Ipoh–Lumut Highway

Federal Route 5
Federal Route 5
Ipoh–Lumut Highway
Route information
	Maintained by Malaysian Public Works Department
Length	70.7 km (43.9 mi)
Existed	2004–present
History	Completed in 2008
Major junctions
Northeast end	Jelapang, Ipoh
	A1 Jalan Jelapang; FT 317 Jalan Kledang; A8 Batu Gajah Highway; FT 73 Federal Route 73; FT 3152 Federal Route 3152; FT 109 Federal Route 109; FT 72 Federal Route 72; FT 71 Federal Route 71; 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;

Ipoh–Lumut Highway, Federal Route 5, is a 70.7 km (43.9 mi) federal highway in Perak, Malaysia, connecting the Perak 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 (14.1 mi) super two highway from Jelapang to Seputeh and a 48 km (30 mi) divided highway from Seputeh to Lumut. The highway is a part of the Federal Route 5 and serves as the final section of the FT5 route.^[3]

Many maps including Google Maps labelled this highway as the Ipoh–Lumut Expressway E19 (already corrected); however, this is incorrect because 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] Currently the online maps labelling Ipoh–Lumut Highway as FT5.

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 (14.1 mi) 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]

In 2024, the member of the Perak State Executive Council for Infrastructure, Energy, Water and Public Transport Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin said the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) is starting to reduce the number of the traffic lights from 32 to 12, by four phases by 2024, made the traveling time between Ipoh and Lumut reduced from 1 hour to around 40 minutes.^[9]

Junction lists

The entire route is located in Perak.

Legend:

I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge restaurant, R/R - Restaurant and rest plaza, L/B - Layby, V/P - Vista point, TN - tunnel, T/P - Toll plaza, BR - Bridge

C - Cloverleaf, S - Stack, T-A - Trumpet-A, T-B - Trumpet-B, DT - Directional-T/Y, SDT - Semi-Directional-T/Y, P-Y - Partial-Y, D - Diamond, P-C - Partial cloverleaf, D-D - Diverging diamond, D-R - Direct ramp

District	Location	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Kinta	Ipoh		Ipoh Jelapang I/S	A1 Perak State Route A1 – Chemor, Bandar Meru Raya, Jelapang, Manjoi, Ipoh City Centre North–South Expressway Northern Route / AH2 – Alor Setar, Penang, Tapah, Kuala Lumpur	T-junctions
			Ipoh Jelapang Square	Jelapang Square, Jelapang Econsave	T-junctions
			Taman Puncak Jelapang Maju
			Puncak Jelapang
			Ipoh Silibin I/S	Jalan Silibin – Silibin, Manjoi, Ipoh City Centre	T-junctions
			Ipoh Kledang I/S	Jalan Kledang Utara – Taman Kledang Permai, Ipoh City Centre	Junctions
	Menglembu		Menglembu Menglembu I/S	FT 317 Jalan Kledang – Taman Rasi Jaya, Taman Kledang Indah, Kledang Hill, Menglembu, Ipoh City Centre	Junctions
	Lahat		Lahat Lahat I/S	Jalan Lahat – Lahat, Ipoh City Centre	T-junctions
	Papan		Papan Papan I/S	FT 3151 Jalan Lama Ipoh–Pusing – Lahat, Pusing	Junctions
	Papan		Taman Batu Gajah Perdana
	Pusing		Pusing Pusing I/S	A8 Perak State Route A8 – Pusing, Batu Gajah, Gopeng, Kellie's Castle	Junctions
	Pusing		Pusing I/S	FT 3151 Jalan Lama Ipoh–Pusing – Pusing	T-junctions
	Siputeh		Siputeh Siputeh I/C	FT 73 Malaysia Federal Route 73 – Parit, Beruas FT 3152 Malaysia Federal Route 3152 (Jalan Bemban) – Batu Gajah, Kellie's Castle, Gopeng	Diamond interchanges
	Teronoh		Teronoh
	Teronoh		Jalan Tronoh I/S	A112 Jalan Tronoh – Tanjung Tualang	T-junctions
Perak Tengah	Seri Iskandar		Kampung Jalan Bota
			UTP I/S	Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)	T-junctions
			Seri Iskandar Bandar Universiti Seri Iskandar I/S	Jalan Teknologi 1 – Bandar Universiti Seri Iskandar, Seri Iskandar Business Centre (SIBC)	T-junctions
			UITM Seri Iskandar I/S	Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Seri Iskandar	T-junctions
			Seri Iskandar Seri Iskandar I/S	Jalan Seri Iskandar – Perak Tengah District and Land Office, Perak Tengah District Mosque	T-junctions
			Seri Iskandar Jalan Parit-Seri Iskandar I/S	A51 Jalan Parit–Seri Iskandar – Parit, Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Seri Iskandar	T-junctions
	Bota		Bota Bota Kanan	Makam Sultan Muzaffar Shah III Ibni Almarhum Yang Dipertuan Muda Mansur Shah	Historical site
			Bota Bota Kanan Bota Kanan I/S	A17 Perak State Route A17 – Parit FT 109 Malaysia Federal Route 109 – Kampung Gajah, Pasir Salak, Teluk Intan, Pasir Salak Historical Complex	Junctions
		Perak River Bridge Sultan Idris Shah II Bridge
			Bota Bota Kiri Bota Kiri I/S	FT 72 Malaysia Federal Route 72 – Kampung Belanja, Beruas A18 Perak State Route A18 – Teluk Sena Pasir Salak, Pasir Salak Historical Complex	Junctions
	Changkat Chermin		Titi Gantung
			Taman Indera Barat
			Jalan Gelang Pepuyu I/S	A127 Perak State Route A127 – Gelung Pepuyu	T-junctions
			Jalan Beruas I/S	FT 71 Malaysia Federal Route 71 – Beruas	T-junctions
			Kampung Changkat Chermin–WCE I/C	West Coast Expressway – Taiping, Teluk Intan, Lumut, Banting	T-junctions
Perak Tengah–Manjung district border		Manjung Border Arch
Manjung	Ayer Tawar		Jalan Changkat Keruing I/S	A12 Jalan Changkat Keruing – Changkat Keruing, Pantai Remis	T-junctions
			Ayer Tawar
			Kampung Sungai Wang Kampung Sungai Wang I/S	A125 Perak State Route A125 – Pekan Gurney	T-junctions
	Sitiawan		Sitiawan Siitawan East I/S	FT 100 Lumut Bypass – Lumut, Pangkor Island, Teluk Batik, Royal Malaysian Navy Lumut Naval Base	T-junctions
	Sitiawan	Through to FT 5 Malaysia Federal Route 5
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus