Cheras Highway

Part of Federal Route 1
Cheras Highway (Jalan Cheras) (Jalan Loke Yew)
Route information
Existed	1988–present
History	Completed in 1991
Major junctions
North end	Bulatan Edinburgh, Kuala Lumpur
Major intersections	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway Cheras–Kajang Expressway Cheras–Kajang Expressway
South end	Plaza Phoenix, Cheras
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Pudu Sungai Besi Bandar Tun Razak Cheras Kajang Seremban
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Cheras Highway, Federal Route 1 also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

History

This highway was upgraded in 1988 by Metramac Corporation Sdn.Bhd. The Jalan Cheras toll plaza began operation from 1 September 1990. After being suspended a year later before reopening on 15 September 1991, toll charges reduced by 50 percent from the usual RM1. After many complaints and traffic jams, the toll plaza was abolished on 14 September 2003. Today, the highway is maintained by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, DBKL)).

Due to the congestion that clogged the Cheras Highway, two projects were led by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). These included an underpass from the Cheras–Kajang Expressway to Taman Connaught and flyovers to Taman Len Seng and Alam Damai. It was opened on 14 April 2008. Other projects are Bulatan Cheras–Bandar Tun Razak roundabout underpass from Cheras Highway to Jalan Cheras and Jalan Tenteram was opened on 2010. The highway will have an elevated Sungai Buloh–Kajang MRT line from Taman Bukit Ria to Plaza Phoenix in the future.

Cheras Highway floods 2014

A flash floods in Cheras Highway near Cheras Leisure Mall in Cheras occurred on 23 August 2014 caused a massive traffic congestion in many parts of the city centre.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Kuala Lumpur	FT 1 Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Jalan Maharajalela (Jalan Birch) North Jalan Kinabalu Jalan Sultan Hisamuddin (Victory Avenue) Jalan Kuching Segambut Kepong Ipoh Kuantan
		Bulatan Edinburgh Interchange	South Jalan Dewan Bahasa (Jalan Lapangan Terbang) Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Bangsar Petaling Jaya Shah Alam Klang North Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Jalan Hang Tuah (Jalan Shaw) Stadium Merdeka Stadium Negara Jalan Pudu Jalan Bukit Bintang Jalan Imbi	Diamond interchange
FT 1 Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road
FT 1 Cheras Highway
		Loke Yew flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Loke Yew flyover Loke Yew Interchange	Northwest Jalan Sungai Besi Pudu Jalan Pudu Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 North Jalan Tun Razak (Jalan Pekeliling) Kuala Lumpur city centre (KLCC) South Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway Salak South Kuchai Lama Sungai Besi Mines Resort City East–West Link Expressway Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway Johor Bahru Melaka Seremban Kompleks Sukan Negara Klang Shah Alam Petaling Jaya	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
		Loke Yew flyover Jalan Chan Sow Lin Exit	South Jalan Chan Sow Lin Sungai Besi Industrial Area	From Cheras only
		Loke Yew flyover Railway crossing bridge
		Loke Yew flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Miharja Exit	Miharja 3 Miharja LRT station	KL bound
		Jalan Lombong Exit	East Jalan Lombong Maluri Plaza Uncang Emas	Kajang bound
		Sungai Kerayong bridge Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway	Sungai Besi Expressway Besraya Expressway East Sungai Besi Expressway Shamelin Sungai Besi Expressway Maluri East Coast Expressway FT 2 AH141 Kuantan FT 28 Ulu Klang FT 28 Ampang Sungai Besi Expressway Pandan Indah	Start/End of bridge
		Sungai Kerayong bridge Railway crossing bridge
		Sungai Kerayong bridge
		Sungai Kerayong bridge		Start/End of bridge
		Bulatan Cheras-Bandar Tun Razak Interchange	North Jalan Cheras Lama Maluri Shamelin South Jalan Yaacob Latif (Jalan Tenteram) Bandar Tun Razak Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM)	Roundabout interchange with two directional underpass from Jalan Loke Yew to Bandar Tun Razak and from Jalan Cheras south to Jalan Cheras Lama north
		Template:Railway station sign Taman Pertama MRT station	Template:Railway station sign Taman Pertama MRT station 9
		Jalan Yaacob Latif Exit	West Jalan Yaacob Latif (Jalan Tenteram) Bandar Tun Razak Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) Cheras Velodrome	KL bound
		P&R Taman Midah MRT station	P&R Taman Midah MRT station 9
		Jalan Kuari Exit	Northeast Jalan Kuari Cheras Christian Cemetery	Kajang bound
		Taman Midah Exit	Taman Midah Bandar Tun Razak	KL bound
		Cheras Bulatan Cheras Interchange	FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 North FT 28 Ampang East Coast Expressway FT 2 AH141 Kuantan FT 28 Batu Caves FT 1 Ipoh FT 28 Kepong South Bandar Tun Razak Bandar Tasik Selatan Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Johor Bahru North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Melaka North–South Expressway Southern Route AH2 Seremban Shah Alam Expressway Kompleks Sukan Negara North–South Expressway Central Link AH2 Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Shah Alam Expressway Shah Alam Shah Alam Expressway Klang Shah Alam Expressway Pulau Indah	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
		Template:Railway station sign Taman Mutiara MRT station	Template:Railway station sign Taman Mutiara MRT station 9
		Taman Taynton Interchange	West Jalan Dato Haji Harun Taman Taynton Taman Mutiara Barat Taman Billion East Jalan Manis Taman Segar Taman Mutiara Timur Taman Desa Aman Taman Supreme Cheras Leisure Mall Template:Shopping sign	Double U-turn interchange
		Plaza Phoenix Interchange	West East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway East–West Link Expressway Bandar Tun Razak Sprint Expressway Bangsar FT 2 Petaling Jaya FT 2 Shah Alam FT 2 Klang South Plaza Phoenix Flyover Taman Connaught Taman Len Seng Alam Damai Plaza Phoenix	Trumpet interchange with dedicated flyover to major townships in Cheras (Taman Connaught, Taman Len Seng and Alam Damai).
Cheras–Kajang Expressway 10 FT 1 --		Template:Shopping sign Cheras Sentral (Plaza Phoenix) P&R Taman Connaught MRT station	Template:Shopping sign Cheras Sental (Plaza Phoenix) P&R Taman Connaught MRT station 9	Kuala Lumpur bound Plaza Phoenix MRT Station
FT 1 Cheras Highway DBKL border limit
Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Cheras–Kajang Expressway Grand Saga border limit
			Southeast Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Cheras–Kajang Expressway FT 1 Balakong FT 1 Kajang FT 1 Semenyih FT 1 Seremban Taman Cuepacs

See also

• Federal route 1
• Kuala Lumpur–Rawang Highway
• Kuala Lumpur