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Federal Route 76 is a federal highway in
Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...
and
Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...
state,
Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
. The 163.7-km federal highway serves as the main route from Perak and Kedah to the East–West Highway FT4, as well as the main route to
Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...
via Keroh and Betong.


Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 76 starts at
Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kangsar (Perak Malay: ) is the royal town of Perak, Malaysia. It is located at the downstream of Kangsar River where it joins the Perak River, approximately northwest of Ipoh, Perak's capital, and southeast of George Town, Penang, Ge ...
(West) interchange,
Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...
, at its interchange with the
Malaysia Federal Route 1 The Federal Route 1 is the first Malaysian Federal Roads system, federal road in Malaysia, the oldest federal road in Malaysia, and among the nation's earliest public roadways ever constructed. The Federal Route 1 was the backbone of the road syst ...
, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.


History

The Federal Route 76 is an important route in Perak, as it leads to the East–West Highway FT4 from Gerik to Jeli. In addition, this federal highway also serves as the gateway to Thailand via Keroh and Betong and vice versa. However, the original alignment of the highway was notorious for its many dangerous sharp corners. To address the safety issue, the federal government upgraded the Kuala Kangsar–Gerik section of the highway, bypassing the sharp corners along the Sauk–Lenggong section. The first section from Gerik to Lenggong was completed in 1995, followed by the second section from Kuala Kangsar to Sauk which was completed in 2002. The final section from Sauk to Lenggong was upgraded as a bypass route to avoid the dangerous sharp corners along the former section of the FT76 highway. The project was started in October 2001 and was completed in November 2005 with the total cost of RM600 million.Naiktaraf Laluan 76 Jalan Kuala Kangsar-Grik (Pakej 2: Sauk ke Lenggong)
(in Malay).
Malaysian Public Works Department The Malaysian Public Works Department (; Jawi: ) is the federal government department in Malaysia under Ministry of Works Malaysia (MOW) which is responsible for construction and maintenance of public infrastructure in West Malaysia and Labu ...
. Accessed on 2015-01-03.
As a result of the road upgrade, the former Sauk–Lenggong section was later downgraded into Perak State Route A76 in 2014.


Notable events

* 1941–1942 – The Federal Route 76 became a main route for
Japanese Imperial forces The Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF, full or Nippon-gun () for short, meaning "Japanese Forces") were the unified forces of the Empire of Japan. Formed during the Meiji Restoration in 1868,"One can date the 'restoration' of imperial rul ...
from
Pattani Pattani (or Patani in Malay spelling) may refer to: Places Continental Asia * Patani (historical region), a historical region in the Malay peninsula, in Thailand and Malaysia. * Pattani Province, modern province in southern Thailand ** Pattani, ...
to
Ipoh Ipoh (, ) is the capital city of the Malaysian States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Perak. Located on the Kinta River, it is nearly north of Kuala Lumpur and southeast of George Town, Penang, George Town in neighbouring Penang ...
during
Battle of Malaya The Malayan campaign, referred to by Japanese sources as the , was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 during the Second World War. It was dominated by land battles between ...
. * 1955 – The
Baling The Baling District is an administrative district in southeastern Kedah, Malaysia. Located about 110 km from Alor Setar, it borders Perak and Betong, the southernmost town of Thailand. Name The name Baling can be traced to a series of e ...
agreement between
Communist Party of Malaya The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore fro ...
and
Federation of Malaya Malaya, officially the Federation of Malaya, was a country in Southeast Asia from 1948 to 1963. It succeeded the Malayan Union and, before that, British Malaya. It comprised eleven states – nine Malay states and two of the Straits Settleme ...
Government. * July 2000 – The Sauk armed heist took places. * 12 April 2001 – Twelve women and a boy were killed when a bus skidded and crashed into a ditch off the Pengkalan Hulu–Baling road near Baling, Kedah.


Features

* There are four Rest and Service Areas: Gunung Inas, Gerik, Lawin and Selat Pagar. * Lenggong archeological town * Chenderoh Lake


List of junctions

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Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...
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Baling The Baling District is an administrative district in southeastern Kedah, Malaysia. Located about 110 km from Alor Setar, it borders Perak and Betong, the southernmost town of Thailand. Name The name Baling can be traced to a series of e ...
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Jalan Baling-Sik – Weng, Sik , , - !scope="row" align= , , Batu 7 Rambong I/S , Jalan Batu 49 Bongor-Rambong – Batu 7 Rambong, Banggol Pompang, Rambong , , - !scope="row" align= , , Ulu Legong Hot Springs , , , - !scope="row" align= , colspan=4 align=center, Gunung Inas RSA (eastbound) , - , rowspan="46",
Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...
, rowspan="34", Hulu Perak !scope="row" align= , , MRSM Pengkalan Hulu , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Pengkalan Hulu I/S , Jalan Keroh – Keroh, Betong
Jalan Tasek – Kampung Baru Tasek , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kelian Intan , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Lalang I/S , Malaysia Federal Route 1157 – Ayer Panas, Keroh , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Batu Hampar , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Plang , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Jong , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Kerunai , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Pahat , , , - !scope="row" align= , , East-West Highway I/S , East–West Highway – Kupang, Baling, Kulim, Butterworth, Jeli, Tanah Merah, Kota Bharu, Banding Island, Lake Temenggor , , - !scope="row" align= , colspan=4 align=center, Gerik RSA (northbound) , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Bahru Batu Dua roundabout
''(East–West Highway roundabout)'' , East–West Highway (old road) – Jeli, Tanah Merah, Kota Bharu, Banding Island, Lake Temenggor , , - !scope="row" align= , , Gerik town centre
Jalan Kuala Kenderong I/S , Jalan Kuala Kenderong – Kg. Baharu Kuala Rui, Bersia Dam and Hydroelectric Station, Temenggor Dam and Hydroelectric Station , , - !scope="row" align= , , Gerik town centre
Jalan Tanjung Kala I/S , Perak State Route A169 – Kampung Tanjung Kala , , - !scope="row" align= , colspan=4 align=center, Sungai Rui bridge , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Padang , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Tawai , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Kenayat Besar , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Lawin , , , - !scope="row" align= , colspan=4 align=center, Lawin RSA (northbound) , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Belum Baharu , , , - !scope="row" align= , colspan=4 align=center, Selat Pagar RSA (northbound) , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Sumpitan I/S ,
Jalan Kubu Gajah–Lenggong Jalan Kubu Gajah–Lenggong (Perak state route A6) is a major road in Perak, Malaysia. List of junctions

Roads in Perak, Tambun {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalan Kubu Gajah-Lenggong ...
 – Kubu Gajah, Taiping, Selama, Bagan Serai , , - !scope="row" align= , , Lenggong I/S , Jalan Lama Sauk–Lenggong – Lenggong town centre , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kota Tampan I/S , Jalan Lama Sauk–Lenggong – Lenggong town centre , , - !scope="row" align= , , Lata Kekabu Waterfall , Lata Kekabu Waterfall , , - !scope="row" align= , , MRSM Lenggong I/S , Jalan Lama Sauk–Lenggong – Lenggong town centre, Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) Lenggong, Kampung Changkat Berangan, Tasik Raban, Kampung Kuak, Kampung Jenalik , , - !scope="row" align= , colspan="4" align=center, Tasik Raban bridge
Raja Muda Nazrin Bridge , - !scope="row" align= , colspan="4" align=center, Tasik Raban RSA (southbound, abandoned) , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Kelantan , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Jenalik I/S , Jalan Lama Sauk–Lenggong – Kampung Changkat Berangan, Tasik Raban, Kampung Kuak, Kampung Jenalik , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Jenalik Hilir , , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Ngor I/S , Jalan Lama Sauk–Lenggong – Kampung Changkat Berangan, Tasik Raban, Kampung Kuak, Kampung Jenalik , , - !scope="row" align= , , Kampung Changkat Duku , , , - , rowspan="12",
Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kangsar (Perak Malay: ) is the royal town of Perak, Malaysia. It is located at the downstream of Kangsar River where it joins the Perak River, approximately northwest of Ipoh, Perak's capital, and southeast of George Town, Penang, Ge ...
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MyRFID, MyRFID , - !scope="row" align= , 143 , Kuala Kangsar I/C , North–South Expressway Northern Route – Bukit Kayu Hitam, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh ,


References

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