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Malaysia Federal Route 76

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North end:
  
Baling

Length
  
163.7 km

South end:
  
Kuala Kangsar (West)

Primary destinations:
  
Pengkalan Hulu Kelian Intan Gerik Jeli Kota Bharu Lawin Lenggong Sauk Kuala Kangsar

Federal Route 76 is a federal highway in Kedah and Perak state, Malaysia. The 163.7-km federal highway serves as the main route from Perak and Kedah to the East-West Highway FT4, as well as the main route to Thailand via Keroh and Betong.

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Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 76 starts at Kuala Kangsar (West) interchange, Perak, at its interchange with the Malaysia Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

The Federal Route 76 is an important route in Perak, as it leads to the East-West Highway FT4 from Gerik to Jeli. In addition, this federal highway also serves as the gateway to Thailand via Keroh and Betong and vice versa. However, the original alignment of the highway was notorious for its many dangerous sharp corners. To address the safety issue, the federal government upgraded the Kuala Kangsar-Gerik section of the highway, bypassing the sharp corners along the Sauk-Lenggong section. The first section from Gerik to Lenggong was completed in 1995, followed by the second section from Kuala Kangsar to Sauk which was completed in 2002. The final section from Sauk to Lenggong was upgraded as a bypass route to avoid the dangerous sharp corners along the former section of the FT76 highway. The project was started in October 2001 and was completed on November 2005 with the total cost of RM600 million.

As a result of the road upgrade, the former Sauk-Lenggong section was later downgraded into Perak State Route A76 in 2014.

Notable events

  • 1941-1942 - The Federal Route 76 became a main route for Japanese Imperial forces from Pattani to Ipoh during Battle of Malaya.
  • 1955 - The Baling agreement between Communist Party of Malaya and Federation of Malaya Government.
  • July 2000 - The Sauk armed heist took places.
  • 12 April 2001 - Twelve women and a boy were killed when a bus skidded and crashed into a ditch off the Pengkalan Hulu-Baling road near Baling, Kedah.

    • Features

  • There are four Rest and Service Areas: Gunung Inas, Gerik, Lawin and Selat Pagar.
  • Lenggong archeological town.
  • Chenderoh Lake

    • List of junctions and towns

    Legend:

  • I/C - interchange, I/S - intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - overhead bridge restaurant, L/B - layby, V/P - vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - toll plaza, BR - bridge

    • References

    Malaysia Federal Route 76 Wikipedia
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