Perak State Route A8, Batu Gajah Highway is a major highway in Perak, Malaysia. The highway connects Pusing in the west, passing Batu Gajah and Kellie's Castle until Gopeng in the east. This highway was upgraded from single carriageway into dual carriageway in 2001.
| Perak Route 8 | |
|---|---|
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Pusing |
A15 State Route A15 | |
| East end | Gopeng |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Primary destinations | Batu Gajah, Kellie's Castle |
| Highway system | |
Route background
editThe Kilometre Zero of the highway is located at Gopeng, at its junctions with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of central Peninsular Malaysia.
At most sections, the Batu Gajah Highway was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
Junction lists
editThe entire route is located in Kinta District, 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
| Location | km | mi | Name | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batu Gajah | Batu Gajah Taman Bemban | Lorong Bemban – Taman Bemban, Taman Bemban Jaya, Taman Permai, Kampung Bemban | Junctions | ||
| Batu Gajah | A15 Perak State Route A15 – Ipoh, Pusing, Tanjung Tualang, Kampung Gajah, Pasir Salak, Teluk Intan, Pasir Salak Historical Complex | Intersections | |||
| Batu Gajah | |||||
| Batu Gajah | A268 Jalan Lembah Permai Utama – Pengkalan, Lahat, Ipoh | T-junctions | |||
| Railway crossing bridge | |||||
| Kinta River bridge | |||||
| Jalan Kuala Pinji | Junctions | ||||
| Kinta Kellas Estate | |||||
| Kellie's Castle | Kellie's Castle | T-junctions | |||
| Kinta Kellas Estate | |||||
| Gopeng | Gopeng Tin Mines | ||||
| 0.0 | 0.0 | Gopeng | T-junctions | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||