Genting Sempah – Genting Highlands Highway

Federal Route 68
Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway
Route information
Existed:	1963 – present
History:	Completed in 1966, with further construction during 2002-2005
Major junctions
North end:	Genting Highlands
	Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway Federal Route 68 B66 Jalan Batang Kali-Genting Highlands Jalan Gunung Ulu Kali
South end:	Genting Sempah
Location
Primary destinations:	Genting Highlands Gohtong Jaya Institut Aminuddin Baki Genting Sempah Batang Kali Ulu Yam
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways • Federal • State

The Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway, Federal Route is a main highway from Genting Sempah to Genting Highlands, Malaysia's famous mountain resort and entertainment parks.

History

Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway was used to be a private highway owned by Genting Highlands Resort. The construction of the highway was regarded as one of the most astonishing engineering project in Malaysia. However, frequent landslides at the highway during recent years have caused the highway to be recommissioned as a federal road by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) in 2005.

Events

• 30 June 1995 - 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway.
• 16 July 1996 - A bus, ferrying a group of factory workers and their families on a holiday excursion, plunged into a 120m-deep ravine at km 1 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near the Genting Highlands Resort, killing 17 of them. Six were children.
• 13 April 2006 - a landslide occurred at 11 p.m. at Km 3.8 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway. The landslide at the new Chin Swee Bypass to Genting Highlands two days ago caused soil and boulders to cover the road, making it inaccessible to traffic. No one was apparently hurt.
• 22 September 2009 – Genting Malaysia Berhad has announced that soil erosion occurred at Km 3.3 of a downhill road at the Genting Highlands Resort at 3.20am today. No one was apparently hurt.
• 29 October 2010 - Seven people were killed and more than 20 injured when the bus they were travelling in crashed at the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway slip roads of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway near Genting Sempah.
• 21 October 2011 - A man suffered light injuries when the front of his car was hit by a landslide at Km 13.9 of the Genting Sempah-Genting Highlands Highway near Genting Highlands

Features

Runaway truck ramp

The runaway truck ramp are also provided here especially on the one way Genting Sempah bound.

Climbing route to Genting Highlands during Le Tour de Langkawi every year

Genting Highlands serve as the finish point of a stage in the Tour de Langkawi cycling race. It is one of the longest (30 km) climbs featured in a cycling event.

List of junctions

Original route

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		GENTING SEMPAH A 600m above sea level	EAST TO/FROM OLD FEDERAL ROUTE Janda Baik R&R Genting Sempah rest and service area KUALA LUMPUR-KARAK EXPRESSWAY WEST Kuala Lumpur Gombak Ipoh Seremban EAST Kuantan Bentong Bukit Tinggi	Roundabout
		MTD Prime Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre 645m above sea level	MTD Prime Genting Sempah Tunnel Monitoring and Maintenance Centre	Authorized personnel only
		Kampung Genting Sempah 647m above sea level		Genting Sempah bound Engage lower gear
GENTING SEMPAH-GENTING HIGHLANDS HIGHWAY JKR border limit
KUALA LUMPUR-KARAK EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway MTD Prime border limit
		GENTING SEMPAH B 648m above sea level	SOUTHWEST TO/FROM OLD FEDERAL ROUTE Gombak Hulu Gombak TO/FROM EXPRESSWAY KUALA LUMPUR-KARAK EXPRESSWAY WEST Kuala Lumpur Gombak Ipoh Seremban	Interchange West bound only Engage lower gear
KUALA LUMPUR-KARAK EXPRESSWAY Start/End of expressway MTD Prime border limit
GENTING SEMPAH-GENTING HIGHLANDS HIGHWAY JKR and Genting border limit
		Police post 1 ---m above sea level	i	Police checkpoint
Police post 1
GENTING HIGHLANDS
		Hydrophonic farm
		Roundabout ---m above sea level		Roundabout Genting Sempah bound Engage lower gear
		V ---m above sea level	V
		U-Turn ---m above sea level	U-Turn
		GOHTONG JAYA ---m above sea level	Gohtong Jaya Genting Skyway cable car stations	From Genting Sempah only
		U-Turn ---m above sea level	U-Turn
		Gohtong Jaya roundabout 1700m above sea level	WEST B66 JALAN BATANG KALI-GENTING HIGHLANDS B57 Batang Kali B57 Ulu Yam Ipoh Genting Skyway cable car stations EAST Institut Aminuddin Baki	Roundabout
Genting Highlands main entrance Police post 2
		Genting Highlands main entrance Police post 2 1701m above sea level	i	Police checkpoint
		Gohtong Memorial Park 1702m above sea level	Gohtong Memorial Park Lim Goh Tong's grave
7.3		Sri Layang roundabout 1703m above sea level	NORTH Awana Skyway cable car stations Masjid Yayasan Mohammad Noah (Muslims only) SOUTH Awana Genting Highlands Golf & Country Resort	Roundabout
7
		V ---m above sea level	V
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	GENTING HIGHLANDS SUMMIT BOUND Genting Highlands (One-way Genting Highlands bound)	One-way separated carriageway

Genting Highlands Old Roads (Climbing route, One-way Genting Highlands bound)

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		V ---m above sea level	V	Start of the one-way bound
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	V Chin Swee Temple
		V ---m above sea level	V
		Cradle Rock ---m above sea level	V
		Heliport ---m above sea level	Heliport Open car park
1		V ---m above sea level	V
		Ria Apartments 1757m above sea level	Ria Apartments
		Genting Highlands police stations 1758m above sea level	Genting Highlands police stations
		Genting Highlands fire stations 1759m above sea level	Genting Highlands fire stations
GENTING SEMPAH-GENTING HIGHLANDS HIGHWAY End of the one-way bound
0		GENTING HIGHLANDS 1760m above sea level	GENTING HIGHLANDS Genting Highlands Hotel Casino de Genting Genting Highlands International Convention Centre First World Plaza First World Hotel Genting Theme Park	End of the one-way bound

Chin Swee Bypass (Downhill route, One-way Genting Sempah bound)

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
0		GENTING HIGHLANDS 1760m above sea level	GENTING HIGHLANDS Genting Highlands Hotel Casino de Genting Genting Highlands International Convention Centre First World Plaza First World Hotel Genting Theme Park	Start of the one-way bound
GENTING SEMPAH-GENTING HIGHLANDS HIGHWAY Start of the one-way bound
		Heliport ---m above sea level	Heliport Open car park
		TNB substation ---m above sea level	TNB substation
1		Mushroom Park roundabout ---m above sea level	NORTH JALAN GUNUNG ULU KALI Gunung Ulu Kali Mushroom Park Batik Centre	Roundabout
		Runaway truck ramp ---m above sea level	Runaway truck ramp	Engage lower gear
		Viaduct
		Runaway truck ramp ---m above sea level	Runaway truck ramp	Engage lower gear
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	V Chin Swee Temple
		Viaduct
		Runaway truck ramp ---m above sea level	Runaway truck ramp	Engage lower gear
		Viaduct
		Chin Swee Temple ---m above sea level	GENTING SEMPAH BOUND (DOWNHILL ROUTE) Genting Sempah Kuala Lumpur (Continued to the original route) GENTING HIGHLANDS SUMMIT BOUND (CLIMBING ROUTE) Genting Highlands (One-way Genting Highlands bound)	End of the one-way bound One-way separated carriageway