Cheras Highway

Part of Federal Route 1
Cheras Highway (Jalan Cheras) (Jalan Loke Yew)
Route information
Existed:	1988 – present
History:	Completed in 1991
Major junctions
North end:	Bulatan Edinburgh, Kuala Lumpur
	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Besraya Expressway Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 East-West Link Expressway Cheras-Kajang Expressway
South end:	Plaza Phoenix, Cheras
Location
Primary destinations:	Pudu Sungai Besi Bandar Tun Razak Cheras Kajang Seremban
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Cheras Highway, Federal Route 1 also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

History

This highway was upgraded in 1988 by Metramac Corporation Sdn.Bhd. The Jalan Cheras toll plaza began operation from 1 September 1990. After being suspended a year later before reopening on 15 September 1991, toll charges reduced by 50 percent from the usual RM1. After many complaints and traffic jams, the toll plaza was abolished on 14 September 2003. Today, the highway is maintained by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, DBKL)).

Due to the congestion that clogged the Cheras Highway, two projects were led by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). These included an underpass from the Cheras-Kajang Expressway to Taman Connaught and flyovers to Taman Len Seng and Alam Damai. It was opened on 14 April 2008. Other projects are Bulatan Cheras-Bandar Tun Razak roundabout underpass from Cheras Highway to Jalan Cheras and Jalan Tenteram was opened on 2010. The highway will have an elevated Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line from Taman Bukit Ria to Plaza Phoenix in the future.

Cheras Highway floods 2014

A flash floods in Cheras Highway near Cheras Leisure Mall in Cheras occurred on 23 August 2014 caused a massive traffic congestion in many parts of the city centre.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
		Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Jalan Maharajalela (Jalan Birch) North Jalan Kinabalu Jalan Sultan Hisamuddin (Victory Avenue) Jalan Kuching Segambut Kepong Ipoh Kuantan
		Bulatan Edinburgh Interchange	South Jalan Dewan Bahasa (Jalan Lapangan Terbang) Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Bangsar Petaling Jaya Shah Alam Klang North Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road Jalan Hang Tuah (Jalan Shaw) Stadium Merdeka Stadium Negara Jalan Pudu Jalan Bukit Bintang Jalan Imbi	Diamond interchange
Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road
Cheras Highway
		Loke Yew flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Loke Yew flyover Loke Yew Interchange	Northwest Jalan Sungai Besi Pudu Jalan Pudu Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 North Jalan Tun Razak (Jalan Pekeliling) Kuala Lumpur city centre (KLCC) South Besraya Expressway Salak South Kuchai Lama Sungai Besi Mines Resort City Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Johor Bahru Melaka Seremban Kompleks Sukan Negara Klang Shah Alam Petaling Jaya	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
		Loke Yew flyover Jalan Chan Sow Lin Exit	South Jalan Chan Sow Lin Sungai Besi Industrial Area	From Cheras only
		Loke Yew flyover Railway crossing bridge
		Loke Yew flyover		Start/End of flyover
		Miharja Exit	Miharja Miharja LRT station	KL bound
		Jalan Lombong Exit	East Jalan Lombong Maluri Plaza Uncang Emas	Kajang bound
		Sungai Kerayong bridge Besraya Expressway	Besraya Expressway East Shamelin Maluri Kuantan Ulu Klang Ampang Pandan Indah	Start/End of bridge
		Sungai Kerayong bridge Railway crossing bridge
		Sungai Kerayong bridge
		Sungai Kerayong bridge		Start/End of bridge
		Bulatan Cheras-Bandar Tun Razak Interchange	North Jalan Cheras Lama Maluri Shamelin South Jalan Yaacob Latif (Jalan Tenteram) Bandar Tun Razak Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM)	Roundabout interchange with two directional underpass from Jalan Loke Yew to Bandar Tun Razak and from Jalan Cheras south to Jalan Cheras Lama north
		Taman Pertama MRT station	Taman Pertama MRT station MRT SBK	Under construction
		Jalan Yaacob Latif Exit	West Jalan Yaacob Latif (Jalan Tenteram) Bandar Tun Razak Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) Cheras Velodrome	KL bound
		P&R Taman Midah MRT station	P&R Taman Midah MRT station MRT SBK	Under construction
		Jalan Kuari Exit	Northeast Jalan Kuari Cheras Christian Cemetery	Kajang bound
		Taman Midah Exit	Taman Midah Bandar Tun Razak	KL bound
		Cheras Bulatan Cheras Interchange	Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 North Ampang Kuantan Batu Caves Ipoh Kepong South Bandar Tun Razak Bandar Tasik Selatan Sungai Besi Johor Bahru Melaka Seremban Kompleks Sukan Negara Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Shah Alam Klang Pulau Indah	Multi-level stacked roundabout interchange
		Taman Mutiara MRT station	Taman Mutiara MRT station MRT SBK	Under construction
		Taman Taynton Interchange	West Jalan Dato Haji Harun Taman Taynton Taman Mutiara Barat Taman Billion East Jalan Manis Taman Segar Taman Mutiara Timur Taman Desa Aman Taman Supreme Cheras Leisure Mall	Double U-turn interchange
		Plaza Phoenix Interchange	West East-West Link Expressway Bandar Tun Razak Bangsar Petaling Jaya Shah Alam Klang South Plaza Phoenix Flyover Taman Connaught Taman Len Seng Alam Damai Plaza Phoenix	Trumpet interchange with dedicated flyover to major townships in Cheras (Taman Connaught, Taman Len Seng and Alam Damai).
10 --		Cheras Sentral (Plaza Phoenix) P&R Taman Connaught MRT station	Cheras Sental (Plaza Phoenix) P&R Taman Connaught MRT station MRT SBK	Kuala Lumpur bound Plaza Phoenix MRT Station Under construction
Cheras Highway DBKL border limit
Cheras-kajang Expressway Grand Saga border limit
			Southeast Cheras - Kajang Expressway Balakong Kajang Semenyih Seremban Taman Cuepacs

See also

• Federal route 1
• Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway
• Kuala Lumpur