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
Major intersections FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway
A108 Jalan Bemban
A15 Jalan Tanjung Tualang
A117 Jalan Kuala Pinji
FT 1 Federal Route 1
East endGopeng
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Batu Gajah
Kellie's Castle
Highway system

Route background edit

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 edit

km Exit Junctions To Remarks
Pusing   FT 5 Ipoh–Lumut Highway

North
  FT 5 Ipoh
  FT 5 Mengelembu
  FT 5 Lahat

South
  FT 73 Parit
  FT 5 Bandar Seri Iskandar
  FT 5 Lumut
  FT 5 Pangkor Island
T-junctions
  FT 5 Ipoh–lumut Highway
 A8Batu Gajah Highway
Batu Gajah West
 A108 Jalan Bemban
Pusing
Parit
Lumut
Sitiawan
Pangkor Island

South
 A15 Jalan Tanjung Tualang
 A15 Tanjung Tualang
  FT 109 Kampung Gajah
  FT 109 Pasir Salak
  FT 109 Teluk Intan
  FT 109 Pasir Salak Historical Complex
Roundabout
Batu Gajah   Batu Gajah railway stations
Railway crossing bridge
Sungai Kinta bridge
Jalan Kuala Pinji North
 A117 Jalan Kuala Pinji
Kampung Kuala Pinji
Pasir Pinji

South
 A108 Batu Gajah Bypass
(Jalan Bemban)
  FT 73 Parit
  FT 5 Bandar Seri Iskandar
  FT 5 Lumut
  FT 5 Pangkor Island
T-junctions
Kinta Kellas Estate
Kellie's Castle Kellie's Castle
  V  
T-junctions
Kinta Kellas Estate
Gopeng Tin Mines
 A8 Batu Gajah Highway
Start/End of highway
  FT 199
0
Gopeng North
  FT 1 Ipoh
  FT 1 Simpang Pulai
  FT 185 Cameron Highlands
  FT 185 Gua Musang
   North–South Expressway Northern Route   AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route
Bukit Kayu Hitam
Penang

South
  FT 1 Gopeng
  FT 1 Kampar
   North–South Expressway Northern Route   AH2 North–South Expressway Northern Route
Kuala Lumpur
Tapah
T-junctions