Ipoh–Lumut Highway

Ipoh–Lumut Highway, Federal Route 5, is a 70.7-km federal highway in Perak, Malaysia, connecting the Perakian capital city of Ipoh in the east to Lumut near Sitiawan in the west.^[2] The Ipoh–Lumut Highway consists of a 22.7-km super two highway from Jelapang to Seputeh and a 48-km divided highway from Seputeh to Lumut. This highway is a part of the Federal Route 5 and serves as the final section of the FT5 route.^[3]

Federal Route 5
Ipoh–Lumut Highway
Route information
Length	70.7 km (43.9 mi)
Existed	2004[1]–present
History	Completed in 2008[1]
Major junctions
Northeast end	Ipoh Jelapang
Major intersections	A1 Jalan Jelapang FT 317 Jalan Kledang A8 Batu Gajah Highway FT 73 Federal Route 73 FT 109 Federal Route 109 FT 72 Federal Route 72 FT 71 Federal Route 71 West Coast Expressway West Coast Expressway FT 100 Lumut Bypass FT 5 Federal Route 5
Southwest end	Sitiawan (East)
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Ipoh Jelapang Menglembu Seri Iskandar Bota Ayer Tawar Sitiawan Lumut Pangkor Island
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Many maps including Google Maps label this highway as the Ipoh–Lumut Expressway Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway; however, this is incorrect due to the fact that the Ipoh–Lumut Highway was built as an upgrade of the existing Ipoh–Lumut Road FT5 instead of being a completely new controlled-access expressway route, evidenced by only one grade-separated interchange at Seputeh compared with 34 signalised at-grade intersections along its entire route.^[2][4] As a result, the Ipoh–Lumut Highway is signposted as FT5 and not E19 along its entire route. In addition, the Ipoh–Lumut Expressway E19 has never been included in the list of expressways being monitored by the Malaysian Highway Authority.^[2] The E19 route number is currently reassigned to the Sungai Besi-Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway (SUKE) in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.^[5]

History

The Ipoh–Lumut Highway project is a revival of the Ipoh–Lumut Expressway project which was scrapped due to the effects of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.^[2] Initially, the Ipoh–Lumut Expressway was supposed to be built as completely new controlled-access expressway route with the tentative route number of E19, with its construction job being privatised and awarded to SILEX Sdn. Bhd. (consisting Teras Cemara Sdn. Bhd. (subsidiary of MRCB) and Perak Corporation Berhad as its main shareholders) as its concessionaire.^[6] The concession contract was announced on 20 June 1998;^[6] however, the project was later scrapped.^[2][7]

The Ipoh–Lumut Expressway project was later revived as an upgrade of the existing Ipoh–Lumut Road FT5,^[7] consisting a new 22.7-km super two highway route from Seputeh to Jelapang that bypasses the old Jalan Lahat FT5,^[2][8] and an upgrade of the 48-km section from Siputeh to Sitiawan to a 4-lane divided highway with partial access control.^[1] Construction began on 1 June 2004 and was completed on 28 February 2008.^[1] Once completed, the old Jalan Lahat FT5 was degazetted as a Federal Road and was downgraded to a municipal road without any route number.^[2]

There is only one grade-separated interchange at Seputeh and 34 signalised intersections along the entire highway, making the entire end-to-end trip to take about 90 minutes. In 2012, the state government of Perak had urged the federal government to upgrade the super two section to a full divided highway to improve traffic flow and travelling time.^[4]

List of interchange and intersections

Km	Exit	Interchange/ Intersections	To	Remarks
		Ipoh Jelapang Intersections	A1 Jalan Jelapang North Chemor Bandar Meru Raya North–South Expressway Northern Route AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route Alor Star Penang Kuala Lumpur Tapah South Jelapang Manjoi Ipoh City Centre	3-way intersections
FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway/Ipoh–Lumut Expressway East Start/End of highway
		Ipoh Jelapang Square	South Jelapang Square Jelapang Econsave	3-way intersections
		Taman Puncak Jelapang Maju
		Puncak Jelapang
		Ipoh Silibin Intersections	East Jalan Silibin Silibin Manjoi Ipoh City Centre	3-way intersections
		Ipoh Kledang Intersections	Jalan Kledang Utara West Taman Kledang Permai East Ipoh City Centre	4-way intersections
		Menglembu Menglembu Intersections	FT 317 Jalan Kledang West Taman Rasi Jaya Taman Kledang Indah Kledang Hill East Menglembu Ipoh City Centre	4-way intersections
		Lahat Lahat Intersections	East Jalan Lahat Lahat Ipoh City Centre	3-way intersections
		Papan Papan Intersections	FT 5 Jalan Lama Ipoh–Pusing Northeast FT 5 Lahat Southwest FT 5 Pusing	4-way intersections
		Taman Batu Gajah Perdana
		Pusing Pusing Intersections	A8 Batu Gajah Highway West A8 Pusing East A8 Batu Gajah A8 Gopeng A8 Kellie's Castle	4-way intersections
		Pusing Intersections	North FT 5 Jalan Lama Ipoh–Pusing Pusing	3-way intersections
		Seputeh Seputeh Interchange	West FT 73 Jalan Parit–Seputeh FT 73 Parit FT 73 Beruas East A108 Batu Gajah Bypass (Jalan Bemban) A108 Batu Gajah FT 1 Gopeng A8 Kellie's Castle	LILO interchange with traffic lights
Kinta–Perak Tengah district border
		Tronoh
		Jalan Tronoh Intersections	East A112 Jalan Tronoh A112 Tanjung Tualang	3-way intersections
		Kampung Jalan Bota
		Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) UTP Intersections	Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)	3-way intersections
		Seri Iskandar Bandar Universiti Seri Iskandar Intersections	South Jalan Teknologi 1 Bandar Universiti Seri Iskandar Seri Iskandar Business Centre (SIBC)	3-way intersections
		Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Seri Iskandar UITM Seri Iskandar Intersections	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Seri Iskandar	3-way intersections
		Seri Iskandar Seri Iskandar Intersections	North Jalan Seri Iskandar Perak Tengah District and Land Office Perak Tengah District Mosque	3-way intersections
		Seri Iskandar Jalan Parit-Seri Iskandar Intersections	North Jalan Parit–Seri Iskandar Parit Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Seri Iskandar	3-way intersections
		BOTA Bota Kanan	Makam Sultan Muzaffar Shah III Ibni Almarhum Yang Dipertuan Muda Mansur Shah	Historical site
		Bota Bota Kanan Bota Kanan Intersections	North A17 Jalan Parit A17 Parit South FT 109 Jalan Bota–Kampung Gajah FT 109 Kampung Gajah FT 109 Pasir Salak FT 109 Teluk Intan FT 109 Pasir Salak Historical Complex	4-way intersections
		Sungai Perak Bridge Jambatan Sultan Idris Shah II		Start/End of bridge
		Sungai Perak Bridge Jambatan Sultan Idris Shah II
		Sungai Perak Bridge Jambatan Sultan Idris Shah II		Start/End of bridge
		Bota Bota Kiri Bota Kiri Intersections	North FT 72 Jalan Belanja FT 72 Kampung Belanja FT 72 Beruas South A18 Jalan Bota Kiri A18 Teluk Sena A18 Pasir Salak A18 Pasir Salak Historical Complex	4-way intersections
		Titi Gantung
		Taman Indera Barat
		Jalan Gelang Pepuyu Intersections	North A127 Jalan Gelung Pepuyu A127 Gelung Pepuyu	3-way intersections
		Jalan Beruas Intersections	North FT 71 Jalan Beruas FT 71 Beruas	3-way intersections
		Kampung Changkat Chermin WCE Interchange	West Coast Expressway West Coast Expressway – Taiping, Teluk Intan, Lumut, Banting	3-way intersections
Manjung Border Arch Perak Tengah–Manjung district border
		Jalan Changkat Keruing Intersections	Northwest A12 Jalan Changkat Keruing A12 Changkat Keruing A12 Pantai Remis	3-way intersections
		Ayer Tawar
		Kampung Sungai Wang Kampung Sungai Wang Intersections	Southeast A125 Jalan Pekan Gurney A125 Pekan Gurney	3-way intersections
		Sitiawan Siitawan East Intersections	West FT 100 Lumut Bypass Lumut Pulau Pangkor Teluk Batik Royal Malaysian Navy Lumut Naval Base	3-way intersections
FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway/Ipoh–Lumut Expressway West Start/End of highway
			Southwest FT 5 Sitiawan Town Centre FT 5 Lekir FT 5 Teluk Intan FT 5 Klang

See also

• Malaysia Federal Route 5
• Sungai Besi–Ulu Klang Elevated Expressway - current highway assigned to E19 route number

References

1. "Projek Pembangunan RMKe-9 Kementerian Kerja Raya: Projek Siap 2008" (PDF) (in Malay). Malaysian Ministry of Works. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
2. "Mythbuster: Lebuhraya Ipoh-Lumut FT5 bukan sebuah lebuh raya ekspres capaian terkawal...!!!". Blog Jalan Raya Malaysia (in Malay). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
3. Inventori Rangkaian Jalan Utama Persekutuan Semenanjung Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Ministry of Works. 2009. ISBN 978-983-44278-2-5.
4. "Naik taraf Lebuh Raya Ipoh-Lumut". Utusan Malaysia. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
5. "SUKE contacts". Retrieved 4 August 2017.
6. "Senarai nama mereka yang memperolehi projek penswastaan". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 21 June 1998. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
7. Kay Lyy Lat (29 March 2003). "Kerajaan negeri harap Lebuhraya Ipoh-Lumut diteruskan" (PDF). Perdana Leadership Foundation. Bernama. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
8. "Jawapan-jawapan Lisan bagi Pertanyaan-pertanyaan (14 Oktober 2002)" (PDF) (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. 14 October 2002.