Jalan Seremban-Kuala Pilah or Federal Route 51http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pua_20111102_perintah%20jalan%20persekutuan%20(malaysia%20barat)%20(pindaan)%20(no%20%2012)%202011.pdf is the main federal road in

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

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, connecting

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Kuala Pilah Kuala Pilah (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Kolo Pilah''), or simply Pilah, is a town in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is 36 km from the state capital Seremban and 101 km from Kuala Lumpur. Townscape Kuala Pilah is stuat ...

. It is a relatively busy road in Negeri Sembilan.

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 51 is located at

, at its interchange with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia. The road then meets up with Federal Route 97 at Ampangan and Paroi. The Federal Route 51 then meets LEKAS Highway and Persiaran Senawang 1 as a multi-level stack interchange. The road then cuts through the

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at Bukit Putus, acting as a

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, where the road splits into 2 with Jalan Lama Bukit Putus taking the old section and taking the new section of the road until Ulu Bendul. After both roads meet up at Ulu Bendul, the road passes through Ulu Bendul, a protected nature reserve and trail along with a village with the same name. The road then becomes the backbone for serving

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at Terachi and Tanjung Ipoh , and

Ampang Tinggi Ampang Tinggi (Malay language, Malay for "high dam", Jawi script, Jawi: امڤاڠ تيڠڬي) is a small town and mukim in Kuala Pilah District, Malaysia. It is about 4 kilometres from the heart of the Kuala Pilah, Kuala Pilah town centre. It is ...

. At the end of the Federal Route 51, the road meets Karak-Tampin Highway at the downtown of

History

The road was constructed by the British in the 1920s.

Features

The 48-metre tall Bukit Putus Viaduct is the fourth highest bridge in Malaysia, behind

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, Rawang Bypass in

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and Lojing Viaduct in

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. At most sections, the Federal Route 51 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, with a speed limit of 90 km/h. There is one alternate route: Bukit Putus Bypass ( Jalan Lama Bukit Putus ).

Bukit Putus section replacement bypass

The section of the Federal Route 51 from Paroi to Ulu Bendul known as Jalan Bukit Putus is notorious for its narrow and dangerous sharp corners. Construction of the new 6.7 km bypass including Bukit Putus Viaduct replacing the old narrow road started on 2006 and was completed in early 2009. In November 2009 the bypass was opened to traffic. The old route was re-gazetted as the Jalan Lama Bukit Putus .

List of junctions and towns

Gallery

Ampangan, Seremban.jpg, FT51 in Ampangan, with the Negri

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in the background Central Forest Spine Marker, Bukit Putus.jpg, FT51 traverses through the Central Forest Spine's Titiwangsa Forest Complex near Bukit Putus on the Seremban–Kuala Pilah district boundary Seri Menanti welcoming arch (2).jpg,

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-styled arched gateway on the intersection between FT51 and State Route N29 leading to

, near Terachi Megalithic site, Terachi.jpg, The Terachi section of FT51 is known for its

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sites Federal Route 51, Tanjung Ipoh, Kuala Pilah.jpg, FT51 near Tanjung Ipoh

References

{{Malaysian Federal Roads Malaysian federal roads