Jalan Gunung Brinchang

Federal Route 432
Jalan Gunung Brinchang
Route information
Length: 6.7 km (4.2 mi)
Existed: 1920s – present
Major junctions
East end: 59 Jalan Brinchang
  59 Jalan Brinchang
West end: Gunung Brinchang
Location
Primary
destinations:		 Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate
Highway system

Jalan Gunung Brinchang, Federal Route 432, is a federal road in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. It is the highest paved road in Malaysia.[1][2] It is also a main route to the Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate.

Route background

Jalan Gunung Brinchang is a 6.7-km single-lane paved road from the bottom to the top of Gunung Brinchang. Its terminal junction at the Federal Route 59 is located about 4.2 km from Brinchang, Cameron Highlands. The gradient varies between 5% to 10% until the end of the maintenance limit border at Gunung Irau camping site, where the gradient becomes steeper (up to 20%). As a result, the speed limit for this road is 20 km/h only. As a result, the short 6.7-km journey from the bottom to the top may take about half an hour.[3]

At most sections, the Federal Route 432 was built under the JKR R1 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 20 km/h.

List of junctions

KmExitJunctionsToRemarks
432
0 		59 Jalan Brinchang59 Jalan Brinchang

North
59 Kuala Terla
185 Simpang Pulai
1 Ipoh
185 Gua Musang
8 Kota Bharu

South
59 Brinchang
59 Tanah Rata
59 Ringlet
102 Kuala Lipis
102 Raub
E8 2 Kuantan
59 Tapah
E1 Kuala Lumpur		T-junctions
Start/End of narrow roads
V V
Jalan Sungai Palas
Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate		East
Jalan Sungai Palas
Sungai Palas Tea BOH Estate
BOH Tea Factory
Visitor Centre, Tea Shop and Stall
V 		T-junctions
V V
Brinchang Orang Asli village
V V
Gunung Irau camping site
432
6.7 		Gunung Brinchang
2032 m above sea level		Gunung Brinchang
VHF Stations
Microwave Stations

V 		Start/End of narrow roads

Pahang-Perak border at the VHF stations.

References

  1. ↑ Gunung Irau - Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highland, Pahang - from Kelab Orang Gunung Kuala Lumpur.
  2. ↑ Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2014). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2014. p. 16-46. ISSN 1985-9619.
  3. ↑ "Jalan Gunung Brinchang FT432". Blog Jalan Raya Malaysia. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.


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