Kimanis–Keningau Highway
Kimanis–Keningau Highway | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 53 km (33 mi) |
Major junctions | |
West end: | Kimanis |
Federal Route 1 500 Malaysia Federal Route 500 Interior North-South Highway |
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East end: | Keningau |
Location | |
Primary destinations: |
Crocker Range National Park Kota Kinabalu (From Keningau/Tenom) Keningau (Main Destination) Tenom (via Keningau) |
Highway system | |
Kimanis–Keningau Highway is a state highway in Sabah, Malaysia, connecting the town of Kimanis to Keningau. It also acts as an alternative for Federal Route 500 from Kota Kinabalu to Tenom which is longer. The 53-kilometre (33 mi) highway was initially started as a main logging road before being upgraded to a full two-lane highway.[1] The highway was opened to traffic in 2006.
Even though the highway boasts for its relatively short length and very good condition, it is notorious for its very steep gradients along the way, ranging from 10% to about 25%, making the Kimanis–Keningau Highway as the steepest highway in Malaysia.[2][3] As a result, climbing road lanes are provided at steep sections.
An interesting feature of this highway is the presence of a gravity hill induced by optical illusion, located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Keningau. It is reported that at the gravity hill, there is a slope which appears as a downhill slope, but is actually an uphill slope.[1]
List of Interchanges
Km | Exit | Interchange | To | Remarks | |
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KIMANIS | MALAYSIA FEDERAL ROUTE 1 NORTH Kota Kinabalu Papar SOUTH Beaufort Sindumin |
Roundabout | |||
Shell Layby | Shell | Keningau bound | |||
Bongawan Estate | NORTH Papar SOUTH Bongawan |
Roundabout | |||
KIMANIS–KENINGAU HIGHWAY R&R COMPLEX | R&R complex Kimanis bound |
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Layby | Keningau bound | ||||
-- m above sea level | Kimanis bound, Engage lower gear |
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West Coast Division Papar district border |
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West Coast-Interior division border | |||||
Interior Division Keningau district border |
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-- m above sea level | Keningau bound, Engage lower gear |
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Crocker Range National Park -- m above sea level |
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Jalan Masak Roundabout | SOUTH JALAN PATIKANG ULU Tenom |
Roundabout | |||
KENINGAU | 500 MALAYSIA FEDERAL ROUTE 500 INTERIOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAY
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