MEC Highway, or Lebuhraya MEC, Federal Route 222, Asian Highway Route AH 142, is a major highway in Pahang, Malaysia.[1] "MEC" stands for the Malaysia Electric Corporation, the first electrical goods company in Malaysia which closed in 2004. The highway is part of the Asian Highway Network of route AH 142.

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Federal Route 222
Jalan Masuk Ke Bandar MEC
Route information
Part of AH142
Length1.70 km (1.06 mi)
Existed1995–present
HistoryCompleted in 1997
Major junctions
North endGambang Interchange
Major intersections East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway
FT 2 Federal Route 2
FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway
FT 12 AH142 Tun Razak Highway
South endGambang
Location
CountryMalaysia
Primary
destinations
Bandar MEC
Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
Pekan
Bandar Muadzam Shah
Segamat
Highway system

The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 222 starts at Gambang junctions.

At most sections, the Federal Route 222 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, with a speed limit of 90 km/h.

List of interchange/junctions and towns edit

Km Exit Interchange/junctions To Remarks
  East Coast Expressway
P0

  FT 222
7

  AH142
--
Gambang-ECE Interchange    East Coast Expressway   AH141 East Coast Expressway

West
Kuala Lumpur
Maran
Sri Jaya
  Gambang Rest and Service Area

East
Sungai Kuantan Bridge
Kuala Terengganu
Jabur
Kuantan
  Kuantan Layby
Trumpet interchange
Gambang toll plaza
GAM
Transit Card Touch 'n Go SmartTAG MyRFID SmartTAG Touch 'n Go RM (Cash)
Closed toll systems
Collect transit ticket and pay a distance toll
  Gambang toll plaza
GAM
          South bound
Sungai Belat bridge
   East Coast Expressway   AH141 East Coast Expressway
Start/end of expressway
ANIH Berhad border limit
  FT 222   AH142 MEC Highway
JKR border limit
Bandar MEC
Jalan Bandar Gambang 10
West
Jalan Bandar Gambang 10
Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Pahang (SSMP)
Akedemi Bola Sepak Negara Mokhtar Dahari (ABD)
Junctions
Bandar MEC
Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)  
East
Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)  
Junctions
Gambang archway
  FT 222   AH142 MEC Highway
  FT 222
0

  AH142
--
Gambang West
  FT 2 Gambang
  FT 2 Maran
  FT 2 Temerloh
  FT 2 Bukit Gambang Resort City

East
  FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway
Kuantan
Kuala Terengganu
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport  
Junctions
  FT 12   AH142 Tun Razak Highway
Start/end of highway
  Gambang Rest and Service Area               Caltex
South
  FT 12   AH142 Tun Razak Highway
  FT 82 Pekan
  FT 12   AH142 Bandar Muadzam Shah
  FT 1   AH142 Segamat
   North–South Expressway Southern Route   FT 1   AH2 Johor Bahru

References edit

  1. ^ Statistik Jalan (Edisi 2013). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Public Works Department. 2013. pp. 16–64. ISSN 1985-9619.