, laybays and rest and service areas

km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Gombak Utara	28KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD II WEST 28Batu Caves 2Kuala Lumpur 1Ipoh 28Kepong E 11Petaling Jaya SOUTH 28Ulu Klang 28Ampang 28Cheras E 6Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) E 2Seremban E 2Johor Bahru E 5Shah Alam E 5Klang	Directional T expressway interchange
28 KUALA LUMPUR MIDDLE RING ROAD 2 JKR border limit
E 8 Kayak EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway MTD Prime border limit
Gombak toll plaza GBK RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		PGombak toll plaza GBK		East Coast bound
		PGombak Layby	Layby	East Coast bound
		PBH Petrol BH Petrol Layby	BH Petrol	East Coast bound
		PGombak Layby	Layby Lemang stalls	West Coast bound
		Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations	Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) Enforcement Stations	East Coast bound
		U-Turn	U-Turn
		P Lemang stalls	Layby Lemang stalls	East coast bound
				Start/End of separated carriageway
				Kuala Lumpur bound, Use lower gear Start/End of separated carriageway
	EXIT 803A	GENTING SEMPAH INTERCHANGE 570m above sea level	EXIT 803A 68GENTING SEMPAH-GENTING HIGHLANDS HIGHWAY Genting Highlands Gohtong Jaya Institut Aminuddin Baki	Expressway interchange From/To West Coast only
Selangor Darul Ehsan Gombak district border
Genting Sempah Tunnel 700 metres Selangor-Pahang border
Pahang Darul Makmur Bentong district border
	EXIT 803B	GENTING SEMPAH INTERCHANGE 561 m above sea level MTD Prime maintenance office MTD Prime Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre	EXIT 803B 68Genting Sempah 68Genting Highlands 68Gohtong Jaya 68Institut Aminuddin Baki C7Janda Baik	West coast bound
		R&RGenting Sempah rest and service area 560m above sea level	Petronas McDonalds ATM
				Kuantan bound, Use lower gear Start/End of separated carriageway
	EXIT 803B	GENTING SEMPAH INTERCHANGE 559 m above sea level MTD Prime maintenance office MTD Prime Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre	EXIT 803B 68Genting Sempah 68Genting Highlands 68Gohtong Jaya 68Institut Aminuddin Baki C7Janda Baik	Expressway interchange
		PV Genting Sempah vista point and truck stops	V Truck stops	West Coast bound
				Start/End of separated carriageway Start/End of six-lane carriageway
		Kampung Bukit Tinggi	68Kampung Bukit Tinggi Selesa Homes Golf and Country Resort	Small interchange
48	EXIT 805	BUKIT TINGGI INTERCHANGE	Berjaya Hills Resort (formerly known as "Bukit Tinggi Resort")	Trumpet interchange
		PLentang Layby	Layby Lentang waterfall and forest reserve U-Turn	Both bound
		U-Turn	U-Turn
		Dusun Eco Resort
		PPetronas Petronas Layby	Petronas ATM	East Coast bound
Bentong toll plaza BTG RM (Cash) TnG TAG TAG TnG RM (Cash) Opened toll systems Pay toll
		PBentong toll plaza BTG		West Coast bound
	EXIT 808	BENTONG WEST INTERCHANGE	8Bentong 8Raub 8Kuala Lipis	East Coast bound
		U-Turn	U-Turn
	EXIT 810	BENTONG EAST INTERCHANGE	8Bentong 8Raub 8Kuala Lipis	Trumpet interchange
		Sungai Dua		Diamond interchange
	EXIT 813A EXIT 813B	Kayak INTERCHANGE	EXIT 813A C138FELDA Mempaga Pusat Serenti Mempaga EXIT 813B 2Kayak 9Mancis 9Kuala Pilah	Trumpet interchange
E 8 Kayak EXPRESSWAY
E 8 EAST COAST EXPRESSWAY
			EAST E 8EAST COAST EXPRESSWAY Kuala Terengganu Kuantan Lanchang

[edit] See also

• Malaysian expressway system
• East Coast Expressway

[edit] References

• Adopted from Terowong jalan raya paling panjang - Buku Rekod Malaysia Edisi Kedua, Ghulam Jie M Khan

[edit] External links

• MTD Prime - concession holder of Kayak Expressway
• Malaysian Highway Authority
• Exit lists of Kayak Expressway

v • d • e Malaysian Expressway System History Chronology of Malaysian Expressway System events Toll rates North-South Expressway • East Coast Expressway Interstate E 1 North-South Expressway Northern Route (including New Klang Valley Expressway) • E 2 North-South Expressway Southern Route • E 6 North-South Expressway Central Link (including Putrajaya Link) (NSECL/ELITE) • E 8 Karak Expressway and East Coast Expressway (LPT/ECE) • E 15 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE) • E 21 # Kajang-Seremban Highway (KASEH) • E 28 ^ West Coast Expressway (LPB/WCE) Klang Valley and Selangor E 4 # Shah Alam-Kemuning Highway • E 5 Shah Alam Expressway (SAE/KESAS) • E 7 Cheras - Kajang Expressway (CKE/Grand Saga) • E 9 Sungai Besi Expressway (SBE/BESRAYA) • E 10 New Pantai Expressway (NPE) • E 11 Damansara-Puchong Expressway (LDP) • E 12 Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH) • E 16 # Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway (DUKE) • E 18 Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway (SILK) • E 20 Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway (KLPE) • E 23 Sprint Expressway (Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link) • E 25 ^ Assam Jawa-Templer Park Highway (LATAR) • E 26 South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) • E 30 New North Klang Straits Bypass (NNKSB) • E 35 Guthrie Corridor Expressway (GCE) • E 37 Salak Expressway (East-West) and Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway • E 38 Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART Tunnel) Johor E 3 Second Link Expressway (Malaysia-Singapore Second Link) (MSSC/LINKEDUA) • E 13 ^ Muar-Segamat Highway • E 14 ^ JB Eastern Dispersal Link • E 22 # Senai-Desaru Expressway (SDE) Penang E 17 Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) • E -- # Penang Outer Ring Road (PORR) • E 22 # Penang Second Bridge • E 36 Penang Bridge Others E 19 ^ Ipoh-Lumut Expressway • E 29 Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH) Legend - # denotes highway under construction, ^ for under development.

v • d • e Highways of the 2 Malaysia Federal Route 2 Persiaran Raja Muda Musa • Jalan Jambatan Kota • Federal Highway • Jalan Klang Lama • Jalan Syed Putra • Genting Klang-Pahang Highway • 68 Jalan Gombak • 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 • E 16 Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway • E 8 Karak Expressway • Mentakab-Temerloh Bypass • Gambang-Kuantan Highway

v • d • e E 8 MTD Expressway Networks Karak Expressway • East Coast Expressway