Kuantan Bypass
Federal Route 3 | |
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Kuantan Bypass | |
Route information | |
Part of AH18 | |
Existed | 1977–present |
History | Completed in 1979 |
Major junctions | |
North end | Gebeng |
FT 3 AH18 Federal Route 3 FT 2 Jalan Beserah FT 3485 Jalan Kawasan Perindustrian Gebeng FT 14 Jerangau–Jabor Highway FT 231 Jalan Sungai Lembing FT 229 Jalan Permatang Badak FT 420 Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway | |
South end | Kuantan Airport (South) Interchange on FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway |
Location | |
Country | Malaysia |
Primary destinations | Kuala Terengganu Sungai Lembing Bandar Indera Mahkota Gambang Kuantan Airport |
Highway system | |
Kuantan Bypass, Federal Route 3, AH18, is a main highway bypass in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
Route background
[edit]The Kuantan Bypass starts at Kuantan Airport South Interchange, at its interchange with the Federal Route 2, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.
At most sections, the Kuantan Bypass was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
There are no alternate routes or sections with motorcycle lanes.
History
[edit]It was built in 1977 until it was completed in 1979.
The upgrade from trunk road bypass into dual carriageway bypass was begun in 2005 and was completed in 2007.
List of interchanges
[edit]This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.(November 2021) |
Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
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North FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Port FT 3 AH18 Chukai (Kemaman) FT 3 AH18 Kuala Terengganu FT 3 AH18 Cherating |
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FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Bypass Start/End of highway | |||||
1 | Gebeng Junctions | South FT 2 Jalan Beserah FT 2 Kuantan Port FT 2 Beserah FT 2 Kuantan FT 435 TLDM Tanjung Gelang Naval Base |
T-junctions | ||
2 | Gebeng Industrial Area Junctions | North FT 3485 Jalan Kawasan Perindustrian Gebeng Gebeng Industrial Area BASF-Petronas petrochemicals plant Lynas Malaysia Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) |
T-junctions | ||
Sungai Balok bridge | |||||
SIRIM East Coast Office | SIRIM East Coast Office | North bound only | |||
3 | Jerangau-Jabor Highway Interchange | North FT 14 Jerangau–Jabor Highway FT 14 Jabur FT 14 Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah FT 14 Bukit Besi FT 14 Jerangau East Coast Expressway AH141 EAST COAST EXPRESSWAY Kuala Lumpur Kuala Terengganu FT 101 AH141 Gebeng Bypass FT 3 AH18 Chukai (Kemaman) FT 3 AH18 Kuala Terengganu FT 3 AH18 Cherating Akademi Maritim Sultan Ahmad Shah (AMSAS) (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Academy) |
Trumpet interchange | ||
4 | Bandar Damansara Kuantan Junctions | Northwest Jalan BDK Utama Bandar Damansara Kuantan |
North Bound only | ||
5 | Semambu Interchange | Jalan Semambu Pintasan Kuantan Northwest Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (POLISAS) Southeast FT 3486 Jalan Semambu Jabur Perasing Semambu Kuantan |
Diamond interchange | ||
Taman Jubli Perak Sultan Ahmad Shah | Taman Jubli Perak Sultan Ahmad Shah | North Bound only | |||
6 | Bandar Indera Mahkota (North) Interchange | West Jalan Istana Abdul Aziz Istana Abdul Aziz (Tengku Mahkota Pahang) Taman Alam Perdana Bukit Istana KotaSAS East Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar Indera Mahkota 7 and 8 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan Campus |
Diamond interchange | ||
Mahkota Valley | Mahkota Valley Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Kuantan campus |
North Bound only | |||
7 | Bandar Indera Mahkota Sentral Interchange | FT 231 Jalan Sungai Lembing West FT 231 Sungai Lembing FT 1488 Panching Sungai Lembing Museum East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway Kuala Lumpur Kuala Terengganu FT 231Kampung Padang
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Terminal Kuantan Sentral | Terminal Kuantan Sentral Arrival/Departure |
South bound | |||
8 | Bandar Indera Mahkota (South) Interchange | West Jalan Sultan Abdullah Indera Mahkota 14 and 15 East Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar Indera Mahkota 1 to 6 WIDAD college |
Diamond Interchange | ||
Kampung Songsang | |||||
Shell Shell Layby | Shell | North bound | |||
Kampung Sungai Tiram | |||||
Sungai Kuantan bridge | |||||
9 | Permatang Badak Junctions | South FT 229 Jalan Permatang Badak Permatang Badak Bukit Rangin Kampung Sungai Isap Damai |
T-junctions | ||
Taman Permatang Badak | |||||
Shell Shell Layby | Shell | South bound | |||
Rumah Murah Permatang Badak | |||||
Kampung Pandan Dua | |||||
Taman Pandan Damai | |||||
10 | Kuantan Airport (North) Interchange | West FT 420 Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport |
T-junctions | ||
FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Bypass | |||||
FT 2 Gambang-kuantan Highway | |||||
11 | Kuantan Airport (South) Interchange | FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway West FT 2 Kuala Lumpur FT 2 Gambang FT 12 AH142 Segamat East FT 2 Kuantan FT 3 AH18 Pekan |
Trumpet interchange |