Bukit Fraser (other)
Bukit Fraser may refer to: * Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser), hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Ridge in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia. * Malaysia Federal Route 56 (Jalan Bukit Fraser 1 or Jalan Gap-Bukit Fraser), federal road in Fraser's Hill, both in Selangor and Pahang state, Malaysia. * Malaysia Federal Route 148 Jalan Bukit Fraser 2, or Jalan Baru Bukit Fraser and Jalan Pechah Batu, Federal Route 148, is a second federal road in Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia, designed as a downhill route to Federal Route 55. It is maintained by the Malaysian Public W ...

Fraser's Hill
Fraser's Hill is a hill resort located on the Titiwangsa Mountains, Titiwangsa Ridge in Raub District, Pahang, Malaysia. It is about north of Kuala Lumpur. In 1890, Louis James Fraser established the area as a tin mining community known as Pamah Lebar when he discovered rich tin deposits and opened a tin mining facility. Mining activity there was short-lived, as the tin ore was depleted in 1913. This led many miners and farmers to abandon the area. Fraser reportedly disappeared in 1910, but research in 2019 concluded that he retired from his position and returned to Great Britain in 1910. He died in 1916 while travelling in Austria-Hungary. An attempt by J. Ferguson-Davie to locate Fraser in the area failed. While he searched for Fraser, Ferguson-Davie recognised the area's potential as a suitable location to set up a hill station. Its cool climate made Pamah Lebar an ideal retreat to escape from the usually hot climate in Malaysia. Construction began in October 1919 to conver ...
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Malaysia Federal Route 56
Jalan Bukit Fraser 1 or Jalan Gap-Bukit Fraser, Federal Route 56, is a federal road in Fraser's Hill, both in Selangor and Pahang state, Malaysia. Unlike most federal roads in Malaysia, Jalan Bukit Fraser is a single-lane federal road, which direction was used to be reversed hourly before the newer Jalan Bukit Fraser 2 route 148 was completed in 2001 for downhill traffic. Now the road is used for uphill traffic at all times. The road is only open during daytime for safety reasons. It is maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) and the Fraser's Hill Development Corporation (FHDC). Route background The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 56 starts at The Gap. History The road was constructed by the British on 1919. In 1919, work started on the access road to the hill station from The Gap and by 1922, the hill station named Fraser's Hill was opened to visitors. Features *Fraser's Hill border marker line between Selangor and Pahang. At most sections, the ...
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