Federal Route 50, or Jalan Batu Pahat–Kluang–Mersing, is a main federal road in

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. The road connects

Batu Pahat The Batu Pahat District is a district in the state of Johor, Malaysia. It lies southeast of Muar, southwest of Kluang, northwest of Pontian, south of Segamat and Tangkak District. The capital of the district is Bandar Penggaram. Geography ...

in the west to

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in the east. It is also a main route to

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via

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Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 50 is located at

near Mount Soga, at its interchange with the

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, the main trunk road of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

History

In 1911, the state government of

collaborated with the

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colonial government to develop a road network from

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

and Muar.Johore Annual Report 1911 As a result, the Batu Pahat–Kluang–Mersing Road was completed in 1919, where the section of the Banang Roundabout to Mount Soga Intersection formed a part of the present-day

. The road was partially upgraded on 2002 with four-lane carriageway from Batu Pahat to Kluang. The rest of the road remains two lanes. On 13 January 2007, the Sungai Semberong bridge at Batu 5, Jalan Kluang–Mersing, collapsed during

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Features

At most sections, the Federal Route 50 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, with a speed limit of 90 km/h. There are signposts of monkeys and elephants in the

Kahang Kahang Kahang is a mukim in Kluang District, Johor, Malaysia. It is particularly known as the final stop before heading to the Endau Rompin National Park and located along the Malaysia Federal Route 50 Federal Route 50, or Jalan Batu Pahat� ...

– Kangkar Lenggor–

section. There is an alternative road connecting Kahang and

Mersing Mersing (Terengganu Malay: ''Merecing'' or ''Ngesing'') is a town, mukim and the capital of Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia. As of 2010, the town has an estimated population of 70,894. Mersing town, is particularly significant for a number ...

which runs through Felda Nitar.

List of junctions and towns

References

{{Malaysian Federal Roads 050