Batu Gajah Highway

Batu Gajah Highway (Perak state route A8) is a major highway in Perak, Malaysia. The highway connects Pusing in the west, passing Batu Gajah and Kellie's Castle until Gopeng in the east. This highway was upgraded from single carriageway into dual carriageway in 2001.

Perak Route 8
Major junctions
West endPusing
  Ipoh–Lumut Highway
A108 Jalan Bemban
A15 Jalan Tanjung Tualang
A117 Jalan Kuala Pinji
Federal Route 1
East endGopeng
Location
Primary
destinations
Batu Gajah
Kellie's Castle
Highway system

Route background

The Kilometre Zero of the highway is located at Gopeng, at its junctions with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk road of central Peninsular Malaysia.

At most sections, the Batu Gajah Highway was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

List of junctions

kmExitJunctionsToRemarks
Pusing Ipoh–Lumut Highway

North
Ipoh
Mengelembu
Lahat

South
Parit
Bandar Seri Iskandar
Lumut
Pangkor Island
T-junctions
Ipoh–lumut Highway
A8Batu Gajah Highway
Batu GajahWest
A108 Jalan Bemban
Pusing
Parit
Lumut
Sitiawan
Pangkor Island

South
A15 Jalan Tanjung Tualang
A15 Tanjung Tualang
Kampung Gajah
Pasir Salak
Teluk Intan
Pasir Salak Historical Complex
Roundabout
Batu Gajah Batu Gajah railway stations
Railway crossing bridge
Sungai Kinta bridge
Jalan Kuala PinjiNorth
A117 Jalan Kuala Pinji
Kampung Kuala Pinji
Pasir Pinji

South
A108 Batu Gajah Bypass
(Jalan Bemban)
Parit
Bandar Seri Iskandar
Lumut
Pangkor Island
T-junctions
Kinta Kellas Estate
Kellie's CastleKellie's Castle
V
T-junctions
Kinta Kellas Estate
Gopeng Tin Mines
A8 Batu Gajah Highway
Start/End of highway

0
GopengNorth
Ipoh
Simpang Pulai
Cameron Highlands
Gua Musang
North–South Expressway Northern Route
Bukit Kayu Hitam
Penang

South
Gopeng
Kampar
North–South Expressway Northern Route
Kuala Lumpur
Tapah
T-junctions
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