The Genting Sempah Tunnel is the first highway tunnel in

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. Located on the

Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway The Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway is a interstate controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia. It runs between the town of Gombak in Selangor to the southwest and Karak in Pahang to the northeast. The expressway was previously a single- ...

, the 900-metre tunnel connects Hulu Gombak in

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Genting Sempah Genting Sempah or Sempah Pass is a transit town and mountain pass in Bentong District, Pahang, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federa ...

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. This tunnel was constructed between 1977 and 1979. The tunnel was officially opened in 1979 by the former Minister of Works and Communications, Abdul Ghani Gilong. The tunnel was once used to be the longest

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tunnel in Malaysia before the construction of the 4-km

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which was opened in 2007. Originally, the Genting Sempah Tunnel was used to be a 2-lane single-carriageway tunnel but then an additional tunnel for the eastbound traffic was constructed between 1995 and 1997 when the Karak Expressway was upgraded from a 2-lane highway to a high-speed multi-lane

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* Adopted from ''Terowong jalan raya paling panjang - Buku Rekod Malaysia Edisi Kedua,

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