Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway

Expressway 8
Expressway 8
Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway; Lebuhraya Kuala Lumpur–Karak
	Route map
Route information
	Part of AH141
	Maintained by ANIH Berhad
Length	60 km (37 mi)
Existed	1974–present
History	Completed in 1979
Major junctions
Southwest end	FT 28 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 at Gombak, Selangor
	FT 68 Jalan Gombak–Bentong; Genting Sempah–Genting Highlands Highway; FT 121 Jalan Sambung Kuala Lumpur/Karak–Bentong; FT 8 Kuala Lumpur–Kota Bharu Highway; FT 34 Central Spine Road; FT 2 Jalan Kuantan–Kuala Lumpur;
Northeast end	East Coast Expressway East Coast Expressway at Karak, Pahang
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary; destinations	Gombak, Genting Highlands, Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Karak
Highway system
	Highways in Malaysia; Expressways; Federal; State;

The Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway East Coast Expressway is a 60-kilometre (37 mi) interstate controlled-access highway in Peninsular Malaysia. It runs between the town of Gombak in Selangor to the southwest and Karak in Pahang to the northeast. The expressway was previously a single-carriageway trunk road forming part of federal route 2; this designation has been kept after the upgrade in 1997. It shares its designation with the East Coast Expressway proper that succeeds it.

The highway has many hairpin bends and many stretches pass through remote forested terrain. Vehicular accidents, many of them fatal, have often occurred on the highway. Because of its remoteness and high number of accidents, the expressway has developed a reputation for being haunted (Example The Legend of The Volkswagen Kuning In English it means Yellow Volkswagen) (see List of reportedly haunted highways).

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